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Wednesday, February 26, 2003
“Those who stayed for the blitz saw the war as the great test—of Israel and Israelis in general, and also of every single specific person. What did you do in the war? would be the dividing question for fifty years. In fact, it was already. The question was a multipart one, an exercise in gradations. Who left the country completely? Who stayed in the country but left Tel Aviv for Jerusalem or some other safer place? Who stayed in Tel Aviv during the day but fled for Jerusalem at nightfall? Who stayed in Tel Aviv all the time but stayed in a sealed room at night?” (Source Link)
The fine for crabbing in New Jersey’s polluted Passaic River is 3000 dollars.
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;On a daily basis, I wonder what am I doing out here. It’s hard keeping things dry. You’re nearly dry by the end of a watch and then you get hit by a massive wave just as you’re going below. It’s dripping everywhere; everything’s wet. You sail over a massive wave at an angle and you’ve left your fleece on the bunk, so it falls down into the slopping bilge. Everything is so cold and there’s so much condensation building up, especially if you boil a kettle for tea. Everything’s damp. That’s where I live. (Source Link)
Tuesday, February 25, 2003
In Lousiana and other states with similar arrangements, the two halves of duck hunting season are ca
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