My pixies family who have the flu, take care of yourselves!

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Yes, and don't send any over here, please.

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Tis here already, was sposed to go out to lunch with a friend, she rings me this morning sick as with the flu....told her i aint going near her lol She can stay home!

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USS Guardian was warned that they were entering closed waters.

USN says that any complaint needs to be referred to the Embassy.

Ship grounds on fragile reef (UNESCO listed) and is still stuck there.

Gmmuursgh!!!! The Philippines are unhappy.

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A badly damaged minesweeper that has been stranded on a World Heritage-listed coral reef in the Philippines for nearly two weeks may need to be dismantled before it is removed.

The US Navy says the drastic measure of pulling apart the 68-metre USS Guardian has been proposed in a salvage plan to Philippine authorities.

"This was determined to be the best option and would involve the least damage to the Tubbataha Reef," navy spokesman Lieutenant Commander James Stockman said in a statement.

The Guardian became grounded on the Tubbataha Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in a remote part of the Sulu Sea, on January 17.

The US Navy has previously said the boat, which has a wood and fibreglass hull, was too badly damaged to be towed away.

But it had not come up with a firm alternative plan as to how the vessel could be moved off the reef.

Thousands of litres of oil on board the Guardian have been removed but the vessel is being battered by huge waves.

Angelique Songco, the superintendent of the Tubbataha marine park, says that is causing it to gouge a destructive trail along the reef.

She says dismantling the ship will further damage the reef but letting it remain there longer will lead to even more harm.

"It will cause more damage the longer it is left there," she said.

The head of the Philippine office of the World Wildlife Fund, Jose Maria Lorenzo Tan, agrees the ship should be dismantled if there is no other way to shift it off the reef.

"If this is the only option, then the sooner they can remove it, the better. They cannot risk that the ship simply breaks apart," he said.

The US Navy has repeatedly apologised for the incident but has refused to explain publicly why the Guardian was sailing so close to the reef.

This has fuelled anger over the incident in the Philippines, a former American colony and important US ally in the Asia-Pacific region.

Vessels sailing into the marine park need permission, but Philippine authorities said the crew of the Guardian had made no request to enter and had even ignored radio messages from government rangers that it was about to hit the reef.

AFP

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The little guy with Autism who was kidnapped off his school bus. His bus driver was killed in front of all the kids and the little boy is still in a bunker with the killer. They sent him coloring books, crayons and his meds through a pvc tube.

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If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
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==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
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Holy shit!

Disfunctional family?

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Nope. Stranger attack. Crazy person with access to weapons.

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
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One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

Police in Alabama hostage standoff for six-year-old boy

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Eudaimonia

I'm not sure. I'm just kinda down.

And not just because Lil is kicking my ass at Songpop.

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Put me on wheels and I'll turn tricks.

Clever? Nah, I ran out of that years ago. But if you find this, let me know, k?
"The road goes ever on..." ~ Tolkien

In memory of my friend skip...
Go then, there are other worlds than these

There's no joy in up if you don't know down. Savour the moment.

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the boy is still being held

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>
One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

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Waiting.

Not being able to fix my computer myself, don't wanna spend money to have someone else do it.

Why do we always have to wait for things.

Well, the cliche to answer that is good things always come to those who wait. Then they tell you the early bird gets the worm. I don't know which cliches to believe anymore.

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"BOY: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? GIRL: Will he offer me his mouth? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his teeth? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his jaws? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his hunger? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Again, will he offer me his hunger? BOY: Yes! GIRL: Yes. BOY: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? GIRL: Yes. BOY: I bet you say that to all the boys!" -Meatloaf