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1. about 21 hours ago on Arlo and Janis

   I’ve lived in a couple of houses with underground power and loved not losing power due to weather and/or a vehicle, a tree limb or too many birds. I’ve discussed unground power with our power company – they say it’s cost prohibitive to put in and maintain vs repairing the outages that happen as we don’t have that many and rarely for more than a couple of hours. The costs per foot for above ground are ¢’s vs $’s for underground.

2. 2 days ago on FoxTrot Classics

   We do Bangers and Mash (sausages and mashed potato) – quick and easy – I add sauerkraut while the wife does onion gravy.

3. 4 days ago on JumpStart

   Yup – 1987 – the incident was on TV once – Veterans Stadium, South Philly – a friend was testing a new VCR and set it to record the news hour – later while watching it, we saw it happen – it was kept out of the news, newspapers and off the air for quite a while – seems in Philly, back in the day, the powers to be could bury articles that make their teams or unions look bad. Search for and watch this video on u tube – NFL STRIKE 1987: PHILADELPHIA EAGLES -

4. 5 days ago on JumpStart

   When a linebacker for the Eagles punched a paying fan in the face during the NFL strike, they did nothing to him – but yell at a Packers fan and call her a derogatory name and you get banned and fired – (◔_◔) – times sure have changed…

5. 5 days ago on Grand Avenue

   We’re in a heat wave here in central Kansas – it was 45º F yesterday – people were wearing shorts and t-shirts… When I lived in Mayport, Florida in the late 70’s, it snowed – beautiful to watch but it didn’t last long.

6. 5 days ago on Andy Capp

   Six Degrees – launched 1997 and it lasted until about 2001. It’s number of users peaked at around 3.5 million. In 2002, the site Friendster emerged with over 3 million users, and this number continued to grow, eventually reaching over one hundred million.

   LinkedIn was another one of the first social media sites in history. It was founded on December 28, 2002 as a site focused on professional networking, allowing people to connect with business and school contacts, as well as companies.

   Of the original batch of social networking sites, MySpace was perhaps the most popular and influential. Launched on August 1, 2003, MySpace quickly became the largest social media site in the world, connecting millions of active users all over the world. It started as a file storage platform, but it quickly transitioned to an online social network, which contributed to its meteoric rise in popularity.

   By 2005, it was clear to the world that MySpace was here to stay, so some larger companies began to show interest in acquiring it. This resulted in the sale of MySpace to News Corp., the U.K-based media conglomerate run by Rupert Murdoch, for $580 million. Shortly thereafter, in 2006, MySpace surpassed Google as the top visited website in world.

   Facebook was founded on February 4, 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, as well as Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollom, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. Facebook started as a social media site exclusive to Harvard students, although it quickly spread to the rest of the Ivy League, as well as Stanford and MIT. However, after 2006, Facebook was available to anyone claiming to be above the age of 13, regardless of whether or not they had an affiliation with a university.

7. 11 days ago on Frazz

   When school gets out Caulfield – it’s still spring (unless your school goes beyond Jun 21st)

8. 16 days ago on Sherman's Lagoon

   A beautiful walk spoiled by a little ball and a stick.

9. 16 days ago on Rose is Rose

   Christmas eve I had grill duty – lobster tails, steaks and asparagus – I was told I was allowed to keep doing meals like that : >)

10. 16 days ago on Red and Rover

    That’s what it looks like when I open the front door – time to have a hearty breakfast and go forth and run the ole snowblower…