SBarbour > wrote in message
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> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
> ...
>> You argue with people over a few tenths of a point
>> on the strength of the earthquake you just felt.
>>
>> "That's about a 4.5!"
>>
>> "No way -- 4.2 tops!"
>
> Actually, most of us barely pause to notice an earthquake,
> even if it's big enough to feel.

Damned straight!

"4.5..." Ppphhsstthhh!

Just a bunch of East Coast Whinin' Scaredy Transplants are the
only ones that freak.

The Ranger