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{ Monthly Archives } March 2006

What Was in the Mailbox Friday, 03.31.2006?

Friday, the mailbox contained:

April 10, 2006 issue of ESPN (Baseball Preview – The Hot Pick) April 7, 2006 issue of Entertainment Weekly (Howard Stern Bites Back!) March 10, 2006 issue of Oncology Times (Improving End-of-Life Care) Spring 2006 issue of Nursing in Virginia (trying your patience – The stress of patient harassment) A Harbor Freight Tools Sale Flyer An advertisement [...]

What Was the Price of Gas in Salem, VA Friday, 03.31.2006?

Today, the gasoline prices at the Sheetz @ 1435 Apperson Dr in Salem, VA were:

Grade Price

Regular $2.499

Mid $2.599

Premium $2.699

Gas prices were up 10 cents per gallon today. They are up 53 cents for the month of March.

Gas, Salem, Sheetz, [...]

Women say ‘casual sex is immoral’

Nine out of 10 women think one night stands are immoral, psychologists will hear at a conference.

Read (BBC)

This was a British survey. I’d like to see what the results would be if the study was conducted in the U.S.

What Was in the Mailbox Thursday, 03.30.2006?

Thursday, the mailbox contained:

April 2006 issue of SERVO (Meet eMo) April 2006 issue of Nuts And Volts (The Propeller – Putting a New Spin on Embedded Control) Summer Preview 2006 Lands’ End Kids Catalog A brochure for the Power of JAVA JavaOne Conference A subscription offer for Food & Wine Magazine An advertisement from Parkway Wesleyan Church An offer from Glade [...]

What Was the Price of Gas in Salem, VA Thursday, 03.20.2006?

Today, the gasoline prices at the Sheetz @ 1340 W Main St in Salem, VA were:

Grade Price

Regular $2.399

Mid $2.499

Premium $2.599

Gas prices were up 4 cents per gallon today.

Gas, Salem, Sheetz, Gas Prices

Army relaxes tattoo rules to attract recruits

The U.S. Army, which missed its recruiting goal last year, has relaxed its policy banning certain types of tattoos in a bid to attract new soldiers who otherwise would have been barred from serving.

The Army will now allow new recruits and all its current soldiers to have tattoos on their hands and back of their [...]

Crazy Cat Terrorizes Connecticut Town

Residents of a neighborhood in Fairfield, CT have been terrorized by a crazy cat. The cat has six toes on each foot, each with a long claw. The neighbors said those weapons, along with catlike stealth, have allowed Lewis to attack at least a half dozen people and ambush the Avon lady.

Read (AP [...]

What Was in the Mailbox Wednesday, 03.29.2006?

Wednesday, the mailbox contained:

Spring 2006 issue of The Virginia Quarterly Review (Why Darwin Is Still Right) April 3, 2006 issue of The New Yorker (Citizen Penn – Sean Penn’s Sense of Mission) Summer 2006 L.L.Bean Catalog Volume 11, Number 2 of House To House Heart to Heart An advertisement from Nationwide Insurance

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What Was the Price of Gas in Salem, VA Wednesday, 03.29.2006?

Today, the gasoline prices at the Sheetz @ 1340 W Main St in Salem, VA were:

Grade Price

Regular $2.359

Mid $2.459

Premium $2.559

Gas prices are up 6 cents per gallon today.

Gas, Salem, Sheetz, Gas Prices

What Was in the Mailbox Tuesday, 03.28.2006?

Today the mailbox contained:

Coupons from Mailbox Savings

What Was the Price of Gas in Salem, VA Tuesday, 03.28.2006?

Today, the gasoline prices at the Sheetz @ 1340 W Main St in Salem, VA were:

Grade Price

Regular $2.299

Mid $2.399

Premium $2.499

Gas prices are up 2 cents per gallon today.

Gas, Salem, Sheetz, Gas Prices

What Was in the Mailbox Monday, 03.27.2006?

Monday, the mailbox contained:

April 3, 2006 issue of Newsweek (Putting The ‘We’ in WEB) April 2006 issue of Circuit Cellar (Wireless Communications) April 2006 issue of Virginia Wildlife (The Circle Remains Unbroken) April/May 2006 issue of National Wildlife (Prowlers Along the U.S.-Mexico Border) March 2006 issue of Save the Bay (Why Blackwater Matters) An MCM Catalog An advertisement from Colonial Williamsburg An [...]

Promising news for oyster, crab harvest

The Chesapeake Bay oyster harvest this season is approaching nearly twice the amount taken last season, with some watermen still on the water in the waning weeks of the season. The upcoming crab season also looks promising.

Read (AP via the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)

Virginia Ski Resorts Report Revenue Increases This Season

Massanutten and Bryce Resorts are reporting higher revenues this ski season despite this year’s mild winter.

Wintergreen is reporting an eight percent increase in visits from the previous year.

Read (Harrisonburg Daily News Record)

Fish Found Dead In Shenandoah River

About 50 fish were found dead in two different locations along the Shenandoah River earlier last week, and biologists say they have no idea why. On Monday, a few dozen smallmouth bass, minnows and suckers were found dead along the South Fork near Port Republic. The next day, 26 redbreast sunfish were found dead [...]

What Was in the Mailbox Saturday, 03.25.2006?

Saturday, the mailbox contained:

April/May 2006 issue of Mother Earth News (Giant Issue) March 31, 2006 issue of Entertainment Weekly (TV is King!) A subscription offer for Southern Accents Four books:

Shooter : The Autobiography of the Top-Ranked Marine Sniper Carrots Love Tomatoes : Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening How to Grow World Record Tomatoes: A Guinness Champion Reveals [...]

What Was the Price of Gas in Salem, VA Saturday, 03.25.2006?

Today, the gasoline prices at the Sheetz @ 1435 Apperson Dr in Salem, VA were:

Grade Price

Regular $2.279

Mid $2.379

Premium $2.479

Gas prices were down 2 cents per gallon today.

Gas, Salem, Sheetz, Gas Prices

What Was in the Mailbox Friday, 03.24.2006?

Friday, the mailbox contained:

February/March 2006 issue of American Heritage (You’ll Never Believe Who They’re Screaming For…) Spring 2006 Real Goods Resource Guide An ebay Catalog An advertisement from Merchant’s Tire An advertisement from Berglund Auto An advertisement from Dell An offer from the WeightWatchers A channel guide from DirecTV Coupons from Valpak An offer for a WeightWatchers Cookbook A book – Benjamin Franklin: Silence Dogood, [...]

What Was the Price of Gas in Salem, VA Friday, 03.24.2006?

Today, the gasoline prices at the Sheetz @ 1435 Apperson Dr in Salem, VA were:

Grade Price

Regular $2.299

Mid $2.399

Premium $2.499

Gas prices were unchanged today.

Gas, Salem, Sheetz, Gas Prices

What Was in the Mailbox Thursday, 03.23.2006?

Thursday, the mailbox contained:

Spring 2006 issue of The American Scholar (Beyond Race)March/April 2006 issue of the Old Dominion Sierran (Sierra Club, local citizens fight power plant pollution in Alexandria)A plea from the National Audubon Society