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Marx train light bulbs

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 12:00:36 +0000

I don’t come across burned-out light bulbs in Marx trains very often, but it can happen. When you need to replace a missing or dead bulb, you have some options. Marx, like its competitors, used a standard E10 screw base

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Minor-League hacking in the MLB

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:00:50 +0000

So, about a year ago, the Houston Astros announced their internal player database had been breached. This week, more details emerged, pointing right at the St. Louis Cardinals. It wasn’t a terribly sophisticated attack. You knew I’d write about this,

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I am not in jail.

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:00:52 +0000

The bank vice president apologized for calling the police on me. That’s neither the beginning nor the end of the story, but it seems to me that police involvement of any kind is a sign that your real estate deal

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It’s time to strike down the red-light cameras

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:06:04 +0000

I saw some abuses of the red-light cameras on the news at noon. In one case, the car next to the one that ran the light got the ticket. In another, the owner wasn’t driving the car. The reporter asked

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McAlester, OK hates Fred Phelps

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:09:43 +0000

I’m very sorry to report that when Fred Phelps and a few of his minions were waving their Thank-God-for-dead-soldiers signs at Sgt Jason James McCluskey’s funeral, somebody slashed his tires. I’m also sorry to report that no shop in town

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How to fight the City of St. Louis’ red-light scam

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:35:28 +0000

I wrote a couple of weeks ago that I've never had a traffic ticket. I spoke too soon. Thanks to the City of St. Louis' new red-light camera scam, I have one.

It's too late for me to fight it. But since I want others to fight it, here's what I wish I'd known the day I got the ticket.

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St. George story seems all too believable

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:30:13 +0000

I'm sure almost everyone has heard the story about a 20-year-old getting harrassed by a police officer in a commuter lot and being told he could be arrested and he could just make up any old story as an excuse. The story's been all over Digg and even hit some national news sites, such as USA Today.

It happened in St. George, Missouri. It's the next town over from me, an obstacle on my way to my favorite hobby shop, pizza place, and batting cage.

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Meet Melvin.

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:24:03 +0000

I have a new un-friend now. His name is Melvin.

Thanks to Melvin, I can almost add library sales to places I've been kicked out of. It's a short list, but it includes the library, church, Best Buy, and substitute teacher Rick Hannebutt's seventh grade theology class.

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Speed traps in south St. Louis

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 16:56:15 +0000

I believe it is my duty to warn people about two speed traps in south St. Louis County. They're fairly widely known, but not as widely known as I thought.

Both are tiny little suburbs along Interstate 55.

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Our inflated egos show on our streets

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 18 Aug 2002 05:00:07 +0000

I hate SUVs. I hate irresponsible drivers. I hate Telegraph Road. I hate them I hate them I hate them.

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