Comments for The Peregrin Falcon http://theperegrin.com Knowledge, Wisdom, Tulsa and the World Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:04:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 Comment on Time is on my Side - Yes it is. by Peregrin http://theperegrin.com/2010/01/20/time-is-on-my-side-yes-it-is/#comment-3056 Peregrin Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:30:40 +0000 http://theperegrin.com/2010/01/20/time-is-on-my-side-yes-it-is/#comment-3056 But wait, there's more.... According to the AAP, kids in the United States see 40,000 commercials each year; which means at 18 they have seen approximately 720,000 ads. According to a local newspaper teenagers average 912 text messages every month. Starting at 13 and going to 19 that means they will have sent 76,608 text messages. If each message contains at least 4 words and each word is misspelled text speak, then they are intenionally committing 306,432 spelling errors and yet we wonder why grammar and spelling are degrading at a frightening rate. According to Hobbe's Internet Timeline (http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline) In December 1990 there was one website and by July 1999 there were 6,598,697 websites and now there are over 250,000,000 websites. To anyone born in 1992 the internet has grown at an average of 13,888,888 websites per year. But wait, there’s more….

According to the AAP, kids in the United States see 40,000 commercials each year; which means at 18 they have seen approximately 720,000 ads.

According to a local newspaper teenagers average 912 text messages every month. Starting at 13 and going to 19 that means they will have sent 76,608 text messages. If each message contains at least 4 words and each word is misspelled text speak, then they are intenionally committing 306,432 spelling errors and yet we wonder why grammar and spelling are degrading at a frightening rate.

According to Hobbe’s Internet Timeline (http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline)

In December 1990 there was one website and by July 1999 there were 6,598,697 websites and now there are over 250,000,000 websites. To anyone born in 1992 the internet has grown at an average of 13,888,888 websites per year.

]]> Comment on A Great Argument Against Nationalized Healthcare by Roy http://theperegrin.com/2009/08/12/a-great-argument-against-nationalized-healthcare/#comment-2765 Roy Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:53:52 +0000 http://theperegrin.com/2009/08/12/a-great-argument-against-nationalized-healthcare/#comment-2765 Glad to see you posting again, Falcon. Glad to see you posting again, Falcon.

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