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Posted on entry Open thread 128 ::: August 22, 2009, 10:03 PM:
#619 Paula L: I've seen street ID painted on corner walls or curbs (aka kerbs) in standard forms & places. Not impossible, but impractical & awkward to remove. Would local conditions allow those?

BTW, am delurking again to say I love this place (which is mostly the people).
My thoughts continue with the several yous out there having problems, whether jobs, lack of jobs, or injury or illness (including ongoing ones not always mentioned here). A large 'phew!' for Terry K's less-worse-than-it-might-be incident.
Posted on entry Open thread 118 ::: February 10, 2009, 09:41 PM:
#715 - j h woodyatt. I agree. Generally I avoid any religious charities, using Red Cross, Oxfam, Smith Family, MSF, Wilderness Society, WWF, National Trust, etc. The Salvos are usually practical helpers, tho', & it was the one I found that explicitly allowed international donations.

It's happily I report therefore that the Australian Red Cross donations form: — www.redcross.org.au/Donations/onlineDonations.asp — has 'Outside Australia' as a choice & a list of other countries in their drop-down menu. You can choose different projects for your donation.

Books: Better World Books — www.betterworld.com — sells 'deaccessioned' library books to raise funds for schools & literacy charities. They might have hints about recirculating books.
Posted on entry Open thread 118 ::: February 08, 2009, 09:16 PM:
Surfacing from the murk to add that the Salvos have international donations already organised.

Salvation Army one-off donations to Victoria Bushfire Appeal
- Australian bank transfer & credit cards
www.salvationarmy.com.au/partners/donate.asp?oneoff=yes
- International donations
secure.salvationarmy.org

Relurking with gratitude for thoughts & wishes, tho' your funds may be too short to reach this far.
Posted on entry What kind of "Election Day unrest" are we talking about? ::: October 22, 2008, 11:12 PM:
A quick query from foreign parts, spurred by the latest Bachmann/Tinklenberg (Immelman) brouhaha in Minnesota.

Can you have a write-in candidate in places with "voting machines" of one kind or another? How?

I like this:
"We have a Stone Age brain," Immelman says. "When you say the kind of things Michele Bachmann has been saying, you activate the Stone Age brain, and people react in fear. You don't have to be 'bombed back into the Stone Age.' You can be scared back into the Stone Age, too."
Posted on entry The perfect uselessness of Warren Whitlock ::: March 14, 2006, 10:50 PM:
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