http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/generalchat/ en-us Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:43:33 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2090398/posts NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actor Robert Wagner says he was so distraught over the break-up of his first marriage to actress Natalie Wood that he pondered suicide and would sit with a gun outside the home of her lover, Warren Beatty, intent on killing him. "Pieces of My Heart," Wagner's autobiography released this week, reveals details of his career and life, including the split with Wood, their decision to remarry a decade later and her drowning death in 1981. "I was pretty young, and I don't think I could have ever gone through with that act, but I was pretty... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2090398/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:43:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2046239/posts I cannot find the state-specific message boards since coming back from vacation on Sunday. Can anyone help me find them? Cheers! grey_whiskers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2046239/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:07:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1938940/posts Madonna, Leonard Cohen, the Dave Clark Five, the Ventures and John Mellencamp. The inductees will be honored at a ceremony on March 10 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/81-12132007-1455759.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1938940/posts#comment Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:54:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1907334/posts Madonna, the Beastie Boys, the Dave Clark Five, Leonard Cohen, Afrika Bambaataa, John Mellencamp, the Ventures, Donna Summer and Chic have been nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year. Five acts will make it into the Hall of Fame in 2008. http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/09/27/2008-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees-announced-madonna-beastie-boys-more/ Rolling Stone http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1907334/posts#comment Sat, 6 Oct 2007 03:06:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905166/posts Sabre-toothed tiger was just a pussycat By Roger Highfield, Science Editor Last Updated: 12:01am BST 02/10/2007 It may have had some of the most ferocious teeth ever seen on a mammal but scientists say that the much feared sabre-tooth tiger was actually a bit of a pussycat. Smilodon, the sabre-tooth tiger, roamed across North and South America until 10,000 years ago Powerfully built, with upper canines like knives, the sabre-tooth tiger was a fearsome predator of Ice-Age America's lost giants, such as bison and horses, perhaps even mammoths. But while Smilodon ("knife tooth") may have had an impressive set of... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905166/posts#comment Tue, 2 Oct 2007 01:57:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902859/posts It was a sea of skin, peroxide and fake tan — over 1000 women in bikinis descending on Bondi Beach in an attempt to beat a world record that didn't actually exist. The event, organised as a promotion between Cosmopolitan Magazine and Gillette, aspired to set a Guiness World Record for the "world's biggest swimsuit shoot". A blend of 100 paid models and many more volunteers — mostly more interested in the free $120 goody bag than the notion of creating history — gathered in the sun. However, there was widespread confusion between the models and other attendees regarding how... news.ninemsn.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902859/posts#comment Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:03:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1902701/posts BARNAUL, Russia (Reuters) - A Siberian woman who gave birth to her 12th child -- doing more than her fair share to stem Russia's population decline -- was stunned to find that little Nadia weighed in at a massive 7.75 kg (17.1 lb). Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1902701/posts#comment Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:24:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902106/posts I love FR. I like the fact that the user interface remains clean and that the pages load fast. I can use it from the big screen on my desk, the small screen on my desktop, or even from my cell phone; on fiber or DSL or dial-upfrom Timbuktu.. But I have a suggestion that would make it easier to use for me, and maybe for some other folk. What I'd like to see is a "My recent threads" red-text up where the posts to/from and the new mail are. Here's how I use FR: First thing I do after... Mt fevetred imagination http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902106/posts#comment Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:05:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901170/posts So,I am sitting in my living room in a small town in Maryland. And now I have to know Spanish to figure out the Score of the Game. I do not care. TV is Off. The is the United States. This is American Football. We speak English. I now do not watch NBC football ! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901170/posts#comment Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:25:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1899686/posts BERLIN (Reuters) - Staff at a German butcher's shop were shocked to discover a customer had hidden two sex toys in their sausages for transport to Dubai, police said Wednesday. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1899686/posts#comment Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:29:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1899280/posts CARBONDALE, Pa. - Authorities said a man wearing nothing but a hat tried to rob a convenience store in Carbondale. Police say the 24-year-old man charged in last month's robbery attempt often stands naked in front of the window of his apartment. He was first arrested on an accusation of exposing himself to two women at his apartment building. Carbondale Police Sgt. Thomas Heller says the man ultimately confessed to being the one who tried to rob the store — and said he did so because he was bored. The clerk at the store kept her cool during last month's... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1899280/posts#comment Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:03:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898683/posts Janet Reno CD in stores now Published: Sept. 18, 2007 at 8:20 PM KENDALL, Fla., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- A three-CD album of historical songs from former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno debuted Tuesday. "Song of America," a 50-tune "history book'" that Reno helped shepherd, is in stores now, the Miami Herald has reported. Reno is listed as an executive producer on the collection, which starts in 1492 with "Lakota Dream Song" and spans 25 eras of U.S. history, concluding with "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning," a song about the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. Reno said... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898683/posts#comment Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:37:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1897496/posts EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Brett Favre picked a near-perfect way to become the winningest quarterback in NFL history. Favre completed his first 14 passes of the second half and threw three touchdown passes to rally the Green Bay Packers to a 35-13 victory over Eli Manning and the New York Giants on Sunday. The victory was the 149th of Favre's 17-year career and gave him one more than Hall of Famer John Elway. It also gave the Packers their first 2-0 start since they won their first three in 2001. The loss was the second straight for the undisciplined... Yahoo!Sports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1897496/posts#comment Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:24:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895899/posts FR POST ABOUT THE SUICIDE NOTE Here is the letter I just received by Fed-Ex. I don't know whether someone is playing a joke on me or this is real. You decide. Norman Hsu? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895899/posts#comment Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:55:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1895773/posts OSSINING, N.Y. - A bald man went into a pharmacy and stole five bottles of a hair loss treatment but was caught while running away, police said. Mark Hoousendove, 42, was arrested on misdemeanor charges of petty larceny and resisting arrest, Detective Lt. William Sullivan said. The product was worth about $50. Hoousendove, of Freeport, had just dropped off friends who were visiting an inmate at Sing Sing prison on Sunday when he went into the pharmacy, police said. An officer nearby chased him and grabbed him, they said. Hoousendove was jailed in lieu of $3,000 bail and was due... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1895773/posts#comment Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:53:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1895602/posts Charles B. Lewitzke's case was filed in the U.S. District Court in Wisconsin's Eastern District this week. He is seeking unspecified damages from Helen of Troy Ltd., an El Paso, Texas company that owns and markets Brut, and Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, of New Jersey, a division of Conopco Inc., which had previously owned the product. -snip He washed and shaved in a bathhouse on the camp grounds and applied Brut lotion to his face, neck and chest with his hands. He also used the aerosol deodorant. He then went to a fire pit to cook breakfast. His... AP/Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1895602/posts#comment Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:57:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1895580/posts Here in Charles Co., MD, we've had a serious rash of hate crimes for the past two years or so. In today's edition of our local newspaper, the Maryland Independent, it was reported that four juveniles were arrested last week for their involvement in an August hate crime in which offensive language, such as "KKK", "Gay Pride" and obscene language, was spray-painted on 16 cars and driveways and mailboxes in a Waldorf neighborhood. The victims are all African-American. But, get this -- out of the four juveniles, THREE ARE BLACK AND ONE IS WHITE. This small column was buried in... http://www.somdnews.com/stories/091207/indycri170318_32115.shtml http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1895580/posts#comment Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:24:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895047/posts (NANUET, N.Y.) - Stomping on garlic with your shoes on is apparently not the correct way to prepare food. The Rockland County health department hit the Great China Buffet restaurant with two violations after someone took pictures of an employee stomping on a bowl of garlic with his boots in an alley. The man alerted health inspectors. "I go back there, and the guy's stepping on garlic," said Dan Barreto, who used to eat at the restaurant. "There he was just jumping up and down on it, smashing it up, having a good time." The health department does not consider... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895047/posts#comment Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:41:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1894046/posts I don’t often remark on entertainment subjects; this is the sort of thing I leave to people whose childhoods included eating paint chips while listening to Casey Kasem. With that said, the Britney Spears debacle during the MTV Video Music Awards is a situation that requires a comment. I will leave the topic of her lip syncing, dancing, and speculation of her intoxication level to those who were apologists for Marv Albert after he slipped on a leather teddy and bit a prostitute a decade of so ago. It is the criticism of her body that I am having a... Blonde Sagacity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1894046/posts#comment Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:40:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893691/posts Tribute to the Drummer - streaming now Good stuff with the drummer in mind playing now until 9 eastern tonight: Winamp or iTunes: ListenWindows Media: Listen 106.7 WRHC FM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893691/posts#comment Sun, 9 Sep 2007 23:01:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893307/posts DREAD AND BREAKFAST Record reporter spends a spooky night in the most haunted hotel in Scotland By Barry Gordon HOTEL rooms are not very scary, or at least that's what I thought. That was before watching the new John Cusak film, 1408, where his character Mike Enslin decides to check into the notorious Hotel Dolphin to investigate its supernatural reputation. A crooked door that goes straight again, an operator that doesn't sound human and, finally, a room engulfed in flames are enough to convince him maybe ghosts do stay in hotels. I decided to check this out for myself at... Daily Record http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893307/posts#comment Sun, 9 Sep 2007 00:59:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893287/posts Ahh...my first vanity. Posting a little Freepmail sent to me from someone whose account apparently has been banned. My question is: if eihwaz13 is banned, how can eihwaz13 still post Freepmail? .... Re: Cops: Boy slashed L-S High classmate to death From eihwaz13 | 09/08/2007 1:18:32 AM EDT read Your go off on this Kid John Odgren with a disability on which you know anything about “Aspergers Disorder” for killing a fellow student which treated him cruelly, teased repeatedly few time a week at school. You a piece of shit over the internet express your opinion by degrading, verbally abusing... Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893287/posts#comment Sat, 8 Sep 2007 23:39:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1893267/posts It appears that Page, Plant and Jones are planning a reunion with Bonham's son, Jason, on drums. Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1893267/posts#comment Sat, 8 Sep 2007 22:19:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1892652/posts Congressman hits lottery 3rd time Updated: Sep 7, 2007 10:49 AM EDT MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner is one lucky guy. He's already a millionaire, and heir to a tissue and paper towel fortune. And now, he's won the lottery -- again. The Republican hit it big in 1997 with a $250,000 jackpot in the District of Columbia lottery. Then, last spring, he won $1,000 in the Wisconsin lottery. And last week, he won another $1,000 in that lottery. Sensenbrenner says he just "got lucky." He says he spends about 10 dollars a week on lottery tickets. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1892652/posts#comment Fri, 7 Sep 2007 17:17:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1891921/posts Singer JAMES BLUNT fears his Army background has ruined his chance of making 'exciting' music. The former British Cavalry officer admits he is not known for making music that wows the critics - and blames it on not meeting other musicians during his time in the armed forces. He is now seeking help from other musicians to broaden his musical range. He explains,"I do think I need to widen my influences so that everything doesn't end up the same. "My publisher recommends interesting people to work with. You have to remember I come from the Army: I don't know any... pr-inside http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1891921/posts#comment Thu, 6 Sep 2007 13:03:46 GMT