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To: LPS5 who wrote (568)	2/13/2003 1:09:56 PM
From: WaveSeeker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2534

Terror is not a Tonic (my title) ---------------------------- Soda spill on lobby floor of FBI causes commotion 2003-02-12 By Ken Raymond The Oklahoman A disoriented man caused a stir Tuesday when he entered FBI headquarters in Oklahoma City and spilled a soft drink on the floor of the lobby. By the time the situation was sorted out, the FBI office was awash in reporters, camera crews, firefighters and even a hazardous materials crew. "The guy came in to furnish some information," Special Agent Jay Moeller said. "He wasn't all there. He had some sort of head trauma or something." Realizing the man was in crisis, the FBI contacted his family and called for an ambulance to take him to Mercy Health Center. Right about then, he spilled his soft drink on the lobby floor. Somehow the spilled drink turned into a report that the man was spraying a mysterious powder around the room -- something, Moeller said, that never happened. "He dropped his Coke on the floor of the atrium where you come in," Moeller said. "HAZ-MAT, the fire department and an ambulance showed up for a spilled Coke."

To: LPS5 who wrote (568)	2/13/2003 8:33:34 PM
From: Libbyt	Respond to of 2534

60 percent of the roses Americans buy during the year are for three days: Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Christmas. Going to the S.F. Flower Market a few days before Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, or Christmas can be hazardous to your health. A Flower Market that is usually hectic becomes a "jungle" of double parked vans and cars, and sleep deprived buyers and sellers, trying to find the "freshest" flowers for resale. (The wholesale market opens at 2 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday....Tuesday and Thursday are "late" days, with the market opening at 5 a.m.) The prices of almost all of the flowers (but especially roses) are raised for buyers during that period. The article is correct....those prices are passed along to the consumer. A true study of "the market process". When California was having the "energy crisis" a couple of years ago, some of the rose growers lost most of their crops due to lack of heat...or the inability to be able to afford paying the heating bill for their greenhouses. Most of the florists make their greatest profits during the Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Christmas time periods.