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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
yeah, Tesla was an interesting bloke
Eddison fucked him over some, which is shitty
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 23 Jul 2010, 16:35,
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That's the one, Eddison, not eignstine.
Have you read about this?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Fri 23 Jul 2010, 16:38,
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Yes, I find it rather fascinating!
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 23 Jul 2010, 16:44,
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I'm not sure what theory to that I like best, they're all awesome, it would make a brillient film.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Fri 23 Jul 2010, 16:54,
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didn't the X Files do something about it?
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 23 Jul 2010, 16:55,
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Maybe, not sure.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Fri 23 Jul 2010, 17:05,
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I thought you might
part of the problem is that Eddison was an American, so they bigged him up more. Whereas Tesla was a cleverer eastern european type, which didn't do him any good ;-)
I have read about it, but not for some time. Interesting stuff
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 23 Jul 2010, 16:45,
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Yup, plus Eddison was in pockets of [I forgot his name, some rich guy, famous in the early 1900s, 'morgan' something?].
It makes me think "Wow, if he was 'round today".
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Fri 23 Jul 2010, 16:54,
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Morgan Stanley?
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PsychoChomp, Fri 23 Jul 2010, 16:55,
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he was the guy who invented the knife wasn't he?
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 23 Jul 2010, 16:56,
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Maybe, I can't remember, it was quite some time ago when I read the book.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Fri 23 Jul 2010, 17:01,
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