Ten more random notes in no particular order:
- The “award-winning” writer or actor or whatever is such a cliché anymore I will assume everyone’s won prizes. It’s the ones with money that count.
- Jail visitation makes the inmates feel safe, gives them respect.
- A surprise way to increase your wealth. Hit square on the calculator! Beats the interest multiplier for sure. Could this be the secret of cryptocurrency?
- I see she’s moved back to Allentown from Rhode Island.
- Cops at the coffee shop. What an iconic image.
- Playing cards were invented during the reign of Tudor king Henry VII (1485-1509) and his wife, Elizabeth of York. Their portraits have appeared eight times on every deck ever since.
- New leap for storing leeks through the winter: peat moss! Rather than hay or straw or sand.
- Overhead light in the car interior … not just replacing a bulb anymore …
- The blue haze in the forests that gives the Great Smoky Moutains their name is actually a fog released by volatile organic compounds in the region’s vegetation.
- Marden’s Surplus & Salvage has 14 locations in Maine. As for Remy’s?
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What is your source for #6? are you sure it is reliable?
In case of corporate awards, it is the ones with money that count, or get them. All you need to do is sponsor something.