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United States
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Since the tropical storm is set to make landfall near here in a few hours, this area is going to completely shut down tomorrow. So I just went to the bank, and picked up a ridiculous amount of nickels to go through, and some coin supplies to reorganize my coin collection with. Needless to say, I won't be bored tomorrow. Also pretty darn thankful the first day of school (tomorrow) is cancelled  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You might be sorting coins by candle light!
Good luck,
WheatieFan
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What ?......No Halves ?....  |
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 United States
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You might be sorting coins by candle light! One of the reasons that coin collecting is such a great hobby is that one does not need the modern conveniences to enjoy it! Enjoy your time, TimJing! And when you are done with Fay, send some of that rain up my way!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Excellent, keeps the old Grey Matter in shape.
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Valued Member
United States
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Hopefully your power didn't go out. Sorting coins in the heat = yuck.
We're still waiting for her to visit us up here.
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Valued Member
 United States
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Storm actually missed us entirely... I'm in the Tampa Bay area. Still going through those nickels And, Eaglefoot, I'm picking up a thousand in halves later  |
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United States
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I'm about half way between Tampa and Fort Myers. No action here whatsoever, not even rain. At least I got a day off from school . -PP |
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Australia
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G'day, where I live, in the Tropical part of Australia, we get cyclones, not at this time of year, of course.
When everything shuts down, but while the electricity is still flowing, there are a variety of ways to pass the time. Cooking all of one's uncooked food is high on the list, of course.
For many, trying to relax with a few of your favourite movies is a distraction. The shops that rent out videos, DVDs, etc, always get de-stocked very early after an alert is published. They have a saying about big storms:
"The wetter, the better".
Anyway, glad to hear that your time passed in a pleasantly uneventful fashion.
Peter in Oz
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United States
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I'm picking up a thousand in halves later ......right on ! I live in what they call "Tornado Alley"......and I don't think, if I was taking cover, that I'd be sorting ANYTHING while waiting out one of "our" storms !........too busy hanging on to the plumbing or riding around in the bathtub !.... |
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too busy hanging on to the plumbing or riding around in the bathtub I cannot say that I miss living in that part of the country! |
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United States
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Edited by eaglefoot
08/19/2008 4:00 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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AS usual the weather people blew it. Too bad in a way. You could have tested the ability of coins to float.   |
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United States
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Nailed me here in west palm beach. Tree's down, tornado, and lots of rain. Kids playing with raft's floating down the street.  |
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United States
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Two summers ago, when we had some decent flood waters in the middle of town...... we saw a Mercedes floating down the street amongst other vehicles and things, but there was something poignant about that sight........ Edited by eaglefoot
08/20/2008 07:59 am
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United States
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Boy, I sure don't miss living down there any more. I used to live on the very tip of georgia and it never failed, the hurricane would make some miraculous move and go right over where we lived. On the up-side though, we got a lot of hurricane days.We don't have too many of those up here in NC.
We used to live about 3 or 4 miles from a military base in GA, and I remember this one storm made a pretty bad tornado (F3 I think) and when we left hiding the next day, we went out into our backyard to find about 45 beach lounge chairs and various umbrellas. You should have heard the military officials when we told them that they needed to come pick up that much of there pool equipment.
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08/20/2008 08:02 am
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Posted 08/19/2008 08:02 am
