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Astronomers spy 10 billion trillion trillion-carat diamond (Vey Hugh!)
Sac Bee ^
| 2/13/04
| AP - LA
Posted on 02/13/2004 2:33:17 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/12/2004 6:05:42 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - If anyone's ever promised you the sun, the moon and the stars, tell 'em you'll settle for BPM 37093.
The heart of that burned-out star with the no-nonsense name is a sparkling diamond that weighs a staggering 10 billion trillion trillion carats. That's one followed by 34 zeros.
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Honey, look what I got ya!
HaPPy Valentine's Day!
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posted on
02/13/2004 2:34:14 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
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Comment #3 Removed by Moderator
To: NormsRevenge
I don't suppose this will cause a crash in the price of diamonds here, will it?
To: msdrby
Happy Valentines Dear
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posted on
02/13/2004 2:40:13 PM PST
by
Professional Engineer
(Spirit & Opportunity~The race is ON! Which will find the first Martian trout stream.)
To: NormsRevenge
You just know there's a woman out there right now who is already hounding her sugar daddy for that rock.
To: ovrtaxt
While I can visualize your comment as being toungue-in-cheek, I find your tag line highly offensive.
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posted on
02/13/2004 2:41:15 PM PST
by
EggsAckley
(...............TROLL PATROL...on duty.........................)
To: EggsAckley
oops......toungue = tongue
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posted on
02/13/2004 2:41:55 PM PST
by
EggsAckley
(...............TROLL PATROL...on duty.........................)
To: ovrtaxt
Yes, but the price of the setting is going to make it way too expensive...
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posted on
02/13/2004 2:42:00 PM PST
by
talleyman
(E=mc2 (before taxes))
To: ovrtaxt; xzins; Alamo-Girl; editor-surveyor; Commander8; RnMomof7
The hunk of celestial bling is an estimated 2,500 miles across, said Travis Metcalfe, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. "You would need a jeweler's loupe the size of the sun to grade this diamond," said Metcalfe, who led the team that discovered the gem. The diamond is a massive chunk of crystallized carbon that lies about 300 trillion miles from Earth, in the constellation Centaurus. A 'four-square' type of 'New Jerusalem'.
(Romans 10:17)
Maranatha!!
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posted on
02/13/2004 2:42:23 PM PST
by
maestro
To: NormsRevenge
Don't tell De Beers.
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posted on
02/13/2004 2:42:48 PM PST
by
cyborg
To: NormsRevenge
Is it just me or is ovrtxt's (#3) tag line offensive?
"(You got an extra Koran? I'm like totally out of toilet paper.)" see post #3
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posted on
02/13/2004 2:45:09 PM PST
by
EggsAckley
(...............TROLL PATROL...on duty.........................)
To: EggsAckley
it's friday. Some may have started happy hour a bit too early.
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posted on
02/13/2004 2:47:38 PM PST
by
cyborg
To: EggsAckley
What would you propose...? The "A" BomB perhaps.. send it to the fellows in the booth for review ;-]
Happy Valentines Day! 8-]
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posted on
02/13/2004 2:48:55 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge; cyborg
Yeah......looking forward to four o'clock myself........
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posted on
02/13/2004 2:50:39 PM PST
by
EggsAckley
(...............TROLL PATROL...on duty.........................)
To: EggsAckley
We're doin' a movie at 4 ourselves and then maybe dinner.. gonna go see "Miracle" , should be pretty good. We won one, for a change .. against all odds :-}
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posted on
02/13/2004 2:53:16 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
Wonder what the gravity there would be like.
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posted on
02/13/2004 2:53:22 PM PST
by
mercy
To: NormsRevenge
Mrs. Kobe has bookmarked this article to use for Kobe's next transgression.
To: EggsAckley
Actually I kind of like it.
It's definitely witty.
It's definitely not PC.
And it shows exactly the amount of respect that those who "follow" it have earned.
I think it's nifty.
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posted on
02/13/2004 3:00:04 PM PST
by
American_Centurion
(Daisy-cutters trump a wiretap anytime - Nicole Gelinas)
To: NormsRevenge
Lucky you!! Have a great time, and a great weekend, too!
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posted on
02/13/2004 3:00:37 PM PST
by
EggsAckley
(...............TROLL PATROL...on duty.........................)
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