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To: mph who wrote (3225)	1/7/2004 4:23:19 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3287

We won't talk about the two (2) 40 gal. hot water heaters we just installed as part of our basement remodel. Mr. Smithee thought it best to acquiesce in the demands of the female Smithees. Had he not, the first time the hot water ran out, there would have been hell to pay.

To: mph who wrote (3225)	1/7/2004 5:37:08 PM
From: Lost1	Respond to of 3287

from the "size matters" files<g>: World's 'Longest Snake' Comes Up Short KENDAL, Indonesia (Reuters) - It's still a big snake, just not a record-breaker. When a recreation park in Indonesia put a huge reticulated python on show last week, keepers insisted to reporters it was 49 feet long. That made it the longest ever caught. But amid growing skepticism of the claim, a photographer working for Reuters returned to the Curugsewu park in the small central Java town of Kendal Wednesday with a measuring tape. The snake's true length -- around 21 feet "I have no idea why the snake has shrunk," said one keeper when asked about the discrepancy, as the snake lounged on a tree branch inside its cage. According to the Guinness World Records, the longest discovered snake was also a reticulated python from Indonesia. It was 33 feet long when found in Sulawesi island in 1912. In 2002, Samantha, a 25-foot snake which was dubbed the largest in captivity, died in the Bronx Zoo in New York. Samantha came from Indonesia's side of Borneo island. Record-breaking or not, word of the huge snake in Kendal has spread, tripling the number of visitors to the state-run park, normally known just for its scenery and waterfalls.