Category: General
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Bad boys
Little boys, the thinking went, were naturally indisposed to bathing. Bath toys not only made hygiene boyishly fun; they helped overcome the naughty urges that bathing tended to arouse: “The baby will not spend much time handling his genitals if he has other interesting things to do,” one government-issue child-care manual advised in 1942. “See…
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Select a Candidate 2008
This is amazing. Not a joke, though some candidates may wish it were. In the data base a list of questions have had the answers from all the candidates recorded, then your answers are tabulated and the candidate with the statements most like yours is identified with all the others in lower priority.WQAD Select a…
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Shuttle Endeavour
With the shuttle’s damaged tiles making reentry problematic, you wonder why they don’t have a computer controlled milling machine and a few blanks that could be milled to replace any tiles that get damaged during takeoff.
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A new life
We left West Lafayette, Indiana today with Daniel all checked into his dorm. We’ll see how long it takes Dad to get some cookies made and into a CARE package.
