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Aug 31 2008, 03:32 AM
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OK, I'm feeling quite guilty about this, so I need to pull its thorns.
There is a hurricane building in the Gulf of Mexico, just swept a path of devastation across the western tip of Cuba. It has the potential to be a more powerful and damaging storm than Katrina of three years ago, and may also strike New Orleans. It's name is Gustav. And whenever I hear or see that name, a little correction voice in my head says "Don't you mean Gusev?" Like I say -- feeling guilty about that, but there it is... -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Sep 23 2009, 01:06 AM
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That must be awful when it gets in your Vegemite, mate. I don't like Vegemite ... well maybe now I do. and seal up every crack in your homes that you can...it gets literally everywhere. Yeah ... had the window to my office open overnight. Will be cleaning for the rest of the day! -------------------- |
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dvandorn You know you're an UMSFer... redux Aug 31 2008, 03:32 AM
nprev Ah, don't feel bad, oDoug. You'll know you... Aug 31 2008, 04:44 AM
Astro0 Although we're not facing Gustav at the moment... Aug 31 2008, 07:08 AM
dmuller Well the thing that created Gusev wasn't a lig... Aug 31 2008, 07:36 AM
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