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SLMTue Jun-28-05 10:43 AM
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> The mechanical (Post Office)scales back then were easily as
> accurate or more accurate than the digital scales of today.
> The Post Office back then was still a branch of the federal
> government and was kinda like the Marines in their code of
> honor. (By the way for those unaware the Perry's fish was
> weighed at the Post Office.) If the employees at the Post
> Office said it weighed 22-4 that's what it weighed. There were
> enough witnesses that saw the fish that there's no way they
> would all mistake a Striper for a LMB.

Yup, a pound back then weighs as much as a pound in 2005, especially if it came from a gummint certified/calibrated scale. There are strict protocols in certifying trade and postal scales--you can look them up in the Code of Federal Regulations.

  

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The best world record Hoax? [View all] , Mattlures, Fri Jun-24-05 03:26 PM
  RE: The best world record Hoax?, Tm Customs, Jun 24th 2005, #1
RE: The best world record Hoax?, magmaster, Jun 24th 2005, #2
RE: The best world record Hoax?, RIPDLIP, Jun 24th 2005, #3
RE: The best world record Hoax?, Urban, Jun 24th 2005, #4
      RE: The best world record Hoax?, Fishing805Fever, Jun 24th 2005, #5
           RE: The best world record Hoax?, Mattlures, Jun 24th 2005, #6
                RE: The best world record Hoax?, Phil, Jun 24th 2005, #7
                RE: The best world record Hoax?, bassnet, Jun 24th 2005, #8
                     RE: The best world record Hoax?, Mattlures, Jun 24th 2005, #9
                     RE: The best world record Hoax?, bassnet, Jun 24th 2005, #10
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                               RE: The best world record Hoax?, Fishing805Fever, Jun 25th 2005, #12
                                    RE: The best world record Hoax?, RIPDLIP, Jun 25th 2005, #13
                                         RE: The best world record Hoax?, Billy Q, Jun 25th 2005, #14
                                         RE: The best world record Hoax?, asaump4u, Jun 25th 2005, #15
                                              RE: The best world record Hoax?, RIPDLIP, Jun 25th 2005, #16
                                                   RE: The best world record Hoax?, Mattlures, Jun 25th 2005, #17
                                                        RE: The best world record Hoax?, ben23, Jun 25th 2005, #18
                RE: The best world record Hoax?, magmaster, Jun 25th 2005, #19
                     RE: The best world record Hoax?, Phil, Jun 25th 2005, #20
RE: The best world record Hoax?, ocmulgee, Jun 25th 2005, #21
RE: The best world record Hoax?, Lightninrod, Jun 25th 2005, #22
RE: The best world record Hoax?, Fishing805Fever, Jun 26th 2005, #23
      RE: The best world record Hoax?, ocmulgee, Jun 26th 2005, #24
RE: The best world record Hoax?, Henry Shorr, Jun 26th 2005, #25
RE: The best world record Hoax?, Tm Customs, Jun 26th 2005, #26
RE: The best world record Hoax?, ocmulgee, Jun 28th 2005, #27
RE: The best world record Hoax?, BobH, Jun 28th 2005, #28
      RE: The best world record Hoax?, SLM, Jun 28th 2005 #29
           RE: The best world record Hoax?, CJ, Jun 29th 2005, #30
                RE: The best world record Hoax?, Lightninrod, Jun 30th 2005, #31
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RE: The best world record Hoax?, Tm Customs, Jun 30th 2005, #33
RE: The best world record Hoax?, Henry Shorr, Jun 30th 2005, #34
      RE: The best world record Hoax?, Mattlures, Jun 30th 2005, #35
           RE: The best world record Hoax?, Tm Customs, Jun 30th 2005, #36
                RE: The best world record Hoax?, bassnet, Jun 30th 2005, #37
                     RE: The best world record Hoax?, Mattlures, Jun 30th 2005, #38
                          RE: The best world record Hoax?, ocmulgee, Jul 02nd 2005, #39
                               RE: The best world record Hoax?, bassnet, Jul 02nd 2005, #40
                               RE: The best world record Hoax?, Lightninrod, Jul 03rd 2005, #41
                                    RE: The best world record Hoax?, ocmulgee, Jul 03rd 2005, #42
                                         RE: The best world record Hoax?, 59lbwsb, Jul 04th 2005, #43
                                              RE: The best world record Hoax?, Mattlures, Jul 05th 2005, #44
                                                   RE: The best world record Hoax?, 59lbwsb, Jul 06th 2005, #45
                                                        RE: The best world record Hoax?, Mattlures, Jul 06th 2005, #46
                                                             RE: The best world record Hoax?, 59lbwsb, Jul 09th 2005, #47
                                                                  RE: The best world record Hoax?, cbanoles2003, Jul 10th 2005, #48
                                                                       RE: The best world record Hoax?, Mattlures, Jul 10th 2005, #49
                                                                            RE: The best world record Hoax?, Chris, Jul 12th 2005, #51
RE: The best world record Hoax?, Nico, Jul 10th 2005, #50
RE: The best world record Hoax?, D Smith, Jul 29th 2005, #52

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