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Thread #60464   Message #971216
Posted By: Deckman
23-Jun-03 - 06:23 PM
Thread Name: BS: Oxymoron place names
Subject: RE: BS: Oxymoron place names
I live in the town of Everett, Washington, about 25 miles North of seattle. About 8 years ago, there was a lovely bunch of woods, just North of one of our oldest and largest Parks. This wooded area hosted deerses, bearses, racoonses, possemses, and many other beautiful creatures. The developers cut everything down, built houses with asphalt raods and drives, and then had the audacity to name the are ... yep, you guessed it ..."THE PRESERVE!" SHEEEUH!. Bob (by the way mousethief, I have caught many a king salmon trolling Point No Point, which by the way is just across from "Double Bluff," and around the corner from "Apple Tree Cove", as I recall).