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Mystery #17

July 2, 2011

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There’s a knoll in Lincoln in a residential neighborhood that doesn’t have anything on it. Lauren and I drive past it a few times a year, and last time we weren’t in any sort of a hurry, so we took some side streets in an attempt to see what was on the other side and [...]

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Dead Tree Edition

June 10, 2011

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Some of you might know that almost a year ago we started a website for The Sommerer Family. My cousins Sam and Rachel wanted us to help put something together to make organizing family reunions easier as well as just keeping people in communication during the rest of the year. After nearly a year, I’m [...]

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The Holly and the Lloydy

April 12, 2011

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Brad planted a holly plant in our back yard years and years ago. It was nice, but pointy and  hurty when you touched it. Some years after that they dug up the pipe from our house to the city sewer line, and the holly was right in the path. We plopped it back down, but [...]

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The Brady Burn

March 24, 2011

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Last night John Brady (you might remember Kate Brady who used to comment here, but who no longer loves us enough to comment) asked if I could help him do a controlled burn on one of his fields. I asked how much he was charging to help. I was willing to pay up to $30.00, [...]

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Shame on you, John Harlan – Part 5 (of 5?) XHD3000 Repair

January 27, 2011

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[NOTE: you might want to read parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 before you read this. It explains that John Harlan 'returned' a computer monitor but the FedEx box actually contained a gallon jug of water.] When last we met, things looked bleak for our heroes. John Harlan (johnslcdrepair, johnhis11_computers, xhd3000repairman4356, computerguru43560 and lcdrepairman8733, xhd3000repairman, lcdrepairworld [...]

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Shame on you, John Harlan – Part 4 (of 5)

January 26, 2011

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Note: You might want to read part 1, part 2 and part 3 first. Okay, are you ready for this? So, lots of time went by and I had kind of forgotten about the whole monitor situation. Then one evening we came home and there was a sticker on the door from FedEx saying that [...]

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