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Mother Smuckers (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:24 PM Original message |
I hate to be all linguistically anal, but the mess in the Gulf isn't a "spill"...it is a leak, or |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. You are right. A spill is finite. A leak is indefinite and on going. |
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Mother Smuckers (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yes, thank you! You added the important element...we have no idea how much MORE will come out. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's an "Open spikkot" that will not be closed for a long time. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Another bit of being linguistically anal; |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. No worries...I knew the spelling...just ...kind of the mood I am |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. My bad. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. A spill from the finite amount in the earthly container! |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. you're right, of course |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. Oil bubbles up naturally from the ocean floor - proof that just because something is natural |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I can hear Micelle Bachmann now.... |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. Whatever you call it, it seems to be all Apple's and Steve Jobs' fault! |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. True that, but I believe the term is a carryover from land-bound derrick disasters of years past |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. so, you're an anal linguist, huh? |
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