http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/test-chat/ en-us Sat, 5 Jul 2008 15:32:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2041105/posts [testing] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2041105/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 15:32:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1826117/posts Title is the same, body of thread is different. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1826117/posts#comment Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:42:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1826113/posts Save your replies because another thread exactly like this one is coming in just a minute. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1826113/posts#comment Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:35:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1797825/posts Woman allegedly lived with dead roommate Thu Mar 8, 5:29 PM ET CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A 28-year-old woman may have kept the body of her roommate in their apartment for up to three weeks, police said. An anonymous caller told police in Wayne County's Canton Township on Tuesday night that the woman was living in the apartment with her dead roommate. "Our detectives knocked at the door and the woman opened it and there is that odor, and you know right away what it is," Detective Rick Pomorski told The Detroit News. The body of the woman, believed to... AP/Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1797825/posts#comment Fri, 9 Mar 2007 04:20:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1743973/posts a little help please??? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1743973/posts#comment Sun, 26 Nov 2006 02:12:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1737725/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bullshit sells but can truth do as well? First there was "On Bullshit," a slim philosophical treatise whose phenomenal success took the publishing industry by surprise. Then came a succession of books with the word "bullshit" in the title. And now there is "On Truth," a sequel to "On Bullshit" that its author, Princeton University philosophy professor Harry Frankfurt says is meant to plug an analytical gap in his first book -- why does truth matter? In the introduction to "On Truth," Frankfurt revisits his premise that "bullshitters ... are fakers and phonies who are attempting by... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1737725/posts#comment Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:41:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1725012/posts Automotive Ping List· Automotive Ping List · join list or !!!Ping!!! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1725012/posts#comment Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:04:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1717841/posts Woman accused putting drugs in burrito Wed Oct 11, 5:37 PM ET SANTA FE, N.M. - A woman who brought a burrito to a friend in jail has been accused of using the burrito to try to smuggle in heroin. Rosemary Gonzales, 42, is charged with bringing contraband into a place of imprisonment. Bond was set at $5,000. Corrections officers found a hypodermic needle inside the burrito that Gonzales brought Tuesday to a female inmate at the Rio Arriba County jail, according to a report filed in Rio Arriba County Magistrate Court. Officers rinsed off the needle and discovered a... AP/Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1717841/posts#comment Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:39:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1717185/posts Police: Camera catches prosecutor naked Tue Oct 10, 5:10 PM ET HAMILTON, Ohio - A security camera caught a city prosecutor walking around naked in a government building after business hours, authorities said. Scott Blauvelt, 35, was arrested Monday and charged with two counts of public indecency. He was released from the Butler County jail and is awaiting a hearing in Hamilton Municipal Court, where he usually works, sheriff's Maj. Anthony Dwyer said. A guard monitoring a security camera spotted a nude man investigators identified as Blauvelt in a building that houses county offices Thursday night, Dwyer said. The night... AP/Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1717185/posts#comment Wed, 11 Oct 2006 01:00:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1711888/posts Google buys garage where empire began By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer 34 minutes ago SAN FRANCISCO - Internet search leader Google Inc. has added a landmark to its rapidly expanding empire — the Silicon Valley home where co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin rented a garage eight years ago as they set out to change the world. The Mountain View-based company bought the 1,900-square-foot home in nearby Menlo Park from one of its own employees, Susan Wojcicki, who had agreed to lease her garage for $1,700 per month because she wanted some help paying the mortgage. Wojcicki, now Google's... AP/Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1711888/posts#comment Mon, 2 Oct 2006 02:32:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1710231/posts Dead llama mystifies Oakland officials Wed Sep 27, 9:54 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. - A dead llama found in the streets has left city officials wondering how the South American animal ended up abandoned in an urban area. At first, East Oakland residents assumed the 400-pound animal with black and white spots was a horse and called the city's animal control department to report the find. "At first it looked like a horse — all we saw was a head sticking out from a tarp," said Andrew Gordon, with Oakland's Animal Control Field Services. "But I looked at it closely,... AP/Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1710231/posts#comment Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:05:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1709669/posts Maggie the sea lion paints for fish Wed Sep 27, 6:02 PM ET PITTSBURGH - Some artists suffer for their work. Maggie, an 11-year-old sea lion at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, gets to eat dead fish for hers. Kesha Phares, a zoo trainer, has been teaching the animal to paint since last year. "It's, in a way, enriching," Phares told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review for Wednesday's editions. "Sea lions are very smart animals, and painting keeps their minds active." It took three months to get the animal to hold a paint brush and touch the bristles to paper. Phares... AP/Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1709669/posts#comment Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:21:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1708000/posts Killer teddy bear leaves 2,500 fish dead 1 hour, 14 minutes ago MILFORD, N.H. - A teddy bear has been implicated in 2,500 deaths. Of trout, that is. State officials say a teddy bear dropped into a pool at a Fish and Game Department hatchery earlier this month clogged a drain. The clog blocked the flow of oxygen to the pool and suffocated the fish. Hatcheries supervisor Robert Fawcett said the bear — who was dressed in yellow raincoat and hat — is believed to be the first stuffed bear to cause fatalities at the facility. "We've had pipes get... AP/Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1708000/posts#comment Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:54:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1707202/posts IPod mom to plead case to Judge Judy September 23, 2006 BY DAN ROZEK Staff Reporter A suburban legal brawl over a missing iPod looks like it's going to be settled on national TV. An Aurora mom who filed a $335 small claims lawsuit after her 14-year-old daughter's iPod Nano vanished said Friday she's received notice that TV's "Judge Judy" wants to take the case. Melanie McCarthy said she's been told to fly to Los Angeles to present her case during an Oct. 5 taping of the nationally syndicated courtroom program, hosted by retired Judge Judith Sheindlin. "I'm very confident,"... SunTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1707202/posts#comment Sun, 24 Sep 2006 02:40:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1706420/posts Man's lost gnome attends Steelers game Thu Sep 21, 4:34 PM ET MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Allen Snyder's garden gnome is apparently out of jail and now traveling the country. The 14-inch tall red-and-white statue disappeared from Snyder's Morgantown yard in the spring, and Snyder has since received three letters claiming to have been written by "Gnomey." The latest letter, which Snyder received this week, included photos of the gnome in the company of Steelers fans attending Pittsburgh's football home opener. "You never took me to any games," the note said. The letter ended: "Have to go now. Boarding a plane.... AP/Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1706420/posts#comment Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:02:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1704666/posts A few of these Photoshopped parodies are funny; most are lame; some are in downright bad taste. One of the better ones. Fark.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1704666/posts#comment Wed, 20 Sep 2006 03:46:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1703222/posts German art student poses as terracotta warrior, confounds police 1 hour, 26 minutes ago BEIJING (AFP) - A German art student hoodwinked police in northern China's famed terracotta warrior museum by disguising himself as a clay soldier among a forest of ancient statues, state media said. Pablo Wendel jumped into an archaeological pit showcasing several thousand terracotta soldiers, found a spot to stand and frustrated police who had difficulty finding him amid the 2,200-year-old warriors, Xinhua news agency said. After finally locating the art student, Wendel refused to budge and police at the museum near China's ancient capital of Xian... AFP/Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1703222/posts#comment Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:39:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1703037/posts Man sets sights on eye-popping record Sun Sep 17, 7:08 AM ET RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Claudio Paulo Pinto is looking to break an eye-popping record. Literally. Pinto can pop his eyeballs out of their sockets at least 7 millimeters (0.3 inches), a national record for eye-popping according to RankBrasil, an organization modeled after the Guinness Book of World Records that lists Brazilian records. A former driver, Pinto got a job scaring visitors in a commercial haunted house in Belo Horizonte, 210 miles north of Rio de Janeiro. But he recently was laid off, and now he seeks international... AP/Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1703037/posts#comment Sun, 17 Sep 2006 14:14:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1702959/posts How to Shut Up a Republican / Right Winger 0:1:45 of your life will be wasted trying to make sense of this. Oh, like you had something better to do anyway. YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1702959/posts#comment Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:34:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1702907/posts Top 5 Strangest iPod Cases Our editors have compiled a list of the five strangest iPod cases for your enjoyment. If we happened to miss any, please leave us a comment. Which ones are your favorites? “Continue Reading” for the full list. Honorable Mention - Ultimate iPod Case If you’re looking for the ultimate iPod case, then check out this one. It features slots for just about every iPod produced– including the U2 special edition, two Nanos, and even a pair of DJ headphones. “The only ones i’m missing is the 1G (back in 2001, in my oppinion 5GB was... techeblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1702907/posts#comment Sun, 17 Sep 2006 03:03:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1701552/posts Motorcycle airbags part of safety trend By JAMES HANNAH, Associated Press Writer Thu Sep 14, 12:24 PM ET MARYSVILLE, Ohio - Jeaneen Parsons' husband steered their motorcycle to the ground seven years ago to avoid hitting a passenger whose cycle went down on a twisting mountain road in Kentucky. The couple emerged from the accident with a few road burns and frazzled nerves. The passenger's leg was shattered. Marifran Mattson lost part of her left leg when the motorcycle she was on was struck by a semitrailer in 2004 near Crawfordsville, Ind. Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was seriously injured... AP/Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1701552/posts#comment Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:45:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1699040/posts Finland's sexiest man is its prime minister, says French president Sun Sep 10, 12:58 PM ET HELSINKI (AFP) - Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen is the sexiest man in Finland, French President Jacques Chirac said in off-the-cuff remarks recorded by television crews at a Europe-Asia summit in Helsinki. "Let me introduce you to the sexiest man in Finland," Chirac joked to Spain's prime minister when he spotted the 51-year-old Vanhanen entering a meeting room. "You can believe it because it's in all the papers, it's in the press." Spain's Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero smiled at the remark Sunday. Last year Chirac... AFP/Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1699040/posts#comment Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:31:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1697357/posts Woman found guilty in dead puppy attack Wed Sep 6, 10:18 PM ET ST. LOUIS - A woman accused of pummeling a dog breeder over the head with a dead Chihuahua puppy was found guilty Wednesday of misdemeanor assault and trespassing. Lisa Hopfer, 34, faces up to 18 months in jail and a $1,500 fine. The trial featured X-rays and pictures of the dead dog, and testimony from Linda Hulsey, who said Hopfer assaulted her at least 30 times on June 7 with the corpse of the Chihuahua she sold to Hopfer. Hopfer told police that after buying the puppy... AP/Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1697357/posts#comment Thu, 7 Sep 2006 21:50:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1695920/posts Motorcycle safety instructor hospitalized after crash Tuesday, September 05, 2006 By DAVID KERN, Columbian staff writer Andrew Henry, still in critical condition Monday. A Vancouver man who teaches safe motorcycle riding remained in critical condition Monday from a Saturday morning motorcycle crash. Andrew M. Henry, 37, suffered multiple injuries, but Southwest Washington Medical Center officials declined to provide details, citing federal medical privacy laws. Two photographs of Henry were published on page A10 of Sunday's Columbian. They showed him coaching riders during a Motorcycle Safety Foundation class. The classes are conducted in Clark County by the Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation... columbian.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1695920/posts#comment Tue, 5 Sep 2006 20:05:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1695377/posts Paraglider lands in minefield 1 hour, 30 minutes ago JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli man was stuck in the middle of a minefield near the Syrian border Saturday after crashing his paraglider and severely injuring himself. The unidentified man took off from a peak in the Golan Heights and drifted east toward the Syrian and Jordanian borders before crashing in the minefield, injuring his legs and breaking several bones, rescue services said. "He's in the process of being rescued," an army spokesman said. Paragliding, in which participants jump off tall peaks or cliffs with a parachute strapped to their back,... rEUters/Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1695377/posts#comment Mon, 4 Sep 2006 19:34:25 GMT