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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Common, but usually employed knowingly (It’s the title of a story in the “Incredible Hulk’ comic book series). Here are some innocent occurrences:
I wanted to say something during Saturday’s Wikipedia session, but tempest fugit, ...
freerangelibrarian.com/2005/01/23/amazingly-home/
So anyway I need to sell my car, find a shipping company that will take my stuff back to the UK and buy some plane tickets. Tempest fugit!
alkam.blogdrive.com/archive/156.html
What’s Going On Now??, The summer is over and school is starting—Tempest Fugit!
www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?id=11437
Tempest Fugit, but I’m not ready to boogy with the Grim Reaper just yet.
torch.cs.dal.ca/~johnston/blog/category/linux/
Man alive—tempest fugit! Today we’re off to Salzburg, Austria, days 7 and 8 of our Europass …
ginniehart.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_archive.html
Tempest Fugit! Wow, my last post was April 1st! That was forever ago now.
cambridgegiftsbykelly.blogspot.com/
The fresh air and the beautiful autumn colors. Nothing in all my 75 years has had as great an impression on me. Some day I hope to return. Tempest fugit.
www.woodburyct.org/guestbook/?debut=125 … &seeNotes=
...always thought I would have more time as I approached my middle ages, but tempest fugit and all the Greek stuff.
www.hromoga-markoe.org/
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