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Old 11-23-2020, 4:42pm   #1
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While on a mission to count bighorn sheep last Wednesday, Wildlife Resources officers aboard a Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter spotted a curious sight: a steely, triangular 10- to 12-foot-tall monolith, firmly planted at the bottom of an isolated sandstone gulch.

“During the counts we came across this, in the middle of nowhere, buried deep in the rock,” the department wrote in a caption accompanying the photo on Instagram. “Inquiring minds want to know, what the heck is it? Anyone?”





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Old 11-23-2020, 4:48pm   #2
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are the proportions 1:4:9?
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Hopefully, it was put here by aliens to stimulate us to evolve.
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Just watched it on TCM two days ago, wo chemicals. Different movie
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Hopefully, it was put here by aliens to stimulate us to evolve.
Doubt it works. We seem to be devolving rapidly.
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Mystery solved.
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So did I!
Last half hour or so seemed so much better back then when I had some chemical assistance watching it
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So did I!
Last half hour or so seemed so much better back then when I had some chemical assistance watching it
Man, are you back on the smack?
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Covid viral excitation device. Re-energizes the virus through radio waves.
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Man, are you back on the smack?
When I think back about some of the crap I did back then....
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It's a control module, erected by ancient aliens to deflect planet killing meteors that might hit the Earth. Similar to this one:

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I've long since lost all my chop fodder. For some odd reason, I think Willa leaning on that would be a classic mix
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Just watched it on TCM two days ago, wo chemicals. Different movie
I have it on Blu-Ray. One of my favorite movies. Yeah...it's a little out there if you're now chemical free. But back in the day...at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood with a "bag of goodies and a bottle of wine" (per the Guess Who) you could really expand your mind.
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I read the book several times as a teenager. Much better than the movie.
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I read the book several times as a teenager. Much better than the movie.
Arthur C. Clarke wrote "3001: The Final Odyssey." It goes into detail and explains the premise of the movie (i.e. the Monolith, what happened to Frank Poole, etc.).
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These are the books that I know of:

2001
2010
2061
3001
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