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Look who came to dinner!

Sitting with my lovely wife, we were surprise when this is what we saw on our deck! I took the picture through a window. No way was I going out on the deck! The bear was actually standing on the … Continue reading

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The Stock Market — A Tale of Woe

I know people who play the stock market, and get really excited when it goes up a hundred points. Its like they just hit the lottery. But what’s the real story? Its not what you think. The Dow Jones Industrial … Continue reading

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The Newspaper That Doesn’t Want To Be Read

Our local newspaper is called the Pocono Record, and at one time I was a subscriber. I stopped getting the paper because there wasn’t sufficient content to hold my interest, and because of the hassle of recycling the paper. At … Continue reading

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World Clock

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Product Review – Dyson Ball Vacuum

For 26 years, we have owned and used a Kirby vacuum cleaner. It has been with us in 5 houses, and never had a problem. But, old age is creeping up on us (not on the Kirby), and the Kirby … Continue reading

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Happy New Year — Or Is It?

Whether it will be a happy one or not remains to be seen, but the question is: Is it really New Year? If you remember your numeric prefixes from school, you will remember that sept refers to seven, oct refers … Continue reading

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Living On The Top Of The Windy Mountain

Its always blowing here, perfect place for a windmill if the township allowed me to have one. Last night though was really windy. It was so windy in fact that the wind tore off a piece of the fascia on … Continue reading

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Cockroaches Avoid Silver!

Who would have thought? Researchers at the Seoul National University impregnated the resin used to make laminate flooring with colloidal silver. Not only did the silver inhibit bacterial growth on the floor surface, but surprisingly, cockroaches avoided it. In the … Continue reading

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Self Defining Hebrew

First off, I do not read nor do I speak Hebrew, but I found some things very interesting about the language. Some years ago, I ran across a presentation that showed that every Hebrew letter could be recreated by the … Continue reading

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Kudos to Doctor Tipperman

In a previous post, I detailed my experience with cataract surgery, lens implants, and the ruinous results I was left with. I also said that I would provide an update if anything changed, so here it is. After visits with … Continue reading

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