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> > "Charles Gifford" > wrote in message
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> > > "Nixon, D" > wrote in message
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> > > > "Charles Gifford" > wrote in message
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> > > > > > The other comment is that, as far as I know, chili contains beef
> and
> > > > > > although deer and antelope were here long before the conquest,
> > > > >
> > > > > Just a gentle correction for anyone who cares. There have never
been
> > > > > antelope in the Americas. You are probably refering to the
> pronghorn -
> > > > > "Antelocapra americana". It is not related to antelopes nor to any
> > > living
> > > > > animal. As the scientific name suggests, they are sometimes placed
> in
> > a
> > > > > group of animals called "goat antelopes" although they are
neither.
> > > Other
> > > > > animals in this group: chamois, saiga, takin and muskox. Other
than
> > the
> > > > > muskox and takin none are actually related.
> > > > >
> > > > > Charlie
> > > > ================================================== =======
> > > >
> > > > Oh yeah?? Well if that be true, tell me this--------------------
why
> > > would
> > > > "where the deer and the ANTELOPE play" be in the words of the
> > > > most popular song of the 20th Century !!!! ???? I'm talkin'
> > > > Home on the Range !
> > > >
> > > > McDave
> > >
> > > But, but.....that's the same song that has non-existent buffalo
roaming
> > too!
> > > <grin>
> > >
> > > Charlie
> >
> > ================================================== ===========
> >
> > Well, one of those non-existent buffaloes tore the arm off a cousin of
> > mine when he was on a picnic in the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma
> > in 1972. He was a native OKIE, a Warrant Officer in the U.S. Army
> > Artillery,
> > and should have know better than to wander among the herd in the
> > rutting season !! They did let him stay in the Army until his
> > retirement.
> >
> > McDave
> >
> A one armed Okie can't pick much fruit in California.
> Kack<G>
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You're sure right about that.... particularly one who cain't
tell an Cantaloupe from a Antelope !!

McDave