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A Bike Tool Kit

Here are some essentials you'll want to have in your bicycle tool kit:

* Stamped steel wrenches with tire irons for handles.

* A 6-inch adjustable wrench, which works when the stamped-steel wrenches don't.

* A pocket knife, complete with an array of different blades.

* Needlenose pliers with a built-in wire cutter to cut cables and clamp a brake or derailleur cable.

* Pocket-size Channelock arc-joint pliers for gripping all sorts of parts.

* A repair kit for flat tires


Rodale's Book of Hints, Tips & Everyday Wisdom
pg. 336
published 1985
Rodale Press, Inc.

On A First & Last Name Basis

Santorum has some advice for tea party

Conservative champion says Rand Paul-types go too far. He also dismisses Sestak as "loose cannon."

Campaign 2010/2012 By Thomas Fitzgerald
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

HARRISBURG - Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, a potential Republican presidential candidate, warned Monday that conservatives should be wary of the libertarian strain of thought in the "tea party" movement.

Santorum was responding to a question about Kentucky's Republican Senate nominee Rand Paul, who last week said the federal government had no right to bar private businesses, such as restaurants, from discriminating on the basis of race, as it did in the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

"I don't think the libertarians have it right when it comes to what the constitution is all about . . . or when it comes to our history," Santorum said at the Pennsylvania Press Club. "When there are clear wrongs in society, injustice in society - sure, you handle it at the local level if you can - but when the local and state governments are in cahoots with the injustice, then the federal government has to step in and do something."

After denunciations from the left and right, Rand backed away from his position and affirmed support for the public-accommodations section of the law. Santorum, along with most Republican officials, supported Paul's opponent in last Tuesday's primary, Trey Grayson.

Santorum also dismissed Pennsylvania's Democratic Senate candidate Joe Sestak as "a loose cannon" and predicted a November victory for Republican Pat Toomey.

Santorum said he notices a "sense of anxiety" among Americans as he stumps for conservative causes. Repeat trips to Iowa, South Carolina and New

See Santorum on B8


A.A.(P) Editor's Note: If you choose to click the link and read the 2010/2012 column jump, be prepared to be appalled by Former Senator Santorum's view & opinions though it really shouldn't be a surprise to those who know his record.

Random Coinage

Yesterday, after drinking a 16 oz. can of Yeungling Premium at Dakotah's ($1.25 all the time), left a $0.75 tip of three quarters.

They were:








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Philadelphia Flyers Advance to Lord Stanley Cup Finals Against Chicago Blackhawks

Flyers Win Eastern Conference; Defeat Montreal Canadiens

Recap:

Game 1 - Flyers, 6-0
Game 2 - Flyers, 3-0
Game 3 - Canadiens, 5-1
Game 4 - Flyers, 3-0
Game 5 - Flyers, 4-2

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Blinking Red Traffic Light Needed

Link: A blinking red traffic light strung here would be good.

Note: At the corner of Aramingo Ave. & Norris St., three one-way streets (Aramingo, Norris, and Moyer St.) meet. Drivers on Aramingo Ave tend to turn onto Norris St. at a high speed. Also, there are blind spots for drivers and pedestrians on all corners/directions.






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The Police - Roxanne

Wiener Wheel Update

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Port Richmond Pedestrians Beware

Warning: Hidden Yellow School Bus Lot @ Richmond St./Somerset St.

Note: There is no advance warning for Pedestrians re: Buses entering & exiting lot. Buses tend to enter & exit said lot at a high rate of speed. Also, there are really bad blind spots for both the bus driver & unaware pedestrians.