#80062
09/09/2002 1:34 PM
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The Earth would look like the moon if erosion, volcanism, etc. had not erased millions of astroblemes.
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#80063
09/09/2002 4:50 PM
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The Earth would look like the moon if erosion, volcanism, etc. had not erased millions of astroblemes.
Well, soo much for paleoastroblemology. (sigh)
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#80064
09/09/2002 5:00 PM
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There's still stuff to see. Ya just gots ta look a little harder.
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#80065
09/09/2002 5:50 PM
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PalæastroblemologyYeah...I remember when they used to spell paleontology like that. 
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#80066
09/09/2002 5:57 PM
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There's still stuff to see. Ya just gots ta look a little harder.Great!...Let's mount an expedition, Faldage! You supply the capital and I'll plot the course and research the material!  And be sure to bring your microscope...those micrometeorites are the most sensational finds, you know! (Insurance Liability Note: If you should become infected with the Black Oil during the course of our journey, then you've been watching far too many reruns of The X-Files, particularly the Tunguska Trilogy, and we cannot be held responsible for any injuries or, uh, transformations.) Now!...where do we start? 
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#80067
09/09/2002 6:18 PM
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Great!...Let's mount an expeditionOne I've already been to (and down into) is the Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/images/meteorcrater.htmlThe capital of Arizona is Phoenix
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#80068
09/09/2002 6:41 PM
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So, so, this means, since you have no problem with the request for capital, that you're willing to finance the entire expedition! Thanks, Daddy Warbucks! I hear there's some great old astroblemes in The Outback, for starters!  Now, who here'll sign-on to come along? And thanks for that bit of geographical info about Phoenix! 
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#80069
09/09/2002 7:03 PM
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no problem with the request for capital
Sure. No problem.
WA Perth SA Adelaide Vic Melbourne Tas Hobart Queensland Brisbane NSW Sydney
and The national capital is Canberra
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#80070
09/09/2002 7:23 PM
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There have been articles recently about large underwater astroblemes being discovered by petroleum geologists. Most recent in North Sea well off coast of England.
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#80071
09/09/2002 7:25 PM
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old hand
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request for capital. Sure. No problem
What you got against Darwin?
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#80072
09/09/2002 7:40 PM
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What you got against Darwin?
Nothin, s. I was just looking at states, didn't think about territories. And thanks for offering to help out in the capital department.
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#80073
09/09/2002 7:45 PM
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Faldage won't admit he's a closet creationist.
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#80074
09/09/2002 7:59 PM
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Sure. No problem.Capital list, my good man! Capital list!  Now, about dat dough...here's the first overview of supplies you can run out and requisition (sic...pay for) while I'm busy mapping and all that sort of arduous work...
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#80075
09/09/2002 8:05 PM
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Faldage won't admit he's a closet creationist.
Yer dern tootin I won't, sister.
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#80076
09/09/2002 10:09 PM
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Faldage won't admit he's a closet creationist.
I thought TEd was the woodworker?
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#80077
09/09/2002 10:37 PM
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In reply to:
The Earth would look like the moon if erosion, volcanism, etc. had not erased millions of astroblemes.
Just goes to show you what a difference moisturizer makes 
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#80078
09/10/2002 12:21 AM
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And none of the nit-pickers, closet or otherwise, noted my having given them a good reason to challenge my numbers. The moon has millions of astroblemes because it has no atmosphere to burn up the tiny ones. The earth would had only thousands of astroblemes for erosion, etc. to efface. So only a couple hundred remain.
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#80079
09/10/2002 12:42 AM
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Sciencedaily had a story about a new crater in Bolivia. I forget if it was five miles or 5km in diameter. http://www.blueiceonline.org
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