►Diversions
dear son,.
just a few lines to let you know i am still alive.
I am writing this slowly because I know that you can't read fast.
►Adventures
in Crackerlandia
Paula
Poundstone on the lil ole
sityeeation in Pakistan
"It's hard not to envy a
country where they get to hit
their lawyers with sticks."
►Adventures
in Crackerlandia
Then he walked up to the register we were at and said to the
checkout clerk, very politely,
"Excuse me sir, but I think this is
racist.
►Irak
2005 Army training and other stories
 ►KalashnikovThe
Iraqi Army Just announced few days ago that they will be replacing
the AK-47 Assault rifle,
(widely known as the Kalashnikov after
its Russian designer Michael Kalashnikov) which has been
the
standard issue weapon of the Iraqi Army since the 60s, with the
American Made M-16 and M- 4.
So, what is wrong with this news?
►Wind
turbines
New generation
strudelenergy
►Wind
turbines
Wind Pumps
 In
the semi-arid Mwingi District in Eastern Kenya, Joseph Ututu and his three
brothers have revolutionized the local water supply by digging wells and
constructing a wind-pump. The ingenious pump, constructed from old bicycle
parts and roofing materials was designed by Joseph Ututu after spending
four years at a technical college...Evidence suggests that in rural
development, initiatives often take a stronger root when they have been
“discovered” locally, rather than introduced from elsewhere. That shouldn’t
mean an end to the propagation of sustainable technologies, but it does
perhaps suggest that stimulating people to solve their own problems may
lead to more lasting solutions.
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►Costarica
& Dominica
It is also
well know here that building materials left unattended simply walk
away. Of course, this a problem everywhere, but here it includes
piles of gravel and sand. Amazing how mobile these things can be.
One of my friends had her house painted, and noticed the painter
was using much more paint than expected. At the same time, a house
down the street was being painted, coincidently, the same color.
The painter was painting both houses, but only my friend was
paying for paint.
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Guyana-Gyal
►Lal
et all
I
walk mortified towards we car.
Everybody except we been swishing, swashing, swooshing. I want to
keep up with them Joneses!
►Mosquito Dark Things on Wings Guyana-Gyal
Paint me with
citronella oil and call me Warrior-Gyal. I going on a hunt, I
going for the kill and the enemy is them Dark Things on Wings. Them
Things sneak up with these May-June rains, sneak in between the
pouring wah-wah, and sometimes pitta-patta. As soon as the rain
ease up and them grey clouds pull back one kanchee b it, them Dark
Things on Wings rush out in black flocks. I want to believe that
they form unions - they arrive so thick, in unison.
How do you kill a
cockroach ? you are the expert
Gail -: Stamp yr foot on
him., u gotta run faster than him though
- Or else ? no alternative
?
Gail: thinking
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