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Thank you. That was both interesting and informative. I am familiar with the tobacco curing barns in Lancaster County. Those wiley Amish farmers aren't stupid. They know folks will pay more for something to smoke than to eat. I thought the only thing "grown" in Connecticut was nutmeg.

I didn't know that tobacco was grown north of Lancaster County.

Illinois/ Chicago have the lowest credit rating in the country. Illinois state pension debt is $172 billion- worst, by far, in the US. Chicago has the worst funded pensions and highest fixed costs of any big city. Illinois/Chicago have the highest taxes in the US Illinois was one of three...

In an era of girl groups, Connie Francis was the number one female pop star from Elvis until the arrival of the Beatles. Less well known is that, starting in 1959, she would make over a dozen albums of traditional and ethnic songs in German, Spanish, Irish, French, Yiddish, Latin, and, of...

To improve exercise efficiency, runners will wear a weighted vest. The usual dose is ten percent of body weight to start. I would suggest that the only exercise done near an MRI scanner should be caution.

Workers drying their clothes on the roof that extends into a shaft. How, exactly, does that work?

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Bill Moyers recently passed away on June 26 at age 91. An advisor to Presidents and a well respected newsman, he was one of the few in the national news media to pay attention to The War Years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Moyers

Someone impersonating a SPAAMFAA member? That has to be against the law.

https://www.tumblr.com/ironcites/615279942988611584/the-22nd-street-tunnel-disaster-in-chicago Underground- always dangerous territory!

I wonder if he belongs to SPAAMFAA?

Here's my guess: There's probably a ferry to Randall's at the foot of 125th Street. The truck and the chief take that route. I think Engine 16 is a double company. The manpower from one section hitch a ride uptown on the fireboat. The steamer and hose wagon take an avenue up to 125th Street...

In 1900, the highest numbered box in The Bronx was 2-991...Vernon Parkway and Bronx Place: Engine 63, Engine 62. H&L 62, and Chief of the 15th.

In 1900, all street boxes north and east of the Harlem River (Borough of The Bronx) were transmitted with Preliminary Signal 2

In 1900 there were four special building boxes (preliminary signal 3) on Randall's Island used by the fire alarm office on East 67th Street. 331- Child's Hospital 332- East side of Island 333- Boy's House Refuge 334- Randall's Island All four boxes had the same running assignment: Engine 16...

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I'm about twenty blocks from a gun store that sells around a thousand AR-15's a month. Is that what you mean?

Ah...The People's Capitol- Austin. Most citizens in Texas can sleep better knowing we've got most of the crazy people corralled into one small area. I haven't seen anything about this dust-up in the Houston news media. Of course the Houston Chronicle doesn't report news that could make certain...

I can certainly identify with this problem. Raccoons are always trying to invade/trash my birdfeeders. I go through about a half a container a week of Cayenne pepper to keep them in misery and moving along.