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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill View Post
    Maybe I am an oddball for remembering
    Ha, well you are an oddball, but for reasons other than that!

    I think people remember what is important to them, or what they find interesting. I suspect you have an innate curiosity about human history and intellectual history.

    I can remember for years on end details of the Greco-Persian Wars of the 5th century BC. But most of the time, I cannot remember what grade of oil my car needs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    "Fifty-six per cent of people say the numerals should not part of the curriculum for US pupils"

    "A survey by Civic Science, an American market research company, asked 3,624 respondents: “Should schools in America teach Arabic numerals as part of their curriculum?

    "Some 2,020 people answered “no”. Twenty-nine per cent of respondents said the numerals should be taught in US schools, and 15 per cent had no opinion"

    "Seventy-two per cent of Republican-supporting respondents said Arabic numerals should not be on the curriculum"

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/a...rce=reddit.com

    Survey had to be taken in some ruby red State
    Standard LEFTST BULLSHIT "POLL QUESTION".


    They are NOT "ARABIC NUMERALS"; they are "HINDU-ARABIC NUMERALS" with BY FAR, the most credit to the Hindus.
    TRUMP WILL TAKE FORTY STATES...UNLESS THE SAME IDIOTS WHO BROUGHT US THE 2020 DUNCE-O-CRAT IOWA CLUSTERFUCK CONTINUE THEIR SEDITIOUS ACTIVITIES...THEN HE WILL WIN EVEN MORE ..UNLESS THE RED CHINESE AND DNC COLLUDE, USE A PANDEMIC, AND THEN THE DEMOCRATS VIOLATE ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION, TO FACILLITATE MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL, UNVETTED, MAIL IN BALLOTS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT..


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    Quote Originally Posted by Grokmaster View Post
    Standard LEFTST BULLSHIT "POLL QUESTION".
    They are NOT "ARABIC NUMERALS"; they are "HINDU-ARABIC NUMERALS" with BY FAR, the most credit to the Hindus.
    Standard RIGHTWING BULlSHIT ATTACK THE MESSANGER, but the answers still remain the same

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    I suck at roman numerals
    "Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Joseph Stalin
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    Quote Originally Posted by Celticguy View Post
    I suck at roman numerals
    You know I still find it amazing they could build those roads, tunnels, bridges & buildings etc using them...

    Many of those are still standing & here they can't build a freakin sidewalk that won't crack in a couple years....
    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    Probably a lot of the same people who couldn't find Benghazi on a map

    "Americans angry about Benghazi can't find it on a map"

    "Of the 41 percent of Republicans who consider Benghazi to be the worst political scandal in American history, 39 percent are unaware that Benghazi is located in Libya. 10 percent said it's in Egypt, 9 percent in Iran, 6 percent in Cuba, 5 percent in Syria, 4 percent in Iraq, and 1 percent each in North Korea and Liberia, with 4 percent unwilling to venture a guess."
    https://www.upi.com/blog/2013/05/13/...7321368469022/
    not surprising. most Americans don't even know Obama/Hillary/NATO created a failed terrorist state of Libya as well.

    Only the Russians and Germans have clean hands

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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    "seventy-two per cent of Republican-supporting respondents said Arabic numerals should not be on the curriculum"

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    doesn't change the fact that demmycraps have always been stupid......I remember one who thought there were 57 states and you elected him president because he was the smartest one you could find......

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    Strictly speaking they should be called Hindu-Arabic numerals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill View Post
    You know I still find it amazing they could build those roads, tunnels, bridges & buildings etc using them...

    Many of those are still standing & here they can't build a freakin sidewalk that won't crack in a couple years....
    They can but not for the price people are willing to pay.
    But the Romans were awesome especially at roads. VERY labor intensive but you rightly note the results.
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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    "Fifty-six per cent of people say the numerals should not part of the curriculum for US pupils"

    "A survey by Civic Science, an American market research company, asked 3,624 respondents: “Should schools in America teach Arabic numerals as part of their curriculum?

    "Some 2,020 people answered “no”. Twenty-nine per cent of respondents said the numerals should be taught in US schools, and 15 per cent had no opinion"

    "Seventy-two per cent of Republican-supporting respondents said Arabic numerals should not be on the curriculum"

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/a...rce=reddit.com

    Survey had to be taken in some ruby red State
    Fake

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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    "Fifty-six per cent of people say the numerals should not part of the curriculum for US pupils"

    "A survey by Civic Science, an American market research company, asked 3,624 respondents: “Should schools in America teach Arabic numerals as part of their curriculum?

    "Some 2,020 people answered “no”. Twenty-nine per cent of respondents said the numerals should be taught in US schools, and 15 per cent had no opinion"

    "Seventy-two per cent of Republican-supporting respondents said Arabic numerals should not be on the curriculum"

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/a...rce=reddit.com

    Survey had to be taken in some ruby red State
    Hehe. That's hilarious!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Celticguy View Post
    They can but not for the price people are willing to pay.
    But the Romans were awesome especially at roads. VERY labor intensive but you rightly note the results.
    Very true...

    I see a lot of new building going on, new houses, malls etc & it is all disposable crap... Not made to last more than 50 years tops...... By then the area will have run down & "everyone will have made their money" & died.......
    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill View Post
    Very true...

    I see a lot of new building going on, new houses, malls etc & it is all disposable crap... Not made to last more than 50 years tops...... By then the area will have run down & "everyone will have made their money" & died.......
    Correct, buildings are not engineered to last > 50 yrs. They say it has to do with staying current with engineering standards which is not false (try retrofitting the HVAC in a 190 yr old bldg) but as with everything else, it insures repeat customers.
    It helps to have slave labor, holds down the cost. Thats why slavery was so popular in olden days.
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    Why should they ' future-proof ' anything when they don't believe in Tomorrow ?
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    We don't know what happened after that . "

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    Quote Originally Posted by Celticguy View Post
    Correct, buildings are not engineered to last > 50 yrs. They say it has to do with staying current with engineering standards which is not false (try retrofitting the HVAC in a 190 yr old bldg) but as with everything else, it insures repeat customers.
    It helps to have slave labor, holds down the cost. Thats why slavery was so popular in olden days.
    True.... Lots & lots of illegals work in the construction business here..
    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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