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M Moose said: [ Regarding The Big Insurance Scam ]

We have lived with insurance for so long we think it is normal. It is a betting scam where we all have to bet against the house and I think we all know how stupid that is. The insurance companies know all the odds and have all the data. If they are willing to insure you for something rest assured it probably won't happen and if by some wild chance it does you can also rest assured that the fine print somewhere will keep them from paying up. I love the thought of betting that I will die before I'm 75, of course the odds are I won't so they plead with me to protect my loved ones in case something happens to me but when I actually get to an age when the odds are I will die then the coverage is either dropped or reduced to part of the actual amount already paid in. Medical insurance is even worse. If we want to fix our system then insurance reform is not the answer...doing away with insurance is.

Collin Jean said: [ Regarding Hickory Horned Devil ]

hey...we're from sulphur, la. next to lake charles. my dad found one just a couple of days ago when he discovered a big pile of what looked like rabbit droppings. not having seen a rabbit recently...he simply looked up and it was in a gum tree next to his shed. stretched out....it's over nine inches long. it's currently in my possession to find out what it was. we heard the same thing...that they were from the east coast. wonder what they're doin this far west.

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Bob Farenga said:

Found one on our wood pile yestreday in NJ 9/6/09.Real "freaky" looking my son wouldn't even get close. So strange had some of the neighbors over to find out what it was never seen one before. I was told it was a horned tomato worm. Thanks for your site and info now I know what it really is called (HHD).

DONALD MANESS said: [ Regarding Hickory Horned Devil ]

I TOUGHT THIS CATAPILLAR WAS FOUND ONLY IN THE EAST . THE ONE I FOUND IS IN SIBLEY LOUISIANA. WE HAD NEVER SEEN ANOTHER IN ALL OF OUR LIVES . WE SPEND MUCH TIME IN THE WOODS AND THIS WAS A FIRST .

Aaron Zickefoose said: [ Regarding Hickory Horned Devil ]

We found one of these yesterday, Sept 5, 2009 on a homeschool trip to Blue Jay Point in Raleigh, NC. It took a while to get the courage to pick it up, but no one knew what it was until the park ranger went and looked it up. Anyone know when they burrow? Ours was about 5 inches long.

chris p said: [ See Comment Stimulus ]

I had a friend who did Kirby sweeper sales and he went door-to-door demonstrating the sweeper. It also does shampooing? I think it is an awesome machine, never seen anything like it. Not even the Rainbow's shampooer has a beater brushy are.

Traci is right though, they are crazyz . Anyone who can waltz into a strangers home is flippy, but I met a few of his co-workers and they all seem pretty harmless. They do like to put one of those sweepers into your home and will try very hard to do so.

The price tag on it kinda hit me hard, "sticker shock" was actually "price fried" for me! The payment plan option is very affordable tho. I love my machine very, very much.

The complaint you guys have about so much time spent is fairly wierd. My mate showed me how he did his presentation and it took 20mins. You guys must have been gettin some rookies. lol

Emma Goldberg said: [ Regarding Hickory Horned Devil ]

I almost cycled over one of these while on vacation in Washington DC, on Rocky Creek Trail. I took a photo, and an expert at the Insect House in the Zoo was able to ID it for me. I was fascinated by it, and have never seen such a big caterpillar before. While I was sketching it on a postcard, it occured to me that it is pretty similar (except for the horns) to the Very Hungry Caterpillar. Has anyone else noticed the startling resemblance?

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Stealth Copter Technologies Ltd said:

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Jus Truth said: [ Regarding Minolta Dimage 7 Power Problem Solved ]

Thank you for this post!!! I also have a Dimage 7 and your advice has saved me quite a bit of money and heartache as I am planning to leave for a once and a lifetime vacation. You are great, take care!

Jus

Ketan Chavda said: [ Regarding Select Some Checkboxes JavaScript Function ]

good code.It can use full.

Christine Wardick said: [ Regarding Hickory Horned Devil ]

Me and my two boys where down by a stream that runs by my house in north carolina and we found a HHD floating in the water I thought it may be posiones so we put it in a fish net and brought it back to our house and asked our elderly neighbors if they have seen any thing like it before and they all said no! One neighbor said to take it to a museum thanks to your site i was able to find out what this thing was thank you!!

Will Bradley said: [ Regarding Altering CSS Class Attributes with JavaScript ]

Hi,

I tried using this code to modify an imported stylesheet from another domain:
(in this case part of the stylesheet downloaded when you use the 'bing maps' API). Works fine in IE, but in firefox I get a security error:
Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Security error" code: "1000" nsresult: "0x805303e8 (NS_ERROR_DOM_SECURITY_ERR)"

Do you know if there is a workaround for this? I am thinking perhaps it would be possible to clone the class into a inline stylesheet that overrides the imported one, and then modify that?

Paul Gostomski said: [ Regarding A Day at the Dentist ]

Very good artical.
Nice use of words.

Anthony Jursik said: [ See Comment Stimulus ]

My uncle found one in the woods in northern Wisconsin.It is about 3 to 4 inches long from tail to head not counting the feelers. Is this considered a large one? Thank you for posting what they eat cause I plan on keeping it for a pet.If you want to contact me about the insect please feel to do so.

Chris said:

I do agree that Microsoft search is able to fix 0x8007000E, 14007. It works very well

tom Fox said: [ Regarding Canon 10D Err 99 ]

Thanks for the great accurate comments , will try and see if it works .

DAVID MORRIS said: [ See Comment Stimulus ]

Stumbled onto this site from a Microsoft search (BING) after fruitless searches on Google (many dead or abandoned threads or just "reformatted in the end" solutions) EEEEK !!
Your batch file did exactly what it says and fixed the dreaded 0x8007000E, 14007. Outlook Express now works| Many thanks David

Dylan Krebs said: [ Regarding Grapevine Beetle ]

I just found a grapevine bettel in my Grandmas Garage I think it Fasinating and really COOL.I'm 10 Years old and i always like to look at bettles and other inseckts i think they are great i like birds also.I live in Wisconsin.
Grandma let me write this comment

cathy hatch said: [ Regarding Grapevine Beetle ]

I, too, just found one of these. I live in CNY and my neighbor has always grown grapes, but Ive been here forever and never saw one of thiese. Huge about 1 1/2? long and just as wide-almost. Maybe its because we planted fruits and berries this year.

Tina Barton said: [ Regarding Scams to make you feel cool ]

Yes, all of these whos who sites are run by scammers.

good article that shows what they do and how they accept everyone.

http://www.csoonline.com/article/498903/What_s_What_with_the_Who_s_Who_