04-25-2005, 12:53 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Alexandria, Minnesota, USA
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Minnesota does it again....
Gets a number one ranking.
Popular Science March 2005
Top Tech City- Minneapolis
Sorry but I do love bragging about my state.
Which state hosted the Super Bowl, World Series, Stanley Cup Finals, Final Four and the PGA Championship all within 365 days? Minnesota
This probaly will never be duplicated again.
04-25-2005, 12:55 PM
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RE: Minnesota does it again....
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Top Tech City- Minneapolis
Oh, that has been known as a techy area for years by everyone in the engineering community.
expensive to live there though.
04-25-2005, 12:55 PM
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Boone & Crockett
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RE: Minnesota does it again....
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This probaly will never be duplicated again.
You guys ever get any lasting claim to fame? Particularly one that makes a difference in the real world?
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04-25-2005, 12:59 PM
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Location: Alexandria, Minnesota, USA
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RE: Minnesota does it again....
Ever heard of Magnetic tape, Scotch tape or Post its?
How about the Black Box or Nerf.
Transistorized Cardiac Pacemaker.........
04-25-2005, 01:03 PM
#5
Boone & Crockett
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RE: Minnesota does it again....
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Ever heard of Magnetic tape, Scotch tape or Post its?
How about the Black Box or Nerf.
Transistorized Cardiac Pacemaker.........
America was doing just fine with wax cylinders, paperclips, and legal pads, eyewitness acounts, air-filled bladders, and untimely death, thank you very much.
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Matthew 18:3-6
04-25-2005, 02:01 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: Minnesota does it again....
Hey, for a short time, I lived in Le Clare , Iowa, and they claimed the black box. They had a black box museum, and everything!!
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04-25-2005, 02:41 PM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: Minnesota does it again....
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ORIGINAL: buckmine
Sorry but I do love bragging about my state.This probaly will never be duplicated again.
Talk about a sucker bet ...
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04-25-2005, 03:32 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: Minnesota does it again....
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Ever heard of Magnetic tape, Scotch tape or Post its?
Are ya'll the home of the other 3M?
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04-25-2005, 07:18 PM
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RE: Minnesota does it again....
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Are ya'll the home of the other 3M?
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing?
HUGE company.
04-25-2005, 07:33 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: Minnesota does it again....
The ranch received two letters from them last year. Our ranch brand is 3M. Apparently, they thought we were violating their copywrite.
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