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RIP Misao Okawa

#1 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Wed Apr 01, 2015 6:22 am

Perhaps the last living person born in the 19th Century

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#2 Post by Vandal » Wed Apr 01, 2015 7:02 am

Let's see BiT outlive this one!
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#3 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Wed Apr 01, 2015 7:30 am

Wikipedia says there are 4 survivors of the 19th Century left
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The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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#4 Post by Samuel Clemens » Wed Apr 01, 2015 8:54 am

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Wikipedia says there are 4 survivors of the 19th Century left

You know what they say about the reports of my death...

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#5 Post by Hale Bopper » Wed Apr 01, 2015 8:55 am

Samuel Clemens wrote:The comet comes back in 2061, no?

We'll be waiting for you!
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#6 Post by Bob78164 » Wed Apr 01, 2015 1:02 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Wikipedia says there are 4 survivors of the 19th Century left
Three of whom are American. --Bob
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#7 Post by ne1410s » Wed Apr 01, 2015 1:19 pm

I blame Obama.
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#8 Post by BackInTex » Thu Apr 02, 2015 12:02 pm

Vandal wrote:Let's see BiT outlive this one!
I'm working on it.
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#9 Post by silverscreenselect » Thu Apr 02, 2015 12:24 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Wikipedia says there are 4 survivors of the 19th Century left
I'm wondering if they're using 1900 or 1901 as the start of the 20th century. It might make a difference in crunching the numbers.
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#10 Post by silverscreenselect » Thu Apr 02, 2015 12:25 pm

silverscreenselect wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Wikipedia says there are 4 survivors of the 19th Century left
I'm wondering if they're using 1900 or 1901 as the start of the 20th century. It might make a difference in crunching the numbers.
And while I'm thinking of it, why doesn't 20th Century Fox change its name?
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#11 Post by jarnon » Thu Apr 02, 2015 12:40 pm

silverscreenselect wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Wikipedia says there are 4 survivors of the 19th Century left
I'm wondering if they're using 1900 or 1901 as the start of the 20th century. It might make a difference in crunching the numbers.
The Wikipedia article on the 19th Century begins "The 19th century (January 1, 1801 – December 31, 1900)," and it says "Among the people whose ages are verified by the Gerontology Research Group, as of April 2015 there are only nine people (all female) still alive who were born in the 19th century." TMITSSS's reference must be for people born before 1900.
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Re: RIP Misao Okawa

#12 Post by littlebeast13 » Thu Apr 02, 2015 12:40 pm

silverscreenselect wrote:
silverscreenselect wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Wikipedia says there are 4 survivors of the 19th Century left
I'm wondering if they're using 1900 or 1901 as the start of the 20th century. It might make a difference in crunching the numbers.
And while I'm thinking of it, why doesn't 20th Century Fox change its name?

They shoulda been forward thinking like Century 21....

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