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Protect the stores! August 7, 2007 6:46 pm

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Leave your homes vacant!

There are more than 30 events planned in Knoxville for a National Night Out against crime. [Source]

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From the mouths of babes August 7, 2007 3:36 pm

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Tommy, exasperated, after playing all day in our heat: "My PS/2 is overheating!" Then stares at me like he wants me to do something…

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No A/C Stinks August 7, 2007 3:03 pm

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I’ve been sweating so badly in this shirt that it has started to smell like a moldy tent.

The repair man’s supplier finally came through. We will be upgraded from a 10 SEER unit to a 13 SEER.

Today, it is rare to see systems rated below SEER 9 in the United States because aging, existing units are being replaced with new, higher efficiency units. The United States now requires that residential systems manufactured after 2005 have a minimum SEER rating of 13… [Source]

I rush the estimate to our very kind insurance agent who ala Brazil cannot find my record at first then finds it offering me a Coke and, along with his Oscar winning smile, utters, "uh oh. Bad news." Hold it! When a guy has been in deadly heat for over two weeks and you have just exclaimed, "you’ve been without air for two weeks!" do not follow it with "bad news." Turns out he wrote his last check yesterday. He thought he had another checkbook but said the local claims office will have to get in touch with me and that I should hear from them within the next 24 hours. Yes, story of my life! None-the-less, I am thrilled!

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Truth Be Told! August 7, 2007 1:43 pm

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Peanut and Jam’s honeymoon shaken.

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Minesweeper - The Movie August 7, 2007 7:32 am

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