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Quotaholics:
As you know, I’m not a big fan of censorship, but with the internet
almost everywhere we go is some censorship necessary?
At work they filter the sites we can visit. Of course, we’re supposed
to be working so it makes sense that the bosses don’t want us
visiting Playboy or something. The funny thing is nobody blocks Ebay
and I can waste way more time there!
But how do you feel about censorship at libraries with internet access?
An
article I found in the Los
Angeles Times pointed out that the American Library Association
has opposed the use of filters in the past because most filters block
too much. But what if a patron at the local library were observed viewing
nude photos of underage boys?
That
is what happened at the Lindsay, California branch library recently.
On February 28 the sole employee of the branch library, Brenda Biesterfeld,
observed Donny Lynn Chrisler 39, viewing photos of nude boys on one
of the library’s computers. She called her supervisor, Judi Hill,
to ask what she should do. “According to Biesterfeld, Hill told
her to give the man a note ordering him to stop. When Biesterfeld suggested
calling the police, Hill told her not to do it, her attorneys said.”
“But
the next day Biesterfeld, nagged by doubts, used her lunch hour to visit
the police station next door. She was told to contact the station if
the same thing happened again, said Mathew Staver, one of her attorneys.
‘She was doing the moral and legal thing that anyone would do,’
he said. ‘When you see someone viewing child pornography, you
report it to the proper authorities.’”
“On
March 4, she called police when she saw Chrisler allegedly viewing the
same kind of images. Police arrested him and confiscated the computer
as evidence. They then received an angry call from Hill, who told them
they had violated Chrisler’s ‘privacy rights,’ according
to a letter Biesterfeld’s lawyers sent county officials.”
“Biesterfeld
was fired March 6 for unacceptable performance — an allegation her
attorneys deny, pointing to a favorable job review six weeks earlier.”
Needless
to say, the firing has created quite an uproar in the small town. “‘As
a community, we are extremely upset,’ said Suzi Picaso, a Lindsay
councilwoman and former president of the local chamber of commerce.
‘We want to make sure that people who move here know we have policies
in place to keep our children safe. If the library’s policy is to not
report such viewing, then we might have to break our partnership with
them.’”
So
do we have a right to view any website we want to at the public library?
I suspect most of us would agree we have a right to read any book we
want to, but I doubt most libraries carry what would be considered pornography,
certainly not child pornography.
What
should the staff do if they observe something like this? Tell the patron
to stop or call the police? Should Ms. Biesterfield have been fired
for reporting this to the police? She did ignore direct orders from
her supervisor after all. But as citizens don’t we have an obligation
to report crimes?
Censoringly,
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"If you wish to be a success
in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing." - Napoleon
Bonaparte
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"When you’re through changing,
you’re through." - Bruce Barton
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[Thanks
to Tom in Riverside, California]
A New Addition to
Chemistry’s Periodic Table
Research has led to the discovery of the heaviest element yet known
to science. The new element, Governmentium (Gv), has one neutron,
25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy
neutrons, giving it an
atomic mass of 312.
These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which
are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called
peons. Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert; however,
it can be detected, because it impedes every action with which it
comes into contact.
A minute amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally
take less than a second to take from four days to four years to complete.
Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2-6 years; it does not decay,
but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant
neutrons and deputy neutrons exch ange places.
In fact, Governmentium’s mass will actually increase over time, since
each reorganization will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming
isodopes. This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists
to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical
concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as critical
morass. When catalyzed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium,
an element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium since
it has half as many peons but twice as many morons.
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"…there’s no prizes for second place
in American politics." – Sen. Joe Lieberman
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"Poverty may be the mother
of crime, but lack of good sense is the father." - Jean de la Bruyere,
French satiric moralist (1645-1696)
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“Fascism ought to more
properly be called corporatism since it is the merger of state and corporate
power.” – Benito Mussolini
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E-Mail
the Imp
Submarine! When I see that word with an exclamation point it gets me
thinking about old movies…when the bridge watch on a freighter
spots the periscope of a German
U-Boat just before they fire a torpedo. Or the drama of a cat and mouse
game between the captain of a submarine and the captain of a destroyer,
each one trying to out guess the turns and course of the other.
A submarine is a truly remarkable and dangerous weapon system. It’s
like a rattlesnake in tall grass…you know it’s there but
you can’t see it. If the boat is a “Boomer”, a ballistic missile
submarine, it contains enough destructive power to obliterate a
small country. That’s a sobering thought about a weapon system
you can’t see or readily detect.
Since the beginning of the twentieth century when the first modern submarine,
the USS Holland SS-1, was launched, submarines have been primarily weapons
of war. During WW II, the Germans and Japanese had very little success
with using submarines to haul cargo. Even without the dangers of war,
submarines would be, and are, unsuited for use as cargo haulers. They
are simply too expensive to build, operate, and maintain and also can’t
haul enough cargo to be economically feasible, or are they? Cocaine smugglers are
building submarines capable of hauling several tons of cocaine with
crews of three or more. One was captured about 100 miles
off the coast of Costa Rica. I suppose there could be a limited market
for cargo carrying submersibles after all.
There are commercially built civilian submarines used for tourist trips
and submersibles used for exploration and rescue but why do people build
home made submarines? They aren’t going to sink the world’s
merchant fleet and they aren’t going to explore the Marianas Trench.
I suppose they build them just for the fun of it. Most are small devices
that can’t dive very deep, have limited range, and are best suited
to operate in protected, coastal waters. Of course these are submarines
that are being built by law abiding and fun loving citizens.
Sub1
- Sub2
- Sub3
- Sub4
- Sub5
You can buy
plans for a personal submarine on the internet so I suppose the
next step is designing and selling plans for the equivalent of underwater
step vans and semi trailers for hauling really large loads of cocaine.
Or with the threat of rising sea levels from global warming those of
us that have homes on the coast will need to move or cover the house
with a big plexiglass bubble. Then we can all buy Rinspeed
Squaba
Submarine cars, or build our own.
The Bad Sied 
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A
new contributor, Patty, has something to say about volunteer service
that we all should hear. Thanks for jumping in with your 15 Minutes
of Fame.
My name is Patty, my friends and co-workers refer to me as Tazz! I am
a single mother of a 21 year old daughter and a grand mother of a 2
year old grand daughter. Raising my daughter was no easy task. Between
the fact of my visual impairment, and being finally correctly diagnosed
with Bipolar Disorder I had a lot of obstacles in my path. I made many
mistakes along that path, but finally my daughter was grown and out
on her own, and doing quite well. That’s when I decided it was
time for a change.
I
quit my job at the factory I was currently working at, and took a step
out on to the tight rope of faith to see what God might have in mind
for me. Soon I found myself volunteering for an organization called
2-11 Contact Concern. This is a phone help line providing assistance
information and referrals along with many other services. I began as
a one day a week phone shift volunteer, and soon was hooked. Putting
in as many hours as a volunteer as most people spend in a full time
job. I knew this was what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I
soon became a where of an organization called AmeriCorps Vista. Vista
stands for, Volunteers In Service To America. It has been in existence
since 1963 and it allows any one who would like to give there time working
for community services organizations to do so, and receive a pay check.
I applied, and soon was able to begin working for 2-11 Contact Concern.
This was helpful to us all. It allowed me to continue doing some thing
I knew I was meant to do, and it gave to Contact Concern the use of
a full time employ.
This
has made a huge difference in the way I live my life, and in the way
I think about my own problems. I love being able to help make a positive
difference for a community that has given to me so many times over the
years.
If
you’d like more information about 2-11 Contact Concern visit www.2-11contactconcern.org
And for more information about AmeriCorps Vista visit www.americorpsvista.org
Remember,
if you don’t like your life as it is, “Only you can change
it”!
The
wonder of life is, that we get to make it happen! From Patty, Celine
Kitty, The Rowdy Dog, and the Tazz!
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On this day in history, March
31, 1889: The world’s then tallest structure is inaugurated. Today, it
remains the world’s most visited paid monument. Named for the designer,
it remains a worldwide icon, easily recognized even in silhouette. It
took two years, two months, and five days to build and used 18,038 pieces
and 2,500,000 rivets. The structure weighs 7,300 tons. When Barcelona
turned down the architect’s plans, he went to the city hosting the 1889
Exposition Universelle. Which explains why Eiffel’s tower is in Paris.
The original permit for the tower was for twenty years and then it was
to be dismantled and removed. Instead, it has become a recognizable landmark
visited by 236,445,812 people (as of December 31, 2007). To maintain the
tower, 50 to 60 tons of paint are applied every seven years. The color
changes with applications and visitors can vote for the next color. Three
different shades of paint are used so that the color seems to remain uniform
when looked at from ground level. The current color is a brownish-gray.
"The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes."
- unknown
"Architecture begins where engineering ends." - Walter Gropius
"Architecture is the art of how to waste space." - Philip Johnson
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Kirsten
“One of
the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man
who wants to vomit never puts on airs.”
- Josh Billings -
Last night while we were sleeping, our mounting laundry backlog escalated
into a full-on crisis. If the Government of Canada had happened to be
visiting, they would have declared a state of emergency and given us
a pay-out from the Disaster Relief Fund. Now, I don’t mean to imply
that the laundry came alive in the dead of night, assembled in the kitchen
for a midnight feast, and squirted ketchup all over itself. If it could
do that, I’m pretty sure it would also be able to walk itself to the
washing machine, jump in, and add laundry detergent.
No, what happened was that my son was sick. Without going into any kind
of graphic detail, the poor child had it coming out of both ends. He
went through several pairs of pajamas, and rendered several comforters
temporarily unusable. So when we woke up this morning, we were faced
with a mound of laundry so high that anyone attempting to climb it would
suffer from oxygen deprivation.
This morning, while my son was still sick, my mother-in-law wanted me
to give him some children’s Gravol. I thought about it - I wanted him
to be able to at least keep water down - and then decided against it.
Lately I’ve been hanging around people like nutritionists and wellness
consultants, and I’ve been learning a lot about the body’s natural responses
to things. And vomiting - or to put it in a slightly more genteel way,
throwing up - happens when the body needs to forcefully expel something
that is toxic to it. It is a natural line of defence against infection.
It therefore makes little sense to do something to suppress this, thereby
allowing the toxins to enter the bloodstream. That is not to say that
vomiting should be ignored. There is a place for medication, but it
should not be given until the body has had some opportunity to purge
whatever it is that is poisoning it.
The biggest problem with vomiting is dehydration.
The patient should be given small amounts of clear fluids about once
an hour until the vomiting stops. Signs of dehydrayion include drowsiness
and confusion, reduced activity, sunken eyes, rapid breathing, and diminished
muscle tone. If these occur, medical advice should be sought.
Fortunately, most conditions that result in vomiting don’t last for
very long, and my son is no exception. Whatever was making him sick
- probably a bug he picked up from school - is a thing of the past.
Usually these bugs are so contagious that every child within a ten-block
radius will get it, so I’m bracing myself for Round Two.
Kaleidoscopically yours,
Kirsten
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On
Friday I told you how I was supposed to have our new web-based student
tracking system working by the end of the day. Well, I ran into some
problems and placed a call to the vendor’s support center. That was
Tuesday morning. Understand that when the College bought the system,
we paid extra to get “accelerated deployment”. I expected a call back
by the time I got back from lunch. I didn’t get it.
They didn’t call back after 24 hours, so I e-mailed Debbie. She’s
their Business Practices Manager, and since we are the first College
ever to attempt “accelerated deployment”, she’s in charge of our account.
She told me that she could accelerate my call. In the meantime, I
read and I read and I read some more. I tested and tested and tested
some more. I found out some things I am pretty sure I will need to
know later, but I didn’t find the answer to my question.
Thursday, I waited patiently. After all, I had called their “Solutions
Center”, and that call was escalated by Debbie. That gave me time
to work on the registration card program that was “critical”, even
though I was working on setting up the web server that would enable
our students to register online. So after I got that done, I had just
started up a game when our registrar walked in carrying more paper.
It seems she forgot a part. I had to rewrite and rerun the registration
card program, and was informed that the web site I was constructing
shouldn’t allow kids to see anything but their schedule, which meant
I had to re-do that too.
I got the registration card program rewritten and went home, tired
and frustrated. I’d run the registration card program in the morning
as soon as I got in, long before the registrar’s office officially
opened and did things like answer phones should I have a question.
I had two e-mails from them waiting for me when I came in, and PFY
had gotten a call from them too. On top of that, our Chief Accountant
walked into my office just after I sat down with my morning cup of
tea, closely followed by our Purchasing Director. Then came the registrar’s
office manager, wanting to know why she couldn’t open an attachment
that the registrar could.
I got the important things fixed by the end of the day on Friday,
but still had received no call-back from our vendor for my support
question, and wasn’t really expecting one. I had failed in my objective,
and I think it was the first time I’ve failed when given a directive
by my Boss in over 20 years of service. I was disappointed with myself
for failing him and was ready to retire for the weekend to examine
what I could have done better, but then PFY’s phone rang. He was gone
for the day, so I picked it up.
It was Debbie, their Business Practices Manager, and although she
has my direct number, she elected to call our main office number.
She explained that since I didn’t have authorization to call their
“solutions center”, my case was simply closed without them notifying
me, my boss, or her.
I won’t name the company, but their motto is “The way education does
business”.
If that’s the case, I feel sorry for our kids’ futures. There will
be no schools left.
Tim a’Busing
Having a Ball with Frustration
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Steak Sauce With A Kick: Deglaze your frying pan (after searing your
New York steaks) with brandy. Add two tablespoons of butter, a little
white wine and a splash of Grand Marnier. Serve over steaks - you’ll
never use steak sauce again. - Peggy in Tonawanda, New York
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Everyone remembers Ellen’s gnu. What the hell happened to Ellen?
Next opening line…
I once played a game with a gun…
Hints: There’s a great rhyming dictionary at http://www.rhymezone.com/
Limerick rules. http://freespace.virgin.net/merrick.sheldon/limerickrules.htm
Submit
Opening Line
Submit Limerick
My last date was a big mistake;
Seems he is quite the rake.
Many women he woos,
He calls them his Muse.
Then, all of their money, he does take. - Bonnie in Louisiana |
My last date was such a mistake…
Onto every news show did it make.
I used a pseudonym
But Feds were listenin’
Now all night I just lay awake. - Lola (this line sucks!) |
Customer 9 was having a time
cavorting with pimps and hos.
What the banks found suspicious
The news found delicious
And that’s how the story goes. - Lola |
Even remembering it causes me to
shake
She was an attractive dame
She said Betty was her name
But Betty turned out to be JAKE - Rick in Roanoke |
My last date was a big mistake…
We took a nice stroll by the lake
Her mood was romantic
But then she got frantic
When she stepped on a big water snake - Rick in Roanoke |
My last date was a big mistake…
We had dined on red wine and steak
But when we jumped into bed
The wine went to my head
And she left cause I couldn’t stay awake. - Rick in Roanoke |
This damn
LINE was a big mistake
I can’t remember my last date
My last date, I fear
Was during the Eisenhower years
That was a long time ago, for Christ sake.
- Rick in Roanoke |
My
last date was a big mistake…
because he was quite the bad "rake"…
he wined and he dined
and he did "it" real fine
but his **** was just too much to take. - Cassandra in New York |
I regret
that lately I’ve had no time
To write the limerick rhyme.
So though I am rusty
I’ll grab my pen trusty
And hope you’ll not find these be a crime. - Anne Onimous |
My
last date was a big mistake
I wanted a big juicy t-bone steak.
But my host was a louse.
Instead of the steak house,
He took me to the Mormon Stake. - Anne Onimous |
My last
date was a big mistake
We went to water-ski Owens Lake
But it’s in the desert
And it’s nothing but dirt
And in sand you can’t make a wake. - Anne Onimous |
My
last date was a big mistake
He looked every bit the beefcake!
But something was amiss
When him I went to kiss
Turns out he’s more of a fruitcake. - Anne Onimous |
My last
date was a big mistake
All he said was how his heart did break
His ex he sorely missed
I wished to cut my wrist.
Instead of a date, it was a wake. - Anne Onimous |
My
last date was a big mistake
While on it there was an earthquake.
But to add to the plot,
The weather then got hot.
I call that date "the shake and bake." - Anne Onimous |
My last
date was a big mistake
I agreed a rite in which to partake
So the next thing I’ll see
Is a likeness of me
Standing on top of a wedding cake. - Anne Onimous |
My
last date was a big mistake
In sex I lustily did partake.
I was in a hurry
I didn’t think or worry.
Now I suffer a VD outbreak- E. Cole Aye |
I found
an old love note from Stu
He was a bit of a lulu
He wrote "This is my plea
Will you please marry me?
If you don’t then you I will sue!" - Anne Onimous |
I
found an old love note from Stu
And it left me feeling blue
Pining for the could’ve been
I chose you over him
And now I’m stuck married to you. - Anne Onimous |
I found
an old love note from Stu
He did not know what to do
He felt all torn up
Then with me he broke up
So he’s off searching for Ellyn’s gnu. - Anne Onimous |
I
found an old love note from Stu
"From now on, you I must eschew
Though it is you I want
To me this thought does haunt:
It turns out that I am your nephew." - Anne Onimous |
I found
an old love note from Stu
He was going to bid me adieu.
It was freedom he wanted
So from jail he vaulted
And now after him the cops pursue. - Anne Onimous |
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Re:
Euthanasia
My
mom was a big fan of legalized euthanasia. As far as I know, the main
objection might be on behalf of people who might be convinced to kill
themselves by greedy relatives, or even have their request forged in some
way. Suicide has been the main health hazard in my own circle of friends,
so the law seems quite ineffective. Personally, I’d rather not deal with
the medical establishment for an exit pill, but I really think it would
do some doctors good to know that it really is OK to loose some patients.
After decades of trying to legalize euthanasia, and reading up on do-it-yourself
techniques (if a baby can manage with a plastic bag . . !) mom eventually
did go fairly naturally, in a hospice that respected her request for privacy,
with a quick-growing cancer and lots of morphine. - Bob of the North
There
would always be limitations if any law was passed to allow us to choose
death, and I’m sure that would be another huge battle to be fought. However,
I would like to have that ability under some conditions. We have a parent
living with us who has dementia and I’m not at all happy with the thought
of having to live like that. A wonderful woman I knew told me that she
was ready to die rather than have surgery for her cancer. She had several
friends who had lost all quality of life after surgery for cancer or their
heart, and she said that wasn’t living to her. I agree with that thought
whole-heartedly.
I also have a feeling that a person’s age will play a large part in their
decisions. The parent in our home is 88, and the woman I spoke of was
83 when she died in pain and agony. Who knows if they were in their fifties
or even sixties? They or their families might have strong feelings about
possible cures in the near future. - Trish
My
father died last month after having dementia for at least 11 years. It
started out slow and gradually got worse. My dad lived with my family
for 10 years. There came a point when we felt it was not possible to care
for him at home. I won’t get into the details.
About 18 months ago we put him in an assisted living
care place. He got to the point that he could no longer walk, He barely
talked, he couldn’t feed himself and he wore diapers. My dad was a strong,
healthy vibrant man, and it broke my heart to see him sitting in his
wheelchair with no quality of life at all. No he was not in pain, but
when an active man like that is force to sit in a wheelchair with no
fun and no joy it is a sad thing. I visiting him at least 3 times a
week all that time he was in the nursing home. If there had been a way
to end his life legally I would have done it in a heartbeat. I miss
my dad very much, but I am so glad that he finally died and he is finally
at peace.
We euthanize our pets. What is wrong with this country
that we can’t help to end the suffering of terminally ill people or
even people like my dad with absolutely NO quality of life. We don’t
subject our dogs to this horrible life but we force our loved ones to
endure endless agony.
Horribly unfair, unjust, and unreasonable.
I
am a strong believer in helping to end suffering for those that want
it, or someone like my dad that had no ability to make his own decisions.
Watching my dad die that last week was horrible. - Vicki in Pennsylvania
The fear of death
is one of the oldest afflictions that besets our species.
I believe in the future we will have become civilized enough to gently
assist those who are suffering and ready to die, to do so with dignity
and compassion.
How hypocritical of our species to go to war and kill strangers "in
the Name of Deity", and yet allow our loved ones to suffer needlessly.
We have at least reached the stage of evolution where we will euthanize
our animals if they suffer.
Maybe someone has a logical answer to this?
Love - Chicago Rose
Re: Cliff’s 15 Minutes
Where I
live the entire county population is less than 150,000 so as you can
imagine we’re not blessed (or cursed) with all the big national chain
stores, there are still many Mom & Pop businesses offering products
and services. About twenty years ago if you wanted to buy a computer
you either went to a local Mom & Pop store (actually a Brother &
Sister that I’ll call CompGems), went to Savannah or Charleston, or
ordered from a catalog. There were only three places to get computers
repaired and one was CompGems and two guys who worked from home and
made house calls only.
After a few years Wal-Mart and KMart opened and started selling computers…two
rent-to-own clip joints opened and started to sell computers…then
an Office Depot, followed by a Staples, and finally a Best Buy. Everyone
predicted that CompGems would close since they couldn’t match prices
in these larger stores and repair services alone wouldn’t keep them
going.
People forgot about two things, small town loyalty and the personal
service CompGems could provide that the big stores couldn’t. That little
store did lose some new computer sales, but their sales of computers
assembled for the exact needs of the buyer increased. Surprisingly,
their repair and upgrade business increased since more people were buying
computers and our population was increasing also.
The new neighbor across the street from me is a sales associate for
Best Buy. I bought my last three computers with him as my salesman,
based on advice from CompGems. They couldn’t match the base price. But
they could and would add the bells and whistles I wanted, make sure
all the data from my old computer wasn’t lost, load all my graphics
programs and such so I would have no problems, and make sure that my
two laptops and desk top had everything loaded and working the same.
They could do that better and cheaper than any of the big stores if
those stores offered that service at all. (Did I mention that CompGems
"Bro’s" mom and my wife are best friends? Did I mention that
CompGems "Bro’s" grandpa is my best friend?)
CompGems has been voted top Computer store in the county 18 years in
a row in an annual election sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and
the local newspaper. Admittedly low prices are going to drive most sales
for general merchandise, but when it comes to specialty items and service,
I think loyalty to a vendor based on their proven performance prevails.
My wife is nervous about filling up her gas tank to the point she just
can’t do it. If our schedules mesh, I’ll meet her at the gas station
and pump it for her. Usually I can’t make it and the convenience store
folks where she goes pump it for her. Their prices are about a cent
or two a gallon above the average but she’s loyal to the store because
of their extra service.
Of course all of this loyalty to a business is by individuals. Businesses
are impersonal and driven by the bottom line. If their choice is for
an initially cheap product that eventually costs more than a more expensive
product, they don’t really care…the extra cost is passed on to their
customers.
So Cliff, take heart…I believe personal loyalty is alive but corporate
loyalty was never born. - sied
Very well said, Cliff.
I do not shop at Wal-mart, and would rather pay more for quality. One,
because it lasts longer, and two because it usually comes with a healthy
dose of ethics. Keep your standards set high.
L&K - herm
Re: Substitute Teacher
Saw an interesting
TV show last night, Eli Stone, episode title "I Want YOur Sex"
where in one of the characters makes the interesting observation that
sex education that discusses only abstinence is an Oxymoron.
Spencer Middle School should acquire a DVD of this show for all kids
to watch! - Randolph in Orlando
Re: Reader Submission
Police: Teen makes
mistake of trying to rob former U.S. Marine
Bay City News Service
Article Launched: 03/27/2008 10:39:20 AM PDT
SANTA ROSA - A boy
in his mid-teens learned Wednesday afternoon that it is not a good idea
to try to rob a former U.S. Marine at knifepoint, even if the former
Marine is 84 years old, police said today.
Santa Rosa police Sgt. Steve Bair said that’s what happened around 2
p.m. in the 1600 block of Fourth Street. The elderly man was walking
with a grocery bag in each arm when the boy approached him with a large
knife, Bair said.
The boy said, "Old man, give me your wallet or I’ll cut you,"
Bair said.
The man told the boy he was a former Marine who fought in three wars
and had been threatened with knives and bayonets, Bair said.
The man then put his bags on the ground and told the boy that if he
stepped closer he would be sorry. When the boy stepped closer, the man
kicked him in the groin, knocking him to the sidewalk, Bair said. The
ex-Marine picked up his grocery bags and walked home, leaving the boy
doubled over, Bair said.
The man reported the attempted robbery to police 45 minutes later.
Bair said the teen is described only as 15 or 16 years old. Anyone with
information is asked to call the Police Department. - Margee |
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