953 nut 67,148 #1 Posted Saturday at 10:43 AM July 4, 1803 The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people by President Thomas Jefferson, we paid less than four cents per acre. 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 31,658 #2 Posted Saturday at 12:01 PM Buy land... they ain't makin' it no more... Mark Twain 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 57,255 #3 Posted Saturday at 12:25 PM 23 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said: Buy a Wheel Horse... they ain't makin' it no more... Fixed that for ya ... 2 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 12,359 #4 Posted Saturday at 12:34 PM 31 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said: Buy land... they ain't makin' it no more... Mark Twain Except when then fill in a swampy area for "recreational use".... then sell it off for a 9 hole Golf Course.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 67,148 #5 Posted Saturday at 01:03 PM A lot of old Florida "Sanitary Landfills" became Golf Courses over the past half century. Just don't create too deep a divot and you will be OK. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 12,359 #6 Posted Saturday at 02:30 PM (edited) Our local landfill behind the DPW has been cleared out, cleaned up and extended almost to the Pawtuxet River. It is now home to The Dog Pound, 2 Soccer Fields, and 3 Little League Fields. And mosquitoes... Edited Saturday at 11:01 PM by ri702bill 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wh500special 2,421 #7 Posted Saturday at 07:14 PM In case you were wondering why there’s no monument or commemoration of the Louisiana Purchase, there actually is: Jefferson Gateway Expansion Memorial Better known as the St. Louis Arch. Happy Fourth of July. Steve 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 9,014 #8 Posted yesterday at 03:33 AM My parents were in St Louis when they were placing the final piece (keystone?) of the arch. There was a temporary brace between the two legs, a crane mounted on each leg that were used to lift the final piece. Tolerances were close enough that the fire department was needed to cool off one leg with water to get it all to go together. In 2000, we took our Finnish exchange student to see the arch. We all took the 'elevator' to the observation deck on top of the arch. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
