Re: Clarke - two questions

"Gene Ward Smith" <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Mike Dworetsky" <platinum198@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> A brief news story found in the London Times Tuesday:
>> Bees on the loose
>>
>> SACRAMENTO Twelve million bees escaped after an articulated lorry 
>> carrying
>> crates of the insects overturned on Highway 99 in California, police 
>> said.
>> Officers and firefighters were stung by some of the bees as they tried
to
>> deal with the accident. (AP)
>>
>
> Absurd. There are no such things as articulated lorries in the US.

Sure there are.  Two nations separated by a common language, etc.  See 
"Semi-trailer truck".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-trailer_truck

Yes, I knew you were being wry.

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Mike Dworetsky

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