Free Republic

LAKE LYNN, Pa. -- An 85-year-old great-grandmother from Lake Lynn, Fayette County kept an alleged burglar at bay using a .22-caliber pistol. According to police, a 17-year-old suspect was attempting to burglarize Leda Smith overnight. That's when Smith grabbed her gun and told the teen that she would shoot him if he moved, police said. "I had the gun on him before he turned around and said, 'you've had it,' " Smith told Channel 11-News. According to police, Smith ordered the boy to dial 911 and then gave him some advice. "Dial 911 and don't attempt to throw the phone...

Women spend 3,276 hours of their lives just getting ready for a night out. That works out at 136 days – the time it would take an astronaut to fly to the moon and back 22 times. Men, however, devote a mere 1,092 hours in a lifetime to getting ready to look their best for the world, which may not come as a huge surprise. A survey of 1,000 women also revealed that 67 per cent actually find that the time spent getting ready for a night out is a real chore. Only 33 per cent admitted that they really...

Dolores Aguilar 1929 - Aug. 7, 2008 Dolores Aguilar, born in 1929 in New Mexico, left us on August 7, 2008. She will be met in the afterlife by her husband, Raymond, her son, Paul Jr., and daughter, Ruby. She is survived by her daughters Marietta, Mitzi, Stella, Beatrice, Virginia and Ramona, and son Billy; grandchildren, Donnelle, Joe, Mitzie, Maria, Mario, Marty, Tynette, Tania, Leta, Alexandria, Tommy, Billy, Mathew, Raymond, Kenny, Javier, Lisa, Ashlie and Michael; great-grandchildren, Brendan, Joseph, Karissa, Jacob, Delaney, Shawn, Cienna, Bailey, Christian, Andre Jr., Andrea, Keith, Saeed, Nujaymah, Salma, Merissa, Emily, Jayci, Isabella, Samantha and Emily....

Women can be allergic to sex with men, but doctors are finding women can overcome this allergy through regular sex combined with treatments derived from semen. "It's really a very rare condition, but it does happen," allergist and immunologist David Resnick at New York Presbyterian Hospital told LiveScience. Semen allergy symptoms can include itching, burning and swelling in the genitals. In the most severe cases, hives or swelling might appear elsewhere on the body and the woman might experience difficulty breathing. "Typically symptoms occur within 30 minutes of intercourse, but in rare cases it may be hours or even days...

How many truly funny women do you know? Seriously? Me, it's under six and the only chick I can think of who consistently makes me laugh is my cousin because she's just got no bottom line. She'll crack a joke about the most inappropriate topic, at the worst possible time, in front of the very people who'll get most insulted by it and, I'm sorry, that's just some funny shit. So, come on — name me some funny (not just slightly amusing) women? Jane Turner and Gina Riley are funny. Roseanne Barr was a good laugh in her prime. Dannii...

Introducing a brand-new FReeper..........inneroutlaw.She's been under my tutelage (yes, that's what they call it now) for 3 years, so she knows the rules.Everybody play nice.