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Lobster wars rock remote Maine island
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| Sep 4
| CLARKE CANFIELD
Posted on 09/04/2009 10:44:47 AM PDT by JoeProBono
MATINICUS ISLAND, Maine (AP) -- Life here is defined by the ocean. It's the ocean that feeds the livelihoods of the lobstermen. It's the ocean that dictates the weather. And it's 20 miles of ocean that separates Matinicus from the mainland and makes it a world apart.
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TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: economy; lobster; maine
To: JoeProBono
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09/04/2009 10:46:05 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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09/04/2009 10:47:38 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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09/04/2009 10:53:09 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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09/04/2009 10:55:27 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
This story is pretty much how it is. I wouldn't get between a full-time lobsterman and his pots with any of my sets ...they are definitely not softies.
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09/04/2009 2:07:24 PM PDT
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Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
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