U.S. Housing Crash Deepens in 2008 After Record Drop [1]
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The new quasi-survivalist movie “I Am Legend“s opened with a bang: a whopping $29.6 million one day box office take in 3,606 theaters [2]. Hey, maybe another producer in Hollywood will take note that movies with survival themes sell lots of tickets, and they will buy my “Pulling Through” script [3].
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SF In Hawaii sent us this suggestion: Siano Solar-Powered Bug Zapper Lanterns [4]. SF’s comment: “This is how I plan on feeding my chickens…”
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Cathy Buckle [5] included the following in one of her recent letters from inflation-ravaged Zimbabwe: “The same week that our President [Mugabe] flew to Lisbon, a couple of South African visitors invited me to tea at a local restaurant. I queued at my local bank but was again limited to how much of my own money I could withdraw and was allowed to take just five million dollars. Immediately I spent three million dollars buying one light bulb and one jar of peanut butter and so with just two million dollars left, I hoped I wasn’t paying for tea. At the restaurant three cups of tea, one waffle and one toasted sandwich were ordered. The bill came to 7.2 million dollars.”