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• At this coffee shop, random acts of kindness top the menu

  Fri Jan 13, 2012
  • I've done it, but not there. When I used to work in Manhattan, on fleet week, I'd leave money with my regular coffee truck guy with the instructions "anyone in uniform gets their order fee"

• Feds: Religious employers must cover the pill

  Fri Jan 20, 2012
  • Don't be surprised if at least one of these groups just says "fine, then we won't offer health insurance at all". The classic case of "be careful what you wish for"

• Wing cracks found on Airbus superjumbos

  Thu Jan 5, 2012
  • Gee, didn't they have a repair procedure for the tail of the A300 that was flight 587 too?

• Rudolph's red nose has nothing on his eyes

  Sat Dec 24, 2011
  • ah, Hunters figured out a LONG time ago that deer (whitetails - eastern US) see UV too, hence the use of UV maskers and "whitener" free cleaners

• An implausible candidate's implausible story

  Sat Nov 26, 2011
  • Jean Pear - I guess you're totally frightened right now then

• Europe halts bailout loans to Greece ahead of vote

  Wed Nov 2, 2011
  • MartyBlueyes - OK, so they say 'no' to the terms of the bailout - what do you think happens then? (Let us ONLY look at it from the point of view of Greece) 1)They are out of the Euro, the drachma comes back 2)The drachma rapidly inflates, and in effect the Drachma becomes worthless

• 10 things only bad managers say

  Tue Oct 4, 2011
  • There are times when "drop everything and do this NOW" is uttered, and it does make sense.  I used to work supporting a major TV network's news division.  News doesn't wait for some other project to finish - extreme example, trust me, we dropped what were were doing on 9/11 to setup …

• US evacuees go home after rail fire flames die

  Thu Aug 25, 2011
  •  Thanks to the crews - potential BLEVE situations have to be about the scarriest things out there

• Mustangs play role in hunt for Mexican smugglers

  Sun Aug 21, 2011
  • Who cares if they are drug running, or looking for work - every one of them is a FELON, simply by crossing the border. Find them, then decide if you want

• Mustangs play role in hunt for Mexican smugglers

  Sun Aug 21, 2011
  •  Sounds like the same reason the 10th Mountain Recon troop used horses right up till the end in WWII (My Dad was a emember), and why the special forces have trained men to use horses in the rockpile