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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: under the weather
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9/11 I was about to leave for work and turned on the TV right after the first plane had hit the tower and no one was sure what had really happened yet. Watched the 2nd one hit.
I was working at the big game processing place, and the boss (a Korean War-era vet) sent everyone to the gas station across the street and filled our vehicles. He was a little freaked out, as we all were, but he reverted to his military training and was taking care of his "troops". It was kind of touching. I remember he said, "Gas is going to go through the roof over this. I bet it hits $5.00 a gallon." It was maybe $1.65/gal then. He died earlier this year...I wonder if he knew how close he was to being right, albeit late?
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I think this line's mostly filler.
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: DC
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I was on my way to work on 9/11. I was listening to NPR, and just before I went under an overpass, the preliminary news of the first tower was reported. I lost reception going under the overpass, and as I emerged, and reception returned, I saw a huge column of smoke from the direction of the Pentagon. It took a while for that to be confirmed on the radio, but I knew what had happened. I went to work as usual, and stayed the full time, but I'm not sure how much got done.
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Encroaching on your decrees
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland
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I can't ride a bicycle, never have done ... and neither can my partner.
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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On 9-11 I was sleeping, and would have slept through the whole thing if I hadn't gotten a phone call when the first tower was hit. Foxnews went on and didn't get turned off until I headed for work around 1500 or so. The TV was on at work, but we didn't pay much attention to it.
I was trying to figure out what the CISM response would be and if I would go ... (my employer put the kibosh on that one. I wasn't allowed the time off). I live next to a small civilian airport. It was a little strange to have nothing flying. I don't even remember the medevac choppers in the air for those couple days.
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Seattle
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I can walk through all the doorways in our house without stooping. But I can bump my head on all the doorframe lintels by rising onto the balls of my feet.
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That's interesting achitecture Big V.
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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Quote:
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~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~
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I am sending you every good wish for your speedy recovery Tonchi.
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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Normal architecture, interesting anatomy.
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To shreds, you say?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet!
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To shreds, you say?
Join Date: Aug 2004
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I think it is becoming clearer. Two entirely unrelated ideas.
re: architecture and anatomy, are you telling us that you have big balls on your feet? Of your feet? or just long feet? Of is it that your feet are made of chocolate?
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LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Arkansas
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Of is it that your feet are made of chocolate?
That could get slippery in the summer !
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Queensland, Australia
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ewww...but yumm....toe fudge? i'm torn
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~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~
Join Date: Apr 2006
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@big v,
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![]() Something about me = I don't favor chocolate. 'spose to infer that from the big heaping space between sentances. I don't know where you guys got the chocolate feet thing unless you're just being kinky. Or I am being kinky.
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To finish first, first you have to finish
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Oxford, UK
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I cannot have the volume on my car stereo on an odd number.
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