Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 14:11:48 -0500 (GMT-05:00) From: lingam32443 Subject: Colorful story This story recently appeared recently on the Chatlist: Subject: Faith in Humanity “My faith in humanity is restored. During the icy road conditions a driver lost control of his car – plowed into my mail box (notContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 12:55:46 -0500 From: Susan Bush Subject: Pete Jaeger – restoration of faith in humanity HI Pete, glad your faith in humanity is restored. However, you felt it necessary to mention the skin color of two individuals who restored that faith. I hope that someday youContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 16:30:16 -0500 (GMT-05:00) From: lingam32443 Subject: Our Indestructable Goodnight Mark Leaving Town Well, we managed to get thru this Christmas without our Mark begging for a handout. So now, he is more or less telling us he is fed up and moving away- He isContinue Reading
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 16:40:10 -0500 From: Pete Jaeger Subject: Faith in Humanity My faith in humanity is restored. During the icy road conditions a driver lost control of his car – plowed into my mail box (not he first time, dammit!) – and after my initial – blankety,Continue Reading
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:10:37 -0500 From: “N.A. Booko” Subject: Cultivating a memory . . . When I was a child of maybe 11, living in a mill village, all the houses had space for a vegetable garden. Some were small, but our’s was quite large. One spring, IContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 11:10:48 -0500 From: “N.A. Booko” Subject: Phone Scam in Chatham There is a telephone scam going on in Chatham county. Your phone rings, a seemingly desperate voice says “Can You Hear Me?”- You certainly are going to say ‘yes’. It happened to me last November,Continue Reading
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2017 17:20:22 -0500 From: “N.A. Booko” Subject: Herman D. Martens Immigrant chest . . . Over the past 55 years dealing in Antiques, I have had/owned/sold several wooden chests that were used by immigrants from Europe to the United States. All shapes and sizes, but theyContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 07:36:36 -0500 From: Dwain Ritchie Subject: Parking Parallel parking on the main street on Pittsboro, in my opinion, is not very smart. We don’t have enough parking now, but with parallel parking we will have even less spaces available. If it ain’t broke, don’t fixContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 11:19:13 -0500 From: Dianne Birch Subject: Holiday giving If you want to help neighbors in need in Chatham County during the holidays, please click the Holiday Wishes button on the ChathamConnecting.org website. Agencies that try to provide for children and needy adults during the holidaysContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 10:07:01 -0500 From: “Lindsay Hickling” Subject: Volunteer Opportunity – Putting up Big Tree In the past we’ve had high school students help put up our big Christmas tree at the senior center, those students are now in college and we need are looking for aContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2016 15:26:49 -0500 From: “N.A. Booko” Subject: The Re-emergence of Eddie’s Little Cabbage . . . Things and objects take on a life of their own when you are not looking. My keys have a way of tossing themselvesin weird places. My favorite shirt is pre-wrinkledContinue Reading
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2016 07:51:38 -0400 From: Gene Subject: My Take on Using “Real Names” In Chatham Chatlist 5691 Jerry Markatos asked “Can we have a Chatham Chatlist policy of rejecting anonymous posts?” My simple response as Chatham Chatlist administrator? No. See full response reprinted below. Date: Mon, 7Continue Reading
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 08:57:28 -0400 From: John Billington Subject: Community group I floated this invite out a few weeks ago. We had our first meeting last Tuesday and I believe everyone there enjoyed themselves and would say it was worth the effort. I just wanted to put theContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 09:52:01 -0400 From: Anna Newman Subject: Year-Round School I’m not sure what prompted Kathy Hotelling’s post about year-round school, but I’d like to put my two cents in. Although I’m retired now, I taught in a year-round setting in California for years. With four tracksContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:41:59 -0400 From: “John R Dykers” Subject: Year around school Thank you for chipping in, Kathy. Seems to me the hold up is simply the enormous ripple effect of change. So many of our other ‘institutions’ revolve around educating our children. Mia Munn, for example,Continue Reading
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