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dabobbada
WayDale
(5/8/00 1:16:00 am)
| Re: D'bob
Hell with th' slippers ,wheres th' damn door!!!
Gol Dang Alsheimers!!
Way II much fun for one man,
aka; Bob Hansen
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MissAL
WayDale
(5/8/00 1:16:28 am)
| Re: D'bob
OH NO OH NO!!!!!!
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stillhere
WayDale
(5/8/00 1:18:18 am)
| the
Looks to me that the youngens were indeed thwarted by my favorite Neanderthal D'bobber!
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twiggy18f
WayDale
(5/8/00 1:18:33 am)
| Re: THe
hey, stillhere, if it wasn't for you, WE would've gotten that. not fair at all!
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MissAL
WayDale
(5/8/00 1:18:40 am)
| Re: D'bob
sorry stillhere, twiggy got it....RUN TWIGGY, RUN!!!! I'll wisper to you in the room to tell you our next plan of attack!!! ** runs to the chatroom **
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dabobbada
WayDale
(5/8/00 1:20:06 am)
| Re: D'bob
Twiggy, is is that you out there at 1600, you get off the gosh derned spot or I'm calling the cyber cops golly dang it.
Way II much fun for one man,
aka; Bob Hansen
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dabobbada
WayDale
(5/8/00 1:25:00 am)
| Re: D'bob
Frippen frappen gol danged young whippersnappers, wheres my blinkin blankin glasses?
I'll get yuhs dag nab it.
Now what did I do with muh Walker.
Johnny that is.
Way II much fun for one man,
aka; Bob Hansen
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dabobbada
WayDale
(5/8/00 1:36:01 am)
| Re: D'bob
Golly gosh gol dang nab it!!
Where did every body go?
Alone again in th' ol' pharts home. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Snort ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ jerf ZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ coff ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ snert ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Way II much fun for one man,
aka; Bob Hansen Edited by dabobbada at: 5/8/00 1:36:01 am
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stillhere
WayDale
(5/8/00 1:42:28 am)
| I'm stillhere..... literally
Sorry to abandon you D'bob. The early numbers bore me and I know MissyAl and Twiggy are in the chat room. I'm lurking elsewhere. See ya later!
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twiggy18f
WayDale
(5/8/00 2:30:47 am)
| Re: I'm stillhere..... literally
all I can say is hahahahahahahahhahahahah--oh, and I'm now going to bed!!!
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dabobbada
WayDale
(5/8/00 3:00:50 am)
| Re: I'm stillhere..... literally
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ sner..ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ! Whu? ZZZ ZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZ grebiin.. ZZZZZZZZ Oh JoAnn.. ZZZhey, stop it! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Oooohhh.... ZZZZZZZ yeaaaaahh... ZZZ
SNORT
Whu?.... Oh Darn, bad time to wake up!!
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ snufe.. ZZZZZ
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Way II much fun for one man,
aka; Bob Hansen
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ArkieRon 
WayDale
(5/8/00 3:15:15 am)
 | Special for MissyAL
This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895
from Salina, Kansas. It was taken from the
original document on file at the Smoky Valley
Genealogical Society and Library in Salina,
and reprinted by the Salina Journal.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters.
2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those
that have no modifications.
3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph.
4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb?
Give Principal Parts of do, lie, lay and run.
5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case.
6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal
marks of Punctuation.
7-10. Write a composition of about 150 words
and show therein that you understand
the practical use of the rules of grammar.
Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)
1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules
of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long,
and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of
wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what
is it worth at 50 cts.per bu, deducting
1050 lbs. for tare?
4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000.
What is the necessary levy to carry on
a school seven months at $50 per month,
and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months
and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches
wide and 16 ft. long at $.20 per inch?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days
(no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15
per acre, the distance around which is
640 rods?
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note,
and a Receipt.
U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History
is divided.
2. Give an account of the discovery of
America by Columbus.
3. Relate the causes and results of the
Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United
States.
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.
6. Describe three of the most prominent
battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney,
Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following
dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, and
1865?
Orthography (Time, one hour)
1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet,
phoneticorthography, etymology,
syllabication?
2. What are elementary sounds? How
classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples
of each: Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong,
cognate letters, linguals?
4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u'.
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final
'e'. Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling.
Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in
connection with a word: Bi, dis, mis, pre,
semi, post, non, inter, mono, super.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables
the following, and name the sign that
indicates the sound: Card, ball, mercy,
sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences,
Cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane,
vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced
and indicate pronunciation by use of
diacritical marks and by syllabication.
Geography (Time, one hour)
1. What is climate? Upon what does climate
depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of
climate in Kansas?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is
the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of N.A.
5. Name and describe the following:
Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla,
Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez,
Aspinwall and Orinoco.
6. Name and locate the principal trade
centers of the U.S.
7. Name all the republics of Europe and
give capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than
the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water
of the ocean returns to the sources of
rivers.
10. Describe the movements of the earth.
Give inclination of the earth.
DEO VINDICE!!
Ron G.
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stillhere
WayDale
(5/8/00 3:33:43 pm)
| The
ArkieRon! That is way too much information for my wittle ol brain!
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lovematters
WayDale
(5/8/00 7:37:23 pm)
| Re: The
T and H
Consonants of the first order
You can get here from there but you can't get there from here.
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pawtucket
WayDale
(5/8/00 7:38:40 pm)
| Re: The
Long live the power of THE
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stillhere
WayDale
(5/8/00 8:46:53 pm)
| the
I'm with you paw. LONG LIVE THE!
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dabobbada 
WayDale
(5/9/00 2:57:14 am)
| It's THE, not the, Gol dang igernant young'uns
That's it, ArkieRon,
You show these dad gumm young'uns a thing or two....
Or wus thet three??
I sure enjoyed readin' thet thing 'til I got to grammar an' started rememb'rin what a fine woman she was.
No sir,
they jes' don't make 'em like her anymore.
Why, I remember when she used to chase me with that big weepin' willer switch. Unfortunately, that's all I 'member.
Danged Alzhieme........ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Snort ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ coff ZZZZZZZZZ....
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pawtucket
WayDale
(5/9/00 11:01:18 am)
| Re: It's THE
Remember everytime you post to THE another twier comes to his/her senses
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icareboutu
WayDale
(5/9/00 12:22:04 pm)
 | the....
Let's send Arkie to 'the' PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE!
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pawtucket
WayDale
(5/9/00 3:57:24 pm)
| Re: the....
The THE day shift monitors are letting this thread slip into oblivion. The time/space continuum depends on this being on page one. I know there are a lot of other things going on....but priorities!!!!
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