thermodynamic
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Thu Jul-10-03 04:35 PM
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At 2.5 cents per acre, who got the better deal? |
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Russia - who had sold the land of Alaska, or the United States - steeped in its own trecherous and hypocritical history?
Probably the latter, especially when oil was discovered.
And Bejeezus H Kristol, this is Earth. Don't we all own it?
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Thu Jul-10-03 04:12 PM
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1. Louisiana Purchase (French) |
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For $15 Million we got 827,987 sq mi from France. As Freepers know the French currently far more dangerous than the old Russians.
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Thu Jul-10-03 06:17 PM
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2. Your response deserves a "5" rating |
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Seriously. Didn't know that fact about the Louisiana Purchase.
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Thu Jul-10-03 06:25 PM
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3. L Purchase comes out to be 2.8 cents an acre |
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I think that's a better deal. Damn, those guys were smart.
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