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I know this is a little bit on the silly side but I hear so many people assert that chicken soup is good for a cold and even famous people on TV have books and tv show segments with titles like "chicken soup for the soul" so it makes you wonder a little why we have so many of these sorts of...

Learn to spell by the abbreviations for the elements from the Periodic table. BaCoN is one word from Barium, Cobalt, and Nitrogen. See what you can come up with.

In a world so rife with consumerism and in which the market place of ideas and philosophies is so filled with choices remember this before you buy into anything: Shopping is better than buying! :smirk:

I watched To Kill a Mocking Bird today and noticed old Miss Debose sitting on her porch knitting and yelling at the kids because they were impolite to her and it got me to thinking that in the story she'd be old enough to remember the civil war in the USA. Then I got thinking how memories pass...

Russia is big, very big, but once it was bigger - when it was the soviet union.

Confessional Lutheran read a book recently about this event in the war of 1812 (it happened in 1814)

Okay, it is a special time of year in the USA so have you got your clothing all set?

Hey folks, what do you call a sleep walking nun?

D-Day in WWII was very bloody. So many men killed. So many ...

This video is worth watching

If you're inclined to watch conspiracy theory videos or read books about them then this video may be useful

I remember - when I was a child - the days when train stations had station masters and suburban trains had conductors and security guards as well as a train driver. Hundreds of jobs all gone now. The same was true of buses. They had a driver and a conductor. Now there is just a driver and the...

I watched the first two episodes - The Vulcan Hello and Battle At The Binary Stars - is was rather good. Anybody else watched them?

I am groot.

I had a dream about living in Canada. I know it was Canada because my dream was set in Canada (I have no Idea why) and it was snowy and I had an interesting house surrounded by fields and the fields were surrounded by woods. The house was two stories, It had a large deck on one side attached to...

What's better "vaporub" or a no-name chest rub that is cheaper by half or more? I telephoned a local independent grocery shop today to ask for the price and availability of "black & gold" chest rub which is a no-name brand substitute for Vics Vaporub. The no name brand costs $2.30 for 100g...

I am watching Wartime Farm on Youtube. It is interesting to me because my mum lived in England during the war, she was a girl but grew into her teens before the war was over and did some service in the war time industries. It is fascinating. They went through many hardships yet remained...

In lovely (but cold and wintery) Australia we have a band called ALL OUR EXES LIVE IN TEXAS since Texas is a USA state I think it may be an interesting exercise for USA folk to find songs by ALL OUR EXES LIVE IN TEXAS on youtube. To start you on the good path to musical bliss I offer this...

I created another thread! :smirk:

Remember all the times politicians were shot down in metaphorical flames for suggesting that USA people ought to have an identity card? Well you have one but it is really bad and totally insecure. Your social security card (number). Sucks doesn't it?