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Serial killer was ‘Dating Game’ winner

epicmind — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:27:23 +0000

Serial killer was ‘Dating Game’ winner
Before he was convicted of murdering four women and a child, Rodney Alcala was a winning bachelor on “The Dating Game.”

The Top 10 Model Train Shops in Texas

epicmind — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:12:08 +0000

For the past year I’ve been compiling a list of model train stores for my model railroading website. These shops all look like fantastic places to visit, but what are the most popular? Here is a list for the great state of Texas.

The most popular model railroading shops (based on online chatter) in the state of Texas are:

10. Model Train Crossing in Hurst

9. Papa Ben’s Train Place in Houston

8. Rebel Hobbies in San Antonio

7. Midlothian Hobbies in Midlothian

6. RC Hobby Shop in Sugar Land

4. Victoria Hobby Shop in Victoria (tie for fourth place)

4. Larry’s Hobbies in Houston (tie for fourth place)

3. Collectible Trains and Toys in Dallas

2. King’s Hobby in Austin

…and the most popular shop for model trains in Texas is…

1. G and G Model Shop in Houston

Hobby shops not quite making my top 10 were Collectible Caboose in Cedar Park, Dibble’s Hobbies in San Antonio, Hal’s Hobby Warehouse in El Paso, Kerbey Lane Doll Shoppe in Austin, Mikes Hobby Shop in Carrollton, and Wild Bill’s Hobby Shop in Irving.

Nice to see that the four biggest cities in Texas all have great train shops with Houston, Austin, Dallas, and San Antionio all in the top 10. However, Houston looks like “train city” in Texas with almost a third of the top stores being there.

Also in Texas be sure to visit some of the great railroading museums including Amarillo Railroad Museum in Amarillo, Greenville Railroad Museum in Greenville, and Railway Museum of San Angelo in San Angelo.

I compiled this list by searching for the hobby shops listed on a number of search engines and ranking them by the number of web pages, discussion forums, photos, videos, etc that are available online. I further screened this list to include only pages that mentioned model railroading.

Check out my complete list of Model Train Shops in Texas at www.ModelTrainsWithLarry.com which has complete contact information for each shop including an address, phone number, and map to the store.

I’m a freelance PHP and MySQL programmer living in the San Carlos neighborhood of San Diego with my wife and our 3 cats. I enjoy hiking, reading, gardening, watching too much television, and other nerdy activites.

Does anyone out there build custom fishing rods for as hobby?

epicmind — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:12:01 +0000

I want to get started in the hobby of building custom fishing rods.

I am trying to design a homemade rod lathe, for finish drying and thread wraping.

Does anyone out there know, What the best RPM for the lathe chuck to rotate at, should be?

Thanks for your help.

Roof collapses on former Hobby Lobby building

epicmind — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:11:26 +0000

Roof collapses on former Hobby Lobby building
MASON CITY — Heavy snow compounded by Saturday’s rainfall is being blamed for a roof collapse at the old Hobby Lobby store at the Southport Center on South Federal Avenue in Mason City.

gamers

epicmind — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:07:05 +0000

Image taken on 2006-07-25 13:29:32 by circulating.

RPG games?

epicmind — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:27:27 +0000

Do you find the RPG games so fun and addictive at times? I find the RPG games to be pretty fun once I get into the game and I really can’t get out of it once I get into a specific game such as Final Fantasy games or Star Ocean games and so forth. Does anyone agree with me when I say this that they could be addictive once you get playing the game?

Caixin Online: World of Warcraft row: China industry game-changer

epicmind — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:26:15 +0000

Caixin Online: World of Warcraft row: China industry game-changer
NetEase’s epic struggle with ‘World of Warcraft,’ an online game with some 5 million users in China, shows what happens when two Chinese regulators butt heads.

unlimited?

epicmind — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:08:47 +0000

if u have unlimited minutes at night begin at 9:00 its free calling other people?
if i call my friend has cingular and i have verizon
and i called her at 9:13PM and we talked for like 5 hours how much it cost? whats gonna happen to my minutes? i have 700 share plan with my mom. thanks a lot to the people who answer my questions God bless you =)

Puzzle Games: Perfect Way to Teach Your Child While Entertaining Him

epicmind — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:27:55 +0000

Free online games is a new furore amongst the kids and the youngsters. They are designed and developed keeping in mind the interest and inclination of the gamers of all ages. The gaming portals constitute comprehensive categories of the games, viz. Action, adventure, puzzle, arcade, racing etc.

However, these days, parents are getting conscious about what their kids are exposed to. They try to keep their children away from violence and indecency. Unfortunately, a large segment of the most popular online games exhibit violence. The games of certain genres like action, and arcade involve brutal combats and sometimes even abusive gestures.

Instead, parents try to divert their children towards mental exercises like puzzle games and mind games. These games provide ultimate enjoyment as well as a thorough intellectual workout. Thus, the gamers get the best of both the worlds in the puzzle games.

The online puzzle games that involve numbers and logical sequences like the very popular ‘Sudoku’ are the perfect brain shapers for children and even for the adults. These games have different levels of difficulties so that your child gradually ascends the scale of rationale and intelligence.

Similarly, the jigsaw games can keep you hooked for hours together with a mounting exhilaration. Sometimes, the kids get so involved in these games that they refuse to leave them till they crack the puzzle. The numerical mazes and the memory games not only sharpen the minds but also enhance the concentration and the power of determination.

The number games like ‘Hitori’ that involve extensive mathematical and analytical tangles prepare your child for the toughest and the most comprehensive problems. The child gets amazingly quick in calculations and becomes well versed with the tricks to get past the hardest mathematical problems with an amazing flair. There are games which build up the vocabulary of kids. Word games like scrabble, Cryptography, Crosswords, Atlas, Spelling bee hive and Dictionary devil by the famous online dictionary Merriam Webster throw challenges at your child and enhance their vocabulary so that they never fall short of the words.

Earlier, parents used to make their kids solve the crosswords and puzzles from the newspapers and magazines to intensify their cerebral abilities. Even today, newspapers come with puzzle contests and declare prices for the winners. But undeniably, Internet made the newspapers and journals redundant in no time. Today, we have umpteen choices to do some mental exercises. Most of all, these games come for free!

The free online games not only keep your child at an arm’s length from the wild, fierce an vehement games but also prepare him for the hardest academic challenges. Next time your child insist for a play time, you need not think twice. Introduce him with the mind-sharpening, intelligent online puzzle games and watch him growing intellectually.

Aradhana Gupta is an expert author. She has written many articles on Free Online Games and Online Video.

Borat – S02E04 – Hobbies (FUNNIEST EVER)

epicmind — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:11:22 +0000

With the gay karate teacher and the dancing