Monthly Archives: October 2006

Property Values

Posted on October 31, 2006 by Oliver

Their will was ill, so they built a Wall, Long and wide, and ten feet tall Dividing the town, from east to west, Setting the workers apart from the rest. For they had no love for Flannery And the other hands at … Continue reading →

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Erika Served You Today

Posted on October 10, 2006 by Oliver

Does the computer depersonalize society? By no means! Here, for instance, is Ross Dress for Less, Receipt #0527-02-7149-8238-9 from16641 Coit Road, Dallas TX.Store 0527, register 02,  26 August 2006, 12:42 PM                       2 Shell Mirrors                   @    12.69 each                       1 … Continue reading →

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Trivia

Posted on October 9, 2006 by Oliver

When measles swept the city of Florence, Italy, no one was permitted to enter or leave the city for six weeks, a period known as the Florentine Quarantine. In the seventeenth century in Italy a new court game was invented. Soon played … Continue reading →

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Eastern Oklahoma

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Oliver

Most of Oklahoma is flat red clay country, but in the Far East of Oklahoma, along the border with Arkansas, there are tall green hills and abundant lakes and rivers, such as beautiful Lake Eufala. In the south, near the Texas line, … Continue reading →

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