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Banks newly quicksettid, som weding do craue. (Which is why I always pot out seedlings instead) I could post the remaining observations in the new edition of Tusser's "Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry" if I'm encouraged.

A divinity student named Tweedle refused to accept his degree. "It's bad enough just being Tweedle", he said, "without being Tweedle, D.D.".

I know a man who spent nearly half a million dollars putting his son through Harvard just so that the son could play football, and all he got was a quarter back.

Did you know there are more than 100 uses for vinegar. Here are some, do you know more? http://101usesfor.com/vinegar

What makes men & women horney? Horns is the symbol of the devil. That`s why every February 14 on Valentines Day all the motels in the city are fully booked. But made vacant every 3 hours to accommodate couples who want to play on Valentines Day. Many do not know that Valentines Day is...

....... an astronomer. I'm not RC, never-the-less I was surprised to read the Pope has an astronomer. Actually it never crossed my mind he would consult one. http://www.newscientist.com/Pope's Astronomer/mg20727684.800-popes-astronomer-science-helps-me-be-a-priest.html...

However, nowadays, Pesticides, Herbicides and Insecticides are used in conventional framing to protect crops from pests, insects and weeds. These pesticides, insecticides etc are toxic so most of the time a toxic residue is left over on the plants. So, the demand of Quality or Organic foods! Any...

The US Census Bureau reported that the 6 billionth person was born at 1.24am on Sunday 18 July 1999. Every second 5 people are born and 2 people die, a net gain of 3 people. In fact, out of the 40 poorest and hungriest nations on earth, 36 actually export food to richer countries.

This goes hand-in-hand with the empathy quotient. Research is leading us to understand that some are strongly empathetic (more females) and some are strongly systemizing (more males). Most of this research is being done at Cambridge University in the UK. It wasn't long ago I strongly opined that...

At what rate do you possess the capacity to empathize? Empathy Quotient (http://glennrowe.net/BaronCohen/EmpathyQuotient/EmpathyQuotient.aspx)

Yeah, I'm on a thread blitz today. I've got all my work done and I'm bored on my prep period so.... (Besides, I'm tired of Jazzy always getting all the good thread ideas!):D IQ Test! Name___________________________ 1. The following argument is valid: ...

I saw this in The Telegraph today and thought it might raise a smile among some of our members. 50 technological advances your children will laugh at - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/6398896/50-technological-advances-your-children-will-laugh-at.html)

Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Went Out In The Real World Any and all compliments can be handled by simply saying "Why, thank you" (though it helps if you say it with a Southern accent). Some people are working backstage, some are playing in the orchestra, some are on stage singing,...

1) More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes. (2) More people are killed each year by coconuts than sharks. Approximately 150 people are killed each year by coconuts. (3) You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. ...

1. The North and East ridings where seperated by the river derwent. 2. There was a district called 'Dickering' that Bridlington was part of!! 3. The Buckrose pub that was once in Norton-on-derwent must have been named Buckrose after the district of that name that was near Norton. 4. Although...

In 1954 they made a film about a train journey called London to Brighton in Four Minutes - I've just watched it on the box and it was magnificent. Anyone remember why?