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[maineman]

Was doing the Wednesday NY Times crossword puzzle on-line (comes out around 10 PM EST) and filled in this answer " Ulan Bator" (16 across). Didn't know what it meant, so I looked it up. It's the capital city of Mongolia, near the center of Outer Mongolia. It is the coldest national capital in the world, with an average annual temperature of 29.7°F and -1.3°C. Check out this picture:





That's Genghis Khan's Portrait carved into the side of the mountain. How cool is that?

Okay, back to reading charts and sniffing out sentiment.



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[Rogerdodger]

Hi Doc.
I got a kick out of your "worrying about smoking" cartoon in Sanity and Health.
While reading an article: Destitute At 80: Retiring In Secular Cycles, I thought about how much stress and worry retirement planning causes people.
At least some people. Some may need to worry more!
ANYWAY... I took the liberty to change the wording a bit in that cartoon:

Edited by Rogerdodger, 14 February 2007 - 01:18 AM.

[greenie]

and that was the capital of world's most powerful country in 14th century. Imagine what can happen to Washington DC in 2700