I'd forgotten about this! Imagine walking through Grand Central Station and suddenly the people around you freeze. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMj3PJDxuo Jill

I hate it when I have to stay awake till the watch is over. This one's on until 1:00 AM. The sirens in this town are not loud enough to wake me. I need to get a NOAA weather radio that can be set to sound alarm when a tornado warning is issued. Also need to cut a trap door in the floor so I can get...

I mentioned I had to replace my PC. Now I'm trying to install Mozilla Firefox (browser). I cannot figure out how to install this without it asking me to d/l all this other add-on stuff I don't want. I'll keep looking around but if anyone has a quick link to just your basic Firefox...

I went to the memorial service yesterday. It was a beautiful UU service, with many of his friends getting up to speak about what he meant to them. There were heart-wrenching stories, and laughter both. The hard part for me was finding out what I had suspected, but did not know for sure. Phil...

I got a recommendation for a new service from someone who lives here and has used them before. OMG, night and day compared to the Merry Maids fiasco! They weren't afraid of vacuuming up a little kitty litter and washing the bathroom floor. They scoffed at the excuse there are cat feces all...

Hi all, I learned, there are some readers/posters in this NG who sometimes like to play a little, not too time consuming game. Maybe, some of you haven't heard about this one, I'm suggesting. It's called Travian www.travian.com, a browser based game, where you can act as either Roman, Teuton, or...

Hi all, A couple of friends wrote a wonderful obituary for my husband Carl and I'd like to share it with everyone. http://tinyurl.com/cqqjz You have all been so wonderful to me through all of this. Thanks you so much.

I Love Lucy. There's no getting around it, Lucille Ball was an original comedic genius. I really like the show Cold Case. Kathryn Morris (Detective Lilly Rush) has a cat who is missing one eye and another that is missing a leg. Her co-worker (Jeremy Ratchford as Nick) shows up at her...

DH & I have been going in the evenings, to a local trail/park, Clear Creak Trail, ( http://www.bloomington.in.gov/egov/scripts/services.php?path=details&id=761&action=i&fDD=182-0,), which is what the city is calling a "linear" park. It's approximately 2.4 miles from one end to the other, and...

Dave and I each put in a full day yesterday, starting to set up the sale stuff @ 6 AM and getting all the leftovers repacked and stored by 6 PM. For our effort, we earned a total of twenty-one dollars + fifteen cents! One of the other parties in the sale made $42 and the host made $1.85. I...

Spent the day putting up fencing (wood privacy type, and not the pre-assembled panels, but one-slat/picket at a time) in the back yard (room for Annie, the D-pet to run, sine she's part whippet), and now muscles I didn't even know I had are hurting.... and I have to do the same tomorrow. ...

I have a hard-copy of what's on the okay foods list along with daily serving sizes. They gave it to me when I was discharged from the hospital. I can scan it and email it to you if you give me your email address (mine isn't munged). This link might be helpful and says pretty much the same...

Hi Karen, Barbaro's vet says cast coming off (but not yet "out of the woods" -- still a long ways to go): http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/more/11/02/bc.rac.barbaro.richardson.ap/index.html MaryL

I just got the first electric bill for this house, and I am positively stunned at the amount. They say I used 1,433 KWH electric in one month. How is that possible? I have a small fridge, the water heater was off for the first week and set on 110 F. the rest of the time. Aside from those...

My husband went into the hospital last week for what should have been a routine stay related to his heart condition. His kidneys are now failing and the doctor told us if they can't turn this around he's going to die. I can't stop crying. Fi

(I apologize if I already posted about this. Had some problems with individual.net the other day. All this happened last Friday. It's a long rant, and I apologize for that, too.) /begin rant My car tags & registration are coming up for renewal in April. It's registered in Tennessee. (I...

It's almost done. I got notification from the Probate Court stating as far as they are concerned the estate is settled. So I met with a guy at H&R Block last Thursday to work on her final tax form (Form 1041). That's going to cost me $300. The process seems a little backwards to me; seems...

I spent the best part of a day getting ready to bring six of the horses into my yard to eat down the grass, since I have no mower. This preparation consists of first setting up a temporary electric fence around the garden so they won't destroy it. Here are the steps I followed: -- search for a...

I was conducting some business when this woman brought in a very small puppy. Everyone at the bank knew the woman and knew she had a dog. And it was adorable! It was a ****zu. Twelve-fourteen weeks old but still under 2 lbs. And active! OMG, that puppy was adorable! The owner also let it...

How would you feel if you got an email from someone with whom you had only a professional relationship, asking you to buy something that would put money in their pockets? The attorney who drew up my mother's will and handled her estate did just that. Apparently he wants to be the next John...