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Here’s what I mean by normal. If you put a hundred cats and a hundred dogs on an island and come back in a hundred years, you will find that both have reproduced. But the dogs only mate with the dogs and the cats only mate with the cats — not each other. You can call that narrow minded but I call it science. -Cutlass 43k-

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When you go to sea it changes you. Men who go to sea have a bond with each other that is not easy to understand. That’s why sailors have always rescued each other, even during time of war. -(fictional) Mikhail Averin, Russian submarine Kursk-

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The Statue of Liberty test: One of the best indicators of what makes a country great is the number of people who want to get out compared to the number who want to get in. On that scale, America is on the top of the list. -Timothy Garton Ash, alt.-

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With the exception of Hawaii, Florida is the southernmost state and its northernmost point is 100 miles farther south than California’s southern border. -Reference.com “Fact of the Day” 30 August 2014-

I must be off to patrol the moat.