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For Jeb at Palm Beach Gardens Golf Course

During a recent visit to go wack out some range balls, I noticed that the leaning pine had been recently struck by lightning and is now browned out and on its way to becoming lighter knot. I had mentioned to Jeb that I think I may have a pic pre lightening strike and with a [...]
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PSA-Everglades Summer Internship – Arthur R. Marshall Foundation

The Deadline is March 31, 2010; A great way to spend part of a summer: Arthur R. Marshall Foundation Summer Intern Program Increase your probabilities for job selection in the future thanks to working at the Arthur R Marshall summer internship program. Since its inception in 2002, the Arthur R. Marshall Summer Intern Program [...]
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Scared Gone

Jedidiah McDaniel walks out of the liquor store, a pouch of Red Man stuffed under his armpit as he balances a 12 pack of Busch Beer with a bottle of Beam trapped under his chin. A bag of ice thrown over his right shoulder. Dumping the ice into his cooler you can’t [...]
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Notching, Chewing, Sri Lanka Weevil

Our “Guess the Bug” and “Guess the Frog” winner is Ginger! Ginger writes in: the beetle is a Myllocerus Undatus, a native of Sri Lanka. Good work. I have always called it a Sri Lanka Weevil, but seeing how there are over 300 varieties of Weevil in Sri Lanka I will now call it Undatus. [...]
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Guess the Bug

James D, a frequent visitor to OSR and the winner of our Guess The Plant Contest, has graciously recycled his prize and suggests we use it for a new contest. After much thought I came up with….. Guess The Bug Contest. James, for your thoughtfulness OSR is sending you its copy of Last-Child-in-the-Woods Knowing that you [...]
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