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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 07:44 PM Original message |
Freak Storm Floods Queensland - Once-In-A-Century Event, Say Scientists - AFP |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. We seem to be getting a whole bunch of these once in a century event. nt |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes, and they all seem to be happening . . . . what's the phrase? I just can't . . . |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Faster than expected? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 08:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. It's a running "joke" here -- "faster than expected" is a phrase we read a lot of in E/E |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Thanks for the welcome. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That should have been followed by a |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. No |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Oh dear. |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Come back when gas hits $5.00 and tell us how optimistic you are. n/t |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. But it has |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Are you in Europe? n/t |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. No but you can talk to people there on the phone and the internet. Theyll tell ya. |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I meant here, then. n/t |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. So your saying. our Government is about to raise the price of gas to $5.00 a gallon. |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Our government has no choice in the matter... |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Why? |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 10:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Inflation varies depending on who you are. |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 10:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Not exactly. |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. what line of work are you in that is doing so well? trolling? nt |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 04:34 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. real estate investing |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 07:18 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. RE investing? |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #29 |
44. Thanks. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Oohh, methinks it's a SLUMLORD or other sort of bottomfeeder! |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 08:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. My latest project, |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. . |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. You don't know how to show us pics |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. . |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Thats, |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Thanks, that's a start. |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. All, I enjoy life, People are life. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 12:35 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Plenty of oil? |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 05:37 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Yes plenty of oil. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Peak Oil 101: It's not about "running out of oil" |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 06:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Well, there's CPI- and then there's REAL inflation |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. It took me several years at E/E to develop my soul-crushing pessimism... |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 12:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. Actually, no they haven't found vast amounts of oil in the Gulf, Colorado or Arctic |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Can I have some of what you've been smoking?? Pretty please? |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. No you can't, but, |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
37. Name the video, name the producer, name the town, name the glacier, |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. You do not seem, |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. I've stopped using the terms "Global Warming", "Climate Change" or even "Global Heating" |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. I can think of other words. But not ones I could use with heads of state. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 06:50 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. After reading Peter Ward's book, I'm thinking in terms of "perturbations" |
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mikita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 08:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Climate Chaos |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 08:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. I've been pimping "Climate Breakdown" & "Climate Destabilization" for a few years now |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 08:51 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Too many syllables perhaps? |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. How about, |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. How about |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
53. Sure, |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 09:14 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. "well over a thousand"! |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Now you ask a very difficult question. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
33. Seems as if the centuries are getting shorter and shorter these days. nt |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Are you saying, |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. While we're on the subject of age, |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Because, |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. You're not making a very good first impression. |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 09:13 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Neither are you. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 09:17 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. It took me more than a week |
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kmeister (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 09:25 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I am not eloquent of speach, |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. I just love the "I know you are but what am I" tangent threads LOL. nt |
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