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10-01-2008, 03:17 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: my azz is in Mississippi, but, I am a true Texan.
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| 29 things I have learned from living in Hurricane alley.. ok..28. 1. Coffee and frozen pizzas can be made on a BBQ grill. 2. No matter how many times you flick the switch, lights don't work without electricity. 3. My car gets 23.21675 miles per gallon, EXACTLY (you can ask the people in line who helped me push it). 4. Kids can survive 4 days or longer without a video game controller in their hand. 5. Cats are even more irritating without power. 6. He who has the biggest generator wins. 7. Women can actually survive without doing their hair- you just wish they weren't around you. 8. A new method of non-lethal torture, showers without hot water. 9. There are a lot more stars in the sky than most people thought. 10. TV is an addiction and the withdrawal symptoms are painful. 11. A 7 lb bag of ice will chill 6-12 oz Shiner Bock to a drinkable temperature in 11 minutes, and still keep a 14 lb. turkey frozen for 8 more hours. 12. There are a lot of dang trees around here. 13. Flood plane drawings on some mortgage documents were seriously wrong.. 14. Aluminum siding, while aesthetically pleasing, is definitely not required. 15. Cicada and Crickets can increase their volume to overcome the sound of generators. Gators, not so much...if you hear a gator croak get louder...RUN. 16. People will get into a line that has already formed without having any idea what the line is for. 17.When required, a Lincoln Continental will float, doesn't steer well but floats just the same. 18. Tele-marketers function no matter what the weather is doing. 19. Cell phones work when land lines are down, but only as long as the battery remains charged. 21. Most of your neighbors are fed from a different transformer than you, and they are quick to point that out! 22. If I was to open a store for JUST from August thru October that sold only ice, chainsaws and generators...I'd be a rich bitch. 23. Price of a can of soup rises 200% in a storm. 24. Your water front property can quickly become someone else's fishing hole. OR in Ike's case become Public beach... 25. Tree service companies are under appreciated. 26. I learned what happens when you make fun of another states' blackout. 27. MATH 101: 30 days in month, minus 6 days without power equals 30% higher electric bill. 28. Drywall is a compound word, take away the "dry" part and it's worthless. 29. I can walk a lot farther than I thought.
__________________  "I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it." - Voltaire A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. - Albert Einstein Life is tough..its even harder when you're stupid. -John Wayne |
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10-01-2008, 03:25 PM
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| the old Sage   Join Date: May 2004 Location: Platonic Sphere
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| 30. Dan, the kids and I need to move out of ol Miss to Orygun |
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10-01-2008, 03:49 PM
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| Older Than Dirt  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
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| Or even to Virginia Beach !! I've lived here for 40 years and we've had two [count 'em, two] hurricanes that came close. And, I was outta town for one of them !! Come on up here. Dan would like the fishin'... Charles
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10-01-2008, 03:53 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Phila, Pa
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| That was great! Sent it to my family down in Houston. |
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10-01-2008, 04:57 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: my azz is in Mississippi, but, I am a true Texan.
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| TALK TO THE HUBBY, Guys! I'm still throwing darts at a map and getting shot down ovah here!
__________________ "I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it." - Voltaire A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. - Albert Einstein Life is tough..its even harder when you're stupid. -John Wayne |
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10-01-2008, 09:17 PM
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| aka Dickcheese  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| 2. No matter how many times you flick the switch, lights don't work without electricity. That's because you don't know how to properly operate an electroaccelerometer. As the operator, you must flick it faster and more frequently. And don't let Erich fool ya. Nothing happens in the Pacific Northwest for hundreds of years. And then suddenly we suffer a magnitude 15 earthquake that sends us back to the stone ages. Makes you think that perhaps hurricanes aren't quite that bad. At least you see them comin'.
__________________  "Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the [U.S.] Marines don't have that problem." -- Ronald Reagan Master of Duplicate Posts |
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10-01-2008, 10:21 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: my azz is in Mississippi, but, I am a true Texan.
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| Hey, I, for one..liked earthquakes. I have only been through 4 though. THE BEST was at my brothers place when he lived down by LA. He was over towards Naples..the ground just rolled..for what seemed 45 seconds. Pretty groovy. THEN everyone ran outside and had a party in the courtyard of the apt. complex. Not too shabby. IMPO. The ones when I lived in San Fran were alot more of the jarring variety. BUT, still you didn't have to evacuate(see Faust. NO SRSLY..I'd rather be on the receiving end of some good-natured waterboarding)
__________________ "I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it." - Voltaire A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. - Albert Einstein Life is tough..its even harder when you're stupid. -John Wayne |
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10-01-2008, 10:23 PM
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| aka Dickcheese Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Okay!  You go girl!
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10-01-2008, 10:24 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: my azz is in Mississippi, but, I am a true Texan.
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| AS long as you didn't snap when you typed that...
__________________ "I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it." - Voltaire A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. - Albert Einstein Life is tough..its even harder when you're stupid. -John Wayne |
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10-01-2008, 10:28 PM
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| aka Dickcheese Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Like, "two snaps up"?
__________________ "Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the [U.S.] Marines don't have that problem." -- Ronald Reagan Master of Duplicate Posts |
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10-02-2008, 12:50 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dallas, Tx
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| No Matt, No. Don't do that!!!! ha ha ha.
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10-02-2008, 02:23 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Redding, California
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| Hey, I've been through countless quakes...you just let 'er rip for 45 - 50 seconds, then you're done... Southern California's quakes are different than the Bay area's...SoCal's move side-to-side, the Bay area's do a jumping thing...weird stuff, really. But as far as tornados and hurricanes go...forget that craziness!
__________________  "Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future." - Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome > I Support Doug Gillis < |
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10-02-2008, 07:38 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: my azz is in Mississippi, but, I am a true Texan.
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__________________ "I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it." - Voltaire A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. - Albert Einstein Life is tough..its even harder when you're stupid. -John Wayne | |
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10-02-2008, 08:12 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust.
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| 29 things I have learned from "someone" living in Hurricane alley..... Thanks Becca! 
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10-02-2008, 09:32 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: right behind you
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 | lol where I am we don't get many cyclones (that's what we call 'em) but i was here when Larry went ripping through that was pretty fun sheet metal flying everywhere
__________________  Pain, Hate, Anger You Cut My Wings And Throw Me Out, Out To The Land My Soul Was Harvested From The wind whipping across your face as your blades whip across the throats of the foe. It makes the blood sing. |
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