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Country’s oldest mail carrier retires at 91

From Associated Press July 30, 2010 4:12 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — At 91 years old, the country’s oldest mail carrier is finally hanging up his keys after driving more than 1.1 million miles delivering mail in Tennessee. According to the U.S. Postal Service, rural carrier Mancel Prince will make one more lap of […]

First Saigon Taxi

Here is a picture of the very first Saigon Taxi. A 2 cylinder, 12 HP, 1903 Ford Model A.

This photograph was taken in 1911 in Saigon.

I’ve got a lawn mower with more horse power then this Taxi – LOL.

I wonder how fast it went *blazing* through the streets of Saigon.

A […]

Name These Saigon Kids

During the *Clod* era in Saigon (late 1950s to about 1961/62) it was common for The Clods to have special names for various Saigon Kids.

Below is a list of some of them.

What are their real names?

Pear Shape Little Mike Mouthless Wenie brothers S’Ellen Skanky twins Cowlegs Garage Mouth Peter Rabbit […]

Overtreated: Surgery too often fails for back pain

LAURAN NEERGAARD From Associated Press June 08, 2010 2:42 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — “Why did they cut you?”

The shocking question came from a respected spine surgeon tracked down by Keith Swenson, who was still in severe pain after an earlier back operation.

He didn’t know what to believe. Two other surgeons had urged […]

Study: Lax infection control at surgery centers

CARLA K. JOHNSON From Associated Press June 08, 2010 9:12 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — A new federal study finds many same-day surgery centers — where patients get such things as foot operations and pain injections — have serious problems with infection control.

Failure to wash hands, wear gloves and clean blood glucose meters were […]