Monthly Archives: June 2008

Opera Dan

June 30, 2008
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Opera Dan

Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 19:14:16 -0400 From: Dan Cahoon Subject: Opera Dan Actually, I have done some opera and have a great appreciation for the full figured woman. If you know me then you know what I mean. Sometimes those skinny women are wound up so tight they can’t enjoy life. There are other perks as well

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Keep OUR money in OUR county

June 30, 2008
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Keep OUR money in OUR county

Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 14:46:18 -0400 From: Mary DeMare Subject: Local McDonalds Dear Fellow Chathamites, I’ve been following the “If you don’t like it, don’t go there” thread on the chatlist. To me, it’s not that easy. McDonald’sand other multinational corporations don’t want to co-exist.  Local business owners can decide to only go for a portion of the market,

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I wish that I could find something local

June 30, 2008
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I wish that I could find something local

Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 16:40:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Jenn Subject: fast food Just thought that this was a good comment sent to me about the restaurants coming to PBO and I thought I would share what the comment was to me and what I wrote back. I didn’t put who wrote this to me because they

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Fast food curse

June 30, 2008
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Fast food curse

Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:24:20 -0400 From: Walton Haywood Subject: Fast Food In general I don’t have a lot of luck when it comes to fast food. I have what I call the fast food curse. If there are two lines for food in a fast food place I always get the slow line. When I

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Tick Prevention that may be worth a try

June 30, 2008
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Tick Prevention that may be worth a try

Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 10:48:07 -0400 From: Ted Bonus Subject: Ticks My wife visited a dermatologist recently and he had the following giveaway in his office: “TICK PREVENTION Permethrin 0.05% Spray: Brand names include: Duranon, Permethrin Tick Repellent, Cutter Outdoorsman Gear Guard, and Repel Permanone. Man-made contact insecticide. Not a repellent. Originally derived from Chrysanthemum daisy Causes incapacitation of death of

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Average traveler will gravitate towards the familiar

June 30, 2008
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Average traveler will gravitate towards the familiar

Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 09:46:12 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeff Lane Subject: let’s go back and re-read my letter Hold the phone, indeed. Before anyone starts misconstruing what I posted yesterday, let’s go back and re-read my letter. I LOVE S&Ts. They are my favorite place to go for a Malt of other ice cream treat,

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Friends of Mount Vernon Springs working hard

June 30, 2008
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Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 09:05:00 -0400 (GMT-04:00) From: Jenn Subject: re chatlist Dan, Thank you for your comment and thinking of us. I assure you that the Friends of Mount Vernon Springs are working very hard to figure out a way to get the park and community center built. We need more members to help us accomplish our goal

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May be misinformed about iceberg lettuce

June 30, 2008
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May be misinformed about iceberg lettuce

Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 08:01:49 -0400 From: Edward Coffman Subject: may be misinformed about iceberg lettuce Hello, It’s great to know there is a new restaurant, however it appears you may be misinformed about iceberg lettuce. This from a nutrition website:  www.nutritiondata.com Shredded iceberg lettuce The good: This food is low in Sodium, and very low in Saturated Fat

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Virlie’s Grill is now a non-smoking establishment

June 30, 2008
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Virlie’s Grill is now a non-smoking establishment

Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 06:35:17 -0400 From: Don Herndon Subject: Virlie’s Grill Formerly known as The Scoreboard, Virlie’s has been freshened up and it is now a non-smoking establishment. The food is good and kids are welcome. The Pratt’s have done a nice job in making Virlie’s a clean, kid friendly restaurant for Pbo. Don Herndon

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New Siler City Restaurant

June 30, 2008
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New Siler City Restaurant

Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:19:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Susan Campeau Subject: New Siler City Restaurant Hi Everyone! Siler City has a new alternative to hamburgers and fries!  I visited Mina Bean’a for lunch and loved it.  I had the Mina Bean’a chef salad.  It had lots of ham and chicken on a bed of mixed greens! I stress

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Fiddlin’ around at the Bynum General Store

June 29, 2008
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Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:33:39 -0400 From: Gene Galin Subject: Saturday morning’s fiddlin’ around at the Bynum General Store You can view video clips of Saturday morning’s pickin’ session at the General store - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYQ35GwpIME http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y46Pd-d9e_0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAPRBCg51PU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sErRMUPk_QA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gA-pRe0TC0 If you have high speed internet view the high quality versions. There are also more chathamcentric video clips at http://www.youtube.com/user/genefoto

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Extend your deer fence to 8 feet high

June 29, 2008
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Extend your deer fence to 8 feet high

Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:05:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Billy Thornton Subject: deer control Hi Meg, You need to extend your fence to 8 feet high. Check out the fence that the Busy Bee Farm has installed around some of his blackberries. Since he has put up the 8 foot fence there has not been a deer in this portion of

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Walgreens in Siler City

June 29, 2008
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Walgreens in Siler City

Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:05:51 -0400 (GMT-04:00) From: Jenn Subject: Walgreens Hi everybody. I just wanted to tell everyone about the Walgreens in Siler City. That place is AWESOME!!!! The people there are so nice and helpful. I am transferring all of my prescriptions to them and plan to shop there forever. They have literally everything too. I am

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Deer Fence Installation

June 29, 2008
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Deer Fence Installation

Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:58:08 -0400 From: Matthew Arnsberger Subject: Deer Fence Installation Deer Fences, barely visible and quite effective. I have been installing this type of fence in the Chapel Hill area for seven years now and am quite satisfied with the results. It is a seven-foot, heavy-duty, black plastic mesh, with cables and groundstakes. I have

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Proud Our Neighborhood School parent responds

June 28, 2008
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Proud Our Neighborhood School parent responds

Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:02:16 -0400 From: Rita Marley-McKenzie Subject: ONS response to post I received this email regarding my post about ONS. I felt it needed to be addressed, because if one person is compelled to email, maybe there are more who feel the same way: —–Original Message—– From: gonavy1.1 Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 12:28 PM To: Rita Marley-McKenzie Perhaps if Our

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Average Chathamite could care less about artists and hippies

June 28, 2008
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Average Chathamite could care less about artists and hippies

Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 10:09:51 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeff Lane Subject: Re: Chatham Chatlist #3139 ——————- ——————– Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 04:39:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Chuck Subject: Re: McDonald’s Ok, has anyone else noticed that we are getting a MCDONALD’S beside the Lowes on 15-501? I don’t want a McDonald’s in Pittsboro. If you don’t like it, don’t go there. Very

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Would also be nice to have a Bojangles

June 28, 2008
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Would also be nice to have a Bojangles

Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 11:03:28 EDT From: V. Pickrell Subject: Re: McDonalds coming to town Would be nice to have a Bojangles, and an Olive Garden, too. V. Pickrell

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I want to applaud the staff at the Pittsboro Subway

June 28, 2008
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I want to applaud the staff at the Pittsboro Subway

Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 10:31:09 -0400 From: Rita Marley-McKenzie Subject: Response to the Subway Post Dan, thanks for your post on the Subway incident. Though you may not know it, I was standing behind you in line through the entire ordeal, and I want to applaud the staff at Subway for their handling of the situation. The woman

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Good news if you have car trouble in Pittsboro

June 28, 2008
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Good news if you have car trouble in Pittsboro

Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 10:15:57 -0400 From: anne granath Subject: GOOD NEWS IF YOU HAVE CAR TROUBLE! Our 12 year old car was diagnosed with a transmission problem that called for a ridiculously expensive replacement.  Rather than trashing it we asked for a 2nd opinion from DIAZ AUTOMOTIVES in Pittsboro.  Mr. Diaz found the problem to

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Response to Linda Cooper concerning McDonald’s

June 28, 2008
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Response to Linda Cooper concerning McDonald’s

Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:45:29 -0400 From: Phyllis Thomas Subject: Response to Linda Cooper concerning McDonald’s Although this no doubt will make me one unpopular old lady, I agree with Linda Cooper - we do need the additional revenue that large chain stores generate. If you oppose the chain stores, just don’t patronize them.  There are those of

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