Winter Yard Work

Monday, 29 December 2008, 9:59 | Category : Environment and/or Green, Family and Friends, General living, Home Improvement
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My aunt called our house today.  She lives in Tennesee.  She was telling us that they’ve had so much rain this month that they have not been able to get outside and rake up the leaves in their yard. This really bothers her. she likes to have a nice looking yard and the leaves are laying in layers and [...]

I love old wood

Thursday, 25 September 2008, 22:16 | Category : Business, Environment and/or Green, General living, Home Improvement, Shopping, Technology
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Something has always fascinated me about things made out of wood.  There is a warm feeling to wood that just cannot be replaced by the “modern look” of metal and concrete decorating.   I especially treasure old things made of wood, and I love wood flooring.
There is a company in Scotland Neck North Carolina that specializes [...]

Shooting wolves from airplanes

Wednesday, 24 September 2008, 21:20 | Category : Community and/or Society, Computers and/or Internet, Environment and/or Green, General living, News, Politics, Sports
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I was shocked to discover that Alaska encourages its citizens to cull their wolf population by allowing them to shoot the wolves from airplanes! I was reading an article about that today on a website that I discovered today called salon.com. The article was talking about the controversy surrounding that situation, and how Sarah Palin [...]

Tainted milk in China

I was so surprised to read in the Time.com website that China’s milk problem has expanded to beyond baby formula to the general milk supply! The chemical melamine, which causes kidney stones and kidney failure has been found in the milk of the three largest milk companies in China! I sure hope that the investigations [...]

School buses

Well, school has started again, which means that drivers are seeing the school buses out on the road again.  Due to new restrictions, and fuel economy, all of the buses have been governed down to have a maximum speed limit of only 45 mph!  This is a real drag when you are in a hurry and [...]