What happens if you cash a check for zero dollars? For an amount including a fraction of a cent? How about for a negative amount?
Monthly Archives: July 2006
Public funds for private roads
Residents of private roads, which have been open to public use for six or more years, may now petition selectmen to provide temporary repairs such as filling holes, oiling surfaces, resurfacing and drainage installation. Voters at the May town meeting approved the new practice of using public funds to repair private roads if 51 percent of the landowners abutting the road sign a petition for repair. Last week, selectmen approved the new petition form and decided each petition will be valid for three fiscal years. The new practice is pending approval by the state attorney general for action taken at town meeting, after which, residents may obtain petition forms from the town administrator’s office.
— Today’s Telegram & Gazette
Despite that I voted against the measure at town meeting, I think my dad and I ought to sign one of those petitions, just to see what they might do to our road… :)
Land ho!
The land across the “street” from us is for sale. It has a completed perc test and septic plans.
I’m not quite sure how I feel about it. I almost want to buy it just to keep anyone from building there, but that seems kind of silly and selfish.
Bizarre event of the day
Just now, my monitor froze.
It was in power-save mode, as the computer was off, but when I turned the computer on, the monitor did not wake up.
The power LED was amber, and the selected-input 1 LED was green. But none of the buttons on it did anything. Including the power button. (I pressed the power button and the monitor stayed on.)
I unplugged the monitor and plugged it back in to restore normal operation.
And I thought it was weird enough when I had to reboot printers to get them to work again…
Quote of the Day
“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” — John Adams, June 21, 1776
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An update to my thoughts on marriage
My thoughts on marriage (and homosexual “marriage” in particular) have
changed a little bit over the time since it became “legalized”, so I
figured I’d share a bit about my current thinking. If you aren’t
interested in my thoughts on the topic, feel free to stop reading. I’m
likely to ramble some a bit, anyway.
Would anyone like a book?
My wife and I recently received a large shipment of copies of the book Does the Birth Control Pill Cause Abortions? by Randy Alcorn. If anybody would like a copy, please email me (pete@cooperjr.name) and I’d be happy to get one to you.