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Old December 15th 08, 07:31 PM posted to sci.physics,alt.sci.physics,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.piloting
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_River

What is so inconsistent about the name of the river and it's location?
It starts in the Colorado Rockies and merges into the Mississippi River in
Arkansas
So yes.. the Headwaters of the Arkansas River is in Colorado and does flow
through the George.

Simple Google will figure that out.
BT

"Bluuuue Rajah" Bluuuuue@Rajah. wrote in message
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From The Sunday Times
November 30, 2008

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/lif...cle5252004.ece

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[According to the Little Rock Examiner, this happened at the Royal Gorge,
Colorado, but according to the article, the Arkansas River was in the
gorge. The Sky News site is no use for tracking down this inconsistency.]



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Old December 15th 08, 10:05 PM posted to sci.physics,alt.sci.physics,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.piloting
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BT wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_River

What is so inconsistent about the name of the river and it's location?
It starts in the Colorado Rockies and merges into the Mississippi River in
Arkansas
So yes.. the Headwaters of the Arkansas River is in Colorado and does flow
through the George.


And which end of that river do you think got found and named first?
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Old December 15th 08, 10:27 PM posted to sci.physics,alt.sci.physics,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.piloting
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"BT" wrote in message
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_River

What is so inconsistent about the name of the river and it's location?
It starts in the Colorado Rockies and merges into the Mississippi River in
Arkansas
So yes.. the Headwaters of the Arkansas River is in Colorado and does flow
through the George.


George who?



Simple Google will figure that out.
BT


King George VI, perhaps?





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Old December 15th 08, 10:31 PM posted to sci.physics,alt.sci.physics,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.piloting
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"Gig 601Xl Builder" wrote in message
m...
BT wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_River

What is so inconsistent about the name of the river and it's location?
It starts in the Colorado Rockies and merges into the Mississippi River
in
Arkansas
So yes.. the Headwaters of the Arkansas River is in Colorado and does
flow
through the George.


And which end of that river do you think got found and named first?


The Ohio River is the Allegheny and the Monongahela at Pittsburgh and
doesn't go through Ohio either.


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Old December 16th 08, 09:49 AM posted to sci.physics,alt.sci.physics,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.piloting
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"BT" wrote in message
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_River

What is so inconsistent about the name of the river and it's
location? It starts in the Colorado Rockies and merges into the
Mississippi River in Arkansas
So yes.. the Headwaters of the Arkansas River is in Colorado and does
flow through the George.


George who?



Simple Google will figure that out.
BT


King George VI, perhaps?


King George VV.
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Old December 16th 08, 10:36 PM posted to sci.physics,alt.sci.physics,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.piloting
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"Androcles" wrote in message
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"Gig 601Xl Builder" wrote in message
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BT wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_River

What is so inconsistent about the name of the river and it's location?
It starts in the Colorado Rockies and merges into the Mississippi River
in
Arkansas
So yes.. the Headwaters of the Arkansas River is in Colorado and does
flow
through the George.


And which end of that river do you think got found and named first?


The Ohio River is the Allegheny and the Monongahela at Pittsburgh and
doesn't go through Ohio either.


And they even named the stadium Three Rivers Stadium.


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Old December 16th 08, 11:09 PM posted to sci.physics,alt.sci.physics,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.piloting
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"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote in message
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"Androcles" wrote in message
...

"Gig 601Xl Builder" wrote in message
m...
BT wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_River

What is so inconsistent about the name of the river and it's location?
It starts in the Colorado Rockies and merges into the Mississippi River
in
Arkansas
So yes.. the Headwaters of the Arkansas River is in Colorado and does
flow
through the George.

And which end of that river do you think got found and named first?


The Ohio River is the Allegheny and the Monongahela at Pittsburgh and
doesn't go through Ohio either.


And they even named the stadium Three Rivers Stadium...


.... then imploded it (I was there to watch it fall at 8 am on a Sunday
morning) and built Heinz Stadium on its parking lot to replace it,
complete with ketchup and 57 varieties of baked beans.

It would seem the Mississippi rises in William-and-Maryland
(because it becomes the Ohio and the Monongahela.)

Of course, William-and-Maryland had to be renamed Maryland
because it was next door to William Penn's wood land (sylvania)
where William Mason and William Dixon had to draw the dixie line
and William Pitt the younger had built Pittsburgh and they were
all descended from William the ******* who conquered England
in 1066 and there were too many ****ing Williams.

The Headwaters of the William River is in William Colorado
so they called it the Arkansas River instead, but only after the
USA helped Britain defeat Kaiser Wilhelm.






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Old December 17th 08, 05:27 AM posted to sci.physics,alt.sci.physics,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.piloting
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"Androcles" wrote in message
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"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote in message
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"Androcles" wrote in message
...

"Gig 601Xl Builder" wrote in message
m...
BT wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_River

What is so inconsistent about the name of the river and it's location?
It starts in the Colorado Rockies and merges into the Mississippi
River in
Arkansas
So yes.. the Headwaters of the Arkansas River is in Colorado and does
flow
through the George.

And which end of that river do you think got found and named first?

The Ohio River is the Allegheny and the Monongahela at Pittsburgh and
doesn't go through Ohio either.


And they even named the stadium Three Rivers Stadium...


... then imploded it (I was there to watch it fall at 8 am on a Sunday
morning) and built Heinz Stadium on its parking lot to replace it,
complete with ketchup and 57 varieties of baked beans.

It would seem the Mississippi rises in William-and-Maryland
(because it becomes the Ohio and the Monongahela.)

Of course, William-and-Maryland had to be renamed Maryland
because it was next door to William Penn's wood land (sylvania)
where William Mason and William Dixon had to draw the dixie line
and William Pitt the younger had built Pittsburgh and they were
all descended from William the ******* who conquered England
in 1066 and there were too many ****ing Williams.

The Headwaters of the William River is in William Colorado
so they called it the Arkansas River instead, but only after the
USA helped Britain defeat Kaiser Wilhelm.


Speaking of the Mason-Dixon line, if you're into books (or books on tape!)
check out A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, lots of
interesting anecdotes on things like the Mason-Dixon line.

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Old December 17th 08, 05:41 AM posted to sci.physics,alt.sci.physics,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.piloting
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"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote in message
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"Androcles" wrote in message
...

"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote in message
...

"Androcles" wrote in message
...

"Gig 601Xl Builder" wrote in message
m...
BT wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_River

What is so inconsistent about the name of the river and it's
location?
It starts in the Colorado Rockies and merges into the Mississippi
River in
Arkansas
So yes.. the Headwaters of the Arkansas River is in Colorado and does
flow
through the George.

And which end of that river do you think got found and named first?

The Ohio River is the Allegheny and the Monongahela at Pittsburgh and
doesn't go through Ohio either.


And they even named the stadium Three Rivers Stadium...


... then imploded it (I was there to watch it fall at 8 am on a Sunday
morning) and built Heinz Stadium on its parking lot to replace it,
complete with ketchup and 57 varieties of baked beans.

It would seem the Mississippi rises in William-and-Maryland
(because it becomes the Ohio and the Monongahela.)

Of course, William-and-Maryland had to be renamed Maryland
because it was next door to William Penn's wood land (sylvania)
where William Mason and William Dixon had to draw the dixie line
and William Pitt the younger had built Pittsburgh and they were
all descended from William the ******* who conquered England
in 1066 and there were too many ****ing Williams.

The Headwaters of the William River is in William Colorado
so they called it the Arkansas River instead, but only after the
USA helped Britain defeat Kaiser Wilhelm.


Speaking of the Mason-Dixon line, if you're into books (or books on tape!)
check out A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, lots of
interesting anecdotes on things like the Mason-Dixon line.


Did you say "BILL" Bryson? That's another William, I couldn't possibly
read that. What with Buffalo William, William Gates and William Clinton
from Williamsburg, you Yanks are overrun with them.
Do they all run through the George, I wonder...
Sheesh, even your greenbacks are dollar williams.



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Old December 17th 08, 04:38 PM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.piloting
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On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:31:10 -0000, Androcles wrote:

"Gig 601Xl Builder" wrote in message
m...
BT wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_River

What is so inconsistent about the name of the river and it's location?
It starts in the Colorado Rockies and merges into the Mississippi River
in
Arkansas
So yes.. the Headwaters of the Arkansas River is in Colorado and does
flow
through the George.


And which end of that river do you think got found and named first?


The Ohio River is the Allegheny and the Monongahela at Pittsburgh and
doesn't go through Ohio either.


And the Mississippi River doesn't go through Mississippi either, you
feckin' idiot.
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Private Attorney General
 




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