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    jim smith
    last edited by 5 Aug 2008, 20:01

    I always like to give the benefit of the doubt to folks, and see how much rope they reel out before they hang themselves.

    It could be they just misinterpreted or misunderstood the concept of "discworld" as being more than a figment of Terry Pratchett's imagination.
    Follow this link.

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    Home - Sir Terry Pratchett

    The online home for books written by Sir Terry Pratchett, including reading order lists, forums, plus all manner of things Discworld.

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    Sir Terry Pratchett (www.terrypratchettbooks.com)

    If you have never read his stuff, try one. Witches, Wizzards, Very bizarre, very fun. (Sorry to hear, as reported in his web page, that he has early stages of Altzheimers).

    "Out of clutter find simplicity,
    from discord find harmony,
    In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity"
    Albert Einstein

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      TIG Moderator
      last edited by 5 Aug 2008, 20:35

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      Spheroid - Wikipedia

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      (en.wikipedia.org)

      The earth's an 'orange'... (or a fat 'onion' ?)

      .

      TIG

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        ehaflett
        last edited by 5 Aug 2008, 20:45

        As a professional geographer do you think I could lose my job for holding such 'beliefs'? (not that I do, mind you!)

        Assuming it is flat, what does this mean about heaven and hell in the traditional sense (God above, Devil below)? I'd be curious to see how many flat-earthers are religious.

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          bellwells
          last edited by 5 Aug 2008, 22:51

          Do you suppose any of these nitwits have ever been in an airplane at 35,000 feet?

          Ron

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            andyc
            last edited by 6 Aug 2008, 07:39

            @ehaflett said:

            As a professional geographer do you think I could lose my job for holding such 'beliefs'? (not that I do, mind you!)

            Assuming it is flat, what does this mean about heaven and hell in the traditional sense (God above, Devil below)? I'd be curious to see how many flat-earthers are religious.

            It's no more ridiculous to believe in a flat earth than in a supreme supernatural being, surely? Both ancient beliefs, unsupported by any evidence?

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              juju
              last edited by 6 Aug 2008, 16:21

              @andyc said:

              ...unsupported by any evidence?

              Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

              Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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                andyc
                last edited by 7 Aug 2008, 08:09

                Nope. But absence of evidence IS absence of evidence 😉

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                  Gaieus
                  last edited by 7 Aug 2008, 10:40

                  To my best knowlede the Earth is banana shaped 😲

                  Gai...

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                    andyc
                    last edited by 7 Aug 2008, 14:20

                    @gaieus said:

                    To my best knowlede the Earth is banana shaped 😲

                    And orbitted by a very small kettle... 😉 http://ezinearticles.com/?Logic---The-Burden-of-Disproving-Something-and-the-50/50-Chance-Fallacy&id=474699

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                      cornel
                      last edited by 7 Aug 2008, 15:43

                      In Latin Vulgate Bible, Proverbia 8:31, the shape of The Earth is described as an oblate spheroid:
                      “…ludens in orbe terrarumet deliciae meae esse cum filiis hominum.”
                      In English, Proverbs 8:31 wasn’t translated properly…!

                      Cornel

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                        david_h
                        last edited by 7 Aug 2008, 16:56

                        the planet I seem to be living in . . .

                        PYRWORLD.jpg

                        Yet across an immense ethereal gulf, minds that to our minds as ours are to the beasts in the jungle, intellects vast, cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes and slowly and surely drew their plans against us . .. orson welles, 1938

                        If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                          Marian
                          last edited by 11 Aug 2008, 09:17

                          I don't know about the earth but the planet i live on, Zeta Reticuli, is pare shaped 😄

                          oh..uhmmmm and the TRUTH is out there.....in my backyard.

                          http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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                            cornel
                            last edited by 11 Aug 2008, 20:35

                            Marian,

                            I didn’t realize (till now) that Romania is part of Reticulum Constellation…!
                            (39 light years away from Earth)

                            Cornel

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                              Marian
                              last edited by 11 Aug 2008, 20:49

                              😄 that's our darkest secret, all romanians are in fact aliens bent on world domination..they just work in misterious and very slow ways. In fact no human ever went into space they were just beamed into Romania.

                              http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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                                cornel
                                last edited by 11 Aug 2008, 21:09

                                ...inclusiv Vikings or Phoenicians?!?

                                Iuri Gagarin, also...?!?

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                                  Daniel
                                  last edited by 12 Aug 2008, 18:55

                                  @marian said:

                                  😄 that's our darkest secret, all romanians are in fact aliens bent on world domination..they just work in misterious and very slow ways. In fact no human ever went into space they were just beamed into Romania.

                                  AHA! The Roumanians are the "Grays" Durant has been warning us about, aren't they?

                                  My avatar is an anachronism.

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                                    JuanV.Soler
                                    last edited by 12 Aug 2008, 19:06

                                    talking about the world being round,
                                    did you know that if you increase just 1 meter the length of his circle you obtain a new circle that puting it concentrically is separated from the first 16cm ?
                                    incredible but mathematically truth.

                                    ,))),

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                                      Alan Fraser
                                      last edited by 12 Aug 2008, 19:31

                                      Romanians are aliens? Spooky but true. Caught on camera just outside Timisoara.

                                      UFO 1
                                      UFO 2

                                      3D Figures
                                      Were you required to walk 500 miles? Were you advised to walk 500 more?
                                      You could be entitled to compensation. Call the Pro Claimers now!

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                                        cornel
                                        last edited by 12 Aug 2008, 19:41

                                        Daniel,
                                        Mr. W. Durant was impressed by some Roumanians like Decebalus per Scorilo and N. Ceausescu from Scornilo and wrote “The Story of Civilization”..., but, perhaps his ‘passion’ was Nadia Comaneci (a 'star'). So, we can ‘decipher’ inclusiv his “The Story of Philosophy”, isn’t it!?

                                        J.V.S.,
                                        Attracting...! 16cm are enough for a cat... to be free.

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                                          JuanV.Soler
                                          last edited by 14 Aug 2008, 15:10

                                          hi Alan, are you talking seriously ?
                                          i have a romanian in our house
                                          honest
                                          yes

                                          in my father´s house
                                          she cares for him

                                          i can get that feeling sometimes
                                          maybe pureness ? 😄 😒

                                          ,))),

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