LOL...did you actually just post a complaint about people posting complaints? LOL...too funny! Thanks fer the chuckle...:)

LOL...thank you for your kind expression, swan. Perhaps I'll explore writing later in life. I've always wanted to try my hand at it. Right now, I'm fo...

Thanks, swans 🙂 Just reminiscing…. It’s the cycles in nature, the seasonal patterns, and all of the symbolism held within the renewal of life th...

Yup. I've got it. It hits me hardest in the springtime. The black, gray, and yellow morels should be up right now in the Virginia mountains. If n...

LOL...grill work...me thinks that this thread will soon prove entertaining 🙂 Ya think that's the primary function of those security bars, ownons...

My pleasure, swans. LOL...I'm not sure what kinda cookies work best. Maybe fdr can tell us. I think (not sure) that fdr said that cookies are als...

Here ya go swans 🙂

Greetings Edward If you keep locking your car, you might want to budget for auto glass especially if you like going to the more remote beaches. I...

I love storms! Weeks without power kinda take the fun out of them though. Yup, predictions are for above average sea surface temperatures and bel...

After the last thread on this topic, I asked a coupla baggers at Plaza West if they are paid an hourly wage. Yup, they are. It's just minimum wage, of...

There's some interesting info here:

I'm pulling this post and the links provided. There's too much conflicting and misleading info on the net.

chucks...LOL If you take the first letter from ducks and the rest from chicks, then you'd be raising a bunch of...uh...hmmm...let's stay with chu...

Thanks for all the info, Tami. I'm so sorry to hear about your sister-in-law, your niece, and your mother. You and your family have seen far too much ...

My dad used to say that archaeologists of the future will think that we worshiped cylindrical objects because all that they'll find are beer cans and ...

Tami A single study just doesn't tell us much. Here's another published study from the sciencedaily site. Sometimes the results of a study simply...

"DISCUSSION Increased knowledge about cigarette additives makes it clear that modern cigarettes are very different from cigarettes of the past, in t...

DixieChick and speee1dy, we need to buy tobacco seeds now! There may still be time! LOL….we need to start a seed bank! I’ll buy the Burley and Virgin...

Right back at ya, DixieChick! Speee1dy, great question about “natural” or additive-free tobaccos. Interesting, isn’t it, that inhaling the smoke...

Rotorhead, agreed. Consideration of, and respect for, other people’s wishes goes a long way. It appears that we can find some common ground even on th...

Rotorhead, heh heh, were you outside today? We had a pretty stiff wind here on the west end. The smokers and the non-smokes were co-existing just fine...

Not likely Rotorhead. Ticketing and fining tourists probably isn't a good idea. What ya think?

Heh heh, I guess that rhetorical question was directed at me 🙂 With regard to littering, yes I have indeed asked people not to litter. More often, I...

I have but one request. After the smoking posse has wrestled me to the ground and is sitting on me...while we’re waiting for the police to arrive...

When you sit down, ask the waiter for an ashtray. If he brings you one - leave. If he tells you that smoking is nat allowed - order. Really not t...