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« on: November 24, 2009, 12:52:15 AM »
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anyway, i was just looking for somewhere to go diving tomorrow. i got a full tank and no were to dive or people to dive with. i was also hoping to do a little spear fishing as well. i live in oakey ca and i think im just going to head out to the coast and check things out, who knows i might get wet! ;D
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« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2010, 08:00:51 PM »

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« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2010, 06:07:48 PM »

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    Why do so many people live to a healthy old age in certain parts of the world? wow Power Leveling What is the secret of their long lives? Three things seem to be very important: fresh air, fresh food and a simple way of life. People work near their homes in the clean, mount.ain air instead of travelling long distances to work by bus, car or train. They do not sit all day in busy offices or factories, but work hard outdoors in the fields. They take more exercise and eat less food than people in the cities of the West. For years the Hunzas of the Himalayas did not need policemen, lawyers or doctors. There was no crime, no divorce and not much illness in thier society. They were a happy, peaceful people, famous all over India for their long, healthy lives.

                         4. How Long Will You Live?

    Do you want to live to be a hundred? Here are some rules for success. First, choose your parents and grandparents carefully. If they lived to a good old age, so will you.
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    An old man in the Caucasus was talking about his past life. wow gold "I was young then," he said, as he described his 87th year. His secret and his advice was: "Think young and stay young.?An old woman from Missouri, USA, gives this advice . "Drink a little whisky and some warm beer every day." An English lady centenarian just said, "Take a cold bath every morning." On her 102nd birthday Miss Julia Thompson 2xplained the secret of her long and happy life. "Never have anything to do with men," she said. The shortest, simplest piece of advice came from Mr.Jim Chapman, aged 103. "Just keep breathing," he told reporters. What about Mr. Izumi? "I watch TV," he said, "and I never worry."
                    5. Colleges for Old People Blooming
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    China has set up 916 colleges for senior citizens, wow power leveling educating about 200,000 people in the pastfive years.
    The colleges offer more than 60 courses ranging from calligraphy, painting and gardening to qigong, massage and foreign languages.
    The students are mainly retired government functionaries but, according to an official from the Association of Colleges for the Elderly, the colleges are trying to serve senior citizens from the whole of society.

                      6. The Fulfilment of One's Dreams
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    It's only natural to look forward to something better. wedding dress designers We do it all our lives. Things may never really improve, but at least we always hope they will. It is one of life's great ironies that the longer we live, the less there is to look forward to.
 
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Re: what up!
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2010, 11:23:04 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2010, 07:39:26 PM »
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Re: what up!
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2010, 06:16:09 PM »
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    Sir, The. essential fact about smoking, which most commentators of recent years seem to have ignored is that cigarettes give a vast number of people a good deal of pleasure a lot of the time. That is way the world smoked almost 5, 000, 000, 000, 000 of them last year; approximately 1, 200 for every man., woman. and child on earth.
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    1, a casual smokery always wonder if smoking is really a bad habit. If it is, why does our country produce such a large riumber of cigarettes every year? (As you know, Chi.na is the largsst cigarette producing country in the world. ) If it is,. why do so many girls adrnire handsome boys with a cigarette on their lip?

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    It can scarcely have escaped the notice of thinking men, I think, being a thinking man myself, that the forces of darkness opposed to those of us who like a quiet smoke are gathering momentum daily and starting to throw their weight about more somewhat. Every morning I read in the papers a long article by another of those doctors who are the spearhead of the movement.
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« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2010, 06:23:38 PM »

     Nothing in today's world is as big a problem as that of population. People begin to worry about the support capacity of the earth. And there might be only standing room for each person in the future.
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Mosque debate divides Democrats, especially in New York
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"The Democrats who are going to lose in 2010 are from moderate to conservative districts, so these are the Democrats who are trying to be very careful in their handling of this issue," Phillips said. "They don't want to take an unpopular position on anything right now." Indeed, Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler, who faces only token opposition as he seeks his 10th term, has been one of the most outspoken advocates of the project. Nadler's district includes the World Trade Center site. Democratic Rep装饰 材料. Carolyn Maloney, who faces a feisty primary challenge from attorney Reshma Saujani, announced her support for the Islamic Center two weeks ago but is being pushed by Saujani to speak out more forcefully.
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Threatening call stops Calif. flight from takeoff
« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2010, 05:49:31 PM »

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American Airlines Flight 24, with 163 passengers and a crew of 11, was already running 2 1/2 hours late when it pulled away from the gate at 10 a.m. Minutes later, it was being dispatched to a remote stretch of tarmac at San Francisco International airport where it sat for two hours. Passengers were taken by buses to a terminal for further security checks.
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Passengers with Internet access searched the Web for details about the incident. Passengers were allowed to go to the bathroom one at a time, Kidd said, with flight attendants admonished anyone who tried to get to their overhead luggage.
Police eventually entered through the back door and arrested the two passengers. Others on board were taken off the plane six at a time and put on a buses. San Francisco Police Department officers used security wands to screened them and their carry-on luggage.
"The two passengers were taken off the plane separately, but we cannot discuss the specifics why," said FBI spokesman Joseph Schadler.
The couple declined to discuss the possibility that they may have been targeted because of their appearance. "Of course we're upset, but I guess we can't blame them," the woman told the AP. "They're just doing their job."
Kidd said he and his wife did not believe the couple had been racially profiled based on appearances alone. The man wore a Los Angeles Lakers jersey and the woman was wearing a beret, and they
ce认证 looked like typical Californians, he said.
The threat report originated from clerk at a business in Alameda, a city across San Francisco Bay from the airport, said Lt. Bill Scott. The clerk called police shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday and said the business had received an anonymous phone call "making a threat specifically about Flight 24," Scott said.
It was the latest in a line of airplane scares in the past year, including the attempted Christmas bombing of a Detroit-bound jetliner by a Nigerian. In April,  a Qatari diplomat who was on his way to an official visit with an imprisoned al-Qaida sleeper touched off a bomb scare in Colorado by slipping into an airline bathroom for a smoke.
One of the four hijacked flights on Sept. 11, 2001, was bound for San Francisco.
Passenger Randy Cohen, 50, of New York said he lived across street from the World Trade Center on Sept. 11.
Cohen said the atmosphere on the plane was generally calm even though passengers got little explanation about why the plane had
传奇私服 been diverted. But he said rumors about a hijacking or bomb threat began floating around among passengers connected to the Internet. "It was like, man, this can't happen again," Cohen said.
At the same time, via its Twitter feed, American Airlines reassured a passenger sending out tweets from aboard the aircraft.
"Hang in there," the airline said, "the authorities are taking care of things."
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