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legendary
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November 23, 2012, 06:47:54 PM
Your post includes much conjecture, and should be presented as such:

Sad thing is there where large Animals almost in every region in the world. Mammoth and Rhinoceros in Europe, Elephants in America and even 3 meter Marsupials in Australia. They all disappeared when the first humos showed up, probably possibly due to them beeing easy prey. A Mammoth didn't fear humans. The only region they survived (on a larger scale) is Africa because this is where Humans evolved and the animals might have "learned" to view us as the threat we are.


There's only one creature worse than a Conjecture Nazi.

Sad thing is there were large Animals in almost every region of the world. Mammoths and rhinoceros in Europe, elephants in America, and even three-meter tall marsupials in Australia. They all disappeared when the first humans arrived, possibly due to being easy prey. A mammoth didn't fear humans. The only region they survived (on a larger scale) is Africa because this is where Humans evolved and the animals might have "learned" to view us as the threat we are.

donator
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Poor impulse control.
November 23, 2012, 06:32:25 PM
Your post includes much conjecture, and should be presented as such:

Sad thing is there where large Animals almost in every region in the world. Mammoth and Rhinoceros in Europe, Elephants in America and even 3 meter Marsupials in Australia. They all disappeared when the first humos showed up, probably possibly due to them beeing easy prey. A Mammoth didn't fear humans. The only region they survived (on a larger scale) is Africa because this is where Humans evolved and the animals might have "learned" to view us as the threat we are.


legendary
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November 23, 2012, 03:47:14 PM
Today I've learnt that about 34 millions years ago, there used to be two-meter tall penguins living in Antartica.

http://phys.org/news/2012-11-argentine-experts-giant-penguin-fossils.html
Wasn't the world great when it had more oxygen in the atmosphere...

I'm pretty sure the oxygen levels at that time were not much different than today.  I think it was during Paleozoic that they were much higher.

It's true though that before Holocene there used to be all kinds of large animals everywhere, but on the other hand the largest animal who's ever lived on earth still lives today.

Sad thing is there where large Animals almost in every region in the world. Mammoth and Rhinoceros in Europe, Elephants in America and even 3 meter Marsupials in Australia. They all disappeared when the first humos showed up, probably due to them beeing easy prey. A Mammoth didn't fear humans. The only region they survived (on a larger scale) is Africa because this is where Humans evolved and the animals "learned" to view us as the threat we are.

legendary
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November 23, 2012, 03:26:01 PM
Today I've learnt that about 34 millions years ago, there used to be two-meter tall penguins living in Antartica.

http://phys.org/news/2012-11-argentine-experts-giant-penguin-fossils.html
Wasn't the world great when it had more oxygen in the atmosphere...

I'm pretty sure the oxygen levels at that time were not much different than today.  I think it was during Paleozoic that they were much higher.

It's true though that before Holocene there used to be all kinds of large animals everywhere, but on the other hand the largest animal who's ever lived on earth still lives today.
sr. member
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November 23, 2012, 03:12:31 PM
Today I've learnt that about 34 millions years ago, there used to be two-meter tall penguins living in Antartica.

http://phys.org/news/2012-11-argentine-experts-giant-penguin-fossils.html


Terrifying.


Wasn't the world great when it had more oxygen in the atmosphere...
legendary
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November 21, 2012, 03:31:22 PM
Today I've learnt that about 34 millions years ago, there used to be two-meter tall penguins living in Antartica.

http://phys.org/news/2012-11-argentine-experts-giant-penguin-fossils.html
legendary
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November 21, 2012, 03:07:16 PM
Taking 5 year old Tramadol fucks you up. You're not going to believe this, but I took a falling barn to the knee. At least I didn't drop the running chainsaw. It happened so slow motion. I had enough time to clear the falling barn, but didn't take into consideration the lumber pile that was amass in my escape route, coupled with the sun being at the horizon obscured by clouds. I gave up on trying to sleep, hence this post. Amazingly, it's being penned grammatically correct, but when morning comes, I'll re-read it and see if that truism still holds water.

~Frank~

Quoted for truth.

Also:

I gave up on trying to sleep, hence this post.

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Lastly, and most importantly: get better, Phinn!


Going to try to go to sleep now. Thanks for the get better. Old pill is working somewhat but got a slight headache.

Gong to leave this so I can review it again later: http://www.crowdrise.com/InnovateSalone

Nite, John Boy!

I used to be a sleeper, then I took a barn to the knee.

Very seldom am I in the field doing the actual work, only acting as the procurer, buyer and seller of barn wood. But this barn, after being stripped, became unstable, and all my subcontractors were either busy elsewhere or made themselves unavailable, preparing themselves for the upcoming holiday.

Even after carefully planning the collapse via physics, and taking every foreseeable precautions, shit still happened. It could have been a lot worse, for it came down quicker than I imagined it would. I was working alone until the owner decided to show up, wanting to watch it fall. I was always mindful of where he was standing, but after the collapse, I realized he wasn't in the perfect spot, for it careened past his observation point. Luckily that 70+ year old back up enough to watch it fall directly in front of him.

He then came to where I was laying, still grasping the chainsaw, asking if I was okay. Realizing that nothing was broken, but knew I was hurting, I lied to him and said that I was fine. We rapped a little more, then he left to go home.

I'll post images later of the pre-collapse and of the barn on the ground. Meanwhile, I'm enjoying high the from the outdated Tramadol.

~Tony~ (using various names to humorously insinuate that I'm fucked up in the head)
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November 21, 2012, 08:39:31 AM
Taking 5 year old Tramadol fucks you up. You're not going to believe this, but I took a falling barn to the knee. At least I didn't drop the running chainsaw. It happened so slow motion. I had enough time to clear the falling barn, but didn't take into consideration the lumber pile that was amass in my escape route, coupled with the sun being at the horizon obscured by clouds. I gave up on trying to sleep, hence this post. Amazingly, it's being penned grammatically correct, but when morning comes, I'll re-read it and see if that truism still holds water.

~Frank~

Quoted for truth.

Also:

I gave up on trying to sleep, hence this post.

Quote
  General Statistics - Phinnaeus Gage
   
Total Time Spent Online:    88 days, 15 hours and 16 minutes.
Total Posts:    9320 posts
Total Topics Started:    299 topics
Number of Polls Created:    25 polls
Number of Votes Cast:    90 votes

Lastly, and most importantly: get better, Phinn!


Going to try to go to sleep now. Thanks for the get better. Old pill is working somewhat but got a slight headache.

Gong to leave this so I can review it again later: http://www.crowdrise.com/InnovateSalone

Nite, John Boy!

I used to be a sleeper, then I took a barn to the knee.
legendary
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November 21, 2012, 04:48:51 AM
Taking 5 year old Tramadol fucks you up. You're not going to believe this, but I took a falling barn to the knee. At least I didn't drop the running chainsaw. It happened so slow motion. I had enough time to clear the falling barn, but didn't take into consideration the lumber pile that was amass in my escape route, coupled with the sun being at the horizon obscured by clouds. I gave up on trying to sleep, hence this post. Amazingly, it's being penned grammatically correct, but when morning comes, I'll re-read it and see if that truism still holds water.

~Frank~

Quoted for truth.

Also:

I gave up on trying to sleep, hence this post.

Quote
  General Statistics - Phinnaeus Gage
   
Total Time Spent Online:    88 days, 15 hours and 16 minutes.
Total Posts:    9320 posts
Total Topics Started:    299 topics
Number of Polls Created:    25 polls
Number of Votes Cast:    90 votes

Lastly, and most importantly: get better, Phinn!


Going to try to go to sleep now. Thanks for the get better. Old pill is working somewhat but got a slight headache.

Gong to leave this so I can review it again later: http://www.crowdrise.com/InnovateSalone

Nite, John Boy!
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Wat
November 21, 2012, 03:05:24 AM
Back in early 1940's, when everything in USSR was heavily rationed and appropriated for the war, my grandpa used to steal wire which the fences around people's houses were made out of. He then sold them the service of wiring up their houses for electricity, using their own stolen wire.

My dad and his friend were caught stealing a stove and sentence to a Belgium reformatory during his formidable youth. He was released in time to travel with his family aboard the U.S.S America to Ellis Island in the mid 50's. Years later, while working at Pyle National in Chicago, he was a machinist, the only person capable of producing gold plated hardest unknown material at the time for the US military spy planes. Many other parts left the factory hidden in his socks to be sold as scrap to feed his family (his handsome paycheck found its way to the local pubs). He finally got wise and quit selling to the scrap dealer for pennies on the dollar. He sold it for nickels on the dollar to the competition of which he had an insider as the purchasing agent, thus splitting the loot. As a kid, it was great for me, for I was upgraded from using a cane pole to a Abu Garcia 170.

My first descendent  to emigrate to Australia was a prizefighter who broke a guy's jaw in his first fight in Australia and donated the purse money on the hospital bill  Cheesy
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November 21, 2012, 03:00:29 AM
Taking 5 year old Tramadol fucks you up. You're not going to believe this, but I took a falling barn to the knee. At least I didn't drop the running chainsaw. It happened so slow motion. I had enough time to clear the falling barn, but didn't take into consideration the lumber pile that was amass in my escape route, coupled with the sun being at the horizon obscured by clouds. I gave up on trying to sleep, hence this post. Amazingly, it's being penned grammatically correct, but when morning comes, I'll re-read it and see if that truism still holds water.

~Frank~

Quoted for truth.

Also:

I gave up on trying to sleep, hence this post.

Quote
  General Statistics - Phinnaeus Gage
   
Total Time Spent Online:    88 days, 15 hours and 16 minutes.
Total Posts:    9320 posts
Total Topics Started:    299 topics
Number of Polls Created:    25 polls
Number of Votes Cast:    90 votes

Lastly, and most importantly: get better, Phinn!

legendary
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November 21, 2012, 02:24:03 AM
Taking 5 year old Tramadol fucks you up. You're not going to believe this, but I took a falling barn to the knee. At least I didn't drop the running chainsaw. It happened so slow motion. I had enough time to clear the falling barn, but didn't take into consideration the lumber pile that was amass in my escape route, coupled with the sun being at the horizon obscured by clouds. I gave up on trying to sleep, hence this post. Amazingly, it's being penned grammatically correct, but when morning comes, I'll re-read it and see if that truism still holds water.

~Frank~
hero member
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Its as easy as 0, 1, 1, 2, 3
November 20, 2012, 06:26:29 PM
My grandfather was a snitch for the Salazar police PIDE back in the 60/70's...
Probably some persons went missing because of him =/

My wife's grandfather killed the "Sheriff" in texas somewhere. Then they lived next door to his grandkids for years in Florida. Awkward.
legendary
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November 20, 2012, 05:21:28 PM
My grandfather was a snitch for the Salazar police PIDE back in the 60/70's...
Probably some persons went missing because of him =/
legendary
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November 20, 2012, 12:17:39 PM
Back in early 1940's, when everything in USSR was heavily rationed and appropriated for the war, my grandpa used to steal wire which the fences around people's houses were made out of. He then sold them the service of wiring up their houses for electricity, using their own stolen wire.

My dad and his friend were caught stealing a stove and sentence to a Belgium reformatory during his formidable youth. He was released in time to travel with his family aboard the U.S.S America to Ellis Island in the mid 50's. Years later, while working at Pyle National in Chicago, he was a machinist, the only person capable of producing gold plated hardest unknown material at the time for the US military spy planes. Many other parts left the factory hidden in his socks to be sold as scrap to feed his family (his handsome paycheck found its way to the local pubs). He finally got wise and quit selling to the scrap dealer for pennies on the dollar. He sold it for nickels on the dollar to the competition of which he had an insider as the purchasing agent, thus splitting the loot. As a kid, it was great for me, for I was upgraded from using a cane pole to a Abu Garcia 170.
donator
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Poor impulse control.
November 20, 2012, 02:01:49 AM
Back in early 1940's, when everything in USSR was heavily rationed and appropriated for the war, my grandpa used to steal wire which the fences around people's houses were made out of. He then sold them the service of wiring up their houses for electricity, using their own stolen wire.

Sounds like a lot of effort. It probably would have been easier to sell them the service of replacing the wire fences around their house Smiley

Having electricity in your home was worth way more than having a crappy rusty fence consisting of some wire wrapped around wooden posts I guess.

I forget that we didn't always have electricity. Or the internet.
legendary
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November 20, 2012, 01:56:22 AM
Back in early 1940's, when everything in USSR was heavily rationed and appropriated for the war, my grandpa used to steal wire which the fences around people's houses were made out of. He then sold them the service of wiring up their houses for electricity, using their own stolen wire.

Sounds like a lot of effort. It probably would have been easier to sell them the service of replacing the wire fences around their house Smiley

Having electricity in your home was worth way more than having a crappy rusty fence consisting of some wire wrapped around wooden posts I guess.
donator
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Poor impulse control.
November 20, 2012, 01:30:45 AM
Back in early 1940's, when everything in USSR was heavily rationed and appropriated for the war, my grandpa used to steal wire which the fences around people's houses were made out of. He then sold them the service of wiring up their houses for electricity, using their own stolen wire.

Sounds like a lot of effort. It probably would have been easier to sell them the service of replacing the wire fences around their house Smiley
legendary
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November 20, 2012, 01:27:11 AM
Back in early 1940's, when everything in USSR was heavily rationed and appropriated for the war, my grandpa used to steal wire which the fences around people's houses were made out of. He then sold them the service of wiring up their houses for electricity, using their own stolen wire.
hero member
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November 19, 2012, 09:34:35 PM
People are stealing GPS units out of tractors. They only cost $8,000 USD to replace. The only thing they're good for is steering the tractor sans hands and are accurate to one inch during planting, harvesting, etc.


Soon enough we'll have these for cars. Smiley
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