Re: OT: Woo WHEE!

Nanny, you are dating yourself .... lol.... Wilma Flintstone? A lot of
these youngens don't even know who she is... ROTFLMAO. But I do!!! Now I
am dating myself!!!

Nettie

"Nanny" <dorlchas@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Has anyone seen the latest thing that is circulating through the Net?
> It's really cute, but I don't know how to get it from my E-mail to here.
> It's a picture of the storm Wilma in its ferocity and coming out of the
> middle is the head of "Wilma Flintstone". Remember her? Nanny
> "Rosemarie Shiver" <post147@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:3s7k8uFmhm0vU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Looks like Wilma and Alpha didn't meet up, thank Heavens....but you're
>> in for some wind. I hope the rain stays minimal 'cuz it's that especially
>> you all don't need any more of up there. It's still moving really fast!
>> One
>> of my Newfie friends is complaining I sent this. :-( Sowwy!
>>
>> New England Hugs,
>> Rosie S.
>> Dame of Dementia
>>
>> --
>> "If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself." -- Meat Loaf,
>> Bat
>> Outta Hell II
>> "fran" <fmc116@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1130254202.581140.182990@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Hi Rosie, well apparently it's being called another perfect storm, with
>>> one difference that I can tell, we are not having astronimical tides.
>>> Even so we have a flood warning for this afternoons high tide around
>>> 6pm. That means any time from about 4pm on we could start to get waves
>>> coming over the sea wall. I'm sitting here listening to the wind howl,
>>> and watching the trees at the beach and wondering if the one that is
>>> getting so large it's blocking my view might just lose a few branches.
>>> There are huge combers just rolling in and it's really spectacular.
>>> The difference between this and the "perfect" storm of movie fame was
>>> in that storm there was no rain at all and the sun was out and shining
>>> on the waves and it was just spectacular, well it was until the ocean
>>> came around the house and killed all the gold fish in my little pond.
>>> My sister just called, she lives on Cape Cod and told me a huge tree
>>> had come down and taken the deck off her house, but no damage that
>>> would allow water in. So far, other than a lot of construction things
>>> blowing around from the sidewalk work, nothing is damaged here. But I
>>> think we will have this for hours longer than you had your hurricane.
>>> Winds are only around 50-60mph.nothing near what you folks had. The
>>> guys went out yesterday and put extra lines on the boats and hopefully
>>> all will stay put! --fran
>>>
>>
>>
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