Wow, Geoff! So folks like me who want to have a discussion are engaging in "sharing mutual ignorance, and second-hand knowledge." Why are you so disrespectful of others? Did you feel threatened by my...

Edward, thanks for explaining that you want to discuss the Noah's Ark story with others, rather than learn for yourself whatever is currently known. I noticed that many of the threads I browsed...

Jbox, your "contribution" to this thread includes post #16, in which you praise GO for their low prices (a perfectly reasonable thing to mention except that it's entirely irrelevant to the topic of...

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The bottom line is buyer beware. We don't always know what is being done intentionally or not. So its really important to be aware of what you are paying for. I am on a very low budget and buying...

25584For those of you who are keeping score at home in this squashwar...

Dixon had posted on 3/3 :
"...There was a big box of spaghetti squash with a sign that said "Score! Butternut or Acorn...

Eric, there was no butternut nor acorn squash in the box labeled with the "99 cents" sign, nor, I think anywhere in the store, so they couldn't very well have been advertising them. If they'd been...

Zeno, expecting that people should be honest with me has nothing to do with naivete. Of course, people often won't be honest, but it's still reasonable to expect that they should be. Deciding to shop...

LIVE! LOCAL! LATE-BREAKING!

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Safeway-accused-of-deceiving-shoppers-to-pay-5295252.php


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The other night I decided that, my finances being what they are, I need to get into the habit of shopping at Grocery Outlet (AKA Groce-Out), to save money. I went to my local Groce-Out (on 4th St. at...

I haven't studied both sides of the fluoridation issue, so am pretty much neutral on it, but I must take exception to this reasoning. The fact that something is waste material, industrial or...

We've made a paste from baking soda for years ---sprinkle the soda in a hand, moisten the toothbrush, pickup soda with toothbrush, brush teeth

Scott's post below is an outstanding observation that really nails it. Unfortunately, there is no "Super Gratitude" button to express the exceptional levels of truth and appreciation. Few posts are...

Some may laugh, but this is a good cause. It's about freedom, gender equality, and throwing off the yoke of the repressive prudes who run the world.

It's total bullshit that a man can walk around without a shirt on but a woman will be arrested.
No army can stop an idea whose time has come.

Join the evolution:

https://www.freethenipple.com/

Urban legend.. promoted by Herb Caen

it's pretty hard to support claims about how people talked fifty or more years ago; memories aren't typically that reliable!!
written words last, though.
...

If we could only legalize the possession of firearms in the U.S., so that ordinary citizens could protect themselves from the police (govt.); there would almost never be any police brutality or...

My fear is something like mad cow disease. But cows are also herbivores (vegetarians) and that could be an additional reason why that bovine disease came into existence. Chickens eating chickens is...

Is it OK for chickens to eat chicken meat?

We're having a family debate over this issue. Anyone care to weigh in?

Thanx

Now, Tom, while we are just joking as to the seriousness of the crime, "we", and that is of course the royal "we" are not amused. It does seem disrespectful, and song singers and movie makers...

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The Charge of the Light Brigade

Half a league, half a league,
  Half a league onward,
All in the valley of...

I am originally from Bakersfield in Kern County, CA (which is the main setting in the book "Mean Justice"). I picketed the BPD re: my son's violent arrest a few years ago. (He was on the ground in...

A Former Cop Explains How To Avoid Getting Arrested

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2013-11-15_11-10-19.pngDale Carson is a defense attorney in Jacksonville, Florida, as well as...

It will be interesting to see what the police report will say when their "investigation" is finished. If the conclusion is that Gelhaus gets off the hook because the toy looked like the real thing,...

Back to the drawing board!

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There is a VERY cool and short video clip in the link, below, of Tyson speaking on this subject!

The following story was published by the Huffington Post on July 17, 2013:
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>>>]If you try googling 'Planet Kolob' you'll realize it's a mythical star or planet from Mormon scripture. It's where God lives, apparently -- so if you find God, you'll know where Kolob is.

He...

If you try googling 'Planet Kolob' you'll realize it's a mythical star or planet from Mormon scripture. It's where God lives, apparently -- so if you find God, you'll know where Kolob is.

I need some help here, folks. I cannot, for the life of me, find a planet called, "Kolob." I have looked up reputable science publications and other resources but there is no reference available....

If you get your food from a CSA you just might have a supernatural experience if you find a durian inside:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmitvXIamFc

The following article was published by, The National Memo, on December 4, 2012:
https://www.nationalmemo.com/5-things-to-tell-your-republican-relatives-at-thanksgiving-dinner

5 Things To Tell...

WOW
How do you really feel? :heart:

Sing me another song daddy!

If anyone wants to form a singing group to get together in public to sing this, contact Conly, the author this adapted song.

Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting. Well, for example, the other day, Kate, my wife and I went into town and visited a shop.

When we came...

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Well, I haven't read all the postings on here...But, caught the drift of a few...
Yeah, so I wasn't on my mostest, bestest charitable behavior...And the guy had room to yield but didn't...Then by...

This seems as good a place and time to repost this as any:

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I agree with that. It is reasonable.
I do exactly that which you describe.... ...However there are traffic metering lights in some merge lanes in LA area that do just that, they literally stop you a...

Take a moment to look at their site and see all the archives available. These people are truly responsible for bringing MANY of the new age consciousness / new thought by great thinkers / healers,...

I first met Michael and Justine Toms close to 30 years ago, when I was living in Ukiah. They had just moved into the area, and mutual friends introduced us. At the time, they were still operating...

Hey, you macho asshole on the freeway!....When I am the one in the right lane on the freeway and you are the one coming onto the freeway....
I have the right of way you stupid moron!...and YOU are...

Isogenoides hansoni Stonefly Nymph ?https://www.troutnut.com/specimen/488

We went for a walk in the Annadel State Park area. While walking through a creek we came across what looks like a sci-fi creature that you might see in the movies. Can anyone please ID this curious...

https://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/414UgY9NlsL._SL500_AA240_.jpgHere's a 7 minute video of Michael Pollan answering Time's 10 questions. I'm just beginning to tune to Michael's work, with The...