Extra Credit Questions
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04-08-2024, 03:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-08-2024 03:55 PM by AussieMick.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Information, data, from one part of the country was prevented from getting to Washington for 5 hours due to ...?
OK.... Especially in the early days of information Technology... why was data sometimes not received from one location for several hours? “The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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04-08-2024, 04:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-08-2024 06:31 PM by AussieMick.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Something that seemed very important to Lincoln occurred on October 31, 1864
One of Roger's attempts is directly related to that event on 31 October 1864 “The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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04-08-2024, 06:30 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
the event had some long term influence on Washington DC (obviously) ... but primarily it happened on the other side of the US
(Googling is fine by me) “The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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04-08-2024, 07:06 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
I am totally "lost." Wild guess - earthquake?
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04-08-2024, 07:29 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-08-2024 08:09 PM by AussieMick.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Nope, Roger. But thanks for sticking with me.
Googling a timeline might help ( though possibly my previous searches could influence what I, as opposed to another person, might see) What you've found so far ... The election was a major factor relating to the answer. What, apart from the votes of ordinary citizens, is the determining factor in a Presidential election in the USA? “The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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04-08-2024, 09:24 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
The telegraph was down because the constitution of Nevada was being transmitted by telegraph so that Lincoln would get the state's three electoral votes. It was, according to a history of Nevada, the longest and costliest transmission over the telegraph wires.
Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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04-08-2024, 09:52 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-08-2024 09:52 PM by AussieMick.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Rob, you win the cigar. Well done.
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-t...d-slavery/ The issue about the weather (Gene mentioned) ? ... "Two out of three of its votes from the electoral college were cast for Lincoln. (The third voter got stuck in a snowstorm.) " “The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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04-09-2024, 02:11 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
In 1862 Abraham Lincoln sprained his wrist in checking his run-away horse as he rode from the Soldiers' Home to the White House. Nearly two weeks later the wrist was still so sore that he sought treatment from a doctor. What was the doctor's name?
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04-09-2024, 04:16 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Roger,
Is using Google allowed? Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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04-09-2024, 05:12 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Rob, yes.
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04-09-2024, 07:37 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Dr. Zacharie, I believe?
“The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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04-10-2024, 04:50 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Very good, Michael - indeed he went to Dr. Issachar Zacharie, a chiropodist. We have discussed him before on this forum. Lincoln sprained his wrist on September 13, 1862, and he saw Dr. Zacharie about the sprain on September 25, 1862.
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05-04-2024, 11:25 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
No googling please.
Who is this lady? |
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05-04-2024, 01:30 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Roger,
I don't see an image on my phone. Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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05-04-2024, 02:05 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
I am not sure why, Rob. It's an ordinary .jpg image that shows normally on my computer. I checked it in 3 browsers.
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