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Holy crap Shadow!!
Well, welcome back to the world! (Isn't that how it feels when your power is out?) I feel so isolated. Many people around here are still out, too.
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 8, 2004 at 5:51 PM
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Spitfire,
Lucky you. Lights just got back on this morning and have been off since Saturday. 
shadow
posted by
Keshet
on September 8, 2004 at 7:46 AM
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No kidding, MelodyS,
Oh well. Bring him on!!
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 7, 2004 at 6:15 PM
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I am glad you are ok, Ivan is right behind her. I am just waiting to see where he is going. They have predicted Fl who would of guessed?
posted by
Melodystar
on September 7, 2004 at 5:15 PM
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Sure, sure, MariVye!!
Rub it in why don't ya?!
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 7, 2004 at 5:03 PM
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Glad that 'on-the-whole' you are well ~
... as I sit here and eat a banana from Wegmans ...
posted by
MariVye
on September 7, 2004 at 10:19 AM
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No worries, katray!! I just didn't trust my own banana trees
cause I think they were diseased is all. I really never properly cared for them, I think. 
Bad, bad Spitfire. Me vawy ashamed. Now they're in banana tree heaven.
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 7, 2004 at 12:31 AM
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Yes, we have no bananas
Uh oh Spitfire, I'm almost afraid to ask why, hehe. I am a regular Florida visitor and a friend of family, an older gentleman had two beautiful trees he invited us to pick and eat freely from. They were just right in ripeness and awesome in flavor. We made a pie with them too and words can't describe. I'm a fresh fruit nut ;) and the difference between those and imported bananas was almost unbelievable. My kids still talk about them too.
posted by
Katray2
on September 6, 2004 at 10:51 PM
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Thanks katray! I hope Ivan takes a permanent hike into the middle
of the ocean, too. Oh, but my banana trees? Well, they were cool to have, I guess, but I never really ate any bananas from them. Never trusted those buggers!!
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 6, 2004 at 10:43 PM
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Lol Spitfire, you paint such a great tale about your ordeal. So glad you're fine and able to do that. Banana trees you say?? Too bad they're destroyed, fresh picked bananas are a gift from heaven; not to be compared wth those grocery store imitations. Yum, it's been five years since I had one, but I can almost taste them now. Take care, don't overwork and I hope Ivan takes a dive in the Atlantic and stays there!
posted by
Katray2
on September 6, 2004 at 10:33 PM
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Damn, Mark!
So
that's what that was that whacked me in the head! I knew it fell out of the sky, but I assumed it was just loose UFO parts again. I'll Fed Ex it back to ya. Don't mind the stains of blood drops. No one will notice.
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 6, 2004 at 5:32 PM
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If you find some brown roof shingles, please save them for me. And my mailbox should re-enter the atmosphere any time now, so watch your head.
posted by
mark2556
on September 6, 2004 at 5:06 PM
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Thanks Whammie! Yep, all is fine but messy!
My neighborhood looks like a war zone.
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 6, 2004 at 5:02 PM
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SpitFire......Ooohhhhhh.......I am glad you are okay, despite the chaos
around you!
Whammie
posted by
WHAMENATOR
on September 6, 2004 at 4:23 PM
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That's good to hear.
Oh, I had a dream about you last night! It wasn't anything too significant, we were just talking on the phone and I was asking you what our time difference was but the storm static wouldn't let me hear you. Weird.
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 6, 2004 at 4:12 PM
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So glad!
Glad you survived even if your yard did not.
I called one of my dearest friends who lives in Pace this morning to see if the hurricane came that far inland. Didn't talk to her, but her hubby told me that so far all they had gotten was lots and lots of rain, but the winds weren't as strong as on the coast.
posted by
Jemmie211
on September 6, 2004 at 2:47 PM
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Yes, Quirky, it sure does!
I said to M last night how much I'd hate to be Amish. I also realized I'm more of a princess than I thought.
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 6, 2004 at 1:38 PM
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Spitfire
Doesn't a few days without power make you realize just how much you take for granted, and just how many frickin' things in your house require electricity??
Glad you're okay.
posted by
Julia.
on September 6, 2004 at 1:16 PM
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Ha Ha, Hollee!
Real world! What's that?!
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 6, 2004 at 12:57 PM
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Thanks Rachel! I had to find some humor in all this mess!
It's my way of life. If I can't find humor in bad times, I'd be living a miserable existance.
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 6, 2004 at 12:57 PM
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David1S, no doubt about it.
My neighbors across the street had their canoe all ready to go if needed. Streets are riddled with debris, but luckily, I think there were only about 3 or 4 fatalities in the entire state. Not too bad. Two of them were a couple that didn't leave their mobile home after a manditory evacuation and a tree fell on it and killed them. See what happens when we don't play by the rules?!
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 6, 2004 at 12:55 PM
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Thanks Ariala! Yep, back and awaiting the next!
**sigh**
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 6, 2004 at 12:52 PM
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Welcome back to the real world - sort of :)
posted by
Hollee
on September 6, 2004 at 12:33 PM
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LOL
I shouldn't laugh...because it's not funny. That sucks that the place is a mess. I'm glad you're OK though.
posted by
RachelAnna
on September 6, 2004 at 12:22 PM
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Been watching it on TV for the last few days!
It's the flooding that has everyone worried now. Some of them streets they show look like mini rivers. And now that Ivan is on the way.............!
posted by
David1Spirit
on September 6, 2004 at 12:18 PM
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Glad you're okay, despite it all!
posted by
Ariala
on September 6, 2004 at 12:15 PM
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