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I never knew frugality and self-sufficiency could be so expensive

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By Jack Perry    Email

Like a lot of other people during this recession, I've tried to be more frugal and self-sufficient. As a result, I've gotten to enjoy the world's most expensive lobster. The world's most expensive lettuce, too. This is the summer that......

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 Tags  Cape Cod Canal   Federal Hill   frugality   lobster   self-sufficiency   vegetables  

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Never waste a real beer on an unwelcome guest

1:10 PM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Here's one more reason why you shouldn't get drunk and break into somebody's house. The Bangor Daily News reports that an allegedly drunken Ellsworth, Maine, man broke into a Bar Harbor home, but then accepted a beer from the homeowner......

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Guy shows up for dental appointment late -- and naked

10:30 AM Thu, Jul 09, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

A story from the Connecticut Post reports that the police arrested a 41-year-old man who showed up naked at a Stratford dental office. Worse, he was five days late for his appointment. Dentists get angry if you don't call to......

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Another strange offering from the world of fashion

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By Jack Perry    Email

You'd want to cover your face, too, if you had to wear an outfit like this. You'd be hard to miss. The model was displaying a creation by fashion designer Michael Lau during a show at the Hong Kong......

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 Tags  fashion  

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It's easy to understand why some doctors have robotic personalities

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By Jack Perry    Email

Dr. D2 Boston.com has a story reporting that some hospitals are using robots to see patients because of a shortage of specialists. I'm going to guess that the robots have warmer personalities than some real doctors. Warmer hands, too.......

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Hot, new diet secret: Move to Mississippi

2:57 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Instead of dieting, exercising or wasting money on weight-loss books and pills, why not move to Mississippi or some other fat state? Everything is relative and since Mississippi has more fat people than any other state, according to a new......

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 Tags  diet   weight loss  

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