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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:01 PM Original message |
Is Boston the only city that has had a molasses flood? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. No...what do ya think made Atlantis sink? |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. For series? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Series! It was tragicallylicious! |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I wonder if the ocean floor tastes sweet.... |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. That's why the ocean floor is made of salt water taffy nt |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. It is?! |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I would never stretch the truth nt |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. One of my most favorite Boston stories ever. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Bah! And hey, there's a book about it too: |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. They should make a movie about it. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. You were *not* a Trolley Tour person!!! |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I was a Blue Trolley person til the owner shot his son in the head. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Oh wow.... |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Best part of the job was yelling at the other trolley companies. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Also known as the Teddy Kennedy BM |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. ... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. Seattle had a glue fire. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Still, pretty cool |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. It gave us the underground. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. That's so cool...Here's a pic of the guy that started the fire: |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. He does have an "Oh shit" look in his eye. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
15. "Well, I love that dirty water..." |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
20. Wow. I lived in Boston for 4 years, and never heard about this. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Yep, I heard about both all the time |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
22. The only one SO FAR. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
25. My dad once accidentally caused a large-ish can of molasses to explode all over our kitchen. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 08:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I completely heart that story! |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
27. Well, thie Mississippi flows like molasses |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
28. That's how Boston Baked Beans got invented |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
30. My Dad was 9 yrs old when that happened and he said he remembered it. |
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