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...Elvis water, now SNOW!
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Posted By:
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
Jan 03, 2005
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One of the managers where I work is from Brownsville, TX originally, and showed us this item:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/10555780.htm?1c
I just thought it was cute.
Category: eBay; Replies: 3 |
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davetolomy
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 | 01:59 PM
YAH Need registration Boy |
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 | 02:29 PM
BROWNSVILLE- Some South Texans are hoping to turn a rare snowfall into some cold cash.
A 23-year-old Brownsville man has put a three-pound snowball he collected during an unprecedented Rio Grande Valley Christmas showfall on the eBay auction block.
Brownsville received 1.5 inches of snow Christmas Eve night and Christmas morning, its first measurable since Feb. 14, 1895, according to the National Weather Service.
"It's an amazing historical event," seller Oscar J. Garza told The Brownsville Herald. "They've been selling so much stuff on eBay I thought I'd get a good laugh and if I make a little money out of it, oh well. That's why I put a 'buy it now' price of $5,000."
Garza isn't the only one trying to cash in on the wintry wonderland.
Another seller was asking $250,000 for a bowl of Christmas snow from Corpus Christi, sold "as is" without warranty. After six days, there were still no takers.
Garza's ball of snow, meanwhile, was going for $5.50 -- plus a $20 shipping charge -- with five days of bidding remaining.
"It's a basketball-size chunk and I have to send it in dry ice so it doesn't melt," Garza said. "Something like this is not going to happen again in our lifetime, the climate and the condition are not proper for snowfall so chances are we won't see this again."
...I didn't need registration when I first pulled it up...but I did when I tried the link after you posted, davetolomy. |
davetolomy
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 | 02:35 PM
Ah okay |
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