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This un-proof read translation from a press release by an Israli Antiquities authority:
A salvage dig in Umm Sousaphone ( near Har Homa in Jerusalem ) unveilled a figure of seals from the clip of Ezekias, Rex of Judah ( Eighth century BCE ). Two of the seal notions belonged to Ahimelech ben Amadyahu and Yehohail ben Shahar. Four `` LMLK '' feelings on jar handgrips were found at the site. The opinions were noticed in a big edifice dating to the First and Sec Temple periods. The site was destruct during the Babylonian subjugation and reoccupied in the Hasmonean period.
http://whatsoeverivoo.spaces.live.com/b ... !123.entry

(the site is actually called "Umm Tuba"... maybe should be a Sister City for Tuba City, AZ?
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... iwloc=addr
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Just resurfaced my kitchen countertops with granite from Uba Tuba, Brazil. Another sister city?
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tbn.al wrote:Just resurfaced my kitchen countertops with granite from Uba Tuba, Brazil. Another sister city?
I have the synthetic version in Silestone - very nice colors (but hard to see grease spots - my wife now hates it!)

Uba Tuba looks a lot nicer than Tuba City!
http://litoralvirtual.com.br/ubatuba/historia_i.htm and probably nicer than Umm Tuba as well...
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Makes ya wonder if there might be nine other "tuba" locations scattered around the world ("tuba nodes")? :lol:
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Kevin Hendrick wrote:Makes ya wonder if there might be nine other "tuba" locations scattered around the world ("tuba nodes")? :lol:
One would be somewhere in the Philippines - where they drink something called Tuba (a coconut based moonshine) and maybe another wherever "Nip/Tuck" is supposed to be (T.U.B.A. ) http://www.the-cosmetic-surgery-directo ... reast.html

And here: http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/M ... 059904.htm Pulau Tuba (Tuba Island)

Another would have to be the London Underground (The Tube) - there is even some software called:
"The TUBA" (Transport Users Benefit Appraisal) program is a matrix based computer program capable of appraising highway and/or public transport projects with fixed or variable trip matrices.
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Indeed. Just wait until the google entries start popping up for this subject matter that the letters TUBA is an acronym: "trans-umbilical breast augmentation!"
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iiipopes wrote:Indeed. Just wait until the google entries start popping up for this subject matter that the letters TUBA is an acronym: "trans-umbilical breast augmentation!"
Puts a whole 'nother spin on "BAT", doesn't it? :oops:
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