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 BK>>  The well was just converting to production when the explosion
 BK>> occured.

 ml> so they hadn't even gotten off the pot (of exploration)
 ml> completely before the shit hit the fan :?

 Uh... yeah... I think... maybe...?

 Reminds me of the old story of the aerospace engineers going
 over the drawings for a zero G toilet. It had a suction system
 to draw off the waste.

 One engineer sent another a copy of the drawing, with a note
 saying, "Near as I can tell it's SUPPOSED to hit the fan."



BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

... "Oh bother!" said Pooh as the retros failed to fire.
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