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Remembering Private McAdow

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 27 May 2013 11:00:31 +0000

I had numerous ancestors who fought in the U.S. Civil War. On my mom’s side, one of my direct ancestors was a Union spy during the war. He was captured three times. We joke sometimes that he was better at

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What I know about buying tires

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 10:41:50 +0000

A longtime reader asked what I know about buying tires. Not a lot, but I’ll share what I know. I do try to shop around before I need them desperately. Then I can call around a lot and get a

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KC: Don’t give in to Scott Boras

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 14 Jun 2004 23:35:50 +0000

Well, with the Royals having been all but mathematically eliminated from contention by Memorial Day--that's what happens when you forget how to field, pitch, and hit, and aren't fast enough to steal any bases--it looks like they'll soon be disassembling the team. And the first to go out the door will be Carlos Beltran.

He shouldn't be.

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CompUSA’s $30 house-brand router looks like a rare bargain

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 25 May 2003 19:40:55 +0000

I just built a network for a friend using CompUSA's $30 cable/DSL router/4-port switch. I'm not sure if the price was a Memorial Day special, or if that's the regular price. Considering you can't get a Linksys or D-Link for under $50 without rebate hassles, and usually they cost closer to $80, that's a nice deal.

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Memorial Day in St. Louis

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 31 May 2001 17:48:28 +0000

I made a big mistake at work yesterday. I let someone be unreasonable and ruin my day. No, I don't want to talk about it. I'd rather go back to a happier time... like Monday.

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Memorial Day: Thank a vet

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 28 May 2001 06:49:23 +0000

It's Memorial Day. Memorial Day for many means barbecues, maybe a trip to the lake. We're far enough removed from war that it's mostly become another excuse for a three-day weekend. Yes, we fought a war 10 years ago, but it was so quick it didn't really seem like war, and it was undeclared. And our previous administration involved us in plenty of skirmishes, but that wasn't exactly war either. And I know, to many of us Vietnam seems like it was just yesterday, just like the first Bush administration seems like it was just yesterday to me, but Vietnam was long enough ago that there's an entire generation of adults who view it exclusively as an historical event--by the time I was born, we were out of there.

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