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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

S.H.I.T.

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Manure...A True Story. . Manure: In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before commercia...

Too Much Homework ?

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Homework is an accepted part of children’s coursework, starting as early as first grade. But how much is too much? Homework -- the tr...
Monday, March 10, 2008

World: Europe Women In Jeans 'Cannot Be Raped'

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Italy's highest court has ruled that a woman wearing jeans cannot be raped. The Supreme Court of Appeal in Rome on Wednesday overturn...
Sunday, March 9, 2008

Revealed At Last: Scotland Yard's Jack the Ripper Case Book

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'PC.97J. NEIL reports at 3.45.a[m] 31st inst, he found the dead body of a woman lying on her back with her clothes a little above her kn...

How Bluetooth Got Its Name

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In 1996 a number of companies were looking to standardize the industry around a short-range radio link for doing a number of things which s...

How Doctors Tell Patients They're Dying

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Telling patients they're going to die is less dramatic than one might think, and contrary to popular belief, most doctors refuse to esti...
Saturday, February 16, 2008

The Sky Is Falling

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Or at least a part of it. I am refering to the spy satellite that the americans are losing. They didn't get much use out of that. Only s...
Friday, February 15, 2008

Onward

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So onward we go thru winter. On tuesday we had a good size snowstorm and in the evening and overnight we had a major rainstorm. High winds e...
Sunday, January 27, 2008

Birthday

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Friday was my 65 th. birthday. It was the best birthday I ever had. My wife and son took me to a restaurant and a surprise party. Really had...
Sunday, January 20, 2008

Snow Again

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That's how it is, snow or rain. Last week was a nice week. We got rid of most of the snow. Today it is snowing like a bugger. Now I can ...
Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Rain Again

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Well it did rain again. But not enough to get rid of the snow. The snowplow must like my side of the road. He did it three times yesterday...
Monday, December 31, 2007

And Snow Again

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Since my last post, it has been either rain or snow. From the photo I am adding, you can see that the snowbank on the side is a little lar...
Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Snow

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Well we had a snow storm yesterday. About 6". I didn't bother shoveling the driveway because it was supposed to turn to rain afte...
Friday, November 16, 2007

Leaves

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I am some glad that we bagged the leaves last Friday. Because on Sat, we had a snow storm. Not a big deal, but the leaves would still be t...
Friday, November 9, 2007

Hurricane Like Winds

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Hurricane Noel dropped by last week. The pre-storm build up on TV is much more exciting than the real thing. 50 to 75 mph. is not a big d...
Monday, October 1, 2007

New TV

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The weather here is chilly. Only 4 C/44F. Still have to cut the grass one ore time. Sometime this week. My son bought us a new TV the othe...
Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Here Comes the Judge

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It has been very hot for the last week. What makes it worse is the humidity. The temp. was around 35 C/95 F and the humidity made it 40 C/10...
Sunday, July 15, 2007

Tall Ships

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Just about everyone knows what an Airshow is . And a lot of people have seen one. We have one here every Sept. and they fly over my house....
Monday, June 11, 2007

Bears

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Pouring down raining outside. As it was yesterday. My wife had a yardsale on Sat. It was darn cold and it looked like it was g...
Friday, June 1, 2007

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To get to Jasper, you have to go through the Columbia Ice Fields. Went back and forth, so we went through it twice. On the way back I did...
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