[lit-ideas] Hubris - or prognostication?

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  • Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 08:40:39 +0100

According to THE TELELGRAPH, the world is sinking ...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/8271643/The-World-is-sinking-Dubai-islands-falling-into-the-sea.html

Chrs Bruce,
sitting high and dry (for now) on the shores of
the Baltic at about 3 meters above sea level, in
Kiel, Germany

P.S. I saw an illustration of the following while flipping through one of those how-to-do-just-about-anything books in a (surprise surprise) bookstore the other day (and wonder why it was never part of the 'drownproofing' part of any swimming course I ever participated in):

http://www.ehow.com/how_2338250_make-clothes-flotation-devices.html

-cb
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