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Description: Urban legends, ala Jan Harold Brunvand.
 

Mark Twain on Henry James 
  Of a much praised book by Henry James: -- Once you put it down, you simply can't pick it up. [quoted without source in _Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain_, Alex Ayres-editor]
By Donna Richoux  - 8:11am - 1 new of 1 message    

Starving people refuse to eat food aid 
  John F. Eldredge filted: ...Serves me right for buying anything at Sam's Club....r
By R H Draney  - 12:53am - 2 new of 2 messages    

Starving people refuse to eat food aid 
  ...If you have closely-related wild species, some hybridization may happen (the dividing lines between species are sometimes a bit blurry). Another possibility is that viruses may transport the genes in question between species (this technique is used in some genetic engineering, so it seems plausible that it may occasionally happen in the wild).... more »
By John F. Eldredge  - Nov 22 - 2 new of 2 messages    

Starving people refuse to eat food aid 
  On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:43:46 GMT, djhe...@kithrup.com (Dorothy J ...In the 1970's, the place where I worked had fax machines in accounts & stores to deal with suppliers, in the library for communicating with other libraries, and in the Director's office. We used faxes a lot to communicate forms & since most of our suppliers, etc also had faxes to... more »
By Canth  - Nov 22 - 1 new of 1 message    

Starving people refuse to eat food aid 
  ...The first fax machine I ever saw in an office was in the late 1970's. I had heard of them prior to that, but hadn't directly encountered one.
By John F. Eldredge  - Nov 22 - 2 new of 2 messages    

Starving people refuse to eat food aid 
  ...I know someone who not only has no email address, he doesn't have a telephone either, whether land-line or cell phone. He is in his mid- fifties, but has never had a job that paid much above minimum wage, so he can't afford either one. He also has no medical or dental insurance, and has lost most of his teeth by now as a result.... more »
By John F. Eldredge  - Nov 22 - 2 new of 2 messages    

Starving people refuse to eat food aid 
  ...I have developed a liking for Thai fish sauce, which I suspect is not that common a taste among Anglos.
By John F. Eldredge  - Nov 22 - 1 new of 1 message    

OFF WITH THEIR BALLS, THEN THEIR HEADS 
  < [link] < A peer-reviewed scientific paper on the discovery of nano-thermites in the dust of the World Trade Center has been published. < Now, officially, we know for sure 911 WAS a government conspiracy. < Of course, you undoubtedly haven't read -- or heard -- a word... more »
By Cuckoo_Bird  - Nov 22 - 3 new of 3 messages    

Starving people refuse to eat food aid 
  In article <he3qlp$qf...@reader1.panix.co m>, ...Going to Mars, of course. We are all going to die anyway. Why worry? Unborn tomorrow; dead yesterday. In between time, in the mean time ain't we got fun?
By Walter Bushell  - Nov 22 - 4 new of 4 messages    

Starving people refuse to eat food aid 
  In article <7mlfhgF3fsm4...@mid.individua l.net>, ...Or from a chinese stand.
By Walter Bushell  - Nov 22 - 2 new of 2 messages    

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