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By: kathleen • Other • 41 Comments • 7 years ago

Good Morning everyone, My daughter is leaving for college tomorrow, we are excited and of course I will miss her. She is majoring in Art. She has always been interested in this path for a long...

What is your favorite flower?

By: kathleen • Other • 76 Comments • 7 years ago

Hello all... I thought we could take a break for a bit and talk about our favorite lovely bloom. Mine would be the Oriental Lily. I love the look and the smell, they give off a nutmeg scent. I...

1933 Duesenberg tops Mecum Auctions' Monterey results at $3,850,000

Via: bob-nelson • Other • 7 Comments • 7 years ago

Here are the top sellers from the Mecum auction Mecum Auctions had three Duesenbergs on offer at the Monterey Car Week's auction event, and the most valuable of the three was the...

The Islam reformers vs. the Muslim zealots

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Other • 121 Comments • 7 years ago

The Islam reformers vs. the Muslim zealots kasapafmonline.com By Ayaan Hirsi Ali, The Washington Post, March 27, 2015 Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a fellow of the Future of...

My Armenia - by Peter Balakian

Via: jasper2529 • Other • 11 Comments • 7 years ago

Like its cuisine, the country has a long, rich history. Armenia, which became an independent republic in 1991 after the fall of the Soviet Union, is a small, landlocked nation in the southwest...

Open Message Board N° 4

By: bob-nelson • Other • 151 Comments • 7 years ago

This is a Public Space . Anyone may post anything they please. If you want your Tracker to show you future posts here, you must either post here yourself - a one-word post like...

One Intrepid Motorist Is At Present Traversing The Nation In A 1919 Franklin Motor Car

Via: bob-nelson • Other • 4 Comments • 7 years ago

This incredibly well engineered 25 horsepower aircooled Franklin Series 9b Touring was built in 1919, was sold to Jim Eby’s grandfather, and has been in his family ever since. Now, because he’s...

Trusted sources...

By: bob-nelson • Other • 1 Comments • 7 years ago

Skepticism is sometimes rewarded... Yesterday, I came across a fairly long piece presenting itself as being about Wisconsin politics. The most memorable part of Scott Walker’s run for...

Overflow, 11 August, 2018 ... Bob Nelson

By: bob-nelson • Other • 20 Comments • 7 years ago

1) Red, and Ready to Flip 2) The Marines Didn’t Think Women Belonged in the Infantry. She’s Proving Them Wrong. 3) New Horizons Spacecraft Sees Possible Hydrogen Wall at the End of the...

Overflow... August 7th, 2018

By: bob-nelson • Other • 27 Comments • 7 years ago

More for the mind

Chomsky Calls Russian Interference a Joke - Blames Guess Who?

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Other • 7 Comments • 7 years ago

Chomsky Calls Russian Interference a Joke - Blames Guess Who? by Alan M. Dershowitz , Gatestone Institute, August 3, 2018 Pictured at left: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill...

Overflow... August 5th, 2018

By: bob-nelson • Other • 8 Comments • 7 years ago

More for the mind

Overflow......

By: bob-nelson • Other • 14 Comments • 7 years ago

Some days, five seeds are too few. There more than five articles I'd like to share. If there's only one or two too many, I can put them aside for the next day... but if that goes on for a few...

Stop being so nosy!!!

By: kathleen • Other • 63 Comments • 7 years ago

Yep. We all had someone constantly ask you questions that are none of their business. How do you handle people like this? They just can't seem to mind their own business and they have to poke...

Making Do In Any Situation

Via: johnrussell • Other • 8 Comments • 7 years ago

Life Hacks From People Who Can Find a Way Out in Any Situation When you suddenly become a mother of four. © Unknown author / imgur.com Their father is...

Who Leaked the Trump Tape?

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Other • 4 Comments • 7 years ago

Who Leaked the Trump Tape? by Alan M. Dershowitz , Gatestone Institute, July 26, 2018 Pictured: Michael Cohen, (left) former personal lawyer for President Donald Trump, exits the...

Building the Dream Home - The Last in a Long Line of Homes

By: spikegary • Other • 52 Comments • 7 years ago

So, I've started thinking about my final home (well, at least while I'm still breathing in and out) and planning on having it built to spec. Looking for approx. 3000 square feet, 3 beds, 2 bath,...

For Four Years, Every One Of This High School Teacher's Advanced Calculus Students Have Made A Perfect Score On AP Exam

Via: johnrussell • Other • 6 Comments • 7 years ago

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – Students and staff at St. Mary’s Academy are celebrating mathematics after one entire class received a score of five on their AP Calculus exam. Making the celebration...

Who Was the Real Lorax? Seeking the Inspiration for Dr. Seuss

Via: jasper2529 • Other • 2 Comments • 7 years ago

What inspired the creature who was “shortish and oldish and brownish and mossy?” The one who spoke in a voice that was “sharpish and bossy?” He spoke for the trees, yet he called them his own....

In the spirit of TRANSPARENCY, I feel compelled to share this with you, Fellow News Talkers!

By: eat-the-press-do-not-read-it • Other • 51 Comments • 7 years ago

WARNING: Big boy pants required! If you are offended by words, but, not deeds. Perhaps, Mates, you may want to take your Soft Ball, Flat Tocas to a page for the tender mental states. We,...

Open Message Board N° 3

By: bob-nelson • Other • 83 Comments • 7 years ago

This is a Public Space . Anyone may post anything they please. If you want your Tracker to show you future posts here, you must either post here yourself - a one-word post like...

Open Message Board n° 2

By: bob-nelson • Other • 104 Comments • 7 years ago

The previous board is still up , but there are a couple hundred Comments so the system is slowing noticeably.

What do you like to collect.

By: kathleen • Other • 74 Comments • 7 years ago

Hello everyone, I thought it would be nice to take a break and talk about what you enjoy collecting now or what you collected in the past. Part of the fun is looking for the things you really...

Repost: How To Resize An Image To Fit A Comment Window

By: raven-wing • Other • 12 Comments • 7 years ago

I have noticed that some folks have a problem with their pictures/memes/images fitting properly within the comment windows. Some are too far off to the right of the window and often cuts off part...

Banned Terms

By: johnrussell • Other • 17 Comments • 7 years ago

To my understanding, the word "Trumpsters" has been banned from use on this site, because it is considered "insulting" by the moderating team. Using it could result in a COC citation. What does...

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