Who left the dimensional door open? - Thread 028

OnLine News ^ | 1/29/2002 | Unknown

[Sundog]

That is a pretty one grannie.

Manitees made the news in Utah this morning. I saw where they haven't issued any dock building permits in south Florida for over a year in an attempt to control the number of boats. That problem is south of you though, isn't it?

Cheers.

[grannie9]

This is being proposed by the National Wildlife. It is a proposed five year ban on any new docks. It does include this area.

Jeb Bush is trying to fight this ban, but even if it goes through, it won't go into affect until next May, and then for five years only.. So far... ;)

We have had a pile-driver going by the house here every day, so they are still building docks, and one just down the canal it seems..

I thought it was to protect the Manatees from the docks, but it is just to slow down the number of boats in the water.

Anywhere there are Manatees, the boating is at Idle speed. It can take some time to get places, because they have Idle speeds in the middle of the river, and it is a very wide river.

Soooo.. basically, that article is wrong.. this is a state wide ban, and hasn't gone into affect yet.

[lodwick]

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[Kathleen]

Howdy howdy, what a day...did some running around this morning, watched three helicopters landing at the Pentagon, one of them was an Apache. How cool. Good thing I wasn't driving. ;-)

[lodwick]

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[Sundog]

Grannie,

I did a google search and got to the root of your problem.

I thought it might be something simple that got overlooked like the upswing in alligators / crocodiles eating the baby manitees.

It turns out to be far more serious. Harvard University has a pledge that the students take upon graduation and it identifies the problem. You think I am kidding? Go look for yourself and look at the website.

Harvard University 2001 Class Pledge

Fifth bullet from the bottom.

Anyway there seems to be a little humor on the thread today...

You know this lady grannie?

The Pistol Packing Grandma

An elderly Florida lady did her shopping and, upon returning to her car, found four males in the act of leaving with her vehicle. She dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun, proceeding to scream at them at the top of her voice, "I have a gun and I know how to use it! Get out of the car!"

The four men didn't wait for a second invitation, but got out and ran like mad, whereupon the lady, somewhat shaken, proceeded to load her shopping bags into the back of the car and get into the driver's seat. She was so shaken that she could not get her key into the ignition. She tried and tried and then it dawned on her why.

A few minutes later she found her own car parked four or five spaces farther down. She loaded her bags into her car and drove to the police station.

The sergeant to whom she told the story nearly tore himself in two with laughter and pointed to the other end of the counter, where four pale white males were reporting a car jacking by a mad elderly woman described as white, less than 5' tall, glasses, and curly white hair carrying a large handgun.

No charges were filed.

Cheers.

[habs4ever]

That's a beauty!! LOL!

[grannie9]

It wasn't me, I swear it wasn't.. lol

Sure, it's probably a lot of do-gooders behind this. Haaavad.... gag..

[lodwick]

What pap.

Thanks for the disturbing linkage.

[grannie9]

Loddy, I'm deep frying some Talapia tonight.. Will let you know how we like it. Or if I mangle it..or not...;)

[Darksheare]

Hmmmm.. deep frying.

[grannie9]

LOL... ok...maybe I shouldn't deep fry it.. but we like fish that way..with some lemon and Tarter Sauce.. It sort of looks like Flounder.. and that's good deep fried..

[Kathleen]

LOL! I can envision our Gran doing something like this. ;-)

[Darksheare]

Now you're making me hungry.
There's a Mayo and Mustard sausce that goes well with fish. Three parts (Or four) to one part mayo. I fudge it a little and make it as eight to one.

[Darksheare]

*Heck, I'd do that, but then again, everyone expects it from me..*

[grannie9]

Ohhh.. I like my Tarter.. with pickles AND onion.. So many places leave out the onion... ;)

[grannie9]

So can I.. lol.. I shouldn't be let loose..

[Darksheare]

Da**&it! I forgot the onion as well!

[Darksheare]

"*Heck, I'd do that, but then again, everyone expects it from me..*"
"So can I.. lol.. I shouldn't be let loose.."

Ummm, you're starting to think like me.

[Kathleen]

So we are three of a kind on this issue. ;-0