jwfarrimond

@jwfarrimond (4473)

Age 78

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Take a ride on a San Francisco able car in 1906

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 7 May 10

Takes you back 104 years and puts you down right on that San Francisco cable car! Not a traffic light in sight. This film was "lost" for many years. It was the first 35mm film ever. It was taken by camera mounted on the front...

earthquake

film

san francisco

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Fraud!! Has it happened to you?!

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 17 Feb 10

Well, it's finally happened to me, some lowlife bit of pond scum has stolen my card details and made a fraudulent transaction which I picked up this morning when I checked my bank ballance online - something that I do every day....

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1 person

Cat owners are more intelligent than dog owners!

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 6 Feb 10

This was the conclusion of a recent survey. As a confirmed cat person, I can only agree. What about you? do you think that cat owners are more intelligent than dog owners?

cats

dogs

intelligence

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1 person

UK cat and dog survey

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 6 Feb 10

There was an item on the news this morning that a recent survey has shown that the UK population of cats and dogs has increased over the last couple of decades. They were also saying that they'd try ang get a question added to the...

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Windows 7

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 14 Jan 10

I'll be getting a new computer soon with the Windows 7 OS and I'm interested in discussing Windows 7 with anyone who is currently using it. I am particularly interested in its compatibility with older programs. For example I use...

compatable

computer

ms office

program compatability

windows 7

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Off topic and irrelevant responses

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 16 Sep 09

I often see people making comments to discussions that are not relevant to the subject or along the lines of "No I've not done that". Presumably they are just putting in any sort of comment just to earn a cent or two. What do...

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1 person

Cat emergency

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 16 Jul 09

Last night one of my cats, the 13 year old Jet, came back in covered on dirty motor oil. I have no idea how this happened, but I think that someone must have left an open container of waste sump oil out, which she's then knocked...

cat

oil contamination

oiled cat

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5 people

Spam emails

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 25 Jun 09

I've just got a fake Bank of America "please verify your account" email. I don't know who these idiots think they are fooling with these emails because anyone who has been online for any length of time should be well aware of...

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1 person

New affiliate program

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 23 Jun 09

I've just come across a new affiliate program that will pay you to watch videos or to advertise your products or both. at the moment, it's in pre-launch and goes live on the 4th July. If you want the link, then PM me and I'll send...

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Buy one, get one free....

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 22 Jun 09

A free wife that is. I just came across this. Apparently house sales in China are so slow that developers are offering wealthy buyers a wife to go with the new house. and I thought that I'd seen it all. Read the story here....

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2 people

This is a lovely story about a much loved New York cat

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 22 Jun 09

A friend just sent me this link to this story. Does anyone else know of a cat that commanded such an amount of affection from so many? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/nyregion/20prettyboy.html?_r=1

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1 person

Genetic testing for cats

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 13 Jun 09

I've just come across this. http://www.catgenes.org The company provides DNA testing for cats at $30 for each cat. They can provide information about breed identification and genetic disease identification and there is also some...

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Introducing.....

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 9 Jun 09

Daisy, my sister's new cat. Actually she's still a kitten, but they grow up so fast don't they? She's already got a cat, a tabby male called Bruno and apparently the first meeting between Bruno and Daisy went somthing like...

cat

kitten

new cat

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2 people

How to catch swine flu

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 30 Apr 09

A friend sent me this yesterday. My reaction? YUK!

children

pigs

swine flu

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2 people

Mutant squirrels

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 25 Apr 09

Here in the UK the native Red Squirrel has been totally decimated by the introduced American Grey, now though, there is a new "super squirrel" that looks likely to do to the gray, what the greys have done to the Red's....

gray squirrels

mutants

red squrrels

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1 person

Does it get any stranger than this.

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 25 Apr 09

A man was rushed to hospital complaining of chest pains. Doctors suspected cancer and operated. They where astonished to find that the supposed cancerous tumor was actually a fir tree that was growing inside the man's lung....

strange medical conditions

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2 people

Pay to search site

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 23 Apr 09

I've been using this pay to search site for a few weeks now. I'm not doing more searching than I usually do, just getting paid for the searching that I usually do. It's a British website and has a £20 minimum payout either by...

make extra money

pay to search

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History repeating itself

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 21 Apr 09

Hello to all you American political commentators out there! A friend sent me this newspaper cartoon a little while ago. It dates from 1934. Have a look at it and you'll see that nothing has changed since then. The...

american politics

history

politics

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1 person

Bald eagle webcam

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 20 Apr 09

This is a webcam that has been set up to watch a bald eagle nest at Sooner Lake, Stillwater, Oklahoma. There were three eggs laid, but only one has hatched. The chick is now getting pretty big....

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New baby.

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 20 Apr 09

Today, my grand niece Victoria produced a fine healthy boy. My sister, the new baby's great grandmother, will be going to see him as soon as she can. I'm hoping to get a picture, but I'm not counting on it.

baby

new baby

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