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#18939 - Thu Oct 28 1999 12:56 AM George Washington & Other Presidents
Dreamweave Multiloquent Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 2261 Loc: Sunny Saratoga NSW Australia	Isn't strange how queer coincidences happen with US Presidents. The Kennedy clan is a great example. But I found this strange fact about George Washington when it arrived in my email. Did you know that GW died on the last hour of the last day of the last week of the last month of the last year of the 18th century? And that he died after being bled by leeches? He also had to borrow money so he could travel to his inauguration. ------------------ *... Weaving the Dream at the moment ...* [This message has been edited by Dreamweave (edited 10-28-1999).] _________________________ [b][i]Cyber-Force Lives! </I>
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#18940 - Thu Oct 28 1999 08:14 AM Re: George Washington & Other Presidents
sandalwood Forum Champion Registered: Sun Oct 17 1999 Posts: 5643 Loc: Camarillo California USA	Dreamweave, my facts say that he died on December 14. 2779. I don't believe that is the last week of the month. Am I missing something here. Did you know that he declined a third term in 1796, setting a precedent followed by all Presidents until F.D.R? _________________________ If you've got melted chocolate all over your hands,you're eating it too slowly.
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#18941 - Fri Oct 29 1999 02:02 AM Re: George Washington & Other Presidents
Dreamweave Multiloquent Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 2261 Loc: Sunny Saratoga NSW Australia	Mmm, you're right, Sandalwood, My list of Presidential trivia also informs that GW died on 14 Dec 1779 from a cold (cold leeches?) ... he also had a marijuana patch in his back yard. The source of the incorrect information was from <doughels@erols.com> <AikensTrivia@onelist.com> Very, very misleading! ------------------ *... Weaving the Dream at the moment ...* _________________________ [b][i]Cyber-Force Lives! </I>
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#18942 - Tue Nov 02 1999 03:16 AM Re: George Washington & Other Presidents
Gunslinger Multiloquent Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 4761 Loc: Somerville New Jersey USA	Serves you right, Dreamweaver. The very idea - straying from funtrivia. Pshaw! _________________________ '..when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.' - Nietzsche
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#18943 - Tue Nov 02 1999 05:33 AM Re: George Washington & Other Presidents
GarytheG Enthusiast Registered: Tue Oct 12 1999 Posts: 234 Loc: Plantation Fl USA	There is another possibility. I vaguely recall that somewhere the calendar changed. Off the top of my head I don't remember any details. When I have a couple of free minutes I'll try to research it, (unless someone beats me to it) and report back. BTW, what was the year GW died? (a little confusion here!) _________________________ Dazed and confused.... but happy!
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#18944 - Tue Nov 02 1999 05:52 AM Re: George Washington & Other Presidents
Sypher Moderator Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 16547 Loc: East London England UK	First of all....and it has been bugging me for ages.....what does BTW mean ? As far GW death date....the calender was changed so that in fact he did die on the last day. I remember reading that info here in FunTrivia. ------------------ Deciphering the World as I see it !! _________________________ I'll get enough sleep when I'm dead !!
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#18945 - Tue Nov 02 1999 07:08 AM Re: George Washington & Other Presidents
stjerne Forum Adept Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 156 Loc: Wyoming USA	BTW....by the way
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#18946 - Tue Nov 02 1999 05:19 PM Re: George Washington & Other Presidents
Dreamweave Multiloquent Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 2261 Loc: Sunny Saratoga NSW Australia	So where do we stand with GW's real death date .. ie: at the time he was alive and died .. if that was before the calendar changed (is that the extra 11 or 13 days they tacked on the Gregorian calendar ??) ... so could it have been the last hour of the last day of the last month of the last year of the last century? BTW, what does FIWI mean? (I think that's it ..) ------------------ *... Weaving the Dream at the moment ...* _________________________ [b][i]Cyber-Force Lives! </I>
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#18947 - Tue Nov 02 1999 05:24 PM Re: George Washington & Other Presidents
Dreamweave Multiloquent Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 2261 Loc: Sunny Saratoga NSW Australia	Hiya Gunna! The very idea, my word! One simply must explore the full realms of trivial space in order to systematically eradicate those diabolical points of view sent out by the aliens in an effort to bamboozle the rest of us so that the remainder can fundamentally sift through the factors of the situation! I thought everyone knew that .. ------------------ *... Weaving the Dream at the moment ...* _________________________ [b][i]Cyber-Force Lives! </I>
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#18948 - Tue Nov 02 1999 10:18 PM Re: George Washington & Other Presidents
GarytheG Enthusiast Registered: Tue Oct 12 1999 Posts: 234 Loc: Plantation Fl USA	Hi Dreamweave Maybe it's FWIW - For What It's Worth [This message has been edited by GarytheG (edited 11-02-1999).] _________________________ Dazed and confused.... but happy!
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#18949 - Thu Jul 06 2000 10:45 PM Re: George Washington & Other Presidents
Jimmy Of York Explorer Registered: Sun Feb 27 2000 Posts: 63 Loc: I dunno where I am, and I don'...	Acuatually, I heard from a professor at college (I'm not in college, I just took a class) that he died of a cold, like someone said. But he got the cold becasue he was fooling around with some guy's wife, and he came home so he had to climb out the window in december without his pants on. He caught a cold and died. Heh, makes you look at Bill Clinton in a whole new light, doesn't it? _________________________ The universe is a lot like a hotdog, no one knows how it was created, no one knows how long it's been sitting around, and the less we know about what's in it, the happier we are.
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#18950 - Fri Jul 07 2000 07:54 AM Re: George Washington & Other Presidents
reedman Enthusiast Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 346 Loc: Parkersburg West Virginia USA	I heard the same story about GW's escape out another woman's bedroom window and his ensuing illness leading to his death - the year of his departure was 1799 which several people managed to mangle particularly well - LOL ! I'm not up to snuff on the calendar change thing....
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#18951 - Fri Jul 07 2000 08:00 AM Re: George Washington & Other Presidents
reedman Enthusiast Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 346 Loc: Parkersburg West Virginia USA	Sorry about the multiple posts , as there is a malfunction in the "Submit Reply" button - please edit these out, moderator! Ok, ok.... ..LOL I did, I did..!! .....LOL [This message has been edited by Pinhead (edited 07-28-2000).]
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#18952 - Sat Jul 08 2000 12:50 AM Re: George Washington & Other Presidents
fjohn Multiloquent Registered: Mon Dec 06 1999 Posts: 2742 Loc: Wyoming USA Way Out West	George Washington: b. Feb.22, 1732; d. Dec 14, 1799. President: Apr. 1789 -- Mar. 1797 _________________________ Some days it just doesn't seem worth trying to chew through the restraints.
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#18953 - Sat Jul 08 2000 12:52 AM Re: George Washington & Other Presidents
fjohn Multiloquent Registered: Mon Dec 06 1999 Posts: 2742 Loc: Wyoming USA Way Out West	I agree about the multiple message problem. Happened to me just now. Got an "Internal Service Error." _________________________ Some days it just doesn't seem worth trying to chew through the restraints.
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#18954 - Thu Jul 27 2000 03:33 PM Re: George Washington & Other Presidents
TonyTheDad Forum Adept Registered: Wed Jun 07 2000 Posts: 195 Loc: Upper Marlboro Maryland USA	Dreamweave: Did you know that GW died on the last hour of the last day of the last week of the last month of the last year of the 18th century? And that he died after being bled by leeches? 1799 was not the last year of the 18th Century; 1800 was. Similarly, 2000 is the last year of the 20th Century, not the first of the 21st.
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#18955 - Thu Jul 27 2000 05:14 PM Re: George Washington & Other Presidents
Mr.IQ Prolific Registered: Sun Apr 09 2000 Posts: 1854 Loc: North Carolina USA	I'm afraid someone messed up here. Dreamweave and sandalwood, how could Washingtion die in 1779? He didn't leave office until 1796. And as Tony stated, 1800 was the last year of the 18th century, proving that the e-mail was wrong, changed calender or not.
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#18956 - Wed Aug 23 2000 07:56 PM Re: George Washington & Other Presidents
CellarDoor Multiloquent Registered: Sat Feb 12 2000 Posts: 4894 Loc: Seattle Washington USA	The calendar change: when England and its colonies switched to the Gregorian calendar, 13 or so days were REMOVED (I think from September or October). It happened in the early 1750s (if anyone really wants to pin it down, there was a big controversy and I think Ben Franklin got involved, so you should be able to find something), so it wouldn't have changed Washington's death date as it happened 40 years previously. Hope this helps (and that someone still cares after a month!! ) ------------------ "Just because there's twilight doesn't mean we can't tell the difference between night and day." - Kelvin Throop, ANALOG _________________________ Just because there's twilight doesn't mean we can't tell the difference between night and day
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