Homeowner Forum / Rural Living / January 2006

It is time once again to renew my Norton subscription.  Now I wouldn't
mind so much doing this but I put in their top line version (internet
security) just two years ago.  They want $29 for the update that only
provides very minimal protection, not the full version I bought.  And

While listening to the radio this morning the following came up in a
discussion .
38 % of all electrical energy in the world now comes from Nuclear sources .
A person from the Nuclear industry stated that most all Nuclear reactors

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060108/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
Glad to see them towel heads is killing more & more & more of your cowardly
military gaywads!!! Support your troups & surrender to Iraq while you gotta
chance!!!

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060105/sc_nm/energy_biofuels_oxburgh_dc;_ylt=Ak0_uR
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Lord Oxburgh pointed to the production of ethanol from waste straw in
Canada as one example of a project which was energy efficient ...

Big Brother commeth
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/5580743/detail.html
Bill Would Allow Arrests For No Reason In Public Place
Citizens Would Also Have To Show ID

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. Border Patrol agents have come under fire
twice along the Rio Grande in Texas in recent days amid rising tension

Will a UV light clear up all coliform (not talking about e-coli)???

How about a lawsuit against a store that sold me a broken camera, and
then refused to either refund the money or replace the camera because
the WRONG camera was in the box ( evidently taken back and *recycled*
in the Wal Mart fashion ).

This will be our first chain saw and we don't anticipate heavy usage.
i. e. we will not be felling trees and cutting up wood to burn.  Would
you please recommend  a good basic all purpose chain saw.  Our first
job will be to cut off the tops of wooden fence posts.  Any help will

Hello people:
I have a Stihl 017 that I was aggressive with and had the anti-vibration
rubber mount at the top of the handle come out.  It appears to me that I
will have to do some major disassembly to get it back in.  The owners

Flying squirrels seem to be living (or at least playing) in the walls,
and waking me up at odd hours. (It could be mice, but seems too loud.)
There's no real attic; just a sealed crawlspace. Is there something I
can squirt through a small hole into that space, or into wall ...

Just came through some major floods, all-time record in my area
actually. Thankfully, the roads held up, although I had to do an extra
45-minute detour to get to town.
But, for the first time ever, my well became contaminated and for two