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    Avoid I-95 in Northern VA this weekend.

    If your travelling avoid I-95 this weekend around DC and N. Va.<br /><br />As part of the new bridge project there will be massive delays and closures from Fri eve to early Monday AM.<br /><br />Just a heads up if anyone is travelling.<br /><br />Jinx
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    Anyone here ever been to Baseball Hall of Fame?

    I'm going to take the 3 boys up for a day or so next week. By next year, 2 of them won't want to be seen in public with the old man, so it better be now.<br /><br />Just checking here to see if you all have any advice, besides bring money.<br /><br />Jinx
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    Congrats Bob VT

    Saw this in another post:<br /><br />"I would miss my wedding and upset a bunch of people!<br /><br />Second time around but, looking forward to it!<br /><br />Everyone have a safe weekend!<br /><br />Bob " <br /><br /> :) Jinx
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    I'm turning 50 this year, some grooming tips...

    Many of us (those over 40, WAY over 40, or hovering near 40) are quite confused about how we should present ourselves. We're unsure about the kind of image we are projecting and whether or not we are correct as we try to conform to current fashions. Despite what you may have seen on the streets...
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    Marine Corps. Museum

    I was driving up I-95 from Fredericksburg, VA today heading North. There is a long straight stretch where you can get a nice look at the new museum going up.<br /><br />It is shaped like the Iwo Jima Memorial and is a rather imposing sight, surrounded by cranes as it was.<br /><br />As I passed...
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    burrito closes school

    CLOVIS, N.M. - A call about a possible weapon at a middle school prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, close nearby streets and lock down the school. All over a giant burrito. <br /><br />Someone called authorities Thursday after seeing a boy carrying something long and wrapped into...
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    The "Lord God Bird" returns

    This information was just released. The "Lord God Bird" was one of its' many nicknames, named because of its dramatic appearance prompted many to say just that.<br /><br />Jinx<br /><br />WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The ivory-billed woodpecker, long feared extinct, has been rediscovered in a remote...
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    drives like a boat, sails like a car...ebay amphicar

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6472&item=4545873292&rd=1 <br /><br />Amphicars have gotten pricey lately, and I think I'll stick with fiberglass instead of steel where I live!<br /><br />Jinx
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    Report Card Time, trouble with #1 son.

    I'll throw this out there and see if you all have any bright ideas.<br /><br />My oldest son, 16, a junior in HS, brought home his worst report card yet. 2 F's and a D, one A and 2 B's.<br /><br />His classwork is always spotty, and his grades suffer because of it.<br /><br />He is very bright...
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    Tangier Island, Va. Waterman Claimed by Weather

    Sad to see this old fellow go. The Chesapeake can be an unforgiving piece of water.<br /><br /><br />By Joshua Partlow<br />Washington Post Staff Writer<br />Monday, March 14, 2005; Page B01 <br /><br />Not long after James Donald Crockett picked up his gray tabby, Spottie, at the veterinarian...
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    Lawyers, again.

    VIENNA (Reuters) - U.S. and Austrian lawyers have filed a lawsuit demanding Thailand, U.S. forecasters and the French Accor group answer accusations they failed in a duty to warn populations hit by December's Tsunami disaster, a lawyer said Monday. <br /><br /><br />The lawsuit was filed Friday...
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    Daniel Schorr of NPR wrote this? He must have been choking.

    Commentary > Daniel Schorr <br />from the March 04, 2005 edition <br /><br />The Iraq effect? Bush may have had it right<br /><br />By Daniel Schorr <br /><br />WASHINGTON – Something remarkable is happening in the Middle East - a grass-roots movement against autocracy without any significant...
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    Lake Erie Fisherman rescued today

    I found this interesting.<br /><br />LUCAS/OTTAWA CO. LINE -- Warm temperatures and changing conditions caused a section of ice to break away from the shore on Friday, trapping 19 ice fishermen out on an ice floe in Lake Erie. Rescuers were first called to the scene around 11:00am off Crane...
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    Good news is value is up...

    The old place has proven to be a good investment.<br />County assessment up by 130k this year.<br /><br />Bad news is I don't know how long I'll be able to stay here at that rate of tax increase.<br /> :(
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    SBN: a question on the questions

    Any guidance on subject matter?<br /><br />Also, I'm on here this AM and I need that address...lost my copy. Sorry<br /><br />Jinx
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    Wisconsin, it's your turn to give this guy the bum's rush

    Even the Indians think he is a fraud.<br /><br />MADISON, Wis. - A Colorado professor who once compared some World Trade Center victims to a Nazi war criminal will be allowed to speak at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater next month, a decision the chancellor said was repugnant but necessary...
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    Oh, goody. Blue Cross renewal time--up 20%

    Family of 5, 2500 deductible per person $649 per month. Last year it was $541 per month.<br /><br />How's everyone else on this front?<br /><br />Jinx<br /><br />PS I'm looking at the new medical savings plans, anyone else?
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    Hey! You Minnesota I-Boaters

    Keep your cold air to yourselves.<br /><br />I have to tell you that our schools here are delayed 2 hours because of the cold. The reason, it's 14 degrees outside. <br /><br />I believe we're raising a generation of greenhouse plants.<br /><br />Jinx
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    Chevy Colorado: 2 questions

    Any feedback on the Chevy Colorado light truck? Aluminum blocks and GM remind me of the Vega, but I'm interested in an errand runner, and since I have a farm truck I don't need brute force.<br /><br />Secondly, it's tough to be a cheapskate sometimes. Last month the rebate was a thousand...
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    Chevy Colorado: 2 questions

    Any feedback on the Chevy Colorado light truck? Aluminum blocks and GM remind me of the Vega, but I'm interested in an errand runner, and since I have a farm truck I don't need brute force.<br /><br />Secondly, it's tough to be a cheapskate sometimes. Last month the rebate was a thousand...
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