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Might have been the first! - Dryrod - 05-22-2006
[cool][font "Poor Richard"][green][size 3]Okay so who was the first one to have invented the toon? Might have been this civil war scout. Believe it or not this was even before my friend TubeDude was introduced into this world. LOL[/size][/green][/font]
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Re: [Dryrod] Might have been the first! - zonker - 05-22-2006
[cool]And they didn't even have PVC back then. Wow!
That's a pretty grizzly guy onboard though.
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Re: [zonker] Might have been the first! - Dryrod - 05-22-2006
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Re: [Dryrod] Might have been the first! - zonker - 05-22-2006
I was wondering that myself. I think the only ordinance they had back then was round shaped - I think they handn't figured out bullet shapes yet. Looks like a pretty functional design, though - something you could fish out if.
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Re: [Dryrod] Might have been the first! - TubeDude - 05-22-2006
[cool][#0000ff]Strictly amateur. No sonar, no rod racks, no electric motor. No wonder the confederates lost the war.[/#0000ff]
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Re: [TubeDude] Might have been the first! - zonker - 05-22-2006
I thought that was a Union soldier.
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Re: [TubeDude] Might have been the first! - flygoddess - 05-22-2006
[font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][black][size 1]Post:[/size][/black][/font] [font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][black][size 1][cool][#0000ff]Strictly amateur. No sonar, no rod racks, no electric motor. No wonder the confederates lost the war.[/#0000ff]
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I was going to say the same thing that Zonker did[laugh]
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Re: [zonker] Might have been the first! - TubeDude - 05-22-2006
[cool][#0000ff]I didn't fight on either side, so I can't keep the uniforms straight.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Maybe the Union soldiers won because they were the most creative. Any army that has time to go toonin' has got to have it together.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Actually, the principle of the pontoon and outriggers has been around for hundreds of years. Many older cultures used the sewn up hides of animals to serve as floatation and air chambers. Often the ends came to a point, and that design proved to be quite water worthy.[/#0000ff]
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Re: [TubeDude] Might have been the first! - zonker - 05-23-2006
You all heard it here first. The North defeated the South because they were better tubers/tooners!
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Re: [zonker] Might have been the first! - TubeDude - 05-23-2006
[cool][#0000ff]I suppose that it might have helped that the north had more soldiers, more money, better military armament and better leadership.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Not many people know that history has it wrong. It was not the "Emancipation Proclamation"...it was the "Inflation Nation Proclamation".[/#0000ff]
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Re: [TubeDude] Might have been the first! - pleasantmisery - 05-23-2006
Don't forget that they had to stand or sit very still for pictures back then so they weren't blurry. Not always the easiest thing to do in a tube, obviosly a very calm day (and an experienced tuber).
Cool Pic.
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Re: [TubeDude] Might have been the first! - Fishhound - 05-24-2006
[black][size 3]Hey TD,[/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]Is that a photo of you when you lived back east ? Kind of blurry, but I like the facial hair you had back then. Where's the rod ? Or, was that when you just clunked'm in the head with your oar ? Nice looking fish holding structure you found there too. Just how old are you ?[/size][/black]
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Re: [Fishhound] Might have been the first! - TubeDude - 05-24-2006
[cool][#0000ff]Now waitaminnit. That skinny little twerp with the fuzzy face looks a lot more like you than it does me.[/#0000ff]
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