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12-08-2015, 06:17 PM (This post was last modified: 12-08-2015 06:22 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
Post: #271
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Kudos, Thomas - wow, that was fast! And perfectly answered. Here's a larger clipping:
   
I will post another question as I thought this might happen (someone nails it almost before I posted).

Well then, here #9b - what is this, and how is it linked to Lincoln?
   
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12-08-2015, 06:57 PM
Post: #272
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My first instinct was frozen Niagara Falls, which I think the Lincolns visited, but not in winter? Second instinct is a distant memory of some great winter snow in the Midwest in the 1800s?
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12-08-2015, 07:01 PM
Post: #273
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Some part of the White House lawn/ fence in winter?

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12-08-2015, 08:43 PM
Post: #274
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Any other guesses/opinions?
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12-08-2015, 09:19 PM
Post: #275
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The statue at the Soldiers Home?

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12-09-2015, 11:27 AM (This post was last modified: 12-09-2015 11:28 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
Post: #276
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Brilliant ideas, Joe, but kudos again to Laurie, your intial guess was correct, it's the Niagara Falls that Abraham Lincoln visited extensively in 1848. And I'm afraid he was incorrect as for "never froze" (last passage):
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/linc...w=fulltext
   
Joe, please don't blame me - you had a fair chance as my asking for "other opinions" offered the possibility to agree with Laurie!
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12-09-2015, 11:58 AM
Post: #277
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Wow - I'm surprising even myself because I am usually a dud on trivia questions. It must be the Christmas spirit of the thread that is blessing me! Eat your heart out, Yankee Man.
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12-09-2015, 12:39 PM
Post: #278
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And the gap between south and north widens.
Can Laurie maintain the lead for the south? Can Joe help the north catch up? Stayed tuned, only 15 trivia days left.

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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12-09-2015, 12:40 PM
Post: #279
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With 15 shopping days until Christmas, I remain undaunted.

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Me 1

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12-09-2015, 02:21 PM
Post: #280
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You might find some solace in this song, Joe:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TSlpCBek1_M
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12-09-2015, 05:37 PM
Post: #281
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The only thing I'll find solace in is giving The Director a Yuletide Shellacking.

Now if you would Frau Eva, please mach schnell with #10....

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12-09-2015, 06:08 PM
Post: #282
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VoilĂ . Hope it's not too easy. What is this, and how is it linked with to Lincoln?
   
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12-09-2015, 06:15 PM
Post: #283
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That's a pig and Lincoln once stopped his travels to save a pig stuck in the mud.

Throw me two more softballs and I'll send you some cheese for Christmas, Frau Eva.

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12-09-2015, 06:17 PM (This post was last modified: 12-09-2015 06:18 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
Post: #284
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The cheese is tempting, but I am afraid this is not supposed to be a pig! But it was a very creative guess!
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12-09-2015, 06:19 PM
Post: #285
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I'm going to disagree and say that it is a grizzly bear as depicted on the California state flag, which was designed by a member of the Todd family (as in MTL). It also has some kind of history with a revolt, but I can't remember the details.

Joseph - those darn bears are always in your backyard!
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