https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2273:_Truck_Proximity&feed=atom&action=historyTalk:2273: Truck Proximity - Revision history2024-03-28T10:38:07ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2273:_Truck_Proximity&diff=188072&oldid=prevKazvorpal at 21:15, 3 March 20202020-03-03T21:15:52Z<p></p>
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</table>Kazvorpalhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2273:_Truck_Proximity&diff=188071&oldid=prevKazvorpal at 21:14, 3 March 20202020-03-03T21:14:56Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clearly Randall (and other parents) should investigate Dinotrux, which I enjoyed with my kids. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.15|162.158.62.15]] 10:40, 27 February 2020 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clearly Randall (and other parents) should investigate Dinotrux, which I enjoyed with my kids. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.15|162.158.62.15]] 10:40, 27 February 2020 (UTC)</div></td></tr>
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</table>Kazvorpalhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2273:_Truck_Proximity&diff=187868&oldid=prevCellocgw at 13:32, 28 February 20202020-02-28T13:32:55Z<p></p>
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</table>Cellocgwhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2273:_Truck_Proximity&diff=187867&oldid=prevCellocgw at 13:30, 28 February 20202020-02-28T13:30:06Z<p></p>
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</table>Lupohttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2273:_Truck_Proximity&diff=187852&oldid=prev172.69.54.9: The Dinosaur Truckers, Old MacDonald had a Truck2020-02-28T03:37:34Z<p>The Dinosaur Truckers, Old MacDonald had a Truck</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The title text of the comic mentions children's media, not specifically books. The Google search, which Randall didn't perform, "dinosaurs driving trucks on a farm" does produce results. For instance, a game called Dinosaur Farm https://www.amazon.com/Dinosaur-Farm-Tractor-Truck-Simulator/dp/B01MSA2OVD. The images appear to show a variety of vehicles, including tractors and others that more closely resemble various kinds of trucks. --[[User:Shabegger|Shabegger]] ([[User talk:Shabegger|talk]]) 17:57, 27 February 2020 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The title text of the comic mentions children's media, not specifically books. The Google search, which Randall didn't perform, "dinosaurs driving trucks on a farm" does produce results. For instance, a game called Dinosaur Farm https://www.amazon.com/Dinosaur-Farm-Tractor-Truck-Simulator/dp/B01MSA2OVD. The images appear to show a variety of vehicles, including tractors and others that more closely resemble various kinds of trucks. --[[User:Shabegger|Shabegger]] ([[User talk:Shabegger|talk]]) 17:57, 27 February 2020 (UTC)</div></td></tr>
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</table>162.158.106.144https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2273:_Truck_Proximity&diff=187842&oldid=prevShabegger: Dinosaurs driving trucks on a farm2020-02-27T17:57:24Z<p>Dinosaurs driving trucks on a farm</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"Apparently trucks and farms do not mix very well."  Seriously?  Go spend half an hour listening to country music; that'll disabuse you of that mistaken notion rather quickly! :P</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"Apparently trucks and farms do not mix very well."  Seriously?  Go spend half an hour listening to country music; that'll disabuse you of that mistaken notion rather quickly! :P</div></td></tr>
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