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The Pope Lick Goat Man I’ve been hearing about The Goat Man ever since I was little; he was seen late at night near the Pope Lick train trestle, but the versions I’d heard said that he lured people onto the tracks, not warned them off. (Please, no comments about the name “Pope Lick:…”) The...

A new, clearly dishonest behavior has just showed up here. When one points out a fact about the present political climate, the lunatic right puts lies in one's mouth, and then starts screaming disingeniously about how one has asserted that it's all Bush's fault. In short, they lie outright...

http://www.startribune.com/stories/459/5742884.html (Shouldn't have to sign up the first time through) This made me think of the Limbaugh Web site / "Sponsor a Troop" thread. I'm guessing opinions on this will range from congratulations to condemnations. I personally have little good to say...

I'm serious. They are holding townhall like meetings as to whether or not to institute open hunting on ferral cats. People have had it with stray cats and the fact that humane shelters can't take in all these stray cats anyway, they are debating whether to allow people to shoot them dead in...

...anybody here a Counselman, or Mayor? I am running in my local Mayoral race, for the second time. The first time I ran, I did so as a write-in candidate, but this time my full name will appear on the ballot, with my nick name trailing, not unlike "William Jefferson Clinton (Bill)". I have...

After installing a new hard drive XP says I need to reactivate it. However when I try to activate XP I get the message - "Activate Windows cannot run because local scripting has been disabled on this computer. Scripting may have been disabled for virus prevention or as a security measure. Once...

About three years ago, I found myself in serious pain. The pain was so bad that I could not stand or walk. Desperate, I called a friend and asked if he could drive me to an emergency room. It was a Sunday. We decided to go to our local hospital. Eventually I managed to move myself into the...

I've seen websites that can tell me my IP address. Is there any way to determine a users local time? Website examples?

Is there any point to contacting this woman and telling her what a disservice she is doing for the community? http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/health/020905_NH_fluremedy.html How could she not have done even a little bit of research about this quackery? Anyone got any really good links to point...

They may see themselves as crusaders for freedoms and inalienable rights, but they are seen as invaders. Concerns about a possible stealth campaign have arisen in Dover, and What I find most interesting is the discrepancy between the way the FSP wants to be seen and the way they are seen by...

Living without God My local paper is running a series this week on Religion. It was refreshing to see them dedicate a day to those who live without it. According to my local paper, "The Summit Daily", 78% of the 24,000 residents claim no religious affiliation. I am not sure I would want to...

I'm so glad I don't care about the Red Sox. But these folks sure do. *yawn*

Fantastic item on a local radio station today. Being a local station run by local DJ's they tend to be very sympathetic when cranks appear. Recently they had a local paranormal 'investigatative' team (www.worcesterparanormalgroup.com/index.html) who they gave far too much air time to in...

I was just frustrated by an opinion piece in the local newspaper, and was inspired to write a counter piece. Since I am a bit angry, it is difficult to ensure that what I have written makes sense, so I am asking for a proofread from the forum. Any suggestions would be great. Also, I am...

This David Riley (sp?) guy is on NPR right now. Apparently he's some well known homeopathy/alternative medicine proponent. He's dodging questions about how homeopathy works right now. He says the Lancet did a study that said it worked 2 1/2 times better than placebo. Is that right? Now...

The LibDems are proposing replacing council tax with a 3.75% local income tax (LIT). They claim (with some justification) that this is fairer as it better reflects a persons ability to pay. Yet, there are obvious flaws with this system. Thoughts?

are there any good places to eat we could walk to? I hate to drive if I don't have to. thanks!