bobbynichols

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  1. Found on digg recently... more lamps (some may be duplicates of earlier posts): 40-of-the-most-creative-lamp-designs-ever
  2. Try http://earth.google.com/ Marty
  3. And still another timely quote: Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits that under analysis some of them won't stand up either. - Evan Esar When it comes to election prognostication, history shows that statistical analysis is not, and never will be, an exact science (reference: "The Bradley Effect", et al)... but it's still cool to watch CNN with their fancy touch screen computer deely-bob trading red states for blue states, blue states for red states, in search of trends from data which may or may not be reliable. I don't have any wings (yet) Marty, but here's a poem
  4. We had a mild chill spell last week so we had to start up the wood stove for the first time this season, and yes, last Sunday, just after midnight, our first chimney fire. My fault as I hadn't had the fire stove chimney swept out yet. No lasting problem as I had been watching outside just in case nightly for such after I lit our wood stove on its third night of use. The flames didn't ignite anything other than the creosote buildup from last season on the inside of the chimney pipe, but after I quickly shut down the wood stove completely my wife and I hosed down the roof and deck just in ca
  5. ... Rhotacism........ Characterized by 'rounding' the letter 'r' in speech. One of my brothers had it as a child and one of my grandchildren has it now.
  6. Interesting page. A timely quote on my iGoogle home page today: Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions. - Evan Esar