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    Quote Originally Posted by hemmjo View Post
    Assuming of course that the universe was round and had some comprehensible and definable limit.
    The "KNOWN universe" is defined by the greatest distance to which we can see with our current technology. It is a radius and associated with that radius is the geometric notion of a circumference. It is that circumference to which the quote refers, not the as yet unknown boundary of the universe, if indeed one exists.

    The most puzzling issue to me revolves around the fact that the universe is expanding. Into what is it expanding ? The question is as mind contorting as speculation of the origin of the big bang.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mklotz View Post
    The "KNOWN universe" is defined by the greatest distance to which we can see with our current technology. It is a radius and associated with that radius is the geometric notion of a circumference. It is that circumference to which the quote refers, not the as yet unknown boundary of the universe, if indeed one exists.

    The most puzzling issue to me revolves around the fact that the universe is expanding. Into what is it expanding ? The question is as mind contorting as speculation of the origin of the big bang.
    I heard there is a good resterauant at the edge of the universe

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank S View Post
    I heard there is a good resterauant at the edge of the universe
    Good to know 'cause there ain't no good restaurants around here.

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    The "large boulder the size of a small boulder" tweet has reached meme status, and a similar tweet by the San Miguel Sheriff warned of a "large boulder the size of a large boulder":


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    So what is a ISO standard 'large boulder'?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bruce.desertrat View Post
    So what is a ISO standard 'large boulder'?
    74 golden retrievers.


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    hmm I wonder how big it would be in bolder CO.?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jon View Post
    The "large boulder the size of a small boulder" tweet has reached meme status, and a similar tweet by the San Miguel Sheriff warned of a "large boulder the size of a large boulder":

    The area "Stoner Creek" would explain the explanation
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    Stoner creek, a large boulder the size of a large boulder, Hum must be something in the water.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank S View Post
    Stoner creek, a large boulder the size of a large boulder, Hum must be something in the water.
    You got that one wrong Frank, it's a lack of something between the ears.

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