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   On Sep 14, 2025, Mitchell Holman wrote   
   (Message-ID: ):   
      
   > None wrote in news:10a7p2i$1kfmq$3@dont-email.me:   
   >   
   > > On Sep 14, 2025, Mitchell Holman wrote   
   > > (Message-ID: ):   
   > >   
   > > > None wrote in news:10a5952$sg6h$4@dont-email.me:   
   > > >   
   > > > > On Sep 13, 2025, Mitchell Holman wrote   
   > > > > (Message-ID: ):   
   > > > >   
   > > > > > Dawn Flood wrote in   
   > > > > > news:10a51be$r2fg$1@dont-email.me:   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > > On 9/13/2025 4:40 PM, None wrote:   
   > > > > > > > On Sep 13, 2025, Dawn Flood wrote   
   > > > > > > > (Message-ID: <10a4i4p$lt9j$2@dont-email.me>):   
   > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > On 9/13/2025 1:24 PM, Mitchell Holman wrote:   
   > > > > > > > > > None wrote in   
   > > > > > > > > > news:10a4a71$j4ov$2@dont-email.me:   
   > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 13, 2025, Mitchell Holman wrote   
   > > > > > > > > > > (Message-ID: ):   
   > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > None wrote in   
   > > > > > > > > > > > news:10a2ubk$5del$3@dont-email.me:   
   > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 12, 2025, Vincent Maycock wrote   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > (Message-ID:<4ti9ckpfrip5vckkmrc81ri5iqi25uujj6@4ax.   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > com>   
   > > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:18:56 -0700,   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > None wrote:   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 12, 2025, Vincent Maycock wrote   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (Message-ID:<0oc9ck53j37rmkq3hv6u0m5klmi87d33ib@   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 4ax. com>):   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 12 Sep 2025 12:56:54 -0700,   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > None wrote:   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 12, 2025, Vincent Maycock wrote   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (Message-ID:<7qp8ckhb1epb3r83oopm8j4sub39g8f   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > tog@ 4ax.com>):   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:37:20 -0700,   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > None   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 11, 2025, Mitchell Holman wrote   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What other data is there to   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > measure time but scientific data?   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The universe expands at a known   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rate, the continents move at a   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > known rate, starlight reaches our   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > eyes at a known rate. If those   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > known rates are wrong what rates   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > are right?   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If the continents moved at a known rate   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > then there would be no earthquakes.   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The continents move at about the rate at   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > which fingernails grow. When two   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > continents   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (or, more precisely, the tectonic plates   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > they are a part of) move   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > past each other, sometimes they get   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "stuck" on the rough edges of the plates   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > they're moving past. The pressure to   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > keep moving persists, though, and finally   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the two plates break apart from each   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > other. The   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > energy released when   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > they break apart is an earthquake.   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You just showed that the continents stop   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > moving periodically, and you did not   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > post how much they jumped when an   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > earthquake happens.   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why do you need to know that?   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don’t, but you do so as not to make foolish   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > declarations.   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you didn't need to know, why did you ask the   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > question?   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yet we often see the   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > evidences of that when the ground opens up   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and the gap left can be seen in inches to   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > yards. It is inconsistent movement. Many   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > have seen the   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > earth opening and closing in   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mere moments as is caught on video.   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No, there aren't *that* many earthquakes. The   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rate of movement has been measured with   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > satellites and other such   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > precision instruments.   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wow, are you really lacking that much, there   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > are literally 100’s to 1,000’s of   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > earthquakes every day.   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > Which is not many at any given spot on the earth.   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > All volcanos would erupt and known   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cycles and explosive   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rates.   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No, volcanic eruptions are caused by   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > other factors besides just the rate at   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > which tectonic plates move.   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So you agreed with, me as well as added   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > more excuses which you could not   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rationalize.   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > LOL! That was the last comment I made, so no   
      
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