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We called the watertank man but he didn't come today so we have been pumping water from the ground!!!!
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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And one long, hot, dry Australian summer in the 1950s, a rat drowned and decomposed in the watertank – and we had to throw the precious water away.
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Another 1916 movie was 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Universal Studios which featured some impressive underwater footage shot in a watertank.
The History of Science Fiction 1910-1919 | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News 2008
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He tested the water from the various driven wells and in the watertank, and the milk from the cows; he tried to find out what food had come in from outside, though there was practically none, for the hall was self-supporting.
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One of the trenchcoats made a B-line for the watertank, a rather idiosyncratic place to start any new investigation, I'm sure you'll agree. '
Quite Ugly One Morning Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 1996
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A police statement said the weapons were hidden in a 5000 litre watertank sealed with rubber and buried in a stand of wattle trees where farm workers found it while looking for firewood.
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Sam, the cook who made everything but coffee out of sourdough, he ordered him to mix enough sourdough to fill the big watertank.
The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan W.B. Laughead
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On her way West the heroine steps off by mistake at a lonely watertank into a maze of thrilling events.
Eve to the Rescue Ethel Hueston 1933
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Eric changed his coat and plunged his head into the watertank and went to the barn to hook up his team.
A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays Willa Sibert Cather 1910
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The train slowed up, and stopped at a watertank, two hundred yards east of the station, and their uncertainty was at an end.
The Gentleman from Indiana Booth Tarkington 1907
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