I heard on the radio today that hundreds of years ago, the Chinese imbeded firecrackers in the walls of their homes so that if the house caught fire, the resulting noise would alert the family. At least they didn't need batteries.
Selected observations on topics of interest to a retired geezer with a computer and time to devote to something beside a golf game going South.
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- Gary
- Emeritus Professor of Microbiology and Pharmacology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA.
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- Election Mars Reporting
- New York Times Election Reaction Surprising
- Tough Work Rules in Germany
- Chinese Fire Alerts
- Where is the Democrats Outrage?
- Another one you want to read.
- Thomas Sowell
- Weapons Nanotechnology
- Say it ain't so
- Back From Reno
- Looking Back
- From Scrappleface Again
- From: Carol Platt Liebau
- MLB Puts Foot Down
- From Opinionjournal.com
- Social Security
- Scrappleface Strikes Again
- Smiling Pig Syndrome???
- I have been wondering about this.
- Fun Project
- The Numbers Game
- Hit Squads
- Rather according to Roger Simon
- Slime
- I Love These Awards
- Good News from Iraq
- Tsunami Relief Contributions
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