What do people think about these? http://www.apfn.org/apfn/moon.htm http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.html#stars Regards Peter...
Peter J Richardson
pjrich@...
Jul 3, 2001 7:07 pm
6730
I guess my initial reaction would be "who cares"? The only thing that would bother me was if the US DID deceive the populace, but in the middle of a cold war,...
William Highfield
magicfan@...
Jul 3, 2001 7:26 pm
6731
I will find you the website...
Brian Ecton
ecton@...
Jul 3, 2001 8:21 pm
6732
Brian, I saw the websites pro and con. I guess what I need is a "smoking gun" of actual witnesses, government documents, etc. Just because a couple of...
William Highfield
magicfan@...
Jul 3, 2001 8:59 pm
6733
I don't know.( I wasn't there) :-) If we really didn't land on the moon, I wonder who was told and who wasn't. My dad worked for Jet Propulsion Laboratories...
akmars@...
Jul 4, 2001 1:24 am
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If you can't get 100% of these right, you're either a Democrat, a foreigner, or a dummy (oops, that's the same thing as a Democrat ...grin) So try the quiz at...
William Highfield
magicfan@...
Jul 4, 2001 2:41 am
6735
... foreigner, or a ... This foreigner gets 8 out of 10. ... I know that it was inspired by the liberation of Fort McHenry in Baltimore, but not the author. ...
Peter J Richardson
pjrich@...
Jul 4, 2001 6:52 am
6736
I'm not here to open Serbian story again (Bill), but I'm interesting are there people on Cat who studied a law. I'm mechanical engineer, and the one thing I...
Dusan Velovic
jondalar@...
Jul 4, 2001 8:35 am
6737
100% Guess I'm not a democrat after all. ... From: "William Highfield" <magicfan@...> To: <CAT23-Achat@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 10:39...
Packrat
packrat@...
Jul 4, 2001 8:52 am
6738
... or a ... Well, I'm a foreigner, have political views far to the left of either of your major political parties (and either of ours, come to think of it)...
Robin Parkinson
editor@...
Jul 4, 2001 9:05 am
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It should frighten all of us. Just out of curiosity, which ones did you get wrong? ... From: "Robin Parkinson" <editor@...> To: "CAT23-Achat"...
Packrat
packrat@...
Jul 4, 2001 9:14 am
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... *that* ... Number of supreme court judges, number of amendments to the constitution and who said 'give me liberty or give me death'. - Robin. -- Trout:...
Robin Parkinson
editor@...
Jul 4, 2001 9:23 am
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That makes sense. At least to me anyway. ... From: "Robin Parkinson" <editor@...> To: <CAT23-Achat@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001...
Packrat
packrat@...
Jul 4, 2001 9:24 am
6742
For a non-American to get 7 out of 10, that's pretty good. There was another poll the other day that showed that a full ONE HALF of Americans polled could not...
William Highfield
magicfan@...
Jul 4, 2001 11:40 am
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A lot of people (Brits) I have known have to think twice about the American Capital, first reaction is New York:-) Mark ... From: "Packrat" <packrat@...>...
m.l.collins
m.l.collins@...
Jul 4, 2001 11:43 am
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I got 9 out of 10 on the quiz and was wondering how you Yanks would do on an equivalent Canadian quiz .... 1. What are the colours of the Canadian flag? A....
John Milardovic
milardj@...
Jul 4, 2001 12:43 pm
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I got three wrong ... I missed the first Prime Minister question, the Senate question, and the Louis Riel question ... Not too shabby for a Yank, I suppose ......
William Highfield
magicfan@...
Jul 4, 2001 12:51 pm
6746
Oh, and the FLQ crisis was in September or October of 1970, I think it was ... didn't some of the Quebecois terrorists kidnapp and kill some government...
William Highfield
magicfan@...
Jul 4, 2001 1:03 pm
6747
"The flag looks like it's got some sort of rod placed in a sleeve on the top of it to hold it out. Doesn't look like a natural "waving in the wind" to me. ?" ...
Michael.Cuffaro@...
Jul 4, 2001 1:29 pm
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Oops. I guess I should have read the two webpages before coming out with a half-cocked reply.. anyway. The only point that wasn't addressed in the "bad-good"...
Michael.Cuffaro@...
Jul 4, 2001 2:26 pm
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As a side-note, it's sad but true that most canadian schoolchildren know more about american history than they do about canadian....
Michael.Cuffaro@...
Jul 4, 2001 2:40 pm
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9 out of 10.. not bad for a foreigner. I missed the question about the number of senators. I guessed 50. How does it work anyway? Two senators per state? ...
Michael.Cuffaro@...
Jul 4, 2001 2:41 pm
6751
I recall watching the landing in class at school, and a few children did ask, if he's just stepping out the module, who is filming it? The teacher paused and...
m.l.collins
m.l.collins@...
Jul 4, 2001 2:44 pm
6752
By the way, the talk of bits and pieces leaping off Mars to land on Earth, as an explanation as to why there is so little dust on the moon, (further conspiracy...
m.l.collins
m.l.collins@...
Jul 4, 2001 2:48 pm
6753
Finally without pausing for immediate discussion, if we can land on the moon, why isn't there a moon base which must be far more economical than leaving huge...
m.l.collins
m.l.collins@...
Jul 4, 2001 2:53 pm
6754
To believe or disblieve the lunar landings is a little like the question over evolution. If the earth is billions of years old, and dinasaurs lived millions...
m.l.collins
m.l.collins@...
Jul 4, 2001 3:04 pm
6755
Probably because many ( Americans included) don't know the difference between Washington state and Washington D.C. Kathy ... American...
akmars@...
Jul 4, 2001 3:35 pm
6756
As far as I know, the grand majority of dinosaur fossils have to be dug up - and the holes can be deep. Surface fossils are more rare - but given the...
Michael.Cuffaro@...
Jul 4, 2001 3:35 pm
6757
I got 6 correct but guessed on 3! ;-) Only reason I knew your "Canada Day" is that there was a Canadian on a list I'm on when the rest were speaking of our...
akmars@...
Jul 4, 2001 3:39 pm
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I always found it strange and somewhat amusing... why, in England or France or most other countries, is the capital also the largest and most prosperous city? ...