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Old 11-19-2013, 06:06 PM
 
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Another good peeve, Jezer. I hate that, too. News media especially are guilty of taking an uncertain forecast and making it seem as though the end of the world is coming. Rarely is an event, weather or other, as bad as the folks from the media make it sound.

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the recent Illinois tornados sure were .
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Old 11-19-2013, 07:26 PM
 
Location: Windham County, VT
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Love all your responses as always, and thanks for the kind comments about Moll The Wal!

The paper in question was the Daily Express, a paper that sometimes makes the Daily Mail (or Daily Wail as I prefer to call it) seem reasonable.
Ah, okay-I haven't even heard of that one, I'd just heard of the Daily Mail (and its reputation) in a lot of UK tv I watch. Thanks for letting us know which one it was.
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Old 11-19-2013, 07:59 PM
 
Location: Colorado
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Graduating from high school, way back in 1965, I remember an older man saying that we had no future....
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Old 11-20-2013, 12:24 AM
 
Location: SW France
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the recent Illinois tornados sure were .
Indeed they were Teddy and I saw how awful they were.

It's important not to mix up peeves with tragedy, something I try to be aware of.
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