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#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.


#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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There's still stuff to see. Ya just gots ta look a little harder.


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Palæastroblemology

Yeah...I remember when they used to spell paleontology like that.


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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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Great!...Let's mount an expedition

One I've already been to (and down into) is the Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona:
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/images/meteorcrater.html

The capital of Arizona is Phoenix


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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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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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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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request for capital.
Sure. No problem



What you got against Darwin?


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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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Faldage won't admit he's a closet creationist.


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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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Faldage won't admit he's a closet creationist.

Yer dern tootin I won't, sister.


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Faldage won't admit he's a closet creationist.

I thought TEd was the woodworker?


#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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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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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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