Friday, the mailbox contained:
September 2007 issue of Boys’ Life (Tricks of the Trail – Mountain Bike Tips From the Top) September 2007 issue of Scouting (Den Meeting Magic – Tips, Tools, and Resources For Cub Scout Fun) A Lydia’s Professional Uniforms Catalog
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Friday, the gasoline prices at the BP @ Apperson & Colorado in Salem, VA were:
Grade Price
Regular $2.499
Mid $2.599
Premium $2.699
Diesel $2.899
Kerosene $2.699
Gas prices were unchanged today.
For the month of August, unleaded prices decreased 10 cents per gallon, but [...]
Thursday, the mailbox contained:
September-October 2007 issue of Audubon (Rescuing a Rare Bird From Our Rising Seas) October 2007 issue of Backpacker (America’s Best Campsites) August 25, 2007 issue of Oncology Times (Prediction: Greater Emphasis on Health Disparities, More Trans-Desease-Based Initiatives) A Pasternack Enterprises Catalog Coupons from Mailbox Savings An offer from the Mystery Guild Book Club An offer from National [...]
Increasingly, American consumers are shopping for health care the way they buy a hamburger or milk shake at a fast-food chain: By standing in line at a local store under a menu.
Store-based health clinics, which are staffed mostly by nurse practitioners and offer quick services for routine conditions from colds and bladder infections to sunburn, [...]
Wednesday, the mailbox contained:
September 2007 issue of SERVO (VEX Automobile Takes On the Wild Outdoors) September 2007 issue of Nuts and Volts (Keep Those Components Cool – Use temperature to adjust fan speed to keep things running smooth and quiet.) October 2007 issue of Nintendo Power (Far Out, Mario!) Fall 2007 Highlights Catalog Fall 2007 Freestyle Photographic Supplies Catalog A [...]
Tuesday, the mailbox contained:
September 18, 2007 issue of PC Magazine (Mobile Super Guide – The Year’s Best Road-Ready Gear) September 3, 2007 issue of Newsweek (He’s Still Out There. The Hunt for Bin Laden.) September/October 2007 issue of Technology Review (The TR35 – 35 Innovators Under 35) September/October 2007 issue of Foreign Policy (Legalize It – Why [...]
Monday, the mailbox contained:
September 3, 2007 issue of Business Week (Not So Smart – In an era of easy money, the pros forgot that the party can’t last forever.) September 2007 issue of Current History (China and East Asia) Winter 2006 issue of Wilson Quarterly (Reading the Future) An offer for “Projects for the Birder’s [...]
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The kids ran inside and said they saw a big spider beside the house. They were right – a spider has made his home in the flower bed.
Two full years after Katrina, the Big Easy is barely limping along, unable to make truly meaningful reconstruction progress. The most important issues concerning the city’s long-term survival are still up in the air. Why is no Herculean clean-up effort underway? Why hasn’t President Bush named a high-profile czar such as Colin Powell or James [...]
The compounds which give certain fruit and vegetables their dark colour may contain powerful cancer fighting properties.
Studies on rats and human cells found anthocyanins – which color red, purple and blue fruits – notably slowed the growth of colon cancer cells.
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Are chicken houses the next battleground in the war on terror?
Poultry growers are squawking mad over proposed regulations from the Department of Homeland Security that anybody with 7,500 pounds or more of propane gas register with the agency. The threshold is low enough that poultry farmers who use propane to heat chicken houses in the [...]
Huge concrete slabs from the old Woodrow Wilson Bridge are being dumped into the Chesapeake Bay to create a deep water, artificial reef for fish, oysters and underwater grass beds.
In all, more than 1,000 tons of the old bridge will be placed in the waters to create the Ceder Point Fish Haven at the mouth [...]
Saturday, the mailbox contained:
An Advanced Troubleshooting, Maintaining & Upgrading PCs Workshop Brochure A plea from the Muscular Dystrophy Association
Mailbox
Friday, the mailbox contained:
September 2007 issue of Better Homes and Gardens (Simple Style) September-October 2007 issue of No Depression (Josh Ritter) October 2007 issue of Cuisine at Home (Fabulous Fall Food – Think Comfort) September/October 2007 issue of Garden Gate (Make Your Entry Shout WOW!) August 2007 issue of Sojourners Magazine (Can Nuclear Power Save Us?) September-October 2007 issue of [...]
Thursday, the mailbox contained:
September 2007 issue of Business 2.0 (The Next Disruptors) September 2007 issue of Circuit Cellar (Data Acquisition) An Oriental Trading Company Catalog Coupons from Domino’s A plea from the ACLU A plea from the Arbor Day Foundation
Mailbox
Thursday, the gasoline prices at the BP @ Apperson & Colorado in Salem, VA were:
Grade Price
Regular $2.499
Mid $2.599
Premium $2.699
Diesel $2.899
Kerosene $2.699
Unleaded prices decreased 6 cents per gallon today.
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Wednesday, the mailbox contained:
September 2007 issue of Southern Living (Hints of Fall) Autumn 2007 issue of Nature Conservancy (Prairie Offering – A Grassland Yields Its Bounty) September 2007 issue of MAXIM (Build 10lbs. of Muscle Fast!) August 21, 2007 issue of PC Magazine (The Best New PCs) July/August 2007 issue of Ridge Runner (Racing into Cub Scouting) A Moore [...]
Tuesday, the mailbox contained:
September 2007 issue of Virginia Wildlife (Governor Kaine’s 400,000-Acre Land Conservation Goal) September 2007 issue of Wired (Halo 3: How Microsoft Labs Invented a New Science of Play) September 2007 issue of MAXIM (Build 10lbs. of Muscle Fast!) Summer 2007 All Electronics Catalog An REI Sale Flyer A back to Scouting 07 Catalog Coupons from Kroger A subscription [...]
Monday, the mailbox contained:
September 2007 issue of Field & Stream (Gear of the Year) September 2007 issue of Money (The Best Stuff At the Best Price) August 2007 issue of RN (Katrina’s aftermath: How our disaster plan was tested) August 10, 2007 issue of Oncology Times (Documented: Hospice Care Prolongs Life) A “Brain Fitness After 30″ seminar [...]
Saturday, the mailbox contained:
September 2007 issue of Fast Company (He Sold His Soul To Wal-Mart) September 2007 issue of National Geographic (Islam’s Fault Line – Pakistan) September 1, 2007 issue of The Progressive Populist (The Three Stooges) A parking pass from Radford A plea from World Emergency Relief A plea from John Edwards A plea from FINCA A plea from Doctors Without [...]