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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 01:30 PM Original message |
Why are Western states so durn big? nt |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. would you want another 20 states to memorize in elementary school |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Nope, 50 are enough. nt |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. LOL! |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. lazy cartographers FTW |
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kayakjohnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. To fill up all that space. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. Kind of a cool show about this on the History Channel |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Thanks for the link! nt |
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zanana1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. Because they're uninhabitable? nt |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. We need more room for our big egos |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. They were running out of lines |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. The cool squiggly ones anyway. Long straight ones were the only ones left. nt |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. As the tree of Liberty grew taller, it grew bigger and better fruit. n/t |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. They had more dirt than the Eastern states. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's not the size that matters |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. because all the little ones were taken. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. Because of the Northwest Ordinance |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. Because of the Northwest Ordinance |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
18. It's a result of the great migrations: as people left to move west, eastern dirt clung |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. ! |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
19. Hawai'i: a measly 6,423 square miles of land |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. They could've utilized a few more rivers & mountain ranges to define the borders- |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
22. All the better to see what's going on in... |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
23. OK. Serious answer for the history minded. California, Texas, Utah, Hawaii |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. To compensate for our tiny peenies. |
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