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- The Inexplicably Unobtainable Hillbilly Crash Helmet
I’ve searched online and all I can find is a used, numbered reissue from 2012 on eBay for $400! Rat Fink and Big Daddy Roth branded hats and other items are innumerable and easily purchased online at a reasonable price But not the lowly felt Hillbilly Crash Helmet
- My online genealogy service linked me to American Kennel Clubs stud . . .
It’s amazing what my genealogy service (MyHeritage) finds for me without me even asking It notified me that via their OldNews service it uncovered pertinent family info for me This info turned out to be the registration name of our first collie along with sire and dam and breeder names, along with my dad’s name as dog owner Was NOT expecting that Our family dog was registered as
- Returning Halloween Costumes - Straight Dope
I have a friend who runs a UPS Store and she says like clockwork she gets a ton of elaborate, expensive Halloween costumes returned on November 1st and sure enough this year was no different People buy them a few day before, use them and then return them This seems dishonest to me (and not a little wasteful) If want a fun costume on the cheap, rent one What do think? Is it fine and frugal
- Preventing home title fraud - Straight Dope
This latest scam is to used forged documents to file a title to your home and then use it to sell your house out from under you or take out a loan using it as collateral It’s insidious because you don’t know it happened until it’s too late I found out my county clerk (I’m in NY) has a service to prevent this You give them your name and email If anyone files a document in your name
- Who owns SDMB? - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share . . .
It includes the following paragraph: “In addition to its online version, The Stranger is back in print, distributing 50,000 free copies a month Its revenue comes from advertising and events The staff of Noisy Creek has grown from 36 to about 60, not including The Chicago Reader, which Noisy Creek bought in August Mr
- The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues - Page 478 - The . . .
Trump posted this tonight at Truth Social Apparently, it’s a reference to the movie Eyes Wide Shut, which I haven’t seen Seems strange to post something like this when sex parties you may have attended are in the news I wonder who told him this was a good idea?
- Is this rumor about right-wingers trying to vote true?
Supposed X post from Michael Williams, KY Sec Of State, “We’re getting calls about polls being closed They are closed because we do not have elections today Kentucky votes next year You cannot vote today in Kentucky for the Mayor of New York City or the Governor of Virginia Sorry ” I have heard stories about MAGAs trying to place votes for areas and elections they do not qualify for
- Why would exterior house lights blink? - Straight Dope
Walking the dog around the block, a few days ago we noticed blinking exterior lights on a house behind us These are “coach lights” on either side of his garage door The blinking seems to occur at a constant rate, rather than an irregular flickering (or morse code!) First, both lights were blinking Then, on a subsequent day, both were on but neither were blinking Then, only one was
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