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  1. #1
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    Now, THIS is scary!

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    6 die from brain-eating amoeba in lakes

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070929/.../killer_amoeba
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    I've always worried about brain eating zombies, now this??? Sheesh- a woman can only worry so much.


    Seriously, scary stuff.
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    I read about this. What a bunch of bizarre maladies the world is suffering these days.
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    I read that. Agree that it is scary!

    Just remember to blow it out you nose as you surface.

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    I'm a baby...I pinch my nose under the water
    If you don't grow where you're planted, you'll never BLOOM - Will Rogers

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    Well... I can't get the page to load... have been trying for about half an hour...

    But this is why you don't put your head below the water at Rotorua!!!


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    Michael Beach, a specialist in recreational waterborne illnesses???
    I used to have an open mind but my brains kept falling out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by singletrackmind View Post
    Michael Beach, a specialist in recreational waterborne illnesses???

    That must be a very narrow speciality!

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    gross. ill still take my chances at our lake
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