Odds ‘n Sods:

Estimate for Nashville property damage from flood tops $1.9 billion. The eventual insurance tab may surpass the New Orleans flooding, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina!

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Nic mentioned that the excellent Gun Test consumer review magazine has come out with a new online magazine – Gun Reports – to cover the multiplicity of guns and gear that can’t fit in their print magazine:

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Savings Experiment: Where better batteries meet bargain power. (Thanks to Matt in Oklahoma for the link.)

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Judy T. was the first of several readers to send this: US rifles not suited to warfare in Afghan hills. My congrats to Associated Press writer Slobodan Lekic, who got the technical details right in reporting this complex issue.