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Oh, a lot of people are making money off of the regime change. Contractors from any country that allied itself with the U.S. are being awarded reconstruction jobs that could be done for a great deal less by equally competent Iraqi workers. I've found Salam Pax's and Riverbend's blogs to be an...

Hmm, why do you think Mary Hulse received more than the other widows? She raked in $25 (man that sounds odd) while the rest got $8. The wife of a high ranking officer? --Tom

Personally, I always thought the three-headed fish out of Oyster Creek were rather cute. A bit of local charm, you know?

Easily remedied. Drop a cluster bomb on it. Noise will be the least of their concerns, then. Of course that wouldn't be nice. :D

Blah, I seem to have lost the trail map to the park. I'd be able to mark it pretty easily. Anyway, from what I remember, as you're walking towards the village, there will be a trail that goes to your right and runs along the old bog. At some point it'll fork and there will be a trail that goes...

Alfonso, it's only about a twenty mile trek from the starting point, I don't see what you're complaining about. Making it sound a hike to Lacey or something... :D

Oh come on. Anyone can clearly see it's the wreckage of a weather balloon. No one's going to believe you, Bob. :mrgreen: --Tom

Thanks, Guy. It was kind of inevitable since both of my parents are cooks. Well, since we're on the subject: what's everyone favorite type of food to make? I usually go for anything Cajun/Creole or Italian. --Tom

The problem is that you're baking instead of frying. It's tough to get the same texture as fried chicken without, well, frying it. I've made two runner ups to the real thing in the past: double breaded and drizzled with margarine in the broiler or using crushed corn flakes and baking, with...

Printers have always been my bane. I went through two that didn't even last six months without giving me problems. Granted, they were relatively low end. I recently bought a Canon MultiPASS F60 Printer/Copier/Scanner, and it's probably the best one I've had yet. It's nice that Canons actually...

Oh, yeah. I'm thinking of the Crystal Lake in Bayville with the nursing home next to it. --Tom

Around what year? What I remember about Crystal Lake as a kid was that it lived up to its name. Perfectly clear water to the bottom, I used to wade far out into it. Never noticed any sunk cars when we took the boat out on it. --Tom

Great article, Ben. Sucks how that goes with things changing. There are some places I won't visit and some books I won't read ever again. I'd soon as just keep the memory rather than revisit it and risk ruining it. When you were back there, did you recall any odd smells? I think we all...

I'm already senile at 22. :(

Hmm, I think that must have originated as a typographical error at some point. Deep Hollow is south of Double Trouble, on the opposite side of Lacey Road. How much did that book run for, Renee? I've got a few Borders gift certificates to burn. :) Guy, yeah, I'm kind of leaning towards that...

The letter was from Dr. John Torrey, a botanist from Philly, to his collegue Zaccheus Collins in Philly, who was probably no direct relation to the Collins family in the area: "Some places called Taverns that we put up at were not fit for an Arab. At a place called the Ten-Mile Hollow, or...

According to Dolph Arens in More Forgotten Towns, the site of Lacey had nine homes. The cellar hole we found was close enough to the railroad bed to have been the station, but the area probably needs another look-over to see if there are any other cellar holes that were missed. --Tom

At an opening bid of $18.99 for Forgotten Towns, this seller is a borderline crook. Go to http://www.abe.com and you'll find a similar copy for around $3.00. Furthermore, s/he doesn't mention shipping and handling up front, lending me to wonder how much one would be overcharged for that...

Sort of. Hollowfield is a short distance east of what's known as Ten Mile Hollow on older maps. It was the community graveyard for those who lived at TMH and the surrounding areas.

A number of us visited it already. At this point there's just some wooden posts and a few errant stones here and there. Sadly, at this point I don't think there anyone's alive who could map out who was buried where. All I have is a partial list of names.