Trying to upstage Tim in the Who said it? game ...
Who said it?
From LiveScience.com on June 22--a quote on disappearing beaches:
I’m predicting that they [will take] fewer beach trips.
See below the jump for the answer.
Toot, toot...it was me!
Here is the most important excerpt from the full story:
With beaches slowly vanishing from the coasts, vacationers might have to find some other way to entertain themselves and soak up the sun in the summer in the coming decades.
“I’m predicting that they [will take] fewer beach trips,” said lead author of the North Carolina study John Whitehead of Appalachian State University in North Carolina. The report was funded by the National Commission on Energy Policy, a bipartisan, non-profit group of energy experts.
By surveying beach-goers, Whitehead found that people prefer wider beaches, which provide more room for throwing Frisbees and eating sandy sandwiches. By determining how far people will drive to these roomier beaches and calculating the cost of those drives, Whitehead estimated the millions of dollars that would be lost to vacationers.
Hmmm. I wonder what I said to make the writer insert [will take]? Could it have been incoherent mumbling?
And from the inbox:
... a link to your study was prominently posted on Yahoo's main page for a period of time on Friday. As I'm sure you know this is one of the most visited websites in the world (some rankings have it at #1 with 25% of all internet traffic going through Yahoo!). In terms of sheer exposure, this is pretty cool...
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A personal note: Yes, yes, yes, I know. The self-absorption meter is running high these days. My apologies.
