breinhold
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posted on October 17, 2001 08:40:15 PM new
well now Harrisburg international airport is completely closed due to a threat on TMI . the local news does not have the details. everyone remembers good old TMI right?
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Zilvy
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posted on October 17, 2001 08:43:26 PM new
Cripes, I'm sitting here like a dummy going, Yeah TMI...What is this person talking about.
Listen if you are gonna give me earthshaking news don't abbreviate...Three Mile Island, Nuclear Plant..when did this happen?
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breinhold
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posted on October 17, 2001 08:50:15 PM new
sorry , being a local its just TMI to us. i just heard it about 15 min. ago. no details yet. more than likely another hoax. i hope...........the first time with three mile island was no picnic let me tell you.
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breinhold
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posted on October 17, 2001 08:52:13 PM new
i couldnt sleep and thought i would watch some tv......what a mistake.
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Zilvy
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posted on October 17, 2001 09:00:17 PM new
I am soo sorry, you live nearby? This is awful, but I have to tell you NO late night TV, play computer games, read a book, have a cup of cocoa but NO TV.
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kraftdinner
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posted on October 17, 2001 09:01:07 PM new
Yes, the media is having a field day. Probably for the first time ever, each day brings new news to report that's actually newsworthy. Wonder what the threat will be tomorrow?
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breinhold
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posted on October 17, 2001 09:12:48 PM new
well i cant loose sleep over it....because i dont sleep anyway. i dont panic very easily.
i am old enough to remember the cold war duck and cover drills. not a big deal. time for some cereal. ted kopal and coco puffs tonight.
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Zilvy
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posted on October 17, 2001 09:26:35 PM new
Got any 2% milk? I haven't had cocoa puffs in eons!!
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breinhold
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posted on October 17, 2001 09:40:41 PM new
only 2% here ,and I still don't know why I drink it. I tried to go back to whole milk but you cant go home. it tasted awful. and I have to admit it was a toss between coco puffs coco rice crispys and coco pebbles...a tough decision. puffs won. (by the way they still rip up the top of your mouth like captain crunch does)(almost as bad as the dreaded pizza burn) (or the brain freeze Italian water ice can give you).
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spazmodeus
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posted on October 17, 2001 09:49:03 PM new
Puffs or Pebbles? There can be no indecision here -- Pebbles rule.
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breinhold
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posted on October 17, 2001 09:55:48 PM new
spaz you speak the truth and I knew it as I poured the milk over the puffs. pebbles have a superior chocolate taste and soak the milk at the perfect rate. the puffs removed 2 layers of skin from my pallet. and the chocolate rice crispies pale next to pebbles. coco pebbles have better box art also.
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breinhold
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posted on October 17, 2001 10:00:09 PM new
I have to confess. my decision was based on my daughter opening the puffs to grab the Halloween stickers....the box was open so I ate them. to lazy to open the other box. damn those stickers.
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Zilvy
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posted on October 17, 2001 10:01:00 PM new
Very deep thinking for this time of the morning but you better hurry and eat 'em or they will all be soggy and you'll be drinking them. Yes, regular milk tastes greasy now after so many years of 2%. I never could do the "blue milk" bit though..just like water.
God the dreaded pizza burn...I'd almost forgotten about that. I never eat at the pizza place anymore, always bring it home because I am a fool and will burn my mouth raw everytime.
OK that does it I'm going downstairs for a bowl of Apple Cinnamon Cheerios! Its all your fault!! 
[ edited by Zilvy on Oct 17, 2001 10:03 PM ]
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breinhold
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posted on October 17, 2001 10:11:46 PM new
October 17, 2001 11:55 PM - The Federal Aviation Administration says there's a 'temporary flight restriction' around Harrisburg International Airport. The restriction began at 9 PM. The FAA says it's not only Harrisburg's airport that is shut down because of a threat to Three Mile Island..there's a 'temporary flight restriction' that extends to a 20-mile radius 'around' HIA. Again, TMI is taking additional security measures because of a threat. HIA will reopen at 11 AM Thursday morning.
thats all i can find on line. the planes that worry me are the little ones that have no regulated or followed flight pattern. i think they shut down all the small airports also. i am not sure
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breinhold
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posted on October 17, 2001 10:14:47 PM new
well the news just came on with an update. military jets are flying over the area checking it out.they arent saying what the threat was. i was wondering why i was hearing planes when the airport is closed. they are loud ones.
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breinhold
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posted on October 17, 2001 10:19:12 PM new
zilvy: pizza tip for take out....call it in and request them to NOT put in in the box until you pick it up. it will cool and then it will not steam in the box. then you put it in the oven at home and it taste exactly like the pizza shop. took me years of my youth to figure that one out.
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breinhold
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posted on October 17, 2001 10:24:50 PM new
goodnight all, see you tomorrow with a new glow..sorry had to say that
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Zilvy
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posted on October 17, 2001 10:28:31 PM new
I just hope the government is tuned into this thread...here we are acting normal really, TMI with military planes flying around it, Harrisburg airport shut down and we are sharing pizza ideas, 2% milk, cocoa pebble vs puffs...how much more normal can we be. Hooray for the human spirit.
Nighters, I'm on the east coast and need my sleep for another day fraught with intrigue, threats and worries. Thanks for the tip on the pizza!!
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argh
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posted on October 17, 2001 10:33:04 PM new
No way! Cocoa Krispies have it all over pebbles or puffs. IF you don't loiter, that is.
I went to the grocery store today. The newest in cereal? Bart Simpson cereal - some peanut butter concoction. I passed on that, but came home with the Homer Simpson Doughnut cereal.
Off to watch the news - I took a break for a couple hours, and these days thing change fast!
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ubiedaman
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posted on October 17, 2001 10:36:07 PM new
Just to give a glimmer of hope...the reactor walls on most power plants are 6 ft. thick, AND steel reinforced...I just saw a report the other night with a F-14 test "slammed" into a portion of a wall at 500(?)mph....the damage to the wall was 2 1/4"....OK so multiply by like a LOT, and even a Triple 7 is only gonna make a 6" deep dent.....sleep soundly, [b]BUT[b/] don't drink the water, eat, or open your mail!!
Keith
I assume full responsibility for my actions, except
the ones that are someone else's fault.
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gravid
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posted on October 18, 2001 02:52:18 AM new
It's true that those of us that lived through the darkest hours of the cold war like the few days of the cuban missile crisis and expected to be incinerated any day are probably a lot less excited about this latest danger. Even if they sneak in a nuke or other WOMD it won't be like having a nuclear exchange with hundreds of warheads.
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breinhold
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posted on October 18, 2001 04:45:52 AM new
good morning!
ARGH:"IF you don't loiter" what a great term for letting cereal sit in the milk to long!
the homer donut cereal sounds terrible...i will look for it today! ummmmm donuts
ZILVY: you are right...great point.
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breinhold
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posted on October 18, 2001 05:24:04 AM new
the tmi alert made it to national news. check it on yahoo. they are saying the threat was from a credible source.
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Femme
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posted on October 18, 2001 06:00:38 AM new
http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?d0549_BC_PA--HarrisburgAirport&&news&newsflash-pennsylvania
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breinhold
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posted on October 18, 2001 06:37:43 AM new
thanks again femme!!
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Femme
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posted on October 18, 2001 06:50:53 AM new
You're welcome, Breinhold. 
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