On 9/9/2014 5:14 PM, JohnJohn wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 16:01:40 -0600, Mayo > wrote:
>
>> On 9/9/2014 3:56 PM, JohnJohn wrote:
>>> On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:32:06 -0600, Mayo > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ever been to Coober Pedy?
>>>
>>> No, but I'd like to see it.
>>
>> That excavated cave hotel sounds interesting, and why not take an opal home?
>
> I wonder if the town is still fairly original or only kept going for
> tourists.
>
Good point.

The last show I saw on it indicated there is a lot of active mining
going on there, but you'd have to think the locals have learned how to
mine a tourist's pockets for bounty as well.

Sure is flat out there.