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It wasn’t just ships, they saw the earth cast a circular shadow on the moon during a lunar eclipse. The only shape that can cast a round shadow from every angle is a sphere. Aristotle knew that. They all knew it.
Too bad for Columbus, when he tried to sail to the Indies, he was using the Arabic measurement for the Earth which was too small. They should have listened to Eratosthenes. If I remember his measurement of the circumference of the earth was accurate to within like 10%. Not bad for a guy with two sticks and a shadow. Lol
They knew.
It’s seems some modern people forgot.
It was and the Greeks sailed. The Greeks had a navy to fight the Persians.
The ancients had other proofs as well. As nyctc7 mentioned the shape of Earths shadow on the moon during a lunar eclipse shows the earth must be round.
The Greeks certainly knew the Earth was round. Eratosthenes Actually measured the circumference to a fairly accurate degree. Pythagoras 2700 years ago knew the Earth was round.
Flat Earth is a newer idea. We seem to be going backwards.
1. Ugly Naked Guy - Friends
2. Sheridan -- Keeping Up Appearances
3) Mrs. Wolowitz - Big Bang Theory
4. Marris - Frasier
5. Sparky -- M*A*S*H
6. George Steinbrenner (NY Yankees baseball team owner) - Seinfeld
7. Richard - Dream On
8. Charlie - Charlie's Angels
9. Norm's Wife - Cheers
10. Mrs. Columbo - Columbo
11. Mission Impossible - the voice on the tape
12. Stanley Walker - Will and Grace
13. Nesta Parks - Oz
14. Wilson - Home Improvement
Monster Squad
Reminds me of the line from Honkey Tonk Man:
Maybe you need some help with your drinking.
No I do ok by myself.
Heartbreak Ridge has one of my favorite openings ever.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/gx7fsu/opening_intro_of_the_1986_film_heartbreak_ridge/
What is that supposed to mean? I do like the movie and that’s one of the famous lines from it.
Love that movie.
You ain’t seen bad yet, but it’s coming.
Nothing But Trouble (1991)
Towards the end of the Clip in the below link.
https://youtu.be/X_r-fur3Zr0
1. Tulsa Time - Eric Clapton/Don Williams
2. High Time - Grateful Dead
3. Big Time - Peter Gabriel
4. No Time - The Guess Who
5. Time Passages - Al Stewart
6. Sour Times - Portishead
7. Good Times - Temporary lay off
8. Wasted Time - Eagles
9. Closing Time - Semisonic
10. Bad Time - Grand Funk Railroad
11. Time Bomb - Rancid
12. Fine Time - New Order
13. Killin’ Time - Clint Black
14. Crying Time - Ray Charles
Never put your hat on a table.
Always go out the same door you came in.
Make a wish the first time you enter a church you have never been in before.
If you see a ghost, it’s someone needing prayers.
Heartbreak Ridge
Apollo 13
Planes, trains, and automobiles
I have voted in every election since I was of age, however I never heard of compulsory voting until now.
Why $35 for seven lines? Does the website have a surcharge. I pay $3 per line with the megaplier.
Whitman:
Oh me! Oh life! of the questions of these recurring,
Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish,
Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)
Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of the objects mean, of the struggle ever renew’d,
Of the poor results of all, of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me,
Of the empty and useless years of the rest, with the rest me intertwined,
The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?
Answer.
That you are here—that life exists and identity,
That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.
As Elon Musk said “ why is there no flat Mars Society?” Or for that matter flat moon or flat any other body in the universe. Because it’s the nature of thighs that massive bodies tend to a spheroid shape due to gravity. Of course flat earthers deny gravity which brings with it even more ridiculous explanations of things.
It’s sad that thousands of years ago the Greeks knew the Earth was round, heck they even measures its circumference to within like 10%. And today with all our knowledge and technology there are people that can be so ignorant. We’ve gone backwards.
I also learned how powerful "A few household chemicals in the proper proportions” can be. Love this movie.