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![]() [Water] Not having water in the house makes cleaning so much fun. I just love hauling buckets of water from the car after purchasing at the grocery store and using them to wash dishes and mop the floors. It’s like an adventure every day in the Keys. |
[3 Waterline Breaks in a Week] The series of leaks comes a month before the FKAA is scheduled to begin a $42-million project to replace aging pipe infrastructure in the Upper Keys. |
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[Leeches] Ancient maggot and leech therapy sees revival to fight antibiotic resistance. A sharp increase in global antibiotic resistance has caused scientists to search for viable alternatives. But while innovative ancient treatments using maggots, leeches and honey are being resurrected, the “yuck factor” remains a problem. Link |
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[Sell Your Extra Stuff] How to sell anything to anyone online for free. Did you know that in North America, there were over 2 billion dollars’ worth of goods sold over the Internet in 2008? And did you know that only 4% of Internet users accounted for all of those sales? Link |
![]() Banning Drag Queens won’t work. The only thing that will stop a bad guy in a dress is a good guy in a dress. |
![]() My wife yelled from upstairs and asked, “Do you ever get a shooting pain across your body, like someone’s got a voodoo doll of you and they’re stabbing it?” |
[Water or Not] You don’t miss it until it’s gone! |
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[Big Pine Library Book Club] For March we will read The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. Full Menu > Book Club |
To err is human. (cats are never wrong). |
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[Litter Task Force] Litter and it will hurt. Video |
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What laundry care symbols really try to tell you. |
![]() [Tequila] What kind of worm is in your mezcal? The moth species at the bottom of the bottle is harmless and likely comes from only one species. Link |
[Cute As Can Be] Does anyone have a video that is cuter then this! Link |
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For all those people who wore a mask while alone in the car, the new outdoor seatbelt is now available. |
[Mucho Money] The 20 richest families in the world in 2022. Is your family on the list? Link |
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![]() [Drinking Song] It’s hard to write a good drinking song. I can never make it past the first few bars! |
[Civil War] A presidential election then agitated the North. Mr. Lincoln represented the national cause, and General McClellan had accepted the nomination of the Democratic party, whose platform was that the war was a failure, and that it was better to allow the South to go free to establish a separate government, whose corner stone should be slavery. General McClellan was the failure. Lincoln relieved him of command because he refused to attack the enemy. |
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[Free Food] New Medicare benefit gives Americans “flex spending card” to spend hundreds per year. Millions of Medicare recipients are now eligible to get a “Flex Card” with an annual spending limit, yet many don’t even know it exists. This Medicare Benefit is helping smart seniors get the benefits they deserve and can be used for medical visits, prescription drugs, dental, vision and hearing. Up until recently, people on Medicare would have to spend hours documenting medical expenses, but that’s all changed now that people can simply use their “Flex Card” on over 250 everyday items per year. Link |
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The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 3/14/23 at 8:33 am. |