| December 21st, 2004 12:01 PM |
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| gypsy |
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Fiji Joe wrote:
Man, please delete that turkey picture...please
Why? Does it disturb you? Does it make you reminiscent of all your Thanksgivings spent at Howe Military Academy? |
| December 21st, 2004 12:14 PM |
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| Fiji Joe |
I know nothing of which you speak...I don't |
| December 21st, 2004 12:17 PM |
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| gypsy |
quote:
Fiji Joe wrote:
I know nothing of which you speak...I don't
I understand why you have blocked out your experiences at Howe Military. That's cool. I respect that. |
| December 21st, 2004 12:17 PM |
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| not bound to please |
quote:
Fiji Joe wrote:
I know nothing of which you speak...I don't
You must have been a VERY popular date there - with those man breasts... |
| December 21st, 2004 12:21 PM |
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| gypsy |
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not bound to please wrote:
You must have been a VERY popular date there - with those man breasts...
Actually, the man breasts may have been a disadvantage at Howe. |
| December 21st, 2004 12:21 PM |
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| jb |
Fiji Joe and I never really connected....we are no longer on speaking terms. |
| December 21st, 2004 12:24 PM |
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| gypsy |
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jb wrote:
Fiji Joe and I never really connected....we are no longer on speaking terms.
Why? Did you get drunk and ask him if you could put your Jew penis in between his man boobs? |
| December 21st, 2004 12:46 PM |
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| Fiji Joe |
JB...Not on speaking terms?...Your absence at my Christmas party will be felt...at least by the wait staff who were really looking forward to you sticking toothpicks in all the meatballs again this year
[Edited by Fiji Joe] |
| December 21st, 2004 12:51 PM |
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| jb |
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Fiji Joe wrote:
JB...Not on speaking terms?...Your absence at my Christmas party will be felt...at least by the wait staff who were really looking forward to sticking toothpicks in all the meatballs again this year
I hope you know I have been kidding? |
| December 21st, 2004 12:57 PM |
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| Fiji Joe |
Well I guessed you were...I certainly have been..particularly about the strap-on |
| December 21st, 2004 01:50 PM |
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| glencar |
It is indeed the Season of Peace! |
| December 21st, 2004 02:17 PM |
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| Joey |
I am noticing a lot of needless spam on this thread ! |
| December 21st, 2004 02:18 PM |
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| glencar |
And that intrigues you, doesn't it? BTW I now ahve to go do last minute Christmas shopping. Need anything? |
| December 21st, 2004 02:19 PM |
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| Joey |
quote:
Fiji Joe wrote:
I know nothing of which you speak...I don't
Oh YEAH ?!?!?!
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| December 21st, 2004 02:19 PM |
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| Joey |
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glencar wrote:
And that intrigues you, doesn't it? BTW I now ahve to go do last minute Christmas shopping. Need anything?
an order of French Fries please .............
.............and Baby Steel Magnolia ! |
| December 21st, 2004 02:20 PM |
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| glencar |
He ain't never never coming back! Ain't no use in crying... |
| December 21st, 2004 02:21 PM |
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| Joey |
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glencar wrote:
He ain't never never coming back! Ain't no use in crying...
Ok , then please get me :
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| December 21st, 2004 02:22 PM |
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| not bound to please |
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Fiji Joe wrote:
Well I guessed you were...I certainly have been..particularly about the strap-on
Male Fish Growing Eggs Found in Potomac
Tue Dec 21, 8:40 AM ET Science - AP
SHARPSBURG, Md. - Male fish that are growing eggs have been found in the Potomac River near Sharpsburg, a sign that a little-understood type of pollution is spreading downstream from West Virginia, a federal scientist says.
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The so-called intersex abnormality may be caused by pollutants from sewage plants, feedlots and factories that can interfere with animals' hormone systems, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
Nine male smallmouth bass taken from the Potomac near Sharpsburg, about 60 miles upstream from Washington, were found to have developed eggs inside their sex organs, said Vicki S. Blazer, a scientist overseeing the research for the U.S. Geological Survey (news - web sites).
Authorities say the problems are likely related to a class of pollutants called endocrine disruptors, which short-circuit animals' natural systems of hormone chemical messages.
Officials are awaiting the results of water-quality testing that might point to a specific chemical behind the fish problems, Blazer said.
"It certainly indicates something's going on," Blazer said of the new findings in Maryland. "But what, we don't know."
The Potomac River is the main source of drinking water for the Washington metropolitan area and many upstream communities. It provides about 75 percent of the water supply to the 3.6 million residents of Washington and its Maryland and Virginia suburbs.
Blazer, who works at a federal fish lab in Leetown, W.Va., said she found the latest abnormalities last week while examining tissues from fish taken from the river near Sharpsburg.
The same symptoms had previously been found about 170 miles upstream, in the South Branch of the Potomac in Hardy County, W.Va. Blazer and other scientists discovered the problem there last year while investigating a rash of mass fish deaths.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service researchers are seeking money for a much larger study across the Potomac watershed.
Endocrine disruptors comprise a vast universe of pollutants capable of driving a hormone system haywire. Some are hormones themselves � such as human estrogen from women taking birth-control pills or animal hormones washed downstream with manure � that can pass through sewage plants untouched.
In Hardy County, officials were especially concerned about chicken waste from poultry farms.
Other endocrine disruptors are hormone "mimics" � industrial chemicals or factory byproducts which confuse the body because they are chemically similar to natural hormones.
These pollutants are often found in very low concentrations, so until recently no equipment could detect them. But the first nationwide survey, in 1999 and 2000, found hormones in about 37 percent of streams tested.
Many scientists are concerned that people, as well as other animals, might be affected. "It's not good news that there's something that feminizes male fish in your water," said Gina Solomon, a senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
But the Environmental Protection Agency (news - web sites) has not set standards for many of these pollutants. Because of this, many drinking-water plants make no special efforts to remove them.
Authorities in West Virginia are investigating whether there is a link to higher rates of certain cancers in people there.
A recent survey of cancer in Hardy County, where some residents get drinking water from the South Branch, found rates of cancer of the liver, gallbladder, ovaries and uterus that were higher than the state average. All four cancers can in some cases grow faster in the presence of estrogen or chemicals that mimic it, cancer experts said.
"It is at least theoretically possible that those two concepts are worth thinking about side-by-side," said Alan Ducatman, chairman of the Department of Community Medicine at West Virginia University
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| December 21st, 2004 02:28 PM |
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| gypsy |
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not bound to please wrote:
"It's not good news that there's something that feminizes male fish in your water," said Gina Solomon, a senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
I wonder if his view would be radically different if the female fish were being masculized. |
| December 21st, 2004 03:17 PM |
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| Joey |
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gypsy wrote:
I wonder if his view would be radically different if the female fish were being masculized.
Woman Be thinking Too Much ! |
| December 21st, 2004 03:25 PM |
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| gypsy |
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Joey wrote:
Woman Be thinking Too Much !
I apologize. Please don't get all "Ike Turner" on me, joey. |
| December 21st, 2004 03:36 PM |
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| Joey |
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gypsy wrote:
I apologize. Please don't get all "Ike Turner" on me, joey.
Woman ................................................. |
| December 21st, 2004 03:46 PM |
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| glencar |
Joey, I ain't going near that Hotel California. I lost all respect once for someone who I knew on a political board when she said that was her favorite tune. She also liked Aerosmith's "Pink" which killed any chance. |
| December 21st, 2004 04:32 PM |
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| Joey |
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glencar wrote:
Joey, I ain't going near that Hotel California. I lost all respect once for someone who I knew on a political board when she said that was her favorite tune. She also liked Aerosmith's "Pink" which killed any chance.
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