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   Message 133,837 of 135,536   
   Kerr-Mudd, John to Charlie Gibbs   
   Re: EU   
   24 Dec 25 10:24:39   
   
   XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 23:32:41 GMT   
   Charlie Gibbs  wrote:   
      
   > On 2025-12-23, Scott Lurndal  wrote:   
   >   
   > > Charlie Gibbs  writes:   
   > >   
   > >> On 2025-12-23, rbowman  wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 01:59:00 -0500, c186282 wrote:   
   > >>>   
   > >>>>     The USA has maybe THE biggest dick in the world, prominently   
   > >>>>     figured at the govt center in DC. You can ascend to the tip,   
   > >>>>     symbolic sperm   
   > >>>   
   > >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaconda_Smelter_Stack   
   > >>   
   > >> We ran into weather while flying in Montana a few years ago.   
   > >> We decided to set down at the nearest airstrip and wait for the   
   > >> weather to pass.  That airstrip happened to be at Anaconda -   
   > >> we dodged the stack on the way in.  It's an impressive landmark.   
   > >   
   > > These (at 500ft each) are almost as tall:   
   > >   
   > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss_Landing_Power_Plant   
   > >   
   > > They're visible from the entire Monterey bay shoreline,   
   > > from Santa Cruz to Pacific Grove.   
   >   
   > If we're talking about big stacks, we might as well   
   > go for the granddaddy of them all:   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inco_Superstack   
   >   
   We 'ad   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Dibnah   
   who knocked 'em down (he saved a few,thobut).   
      
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