On Feb 9, 7:04*pm, Andy > wrote:
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> > Andy > wrote :
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> >> Pearl said...
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> >>> On Feb 10, 10:15*am, PeterLucas > wrote:
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> >>>> > PeterLucas said...
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> >>>> >>http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...3-1243,00.html
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> >>>> > What a disaster!!! I noticed between yesterday and this morning the
> >>>> death
> >>>> > toll rose by about 30.
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> >>>> And it just keeps going up :-(
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> >>>> > The "Victoria Burns" website you provided is great (info-related).
> > The
> >>>> map
> >>>> > is especially useful to get the broader picture.
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> >>>>http://mp3.news.com.au/hwt/Victoria_fire/index.swf
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> >>>> I have a very good friend who lives at Woodend, just off the M79 to
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> >>>> North-West of Melbourne. I haven't heard from her since Saturday
> >>>> evening.... but I know she's busy and doing a good job.
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> >>>> She's a volunteer Firefighter.
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> >>> So ****ing what?
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> >> Whore troll!!
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> > No, that's kirkland.
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> > It's a Vietnam POW fraud..... and a Sudan 'humanitarian aid' fraud.
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> > It's just a fraud.
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> PeterL,
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> I was driving atop the Malibu hills (Kalifornia) and without thinking
> tossed a cigarette but out the window. Maybe 50 feet past, I slammed on the
> brakes, backed up and got out and ran back and put out the butt with my
> sneakers. There was probably 1,000s of acres of dry straw ready to go up in
> blazes as far as the eye could see. I got back to the car shaking at my own
> stupidity (Malibu fires were not uncommon). I never tossed another
> cigarette butt out of my car since.
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> I don't smoke anymore. Five years this September 1st.
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> Best,
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Good for you! Not an easy habit to quit, but worth it. Did you gain
weight like I did? I asked a dr about that, and he told me your
metabolism slows about 19% when you quit...