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It is an odd thought, to me, to know that tomorrow, the 23rd, my memory of that day is exactly 50 years old: of my being in third grade, the little girl running into the classroom and telling the teacher "The President was killed", of our being dismissed from school some 15 minutes later, and of...

It is hard to believe that 50 years have passed. I am 58, and remember well being dismissed from school (a little girl ran into our classroom yelling that the President had been killed), and returning home finding my mother in tears. I also was watching the television two nights later when...

My fun fact requires a story: Gone With The Wind was an immediate bestseller. Soon after it's publication production began for making the movie. The studio decided to cast Clark Gable as Rhett Butler (which was also the popular choice). However, before the announcement was made, some...

Yeah, that is very strong. I now purchase from a local supplier (here in Fort Worth) and get 11 percent. My brother-in-law tried to quit using e-cigs. He started out with a 24 percent mixture, did great for two weeks, then suddenly cut to a zero-nicotine mixture. Needless to say, within a...

After a 40 year habit, I was able to finally quit in 2009 due to electronic cigarettes. My lung capacity has improved significantly, and I have saved a LOT of money. To newbies: the more the electronic cigarette looks like a 'real' cigarette (usually sold at a mall), the more unsatisfying...

I must post this strange fact: My youngest sister became gluten-intolerant back in 2002 or so*. Now, prior to that, she was a 'meats and potatoes' girl. Never ate bread, cookies, or other products that contained flour (odd piece of cake). She was rather famous in the family for her...

An excellent read that took me down memory lane. I am a little surprised that no one has mentioned catchphrases from The Simpsons: Homer: "D'oh"!, "Stupid Flanders"; "Woo Hoo"! Bart: "Eat my shorts!"; "Cowabanga". The crazy doctor Nick Riviera: "Hi everybody"! Mr. Burns...

I rarely visit here anymore, but the news story about this drew me back. I well recall that a few years ago, herein, there were threads about those who 'hired' the services of disabled people in order to gain fast entry to the rides. While many posters condemned the practice, a surprising...

I also am excited about AD coming back. Although my excitement is tempered by the knowledge that it is difficult to recreate the 'magic' of an original series. For instance, we all know about the original 39 episodes of The Honeymooners with Gleason, Carney, etc. Years later they tried to do...

I just started using PB2 (both regular and with chocolate added). One problem I found: it spoils if not refrigerated. I made up a small container of PB2 and left it out over the weekend (although sealed), and when I opened it up again it had begun developing mold. The chocolate seemed to...

In one of his books Charles Dickens made fun of the practice (in theatical plays) of characters whom, having been stabbed or whatever, will, while 'dying', engage in the most remarkable gymnastics to exhibit how they were dying (wriggling around the stage, doing flips, etc). Rather reminds...

My wife made an interesting suggestion last night: if they ever do a 'redemption island' season again, leave the contestants in the dark concerning who may be coming back. For instance, if, on this season, they did not have two 'witnesses' from each tribe go watch the redemption island...

I admit that Matt going over to shake hands after the Russell tribe won showed 'good sportsmanship', and I have no doubt that was his purpose. However, in a game like Survivor, it can easily be seen by your teammates as attempting to form a bond with the other, winning tribe. I could see Rob...

I noticed the question mark! I also thought that his claim had not been verified, or that he was exaggerating his position. I bet more comes out about this in future episodes.

Of course, it is possible that it was the locksmith. However, your friend may have been the victim of 'bumping'. Here is a link explaining it: http://www.lockbumping.org/ There are also videos you can find showing how bloody easy it is for a person with a 'bump' key to open 90 percent of...

A true story: while casting GWTW the studio, which had already settled on Clark Gable for the Rhett Butler role, thought to get Margaret Mitchell's input, reasoning that she, a known lover of movies, probably had some male movie star in mind for Butler while she was writing the book. If she said...

We will watch, as always. It is usually interesting to see personalities develop, especially of people you don't know much about. Anyway, would I tune in to watch Audrina Patridge dance around in little costumes? Hmmmmm. Yes.

I agree that the ‘nephew’ comment was ‘code speak’ for something. Note that when Danielle makes the comment both Teresa and Jacqueline both sit with puzzled looks for about 5 seconds. Then, the implication of what Danielle was suggesting obviously hits them, with ensuring rampage by Teresa...

I am also waiting (no delivery date yet). To date I have purchased two Kindle first generations (one I ended up selling to my sister, the other one my wife uses) and one K-2. The battery on my K-2 has been very poor of late (does not hold a good charge). Since the K-3 is supposed to have...

I second the city forums site. At first I went on to see what people were posting about Fort Worth (mainly questions about moving, schools, etc) then started looking around and saw that they have general threads about entertainment (various categories), health, politics, et al...