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Hey Tom- at least the percodan joke wasn't political.:o

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Originally Posted by autograf (Post 1233493)

The whole doggone city of San Francisco didn't completely burn up did it? Guess I'd better brush up on my SF history.

Well, Tom, your comment got me curious, so after a quick search and a glance at this page, it seems like 80% of the city was destroyed by the quake, the fire, and.... people setting their own homes on fire. A quick blurb and a map of the damage:

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The quake lasted 42 seconds, causing severe damage. Ruptured gas lines (and the scarcity of water due to ruptures in those lines) caused city-wide fires that eventually were responsible for up to 90% of the total destruction. Additionally, since the insurance companies didn’t refund the actual quake damage, many people set fire to their own homes. The fires raged for four days and nights. By that time, 80% of the city was destroyed. Estimates of the damage range from $500 million to as high as $1 billion (equivalent to as much as $300 billion in 2005 money).

It is also believed that the San Francisco fire and quake destroyed Seymour Church's baseball museum/collection, some copies of his History of Base Ball 1845-1871 Volume I,(published in San Francisco) and whatever might have gone into volume II. Unfortunately there are no relevant photos in volume I to this discussion, but for those who might not have ever seen a copy of the book, the photos and color lithographs that are there are remarkable and even include a 1902 photo of mathewson, in a book published in 1902.

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Originally Posted by slidekellyslide (Post 1233469)

I think the difference would be that Rush Limbaugh could not keep his political comments out of our forum whereas Keith Olbermann has shown the ability to separate his sports life from his political life. He even made a post here at Net54 that said he wouldn't go political.... Rush was kicked off of ESPN because he couldn't do it. While I agree with KO on most of his political views I don't have a problem with those that don't and he was certainly a polarizing figure in his time at MSNBC. Calling him a Nazi or communist is a little outlandish though, he seems to be a very solid capitalist to me.

+1

My beef is that there is no implied agreement w/ Olbermann's opinions when one agrees or comments on his baseball card discussion. Just because you love his analysis on an Old Judge card does not make you a fan of Single Payer healthcare. So there's ZERO need to blurt out that you think someone is a commie when the discussion has ZERO to do with politics. That's what set me off.

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Originally Posted by slidekellyslide (Post 1233362)

Godwin's Law

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

Hey! I never knew there was a (spot on) law about that!

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by ZenPop (Post 1233685)