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Location: Flahdaw | First the economy crashes.
Second, a possible swine flu pandemic.
If "things always come in 3's", anyone want to hazard a guess as to what's next.
(or was there one I missed and swine flu IS #3?) |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | You missed #1. The Arizona Cardinals going to the Super Bowl. |
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Location: SoCal | # 3: you will wakeup and find out that you could have gotten a -2 1687 from Al the day before, not now. |
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Location: Tennessee | Heck, I'm still waiting for the Bird Flu pandemic. When's that gonna get here? |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Bea Arthur, may she rest in peace. |
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| Well, I got a #1 in mind, but we have a rule about politics. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by Weaser P:
Bea Arthur, may she rest in peace. You are completely whacked :D |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Losov:
Well, I got a #1 in mind, but we have a rule about politics. Wid ya there! All the above are nothin' but diversions... think three card Monty... 
I foresee a major solar flare event that temporarily will wipe out world-wide comms and activate the mutant zombies that survive by ingesting Lynachord and Nano coatings! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | 12/21/2012 is coming...
[Although I think the end is Really scheduled for 12/21/2112 :p ] |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Although I think the end is Really scheduled for 12/21/2112 OMA,
Are ya talkin' out your 'Aztec'?  |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by darkbarguitar:
Originally posted by Weaser P:
Bea Arthur, may she rest in peace. You are completely whacked :D |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | #3 My daughter will marry a drummer (or a rapper). This will cause me to lose much more sleep than I lost over the other two. |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | I thought Cliff WAS Bea Arthur.... sure gonna miss him..... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Well, I'm home with the flu right now, but I only have 5 of the 7 sysmptoms of swine flu, so it's probably ok.
But just in case, if I shipped you anything in the 2 weeks be sure to rinse it off first and wash your hands often!
Let's see:
Adamas to Thailand
FD-14 to France
A check to Florida
How do these epidemics get around, anyhow? |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Originally posted by darkbarguitar:
Originally posted by Weaser P:
Bea Arthur, may she rest in peace. You are completely whacked :D |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Back on topic . . .
News is out that production of the Corvette may soon be discontinued. |
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Location: closely held secret | ...and goodbye to Pontiac... |
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Location: Scotland | I think I may have swine flu. I've broken out in a rasher. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I was in Asia during SARS times, and I had no problems. In fact, it was an opportunity for cheap airfare, accomodations, have the run of musuems, people were actually happy to see americans, because we were spending money...
I already noticed that the flights to Europe have been reduced. Knock off another 5th and I'm traveling again. I hope everyone gets scared like ... chickens. It's opportunity!
First time I started doing this disaster traveling wasafter a hurricane struck Cancun, then the next trip was renting a villa in Croatia six months after the war, let's see then their was the terroist bombing in Bali, yes I booked my trip right after it ...
So I'm hoping it gets worse. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Trip
planner. Note were the clusters are, monitor the prices and then pounce.
It looks like in the states the places to go will be New York and San Diego. Europe looks like Barcelona, and in Mexico, of course it's Mexico City. I'm hoping it goes to Paris. |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | #3 Glen Campbell became a skin heads with tongue pearcing, endorsing Taylor guitars and recording the song "By the time I get to El Cajon" :D |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | #3 I learned how to play guitar |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | PS Should I buy duct tape and garbage bags to seal up my windows? |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | Rick I think you are far enough away from me to worry about hearing me play. ;) |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Define 'Epidemic'....
If there are 305 Million people in the USA and 10,000 people get the flu...
Or even if 100,000 people get the flu...
Is that really a problem?
[I just had a nasty chest/head cold or flu for about the last three days.]
Lot's of people died during the last 'no-name' flu season.
Lot's of people die Every flu season!
But that isn't in today's news cycle.
A few Million people have lost their jobs in the last few months... That is a Problem. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | There is no quantitative definiton of epidemic. The term simply applies when a disease spreads "beyond normal expectations". And to be completely correct the term to use would be pandemic, not epidemic.
It's easy to dismiss the current media and public frenzy about Swine Flu as just "sensationalism", until you consider that the first few dozen cases of Black Plague or HIV were probably met with similar reactions. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | All I know is, if Randall Flagg shows up, I'm heading to Nebraska! |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
All I know is, if Randall Flagg shows up, I'm heading to Nebraska! Aw yes, "The Stand" plus five appearances in the Gunfighter series...  |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
...and goodbye to Pontiac... I think the price of a 70's era GTO just went up a notch. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I don't know if they were scoffing when the plague struck, but I'm pretty sure they were doing something else when HIV struck. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | hybrid pig bird and human virus |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I know, number 3 is the war, or maybe the energy crisis. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Then the Third shoe drops...
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Location: Vermont USA | Comet is going to hit the earth I saw it in a movie. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
All I know is, if Randall Flagg shows up, I'm heading to Nebraska! Aw yes, "The Stand" plus five appearances in the Gunfighter series... |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by CrimsonLake:
I'm in the middle of book 4 - don't tell me the ending! Mike,
Is that the The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass (1997)? I might still have the rest of 'em if ya want 'em. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Thanks for the offer Iffy. I've got them all. I started to read them a few years ago and got about this far before I was distracted and never completed them. So I started over again and will finish them this time. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by CrimsonLake:
I started to read them a few years ago At least ya don't have to wait years for the 'next' ones like I did!  |
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Location: Cork, Ireland | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
There is no quantitative definiton of epidemic. The term simply applies when a disease spreads "beyond normal expectations". And to be completely correct the term to use would be pandemic, not epidemic.
It's easy to dismiss the current media and public frenzy about Swine Flu as just "sensationalism", until you consider that the first few dozen cases of Black Plague or HIV were probably met with similar reactions.
Just to bring this back on topic, I think the buying of Ovation Guitars is more of a pandemic than 'Swine Flu' is
Apparently 36,000 people died of Influenza in the US last year. And we were not advised against travelling to the US then
'Swine flu' is a serious illness that can kill but so are other flu's. And we have way, way more ways to contain infectious diseases these days. Bubonic plague for example is caused by bacteria and therefore is susceptible to antibiotics. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by sycamore:
Just to bring this back on topic, [/QB]
Actually, to bring this back on topic....swine flu was #2. We're past that one. What's next? (funny answers are best, "Bea Arthur" winning so far. Anyone else think Weaser's brain works in mysterious ways?) |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by darkbarguitar:
Anyone else think Weaser's brain works PSE (Public Servie Edit!) |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | #3 is Fender moving all the ovation production to Asia. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by Paul Templeman:
I think I may have swine flu. I've broken out in a rasher. 
I don't think they got it in the lower 48...
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Location: closely held secret | I don't get it... was it fried or smoked? |
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Location: ms | If trader jim stops buying guitars the stock market is gonna take a hit like we have never seen. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by fillhixx:
Originally posted by Paul Templeman:
I think I may have swine flu. I've broken out in a rasher.
I don't think they got it in the lower 48...
...hands down, the funniest reply post this month. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Fart jokes are funny in ANy culture!
I think 'pull my finger' is a joke available in every language in the world. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Maybe I should have had Karl pull my finger when I was trying to explain what a fart was. |
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