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To: The Osprey who wrote (3894)	11/13/1999 7:13:00 AM
From: Savant	Respond to of 4201

Hey, Osprey, your poetry is shapin' up nicely. S.

To: The Osprey who wrote (3894)	11/13/1999 4:03:00 PM
From: MrsNose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4201

Lovely poem!! I didn't see the moon last night, too cloudy, but that brought back memories of sitting on the beach watching the shooting stars.

To: The Osprey who wrote (3894)	11/30/1999 12:50:00 AM
From: Apex	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4201

Osprey: Ya got to stop gettin yur morning coffee at Starbucks. ====================== Starbucks sued over alleged crushed penis Updated 6:51 PM ET November 29, 1999 NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Canadian tourist who claims that his penis was crushed by a faulty toilet seat at a Starbucks Corp restaurant has sued the giant coffee retailer for $1.5 million, his attorney said Monday. "Our client, Edward Skwarek, was in a seated position on the toilet when he turned to retrieve the toilet paper in back of the seat when the seat shifted causing his penis to be caught and crushed between the seat and the bowl," said Richard Robbins, the lawyer for Skwarek, 37, of Toronto. The suit, filed Nov. 26 in Manhattan Supreme Court, alleges the coffee house was careless in "allowing a defective toilet seat to remain open ... causing a hazardous and unsafe condition ... in its public restrooms." Skwarek, a government financial worker, alleged that the incident took place on Aug. 20, 1999 at a Starbucks in the Chelsea district of Manhattan where he and his wife, Sherrie, 37, dropped in for some coffee. The suit also claims that as a result of Starbucks' carelessness, Skwarek suffered a "crushed penis, Peyronie's disease, retrograde ejaculation with consequent substantial reduction in sperm count, infertility, severe bruising to his penis and sexual function impairment." Peyronie's disease usually causes deviation of the erect penis to one side. Skwarek seeks $1 million in damages and his wife $500,000 because she has been "deprived of his services." Alan Gulick, a spokesman at Starbucks in Seattle, where the company is based, said Starbucks does not comment on pending litigation.