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This thread reminded me of my dad. He was from Milwaukee, so garlic sausage, herring, cheese, etc., were things he loved. I mentioned that my dad would have herring and limburger cheese on Ritz Crackers every New Year's. He also liked sugar on his tomatoes. Once mentioned that he had eaten opposum (which everyone else at that dinner enjoyed until they found out what they had eaten). If it was different, he was going to give it a try. The weirdest food combination isn't so much. Just dill pickles and ice cream. I started that in high school. It just...

Two Arrested For Allegedly Fatally Beating Duck POSTED: 5:22 pm EDT September 12, 2006 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Two men are facing felony charges of animal cruelty for killing a duck they said kept stealing their bait while they were fishing, authorities said. Santos Murcia-Rosa, 23, and Roberto Landaverde-Mancia, 22, both of North Lauderdale, were arrested Monday, the Broward Sheriff's Office said in a statement. The pair were fishing at a lake in North Lauderdale when ducks began taking bread they were using as bait, according to the statement. One duck they tried to move away with a stick kept...

Updated iPods - 1:05 PT 5G iPod: 60% brighter screen. 3.5 hours of video playback. Gapless playback. New earphones. New quick scrolling feature using letters. Games added - Bejewled, Cubis 2, Mahjong, Mini golf, Pac Man, Tetris, Texas Hold Em, Vortex and Zuma. Games will work on all 5G iPods, will cost $4.99 each from iTMS. White and black available. 30GB - $249 80GB - $349 Second-generation iPod nano: Aluminum, thinner - looks like thin iPod mini. Green, silver, black, blue, pink available. 24 hour battery life. New charger, armband, lanyard headphones. Available today. 2GB - $149 4GB - $199...

Six weeks before Kyle Paxman’s scheduled wedding, a stranger walked into her office with e-mail messages and other evidence that Ms. Paxman’s fiancé was cheating on her — with the stranger’s girlfriend. “The dress had arrived, the flowers were done, the menus were chosen,” said Ms. Paxman, manager of two food and beverage outlets at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. “One hundred and eighty guests had tickets from all over the country and the Virgin Islands to come and make a weekend of my wedding.” But rather than cancel the reception, planned for this Saturday in Vermont,...

OK, here's a thread where all the Steve Irwin bashers can post away to their hearts content. Please leave the threads titled "In Memory..." or "Tribute to..." alone. Not every single thread about Steve Irwin on FR has to include the incident of him holding his son in the croc enclosure, a mention of Darwin, and/or the word "Fool" Sometimes the old saying is true "If you can't say something nice about someone, don't say anything at all."

Maria Sharapova won in style Wednesday at the U.S. Open. Literally. But is the focus on glam wrecking the women's game?

Aug. 23, 2006 — Sanju Bhagat's stomach was once so swollen he looked nine months pregnant and could barely breathe. Living in the city of Nagpur, India, Bhagat said he'd felt self-conscious his whole life about his big belly. But one night in June 1999, his problem erupted into something much larger than cosmetic worry. An ambulance rushed the 36-year-old farmer to the hospital. Doctors thought he might have a giant tumor, so they decided to operate and remove the source of the bulge in his belly. "Basically, the tumor was so big that it was pressing on his diaphragm...

U.S. authorities are advising women not to wear gel bras on airplanes as information developed in the foiled London plot points to an expanding role for women in smuggling explosives on to an aircraft. Authorities at Scotland Yard are questioning a husband and wife, suspects in the London terror plot, about allegations that they were planning to use their baby's bottle to hide a liquid bomb. Police in the U.K. have recovered baby bottles containing peroxide, including some with false bottoms, from a recycling center close to the homes of some of the arrested suspects. The use of female suicide...

I have no idea what was in the heart of Mel Gibson when he made his comments, but what I am about to say, I believe, is felt by many Americans. I love Israel. I support, without condition, the actions it has taken and will continue to take to preserve its integrity. I also love Jews of a conservative political bent. In a community that is overwhelmingly liberal, these men and women have courage, and they have overcome a liberal political mindset that I believe is poisonous. Jews typically only give 25% of their votes to Republicans or conservatives. Still,...

The Internet provides the perfect forum for cyberbullies, individuals whose aim is to gain gratification from the distress caused by provoking and tormenting others. The anonymity, ease of provocation, and almost infinite source of targets means the Internet is full of predators from pedophiles targeting children to serial bullies targeting ... anybody. Cyberbullies get a perverse sense of satisfaction (called gratification) from sending people flame mail and hate mail. Flame mail is an email whose contents are designed to inflame and enrage. Hate mail is hatred (including prejudice, racism, sexism etc) in an email...

Boy George will be picking up street trash for five daysNEW YORK — Boy George will perform his court-ordered community service by picking up trash on city streets in the August heat, a sanitation spokesman said.The one-time Culture Club singer will be issued a shovel, broom, plastic bags and gloves when he reports Aug. 14 for five days of work, said department spokesman Vito Turso. "This is the epitome of community service," Turso told the Daily News for Monday editions. "It's not like he's going to be working in an air-conditioned office."Born George O'Dowd, the 45-year-old singer has struggled with...

She was once Pamela Anderson Lee. Now actress Pamela Anderson is Mrs. Kid Rock. The former “Baywatch” babe wed the rock star Saturday in St. Tropez, Anderson's spokeswoman, Ann Gurrola, told The Associated Press. She said more details on the wedding would be available Monday.

Sometimes I tend to daydeam about winning the lottery (I play $2, maybe 2 times a year). If I won, I'd of course help my family, friends and charities. My dream would be to buy multiple acres of wooded property-subdivide it and fence each section. One section would have a small lake (man-made if necessary)for those canines who love water; another a playground; one where dog-friendly dogs could romp together; other setions where dogs could run with their master. Plenty of kennels, a full-time vet, a home for abused and unwanted pets. People could bring their pets to this Canine...

Have you ever noticed how all the network reporters tend to use the same words and phrases when covering a story? We finally have the code they are using to coordinate these phrases, revealed here in public for the first time. CODEWORDS For (Liberal) Journalists For 2006 use the New York Times.  Daily codewords can be determined as follows: Always use a left side (even numbered) page.  In odd numbered months, use the back of the page in question. Turn to the page number, or back of page number, corresponding to the month number for the day in question: Month...

Thanks for the vanity vine. Currently, I am in NC but a nice business opportunity is formulating where I will have to decide on relocating to the Tampa area for the forseeable future. I am hoping to get any constructive input from Tampa Freepers and former Tampa Freepers and Freepers that are familiar with the surrounding area. I have traveled through Florida on numerous occasions (East coast and West coast) so I have a pretty good understanding of what to expect but I would love for anyone to share any "inside" information. Areas to avoid? Best "reasonable" housing areas? I...

Three Cheers for Australia! Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia, as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks. A day after a group of mainstream Muslim leaders pledged loyalty to Australia at a special meeting with Prime Minister John Howard, he and his ministers made it clear that extremists would face a crackdown. Treasurer Peter Costello, seen as heir apparent to Howard, hinted that some radical clerics could be asked to leave the country if they did not accept that Australia was...

Barbecue sauces have a uniquely Southern and Western U.S. history. Most experts agree that the practice of adding sauce and spices to meat and fish began early in our history, with Native Americans teaching the art to early European settlers. The natives probably developed the process as part of an attempt to keep meats and fish from spoiling quickly. Salt played a major role in those early barbecue sauces, and salt is a well-known preservative in the meat curing process. Because the nations first European arrivals lived on the East Coast of America, that part of the country is credited...

This sign was prominently displayed in the window of a business in Philadelphia. Most would be outraged at the thought of such an inflammatory statement. One would think that anti-hate groups from all across the country would be marching on this business. And that the National Guard might have to be called to keep the angry crowds back. But, perhaps in these stressful times, one might be tempted to let the proprietors simply make their statement. We are a society which holds "Freedom of Speech" as perhaps our greatest liberty And after all, it is just a sign. You may...

Steelers crowds overwhelm trolleys, buses Wednesday, February 08, 2006 By Samantha Bennett and Joe Grata, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette John Beale, Post-Gazette The North Allegheny High School marching band -- one of seven to perform in the parade -- makes its way down Fifth Avenue. Click photo for larger image. The Bus made it Downtown just fine. But many parade-goers and commuters who tried to get there on Port Authority buses and trolleys hit a Steel Curtain. At the Dormont Light Rail Transit station at 9:47 a.m., a man complained that three inbound trains had passed him by, full of people dressed...