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Adam Whyte-Settlar

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Jul 19, 2008, 3:38:38 AM7/19/08
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Jellore

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Jul 19, 2008, 3:43:03 AM7/19/08
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On Jul 19, 5:38 pm, "Adam Whyte-Settlar" <ador@ble> wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/751...

Why amateurs ?


sandy58

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Jul 19, 2008, 5:03:45 AM7/19/08
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DON'T ASK!! He is now about to tell you about ......."the time he
surfed down Mount Everest ....on a MOUSE MAT!!!!" Bah! Wimp! :-)

Cory Bhreckan

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Jul 19, 2008, 5:34:42 PM7/19/08
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Helmets.

--
"For the stronger we our houses do build,
The less chance we have of being killed." - William Topaz McGonagall

Adam Whyte-Settlar

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"Cory Bhreckan" <coryv...@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Jellore wrote:
>> On Jul 19, 5:38 pm, "Adam Whyte-Settlar" <ador@ble> wrote:
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/751...
>>
>> Why amateurs ?
>>
>>
>
> Helmets.

That too. But I was meaning in comparison to my recent 1200 mile voyage
across the Tasman.


Jellore

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Jul 20, 2008, 3:12:14 AM7/20/08
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On Jul 20, 1:04 pm, "Adam Whyte-Settlar" <ador@ble> wrote:
> "Cory Bhreckan" <coryvrec...@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message

You are joking of course ?

conwaycaine

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"Jellore" <jel...@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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***********
No, no.
Both Adam and his raft have many a mile on them..............


Adam Whyte-Settlar

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"conwaycaine" <conwa...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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If I can get enough sponsership the next one I'm planning is from Cairns to
Bali.
Once I get round Cape York there's a 15 knot current through the Torres
Straits nearly all the way.


Cory Bhreckan

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Jul 20, 2008, 6:52:52 PM7/20/08
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You'll need a helmet then.

Val

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On Jul 20, 8:45 am, "Adam Whyte-Settlar" <ador@ble> wrote:
> "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>
> news:JFJgk.4239$Zc5...@bignews8.bellsouth.net...
>
>
>
>
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> > "Jellore" <jell...@bigpond.com> wrote in message

> >news:ca8bb1df-bc12-4b1a...@a3g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
> > On Jul 20, 1:04 pm, "Adam Whyte-Settlar" <ador@ble> wrote:
> >> "Cory Bhreckan" <coryvrec...@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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> >>news:S5tgk.104$oU.43@trnddc07...
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> >> > Jellore wrote:
> >> >> On Jul 19, 5:38 pm, "Adam Whyte-Settlar" <ador@ble> wrote:
> >> >>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/751...
>
> >> >> Why amateurs ?
>
> >> > Helmets.
>
> >> That too. But I was meaning in comparison to my recent 1200 mile voyage
> >> across the Tasman.
>
> > You are joking of course ?
>
> > ***********
> > No, no.
> > Both Adam and his raft have many a mile on them..............
>
> If I can get enough sponsership the next one I'm planning is from Cairns to
> Bali.
> Once I get round Cape York there's a 15 knot current through the Torres
> Straits nearly all the way.

Sheepees could ztand behint & cheer?????

Adam Whyte-Settlar

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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That would be great.
I'm going to need a few sacrifici......er..... I mean volunteer sheepees to
.......er...... distract the sharks too.
The departure date will need to be around mid November to catch the East
Australian Current inside the reef plus the prevailing south-easterlies in
order to link to the Torres Current at the Thursday Island group. Anyone in
your flock available at that time of year?


Val

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Jul 21, 2008, 8:25:40 AM7/21/08
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chure, bud ony hon Tewzdiyz;Turzdiyz iss ve kniddink clawss. Ve brink
hextry voolees, geddink dem cawt hin sharkey teet, muffle dey
barkink...

conwaycaine

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"Adam Whyte-Settlar" <ador@ble> wrote in message
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> "conwaycaine" <conwa...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
<Snip>

>> ***********
>> No, no.
>> Both Adam and his raft have many a mile on them..............
>
> If I can get enough sponsership the next one I'm planning is from Cairns
> to Bali.
> Once I get round Cape York there's a 15 knot current through the Torres
> Straits nearly all the way.

I would send money but I do not wish to contribute to your
demise...............


Adam Whyte-Settlar

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Jul 21, 2008, 12:01:09 PM7/21/08
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"conwaycaine" <conwa...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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You're all heart Conway - I've always maintained that.


Adam Whyte-Settlar

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Oh dear. What a shame. I've checked my diary and there IS a Tuesday Island
and a Friday Island and even an Easter Island but I'm afraid they aren't
exactly on my planned route.

>Ve brink
> hextry voolees, geddink dem cawt hin sharkey teet, muffle dey
> barkink...

Er.. perhaps I didn't make myself clear. These aren't exactly 'basking'
sharks - they're 'Great Whites'. You'll take to them like a sheep to water
I'm sure. There is a local one-armed, one-legged chap who hops about
organising 'Swim with the Sharks' trips on his boat for a truly bargain
fee - another genuine Australian adrenaline sport not to be missed.
Not sure if you'll need your fleeces - or even your woolies - as the
temperature never drops below about 22 C except in the drive-in bottle shops
which, unsurprisingly, is where the locals spend most of their time and
money.


conwaycaine

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Jul 21, 2008, 12:22:26 PM7/21/08
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"Adam Whyte-Settlar" <ador@ble> wrote in message
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A word to the less than wise here--

Sailing, sailing over the bounding main
Many a stormy wind shall blow, ere we are home again.

(A somewhat loose translation from the original English)

Cory Bhreckan

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Jul 21, 2008, 12:59:53 PM7/21/08
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No brains though.

Adam Whyte-Settlar

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"Cory Bhreckan" <coryv...@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Adam Whyte-Settlar wrote:
>> "conwaycaine" <conwa...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>> news:7e1hk.4902$dP6....@bignews1.bellsouth.net...
>>> "Adam Whyte-Settlar" <ador@ble> wrote in message
>>> news:SIOdnX3hFMw69h7V...@westnet.com.au...
>>>> "conwaycaine" <conwa...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>>> <Snip>
>>>
>>>>> ***********
>>>>> No, no.
>>>>> Both Adam and his raft have many a mile on them..............
>>>> If I can get enough sponsership the next one I'm planning is from
>>>> Cairns to Bali.
>>>> Once I get round Cape York there's a 15 knot current through the Torres
>>>> Straits nearly all the way.
>>> I would send money but I do not wish to contribute to your
>>> demise...............
>>
>> You're all heart Conway - I've always maintained that.
>
> No brains though.

I've always maintained that too.


Cory Bhreckan

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Jul 21, 2008, 2:01:51 PM7/21/08
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Just wanted to be sure that we were on the same page.

The Highlander

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Jul 21, 2008, 2:48:50 PM7/21/08
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On Jul 21, 9:22 am, "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> "Adam Whyte-Settlar" <ador@ble> wrote in message
>
> news:9pudnfBX_INMLxnV...@westnet.com.au...
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>
>
>
> > "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message

> >news:7e1hk.4902$dP6....@bignews1.bellsouth.net...
>
> >> "Adam Whyte-Settlar" <ador@ble> wrote in message
> >>news:SIOdnX3hFMw69h7V...@westnet.com.au...
> >>> "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message

> >> <Snip>
>
> >>>> ***********
> >>>> No, no.
> >>>> Both Adam and his raft have many a mile on them..............
>
> >>> If I can get enough sponsership the next one I'm planning is from Cairns
> >>> to Bali.
> >>> Once I get round Cape York there's a 15 knot current through the Torres
> >>> Straits nearly all the way.
>
> >> I would send money but I do not wish to contribute to your
> >> demise...............
>
> > You're all heart Conway - I've always maintained that.
>
> A word to the less than wise here--
>
> Sailing, sailing over the bounding main
> Many a stormy wind shall blow, ere we are home again.
>
> (A somewhat loose translation from the original English)

It's also a well-known Hamburg sailing song, but I can't remember the
title!

conwaycaine

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"The Highlander" <mic...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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******
I did well to remember the one verse.........


conwaycaine

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"Cory Bhreckan" <coryv...@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Adam Whyte-Settlar wrote:
>> "conwaycaine" <conwa...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>> news:7e1hk.4902$dP6....@bignews1.bellsouth.net...
>>> "Adam Whyte-Settlar" <ador@ble> wrote in message
>>> news:SIOdnX3hFMw69h7V...@westnet.com.au...
>>>> "conwaycaine" <conwa...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>>> <Snip>
>>>
>>>>> ***********
>>>>> No, no.
>>>>> Both Adam and his raft have many a mile on them..............
>>>> If I can get enough sponsership the next one I'm planning is from
>>>> Cairns to Bali.
>>>> Once I get round Cape York there's a 15 knot current through the Torres
>>>> Straits nearly all the way.
>>> I would send money but I do not wish to contribute to your
>>> demise...............
>>
>> You're all heart Conway - I've always maintained that.
>
> No brains though.

Should my IQ drop too low, I can always move to the North.


conwaycaine

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"Adam Whyte-Settlar" <ador@ble> wrote in message
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Or Oz..............

Val

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mmmm-ow bowt Xmas Island, yu got vun dem en route? Ve iss lykink Xmas
giftz...
vell, zilly, dat iss ve poynt...ve takkink hoff vooleess, feeddink dem
to sharkees-, keepink dem kwiet; den ve danze nekkid on raft, keepink
YU kwiet;hin fact, zbeechless, ve iss bettink... [FYI, sheepees iss
NODT carink if sharkees iss PC!]

Cory Bhreckan

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Jul 22, 2008, 10:20:25 AM7/22/08
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It won't make you any smarter. The damage has been done.

conwaycaine

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"Cory Bhreckan" <coryv...@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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That wasn't quite what I was thinking.
It's that dumb asses are less noticeable in the Nawf, there being so many of
you already in residence.

Jeffrey Hamilton

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"conwaycaine" <conwa...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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Yes but don't forget, you'll have to take your own *grits*.

cheers....Jeff


Cory Bhreckan

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Jul 22, 2008, 4:25:47 PM7/22/08
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What do you think made his IQ drop in the first place?

Séimí mac Liam

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Val <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in
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The mind positively boggles at the visualisation.

--
Saint Séimí mac Liam
Carriagemaker to the court of Queen Maeve
Prophet of The Great Tagger
Canonized December '99

Cory Bhreckan

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Jul 22, 2008, 6:24:24 PM7/22/08
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Never the less...

> It's that dumb asses are less noticeable in the Nawf, there being so many of
> you already in residence.

You've been hanging around in South Boston too much.

conwaycaine

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"Cory Bhreckan" <coryv...@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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Yes indeedy, and by comparison, it takes a bright man to go through the
Scottish Highlands, whizzing away on all the heather thereabouts, while the
Scots shake their heads and take pictures of yet another Looney Yank loose
in their beloved homeland.


conwaycaine

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"Jeffrey Hamilton" <bbere...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
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It would be my teeth gritting where I required by circumstances to move up
there.


conwaycaine

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"Cory Bhreckan" <coryv...@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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Fine people in South Boston.
Happily (for me), many of my cousins dwell there.
Salt of the earth and all.
And bright enough to steal all Boston from the Brahmins.


Cory Bhreckan

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Jul 24, 2008, 4:10:24 PM7/24/08
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You don't need brains to breed.

conwaycaine

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"Cory Bhreckan" <coryv...@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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> conwaycaine wrote:
<Snip>

>> Fine people in South Boston.
>> Happily (for me), many of my cousins dwell there.
>> Salt of the earth and all.
>> And bright enough to steal all Boston from the Brahmins.
>
> You don't need brains to breed.

But you do need balls, yankee.
(Sadly for you)


Peter Jason

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"conwaycaine" <conwa...@bellsouth.net>
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Perspicacious debate continues to flourish!


conwaycaine

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"Peter Jason" <p...@jostle.com> wrote in message
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He's a yankee.
One doesn't reason with yankees.
One takes a stick and beats them on the head until they go away.


Val

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On Jul 26, 5:52 am, "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> "Peter Jason" <p...@jostle.com> wrote in message
>
> news:7YGdneTKjbbUEhfV...@netspace.net.au...
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>
>
>
>
> > "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> >news:IFkik.6508$t32....@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
>
> >> "Cory Bhreckan" <coryvrec...@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message

> >>news:Qk5ik.358$GI.110@trnddc05...
> >>> conwaycaine wrote:
> >> <Snip>
>
> >>>> Fine people in South Boston.
> >>>> Happily (for me), many of my cousins dwell there.
> >>>> Salt of the earth and all.
> >>>> And bright enough to steal all Boston from the Brahmins.
>
> >>> You don't need brains to breed.
>
> >> But you do need balls, yankee.
> >> (Sadly for you)
>
> > Perspicacious debate continues to flourish!
>
> He's a yankee.
> One doesn't reason with yankees.
> One takes a stick and beats them on the head until they go away.

Except for the ones with Celtic background, whom no amount of head-
pounding will daunt in the slightest.... AND, they bite...

conwaycaine

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Celts tend to be a stubborn lot.
Must come from all those thousands of years being driven about Europe by the
Germanic peoples.


Jeffrey Hamilton

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"conwaycaine" <conwa...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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Absolutely, it worked with Sherman.
Mind you, he took his own sweet time doing it and even then, he left a
god-awful mess.

cheers....Jeff


Val

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Jul 27, 2008, 10:49:08 AM7/27/08
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Or vice versa. Tho I am inclined to think is just natural
contrariness...

conwaycaine

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"Jeffrey Hamilton" <bbere...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
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Well, Sherman was an exception.
He had this idea of buying beach front property in Georgia and thought to
rid the area of Rebels before buying and settling in.

conwaycaine

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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True.
Tell a bunch of Celts to go left and they'll all turn to the right.
Even if it means going off a cliff...........

Val

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On Jul 27, 11:52 am, "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> "Jeffrey Hamilton" <bberesf...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
>
> news:fP%ik.217$Wm...@read2.cgocable.net...
>
>
>
>
>
> > "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message

> >news:pZFik.1563$BX5...@bignews6.bellsouth.net...
>
> >> "Peter Jason" <p...@jostle.com> wrote in message
> >>news:7YGdneTKjbbUEhfV...@netspace.net.au...
>
> >>> "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> >>>news:IFkik.6508$t32....@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
>
> >>>> "Cory Bhreckan" <coryvrec...@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message

> >>>>news:Qk5ik.358$GI.110@trnddc05...
> >>>>> conwaycaine wrote:
> >>>> <Snip>
>
> >>>>>> Fine people in South Boston.
> >>>>>> Happily (for me), many of my cousins dwell there.
> >>>>>> Salt of the earth and all.
> >>>>>> And bright enough to steal all Boston from the Brahmins.
>
> >>>>> You don't need brains to breed.
>
> >>>> But you do need balls, yankee.
> >>>> (Sadly for you)
>
> >>> Perspicacious debate continues to flourish!
>
> >> He's a yankee.
> >> One doesn't reason with yankees.
> >> One takes a stick and beats them on the head until they >go away.
>
> > Absolutely, it worked with Sherman.
> > Mind you, he took his own sweet time doing it and even then, he left a
> > god-awful mess.
>
> > cheers....Jeff
>
> Well, Sherman was an exception.
> He had this idea of buying beach front property in Georgia and thought to
> rid the area of Rebels before buying and settling in.

And you'll notice they survived him....

conwaycaine

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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And so they did but it weren't easy.


Val

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Jul 28, 2008, 4:35:29 PM7/28/08
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You dont have to outrun all the posses'-just the one that's chasing YOU

conwaycaine

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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As well as the one that is lying in wait just down the trail........


Val

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Jul 29, 2008, 11:15:09 AM7/29/08
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Ahh, that is where our traditional duplicity comes in, we take a
different trail...

Scotty

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On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:23:29 -0400, "conwaycaine" <conwa...@bellsouth.net>
wrote:

>>
>> You dont have to outrun all the posses'-just the one that's chasing YOU
>
>As well as the one that is lying in wait just down the trail........

There were two pals walking through the veldt in Africa when a lion started
showing an interest. One of them bends down and pulls on a pair of running
shoes. His mate says, "are you crazy, you'll never outrun the lion". The other
guy says, "I don't have to outrun the lion, I just have to outrun you".

If I remember correctly, the guy with the running shoes was Irish, bastards.
Umm, is that something like a leftards?

Val

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On Jul 29, 3:04 pm, Scotty <nob...@home.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:23:29 -0400, "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@bellsouth.net>

I mind -for no particular reason I can fathom-the one about the Roman
Legionnaire who was getting bluidy fed up wi' a wee bluish feller who
kept dancing around & making rude gestures just out of spear-shot.
Having convinced his commandant that this was in general bad for
morale, Lars the Lad set off leading a small troop doubletime out the
gate. Of course Jockie melted in between the standing stones at top
speed. Lars was sore enough not to think much about stractics &
tategy, so he left the eagles-and the rest of his chums-in the dust
while he took off in hot pursuit. After a brief silence, there comes
the sound of terrific melee from behind the stones, and poor old Lars
reappears, plumes dragging and arms waving: "Back! Back! It's a trap!
There's two of them!"

conwaycaine

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Jul 29, 6:23 am, "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
<Snip>>

>> > You dont have to outrun all the posses'-just the one that's chasing YOU
>>
>> As well as the one that is lying in wait just down the trail........
>
> Ahh, that is where our traditional duplicity comes in, we take a
> different trail...

High road or low road?..............


conwaycaine

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"Scotty" <nob...@home.net> wrote in message
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Now he wasn't Irish.
A true Irishman would have kneecapped the other guy, thus avoiding the
necessity of running in the hot African sun........


Scotty

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Jul 30, 2008, 4:35:20 PM7/30/08
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:42:54 -0400, "conwaycaine" <conwa...@bellsouth.net>
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My mate tells me that the running shoes didn't help him because Irish guys
apparently run like girls. He would never have done that, he was Irish and we
all know how gentle and sensitive the Irish are.

Val

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Jul 30, 2008, 6:41:31 PM7/30/08
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Depends who has the bigger gun, I should think...

conwaycaine

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Yes, well since you already live in Scotland, the point is moot as to which
road to take.


conwaycaine

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"Scotty" <nob...@home.net> wrote in message
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'Tis but a facade we maintain to lure you buff guys into a false sense of
security when we are about your women.

Val

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On Jul 31, 9:55 am, "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> "Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:6067f9d3-27eb-4ac9...@v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > On Jul 30, 5:40 am, "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >> "Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:eed500fb-16e4-4796...@a3g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> > On Jul 29, 6:23 am, "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >> <Snip>>
> >> >> > You dont have to outrun all the posses'-just the one that's chasing
> >> >> > YOU
>
> >> >> As well as the one that is lying in wait just down the trail........
>
> >> > Ahh, that is where our traditional duplicity comes in, we take a
> >> > different trail...
>
> >> High road or low road?..............
>
> > Depends who has the bigger gun, I should think...
>
> Yes, well since you already live in Scotland, the point is moot as to which
> road to take.

???? errr....while I do live in the hills..they are not Highland
hills...

Cory Bhreckan

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Jul 31, 2008, 5:40:20 PM7/31/08
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Are you still jiggling?

Val

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Jul 31, 2008, 6:33:26 PM7/31/08
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On Jul 31, 1:40 pm, Cory Bhreckan <coryvrec...@nospam.verizon.net>
wrote:

naaah-tempest in a teapot, really. The press is a bit hysterical-but
then, the press often is. Giving the devils their due, when we had
real trouble in '87 and again in '94, they were on the mike round the
clock with emergency info-shelters, food & water banks, safe routes,
etc.

Cory Bhreckan

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We got a lot of shakes when I lived in Tokyo. My parents would put a
table over my crib. Japanese houses were well built to stay standing
after earthquakes but some debris would fall.

conwaycaine

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Oh jeeze, Val
"You take the high road and I'll take the low road and I'll be in Scotland
afore ye"
;=)

conwaycaine

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"Cory Bhreckan" <coryv...@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Val wrote:
<Snip>
> Are you still jiggling?

Isn't that a bit personal?


La N

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"conwaycaine" <conwa...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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Have a YouTube link?

- nilita


Val

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On Aug 1, 8:02 am, "La N" <nilita2004NOS...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> news:0YDkk.2508$De7....@bignews7.bellsouth.net...
>
>
>
> > "Cory Bhreckan" <coryvrec...@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message

> >news:8jqkk.642$JH5.399@trnddc06...
> >> Val wrote:
> > <Snip>
> >> Are you still jiggling?
>
> > Isn't that a bit personal?
>
> Have a YouTube link?
>
> - nilita

No, just a regular sports bra....

Val

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Aug 1, 2008, 12:07:23 PM8/1/08
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Well, but I didnt want to bias the outcome-especially with Gaia
adjusting her girdle... I'm being NICE!

conwaycaine

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"La N" <nilita20...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Depends on how strong a stomach you have.............


conwaycaine

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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You are always nice.
Nothing new there.


Val

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Aug 2, 2008, 4:48:12 PM8/2/08
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I think I've just been insulted..

conwaycaine

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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No you have not.
I do toss out a bouquet from time to time.
Especially when it is deserved.


Val

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Aug 3, 2008, 7:18:54 PM8/3/08
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Now I'm frightened...OO

conwaycaine

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Not of me.
I couldn't outrun a snail these days.

Val

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(muffled giggles:me scooting along seated on my wee garden cushion,
you in full pursuit on racing snail)
(or perversely, as it were, depending who's had their bran...)

conwaycaine

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I remember a time when if one mentioned snails, the emails would fly.

Val

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maturation brings mellowing? or everybody else is out to lunch...

conwaycaine

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Aug 4, 12:58 pm, "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
<Snip>

>> > (muffled giggles:me scooting along seated on my wee garden cushion,
>> > you in full pursuit on racing snail)
>> > (or perversely, as it were, depending who's had their bran...)
>>
>> I remember a time when if one mentioned snails, the emails would fly.
>
> maturation brings mellowing? or everybody else is out to lunch...

Surely a group as versatile as this one could not have exhausted all the
possible ways of killing snails..............


Val

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Aug 5, 2008, 1:18:17 PM8/5/08
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I favor the beer trap myself. Doesnt necessarily kill them, but they
are a lot more fun to watch when stoned...

conwaycaine

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I like salt.
Make the little beggars suffer for what they have done to my flowers.


Val

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On Aug 5, 10:26 am, "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> "Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:86a36c74-9b26-4fbb...@v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > On Aug 5, 8:33 am, "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >> "Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:6b61d8fa-2395-4dff...@t1g2000pra.googlegroups.com...>
> >> On Aug 4, 12:58 pm, "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> >> <Snip>
>
> >> >> > (muffled giggles:me scooting along seated on my wee garden cushion,
> >> >> > you in full pursuit on racing snail)
> >> >> > (or perversely, as it were, depending who's had their bran...)
>
> >> >> I remember a time when if one mentioned snails, the emails would fly.
>
> >> > maturation brings mellowing? or everybody else is out to lunch...
>
> >> Surely a group as versatile as this one could not have exhausted all the
> >> possible ways of killing snails..............
>
> > I favor the beer trap myself. Doesnt necessarily kill them, but they
> > are a lot more fun to watch when stoned...
>
> I like salt.
> Make the little beggars suffer for what they have done to my flowers.

OOO! plant pyrethrum?????

S Viemeister

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Aug 5, 2008, 4:55:48 PM8/5/08
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I put beer in a pie plate overnight - the next morning, any snails which
haven't drowned, get put out where the birds can find them.

Jeffrey Hamilton

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"La N" <nilita20...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Your such a voyeurist, nilita....

I like that. <g>

cheers....Jeff


Jeffrey Hamilton

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"conwaycaine" <conwa...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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Possibly those who would object were fooled, by the whole *escargot* thingy.

cheers....Jeff


Val

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Aug 5, 2008, 11:29:32 PM8/5/08
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yes-tho in my case is easier to toss them in the pond for the fish-i
just HATE it when my hoofees find one the birds have missed!

conwaycaine

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I could plant a Petunia atop a forty foot tower and those #@$%&$ would
slither and slime their way to the top.


conwaycaine

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"Jeffrey Hamilton" <bbere...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
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Well it took a little work but I think we managed to get the snail thread
revived.
Quilting next..........

S Viemeister

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Aug 6, 2008, 1:28:26 PM8/6/08
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The Quilters are planning another get-together.....

Val

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Aug 6, 2008, 3:06:58 PM8/6/08
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ahhh, but pyrethrum is inherently toxic-used in a lot of pest control
spritz stuff; and the flowers are rather pretty... I found a four inch
slug once-about an inch thru the middle- didnt have the heart to kill
him/her-so I put in my neighbors yard...

conwaycaine

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Aug 7, 2008, 11:05:17 AM8/7/08
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"S Viemeister" <firs...@lastname.oc.ku> wrote in message
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I found a site that pictured many of the traditional Appalachian quilting
patterns.
If I can dig it up, I'll post it here.
Those patterns go back a very long way.
The Scottish quilters may recognize some of them.

conwaycaine

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Aug 6, 8:35 am, "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
<Snip>

>> > OOO! plant pyrethrum?????
>>
>> I could plant a Petunia atop a forty foot tower and those #@$%&$ would
>> slither and slime their way to the top.
>
> ahhh, but pyrethrum is inherently toxic-used in a lot of pest control
> spritz stuff; and the flowers are rather pretty... I found a four inch
> slug once-about an inch thru the middle- didnt have the heart to kill
> him/her-so I put in my neighbors yard...

I didn't recognize any of the common names for pyrethrum.
We use Marigolds with some success to keep the bugs at bay.
.


Bryn

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> him/her-so I put in my neighbors yard...- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I use homemade slug repellent. I had put around a teaspoon of Cheshunt
compound to a tub of (Cheap) petroleum jelly. The Cheshunt compound
contains both copper sulphate and ammonium carbonate. Copper sulphate
alone would be my first choice. This smelly but completely effective
goo is then spread on any surface you do not wish slugs or snails to
cross..

Towards last October I found a slug, black with an orange trim, which
measured a full 8 inches. This year the slugs have not been a problem,
its the badgers...

Bryn

Jeffrey Hamilton

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Your such a kind-hearted person, Val, did you by chance put it in the
tomatoes ?

cheers....Jeff


conwaycaine

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"Bryn" <brianlo...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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*************

You haven't trained your badgers to eat snails?


Val

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Aug 8, 2008, 1:38:47 PM8/8/08
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No, being a lineal descendant of that Sherman fellow, she doesnt do
tomatoes. I did find a semi-healthy dandelion for the poor thing.

Val

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WOW! If mine had been that pretty, I'd have kept him/her!

Jeffrey Hamilton

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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There goes the home-made wine stock's for the winter.

cheers....Jeff


Jeffrey Hamilton

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Hurrying to post, I missed this little historical nugget.
Sherman didn't like tomatoe's ?
Bush 1, didn't like broccoli.
There's a trend here methinks.
Do you think it's something do with the Washington D.C.*water* ?

cheers....Jeff

Val

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Aug 9, 2008, 8:51:10 PM8/9/08
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I was thinking more of his scorched earth policy, but you do raise an
interesting point-where was it 'they' discovered vast quantities of
meds in city water supplies?

Val

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Aug 9, 2008, 8:52:23 PM8/9/08
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not to worry, I saved lots of seeds...

Jeffrey Hamilton

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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What, he even scorched the slug's too? What a cad !
That would be enough to put even conway off his grit's.


>but you do raise an
> interesting point-where was it 'they' discovered vast quantities of
> meds in city water supplies?

It's all well and fine having meds distributed in the city water, but are
they in the correct dosage ?

cheers....Jeff


Jeffrey Hamilton

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Good thinking and *thats* why your kind have thrived.

cheers....Jeff


The Fifeshire Bimbo

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"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote

> On Aug 9, 9:00 am, "Jeffrey Hamilton" <bberesf...@cogeco.ca> wrote:
>> "Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
<snip>

>> > No, being a lineal descendant of that Sherman fellow,
>>
>> Hurrying to post, I missed this little historical nugget.
>> Sherman didn't like tomatoe's ?
>> Bush 1, didn't like broccoli.
>> There's a trend here methinks.
>> Do you think it's something do with the Washington D.C.*water* ?
>>
>> > she doesnt do
>> > tomatoes. I did find a semi-healthy dandelion for the poor thing.
>
> I was thinking more of his scorched earth policy, but you do raise an
> interesting point-where was it 'they' discovered vast quantities of
> meds in city water supplies?

I don't think it's limited to any one place Val. Until people learn to take
unused meds back to the chemist/pharmacy/drugstore to be properly disposed
of rather than dumping them down the toilet, it will only get worse. It's
possibly part of the reason we're seeing all kinds of illnesses showing up
in people.

Cheers, Helen
p.s. I think I've been on this particular soapbox before.

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