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Old 06-04-2004   #15 (permalink)
cja
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Ottawa, Canada
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Originally Posted by Bumper
I stand corrected and apologize for my ignorance.

There's obviously no chance this fabled feat will ever be repeated again. Everybody knows a dollar doesn't go anywhere near as far as it used to. (Hyuk, hyuk, hyuk...I kill me!! :p ) I think we should start a movement to change the legend to his having thrown the coin over the Red River. It's a lot easier to spell.
Then, instead of being rowed across the Delaware by a bunch of dandies, he could ride across the Red River in style in a Red River Cart, pulled by oxen. This is scary - my high school history is starting to come back to me!
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