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Major events since Red Sox last won the World Series:

-Halley's comet passed Earth...twice.

- we landed on the moon

-radio and tv were invented

-Flagpoles were erected on the Fenway Park roof to hold all of the team's future World Series pennants. They have since rusted and been taken down.

-Prohibition was created and repealed

-15 presidents were elected.

-Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Oklahoma, and New Mexico were admitted to the Union.

-women got the right to vote

-George Burns celebrated his 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th, 80th, 90th, and 100th birthdays.

-world war I, world war II, korea, vietnam, the 2 gulf wars

-the rise and fall of communism

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Originally posted by richiev525

Major events since Red Sox last won the World Series:

-Halley's comet passed Earth...twice.

- we landed on the moon

-radio and tv were invented

-Flagpoles were erected on the Fenway Park roof to hold all of the team's future World Series pennants. They have since rusted and been taken down.

-Prohibition was created and repealed

-15 presidents were elected.

-Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Oklahoma, and New Mexico were admitted to the Union.

-women got the right to vote

-George Burns celebrated his 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th, 80th, 90th, and 100th birthdays.

-world war I, world war II, korea, vietnam, the 2 gulf wars

-the rise and fall of communism

WOW, what cute little Email forward did you get that from?

I'll be sure to pull this post up when they beat the skankees.

Keep up with the research librarian...

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Originally posted by richiev525

Major events since Red Sox last won the World Series:

-Halley's comet passed Earth...twice.

I thought that one sounded wrong, remembered something about every 70some years and last was mid 80s., . . looked it up and "Comet Halley was visible in 1910 and again in 1986. Its next perihelion passage will be in 2061."

Sorry, I'm just a nerd, I can't help it.

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Originally posted by fakearmani

WOW, what cute little Email forward did you get that from?

I'll be sure to pull this post up when they beat the skankees.

Keep up with the research librarian...

Well i was going to go digging in the closet for some new material but i couldnt get in there because Piazza hasnt come out of it yet...

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Originally posted by richiev525

Well i was going to go digging in the closet for some new material but i couldnt get in there because Piazza hasnt come out of it yet...

Well maybe you can give him a few tips since it seems your transition went smoothly.

and uuhh Mr. Baseball almanac...... did you happen to catch the game last night?!??!:finger:

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