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"A 90-year-old Medal of Honor recipient can keep his 21-foot flagpole in his front yard after a homeowner's association dropped its request to remove it, a spokesman for Democratic Virginia Sen. Mark Warner said Tuesday. The Sussex Square homeowners' association likewise has agreed to drop threats to take legal action against retired Army Col. Van T. Barfoot, Warner spokesman Kevin Hall said. The association had threatened to take Barfoot to court if he failed to remove the pole from his suburban Richmond home by Friday. It had said the pole violated the neighborhood's aesthetic guidelines."
- Great Scott!
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"Reacting like a furious celebrity when faced with a gaggle of paparazzi outside a night club at 3am, the birds showed the assembled twitchers exactly what they thought of the invasion of their privacy. "
- Great Scott!
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I GOT MAIL (v 2.0)!! Pea and Derrick sent me mail, and it made it across the border to Canada. They look pretty clean after a dog-sled trip. I forgot how good it is to get REAL snail mail. Thanks, guys!
I live in Calgary, not Toronto, Shey. The mail does, in fact, arrive by dog sled. After the Mounties sniff all the envelopes.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
I love getting snail mail. It's a dying art. I actually write letters to my grandma because she'd rather receive paper mail than electronic mail.
- Cassandra
If you want to get snail mail from around the world, try Postcrossing at postcrossing.com. Send a postcard out, get one back from elsewhere in the world!
- Great Scott!
i send snail mail to my grand son and he has a special box for my letters and postcards
- marsupilamima
Snail mail is a dying art, they are even thinking about quitting Saturday deliveries to save money
- Davis Freeberg
British tourists sue South African resort after safari jeep overturns and spills them into a pride of lions | Mail Online - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news...
"A group of British tourists are suing a wildlife safari park after the vehicle they were travelling in overturned, spilling them into a pride of lions."
- Great Scott!
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"Two Cambridge mates say they may turn their unusual method of trimming hedges into a business, after they suspended a ride-on mower from a crane to do the job."
- Great Scott!
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man when someone dies in their early 50's it REALLY makes me question my own mortality. Plus, Ken Ober's show was VERY cool. I haz a sad. RIP Mr. Ober.
- Gunny doesn't side-hug™
Hope it's ok to share this. It was funny when I first watched it. "FCC Okays Nudity On TV If It's Alyson Hannigan | The Onion ..." Video > http://www.theonion.com/content...
- David Damore
"A crew member aboard a U.S. Navy ship accidentally fired a machine gun into the Polish port city of Gdynia on Wednesday while cleaning the weapon, Navy officials said Friday."
- Great Scott!
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oops. i'll bet that guy feels like a total polla....wait a sec...that's somewhat inappropriate to say....himmmm. um, i'll bet he feels a bit foolish...
- Morgan Haley
Thank goodness it was only a machine gun. Imagine if it was one of the bigger guns...
- Great Scott!
"The outcome is a seriously amazingly fluffy texture packed with Oreo goodness. If you like Oreos and want to wow your family into thinking you are a culinary genius, take ten minutes and whip this up for dessert tonight!"
- Anna Haro
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"The coconut crab, Birgus latro, is the largest land-living arthropod in the world, and is probably at the upper limit of how big terrestrial animals with exoskeletons can become in today’s atmosphere. The species inhabits the coastal forest regions of many Indo-Pacific islands, although localized extinction has occurred where the crab is sympatric with man. Generally nocturnal, they remain hidden during the day and emerge only on some nights to forage. Their body is divided into four regions; the cephalic lobe, forepart, trunk, and opisthosoma. It is a highly apomorphic hermit crab and is known for its ability to crack coconuts with its strong pincers to eat the contents. It is the only species of the genus Birgus."
- April Buchheit
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You have to wonder at the first few people to look at that and say to one another "lets eat it"
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
They are VERY good to eat, one of my favorite foods from our sailing trip. The only problem is I'm a lobster fan myself so I went straight for the tail. It is filled with a brown goo I called butt butter.. it tastes like smokey peanut butter mixed with saltwater. The claws are fantastic.. better than lobster!! You have to be VERY careful they can snap your fingers off . You better be careful not to overfeed those cure little hermit crabs you all have.. cause that is what you will get!!
- Chris Myles
reminds me of the heads crabs in Half-Life. :)
- Bryan Lee
Heck yeah, I'd eat that :] That's the capybara of the arthropod world.
- Kamilah Gill
Freaking mutant creatures. *Looks for shotgun.*
- Danny Minick
I wonder how fast are they... I would stare at it for hours.
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
I wonder how much coconut flavour the meat has.
- Andrew C
Not much but it does soften the meat. It's the best darn arthropod meat I have ever tasted. hmm first time I've ever used arthropod and meat in the same sentence. When you kill them (machete into the soft under belly) nothing but coconut liquid comes out (the clear stuff not the milk). Anyone ever tried a coconut apple (the foam that forms inside after a coconut starts to sprout)? yumm!
- Chris Myles
WORST SLOGAN EVER- open for business was accepted by legislature as WV state moto- and promptly repealed less than a week later by unanimous decision by the people.
- Jimminy
"One of my favorite food memories from my trip to Paris a few months ago was going out late at night near the Eiffel Tower and queuing up with a bunch of other people to get freshly made crepes, then sitting in the park enjoying the lights of the tower while eating. The crepes were so good that the first night I had one, I ate it just after crossing the street away from the crepe stand, then turned back around and ordered another. They were that good. At home, I usually make crepes for breakfast and fill them with jam. The street crepes, while sweet options were available, were most popular in their savory incarnations. I liked the ham, cheese and egg crepes best."
- Melissa
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If you're ever in Saratoga Springs, NY, try a place called Ravenous. It's on a side street off the main drag, but their crepes - both savory and sweet - rock the house. Also make sure to get the pommes frites with aioli. 2 DIE 4
- Great Scott!
'Ravenous' has to be one of the best names for a restaurant!
- jbrotherlove
Well I made it to 27 years old before needing my first stitches. I was bartending alone for a busy crowd and busted a glass that cut my finger deep. Oh so much blood. Hard to type with a novacaine index finger.
I was luckier; I made it to 37 before I needed my first stitches after having my gallbladder out. Still, feel better soon.
- Great Scott!
Back at work. It's the biggest weekend of the year in Yankton. We're a town of 15,000 people, but this festival brings 100,000 to town.
- Ben Hanten
Wow, you must have cat like agility and wear pads all the time. I made it to 1 week old before I needed stitches.
- Jimminy
The big parade came by the bar's front door, so we had a bunch of people drinking Bloody Mary's on the patio about 9:30am. I figure you can't have Bloody Mary's without blood.
- Ben Hanten
Looking for a new Laptop bag. Need to tote around two laptops. (work 15" Dell & personal Lenovo X61t) Anyone got any good suggestions? I'm looking for comfort in carrying and decent look for when I go into executive offices.
Not sure if they sell them anymore, but I'll got a great 15" Mac laptop bag from 2005. It's black, and has a handle on top so you can carry it like a briefcase. Looks a lot more professional than your average laptop bag.
- Cristo
**HELP** Ok peeps . . . I've got enough supplies to make another cheesecake. I want suggestions for flavors or kinds! Something cool or exotic would be nice.
Peanut butter & white chocolate are tame but my favorite. Pineapple (ala upside down cake) might be unusual.
- Alix Whitmire
I'm not a huge fan of peanut butter. I saw the pineapple upside down cake on the Cheesecake Factory website and thought it looked good. Plum Sake sounds amazing and I always like creamy mango desserts
- Lindsey is Fierce!
Cheesecake Factory sadly only makes pumpkin when it's cold.... :(
- Liana Shanes
I'd never heard of pineapple, guess it's not that unusual. :D I saw a grilled cheesecake recipe the other day. People will grill anything. I'm surprised no one has suggested bacon. :P
- Alix Whitmire
Damn joey . . . now you tell me. Well I'm going to do it tonight and my Dad is the genius with the best suggestion. I'm going to make a Cherry Coke Cheesecake!!!! I'll do lavender next time ;)
- Lindsey is Fierce!
"On Monday, the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority suspended bus operator Angela Shiel after she refused to drive a bus with an Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers ad on its side. Shiel, 41, said the ad's message, "Don't believe in God? You are not alone," went against her Christian faith."
- Great Scott!
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I get that, and you get that, but obviously, there are people out there who don't. Posting this wasn't meant to demean one side or the other; I believe in God, but don't find this offensive because I know there are people out there who don't. I just found it interesting / worth noting / ooh, look; shiny! :)
- Great Scott!
Will anybody admit to buying and playing the godawful E.T?!
- TDavid
@Abby that was Adventure in all its blocky castle glory, yup.
- TDavid
Used to love Adventure with the keys and dragons. I never had Asteroids but my friends did. Never quite got the hang of it. I would accelerate too much and end up zooming diagonally across the screen out of control.
- Barak B
I loved Pitfall Harry. And even broke the score where you can send in a picture of the screen and they'll give you a patch. but dang my mom, she wouldn't take a pic of the screen so no patch for me. It was devestating!
- Jason Shultz
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wow, this popped back up from almost a year ago... dang! Do I have to start doing the E.T. noise again?
- Lindsay
I love classic games. I still have an original Nintendo to play Mario:)
- Rob Cairns
I still have an Atari but I haven't touched it in years. I'm not sure if it still works. Maybe one of these days I'll get around to hooking it up again.
- jenali