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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:00 PM Original message |
Nearly all shrimping boats abandon Key West after crew pulls up oil-covered shrimp |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Fucked. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:08 PM Original message |
there was a thread earlier today about a 20+mile slick in off of the Treasure Coast (Palm Beach) |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
52. Palm Beach is on the east side of florida?? |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #52 |
72. I thought that was Gulf coast myself n.t |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
79. HERE:Scientists Locate 23-Mile Long Oil Plume Off Florida's Treasure Coast |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. That's exactly what I was thinking..... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. We were told yesterday that gulf seafood is safe to eat |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I will not be eating local shrimp for a very long time. gosh...maybe never again. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. +! |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. As we used to say in the hospital, |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. That would be a wise precaution |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. i know, right! the FDA makes MMS look like boy scouts. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Shrimp falls under USDA's purvue- though the FDA is involved with the recall notices and such |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. yep -- no Skippy for months! and how about the spinach scare before that? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I believe the tahina (sesame seed butter) came in between that (there are so many, one loses track) |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
86. months and months of NO tomatoes when japs and seranos were to blame in the end |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
68. You BETTER believe it! |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #68 |
77. I grew up on the government cheese |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 10:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
48. I usually buy bags of |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. I wouldn't trust... |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #59 |
87. this goes back for years.... |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. I know... |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Yes, |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
58. I wouldn't eat any shrimp... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. That is not what you were told |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. The clean up effort is Dispersant's and Miraculous Microbes |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Have you ever been on a fishing boat ? you sell what you can. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. There's a market for virtually anything edible, for a price. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 01:14 AM Response to Reply #13 |
44. Gosh, the article is about them dumping it back |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 08:11 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Oh. one boat had to dump it back |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
69. A Caterer friend, told me years ago.............. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. i've heard this before too. ugh. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. "you were told" to eat the shrimp...now EAT it or else Rahm will cry. |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. They tell us ALL our food undergoes "rigorous testing". |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. you got a problem with melamine in your infant formula? hater. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 01:13 AM Response to Reply #21 |
43. They're adding 8 labs for testing |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
61. yep.... |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
60. "The seafood that is approved for sale -- will be safe to eat" |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #60 |
81. And the same government that said that a small beef farm/plant would NOT be allowed to test every |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #81 |
84. exactly... |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
65. You wrote the true and correct comment. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
85. I quit trusting any official related to this leak weeks ago. |
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burnsei sensei (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
56. I think you have been lied to. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 08:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
80. I live directly on the gulf..and my hubby's best friends are commerical Fishermen.. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. we knew this was coming |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. Lt. Dan and Forrest Gump will save the day |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. mmmhmmm -- :) |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
63. BP chumps... |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sigh. This is sad. n/t |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
10. OMG. How sick they must have felt. The shrimpers. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. i dunno -- i think for most of the country the Gulf is a place on the weather map |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. It's not called "The Redneck Riviera" for nothing.. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. from back when people could afford vacations!! |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
57. Ah, but ain't that America... |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
82. Ahhh we in Florida are the 4th biggest state in the nation ..and we are on the Gulf. eom |
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mikita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I don't live near the Gulf, and at the moment |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
70. There is ONE consolatiuon here folks............... |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
83. And don't forget when your birds head down our way for winter!! eom |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
67. Didn't you just basically accuse shrimpers and Gulf fisherman of being liers up thread? |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Tell that to my colleges in Prince Williams Sound. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
64. I am worried for the shrimp and other wildlife, too. nt |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. Kicked and Rec'd with a very heavy heart. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
22. Sounds like there is oil underwater. Pretty scary now that they are saying |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. this is what no one wants to talk about -- oil on a beach is really a best case |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Is it possible that all that oil will stay down there or will it work its way up to the surface? |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. Ask the people who authorized the dispersants |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
29. More of the formerly cheap Chinese & Vietnamese & other Asian shrimp... |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. We've been told repeatedly there is no oil near the Keys |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. yep --that's what i thought when i saw this. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Just yesterday we were assured that it's safe if it's not pelagic |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. The oil is pelagic. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
36. But, but, but...I thought it was SAFE to eat!!! |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
38. This disaster will be measured in generations |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. how will we explain this to our children? |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
41. Wow. The key sentences were edited out. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 08:14 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. It's a coverup of incredible magnitude. n/t |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Which only supports the fact that we are absolutely |
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ForeignSpectator (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
45. Ask Obama to try it, he can tell us if it's safe to eat... n/t |
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mimitabby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
49. at least the fishermen can leave |
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jschurchin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
51. MOTHERFUCKER |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
53. We NEED to talk about $$ to keep these people going... but other than that there |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #53 |
71. this is a root issue for me -- the only "justice" i can imagine coming out of this |
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border_town (191 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
54. Bad news!! |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
55. Well, there's always seafood on the east coast. n/t |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #55 |
66. For a little while. nt |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
62. What was that old song...Shrimp Boats Are A-GOIN' |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
74. If the shrimpers dumped contaminated shrimp in their hold... |
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happygoluckytoyou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
75. YOU CAN...boil them, fry them, oil them, tarball them, broil them, grease them...bubba is crying |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
76. Does anybody have the article before it was censored? |
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AzNick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
78. Havana is next |
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