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Tornado Victim Billed for Cable Devices
Tornado Victim Billed for Cable Devices WHEATLAND, Wis. (AP) - Having a tornado demolish her home was bad enough. But when Ann Beam received a $2,000 cable bill a few weeks later, she was floored. "I just couldn't believe it," Beam said. "I was like, 'What are they thinking?"' Time Warner Cable billed a number of Wheatland residents for equipment destroyed in the Jan. 7 twister that struck the southeast corner of the state. Beam's bill covered five cable boxes and five remote...
Jan 31, 2008, 5:26 pm - angelm

Pessimist and a Dog
Pessimist and a dog An avid duck hunter was in the market for a new bird dog. His search ended when he found a dog that could actually walk on water to retrieve a duck. Shocked by his find, he was sure none of his friends would ever believe him. He decided to try to break the news to a friend of his, the eternal pessimist who refused to be impressed with anything. This, surely, would impress...
Nov 17, 2007, 8:46 am - ochoop17

DO you want to be a MILLIONAIRE
I was reading an article on Monster.com concerning the five habits of Millionaires. The section that caught my eye was ( Earned Money vs Easy money ) Easy money usually comes from inheritance or luck, such as winning the lottery. The article mentions that the people who win their riches as aposed to earning it have a very different track record and that those who win their money via the lottery are recorded as ' a very sorry lot'. It mentions that more than 90% of the winners...
Nov 11, 2007, 10:11 am - Litebets27

XMAS Parrot
One Christmas Eve, a frenzied young man ran into a pet shop looking for an unusual Christmas gift for his wife. The shop owner suggested a parrot, named Chet, which could sing famous Christmas carols. This seemed like the perfect gift. How do I get him to sing? The young man asked, excitedly. Simply hold a lighted match directly under his feet. was the shop owner's reply. The shop ow...
Oct 12, 2007, 9:03 am - ochoop17

Loss Of Vision
History shows, then, that as a result of these unusual forces in the education of the Negro he easily learns to follow the line of least resistance rather than battle against odds for what real history has shown to be the right course. A mind that remains in the present atmosphere never undergoes sufficient development to experience what is commonly known as thinking. No Negro thus submerged in the ghetto, then, will...
Sep 5, 2007, 6:19 pm - cashinn

The Auburn Grad
EXCEPTION TO THE RULE--AN UNUSUAL AUBURN GRADUATE Three women go down to Mexico one night to celebrate college graduation. They get drunk and wake up in jail, only to find that they are to be executed in the morning - although none of them can remember what&nb...
Jul 27, 2007, 4:45 pm - stavros

Wedding Deal
During a wedding rehearsal, the groom approached the vicar with an unusual offer. Look, I'll give you $100 if you'll change the wedding vows. When you get to me and the part where I'm supposed to promise to 'love, honor and obey' and 'forsaking all others, be faithful to her forever,' I'd appreciate it if you'd just leave that part out. He passed the clergyman the cash and walked away satisfied....
Jul 24, 2007, 8:13 am - ochoop17

Faulty Slot Machine Credits Gamblers
ELIZABETH, Ind. - Prosecutors are considering criminal charges against casino gamblers who won big on a slot machine that had been installed with faulty software. The machine at Caesars Indiana credited gamblers $10 for each dollar they inserted because the software wasn't designed for U.S. currency, state police said. More than two dozen people played the machine before one gambler alerted Caesars employees. Caesars lost $487,000 on the machine during that time,...
Jul 20, 2007, 12:48 pm - stavros

Doubles Indicators
I have been receiving a number of requests wanting to know how I determine when doubles will hit. There is a thread about doubles indicators, but I am going to post what I use as indicators here in my Blog for easier reference. Of course, I am not always right about doubles, but very often I am. I do not know which doubles will fall, but my indicators seem to work well in predicting when doubles will happen. First of all,...
Jul 15, 2006, 10:12 am - CalifDude

"Convicted Killer Seeks Sex-Change Surgery
Taxpayer dollars at work again!! Convicted Killer Seeks Sex-Change Surgery...
May 31, 2006, 7:44 am - konane