Chatham Chatlist Highlights

Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:13:39 -0400
From: Darryl Wally
Subject: Chatham Chatlist-General Store

My earlier post regarding sound problem at General Store has received a response by Kevin Furini. I’m encouraged that the situation is taken seriously and will be addressed. Mr. Furini exhibits what good business is all about, and with that kind of management the General Store will flourish.

Yea!

Darryl

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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:43:48 -0400
From: Sam Groce
Subject: Horse Slobbers

In response to the question about Horse Slobbers, the fungus that can cause slobbers in horses is Rhizoctonia leguminicola. It produces the mycotoxin slaframine which causes slobbering from the horse’s mouth.

This is known as Slaframine poisoning or “slobbers”. Although Slaframine poisoning is caused by Rhizoctonia leguminicola, the slobbering can also be caused by other factors. If the clover was sprayed and killed a month ago I would look more toward another factor causing it rather than the fungus. This slobbering could be caused by mechanical or chemical irritations.

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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:10:52 -0400
From: Marie Scheuring
Subject: Re: Chatham Chatlist #3160

Response to Cramer:

I think you are generally misunderstanding the commission fees and I know I probably won’t change your opinion.  Commissions are always negotiable and there is no set fee.  The reason the fees are 2% in England is because you can barely find a property for less than a half million.

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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:08:03 -0400
From: Mark Stinson
Subject: My opinions on gas n oil

I have always steered away from off the wall conspiracy theories and wild speculations but I have entertained this thought.   I know that there is a patent for a carburetor on file at the US patent office that converts water to hydroxy gas.

This carburetor successfully powered a car around a community near a lake with several passengers for a Sunday afternoon drive. This car ran fine with no problems at all. It wasn’t a special experimental hybrid it was a Model A ford in the mid 1930s. The auto industry at that time didn’t embrace this idea due to oil money invested in that industry.

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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:26:42 -0400
From: Kira Dirlik
Subject: Re: squash bugs?

Tinitap wrote:
“Something is making the blooms fall off my squash plants before they can make a squash. I have not seen any bugs. Any idea what this is and how I can get it to stop?”

I know folks like to answer questions via e-mail, so when I see a question I (and no doubt others) have, it is a disappointment not to see answers in the Chatlist.

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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:59:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Groucho
Subject: General Store Cafe = Noise + We cant feed you right now!

I’m with Scott Priestley on this and I stopped going to the GSC for the same reason.  An unwillingness to serve food from 11:00 to 11:30 (a long-standing practice) while they switch over their operation demonstrates a my-way-or-the-highway disdain for the customer.  Support for local merchants is a two-way street and so regrettably, my family and I have chosen the highway…Groucho

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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:54:00 -0400
From: Al Cooke
Subject: Squash bugs?  Probably not

Squash bugs?  Probably not … or not yet anyway.

If you look carefully at the squash flowers, you can discover two types: male and female.  The female is characterized by a small squash-shaped ovary below the flower; the male flower does not have an ovary.

Typically members of this family that includes squashes, pumpkins, melons, and cucumbers have separate male and female flowers on the same plant.  And apparently in an effort to attract pollinators before investing a lot of energy in ovaries, the plant first sets only male flowers for a few days to perhaps a couple of weeks.  These flowers will fall off and never set fruit.  No ovary, no fruit.

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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:15:27 -0400
From: Scott Priestley
Subject: General Store Cafe

Chatlisters-

Just a public response to my post - since mentioning my concerns about the GSC “Twilight Hour” I was approached by 2 different members of the management/ownership of GSC. They were very responsive and really wanted to engage in dialogue to get more feedback.

I have always been a supporter of GSC and have enjoyed most of my experiences there. I feel confident that the issues are merely “growing pains” and everything indicates that the management/ownership at GSC will seek feedback and employ it where possible to weather the storm.

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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:23:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: stephanie talbott
Subject: Polarized Politics

The generalizations about “lefties and righties” is tiresome and polarizing.  From any position on the political continuum, I’ve not met anyone who does not support improved local infrastructure.  The conflict remains “how to pay for it”.

I’ve worked in private and public sectors, and I work in a private sector that manages public funds.  I have to say I have lost much faith in financial efficiencies of our tax dollars, and hence, the best “bang for the buck” we eventually see.  Therefore, arguments about raising taxes fall on deaf ears in my fatigued mind, YET, I agree with the growing needs of our county infrastructure.

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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:04:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: Angel Dennison
Subject: Transportation in Chatham County

The Council on Aging provides approximately 21,000 rides each year for Chatham’s elderly citizens. These include trips from all parts of the county to the two Senior Centers for wellness and nutrition programs, with stops during the week for grocery shopping and to pick up medicines. We also provide individual medical transportation to Chapel Hill, Durham, Sanford and other sites.

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