[thechat] tricky Yankee speech (was RE:Knife-man foundin BusinessWeek)

[Joel D Canfield]

>   Sorry for the delay, we had an emergency beach trip due to the
> outstanding weather in NC that past weekend. Lots of sea birds,
> porpoises, diving birds, etc. We had to swat away the brown pelicans.

when I was a kid there were only two flocks of brown pelicans in the
world; one on the Pacific Northwest, one in San Diego. they've come back
well, and as far as I know aren't on the endangered list any more.

joel