Day: November 11, 2011

"Gasland" is a fraud and the discussion in Chatham about gas drilling has surpassed it’s usefulness

The discussion about gas drilling is basically good for information gathering, if, and only if, the comments are made based on sound evidence. This discussion in Chatham has surpassed the its usefulness. The Board of Commissioners has no sway whatsoeve…

Chatham promotes "America Recycles Day"

America Recycles Day is November 15. To celebrate, Chatham County residents with a current solid waste decal can fill in a recycling pledge form at any of the twelve Collection Centers between November 10 and November 15, 2011. For pledging to recycle …

Consumer Reports reveals updated AA battery ratings

For holiday shoppers with toys, digital cameras and other popular battery-powered gadgets on their list, Consumer Reports today announced updated AA battery Ratings. In all, 12 different AA batteries were tested including offerings from Duracell, Energ…

Living with coyotes

I have read recent posts about coyotes and thought I’d share what I learned from living with them for several years in rural Colorado. First of all, they are one of the most misunderstood mammals in North America. They are very shy and rarely attack pe…

How I got satisfaction with CenturyLink’s DSL service

This regards Tom Glendinning’s October 25 note about Embarq – which is now CenturyLink. I had similar problem for several weeks recently, but it was mainly with DSL going out. The tech support folks that you call are human robots that read from a scrip…