Hey Matthew:Has there been a mayor in the history of the San Diego who hasn’t been generally considered a self-serving weasel?— Fred I guess it’s a general rule of thumb for any public official: give …
December 5, 2012
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Have all San Diego mayors been weasels?
The scourge of plastic water bottles
Hey Matt: Watching the tube the other day, I thought I caught a commercial from a water-filter outfit that said the USA uses enough plastic water bottles to circle the Earth 19 or 119 times …
November 28, 2012
Burp pressure and fart ownership
Hey Matt:The elves will love this one! After a few hours and many beers in the garage I could not devise a system for measuring the pressure of my burps. We’re talking good, forceful, thundering …
November 28, 2012
Topless males vs. topless females
Where it’s OK for females to go shirtless (and bra-less) in public?
November 20, 2012
Calculating Attendance at the I.B. Sandcastle Festival
Hi Matthew:I read that the Sandcastles Festival here in Imperial Beach had over 400,000 visitors during the three-day weekend, more than any previous festival. Any clue how they can possibly calculate that figure and how …
November 20, 2012
The Earthen Berm East of Amboy
Hey Matt:Can you find out why an earthen berm was constructed along the north side of the National Trails Highway/Route 66 for many miles east of Amboy, CA? Does it still serve any purpose? Was …
November 20, 2012
Spider invasion, peculiar freeway foam, scars and tats forever
Heymatt:I’ve been living in my house in University Heights for 65 years and I’ve never had a spider problem like this one. These little buggers are festooning the roof tiles like Christmas tinsel. They’re on …
November 14, 2012
Why we say “bless you” when people sneeze
“Bless you,” San Diego’s crooked 30th Street, horsepower, all explained
November 7, 2012
South Park's crooked 30th Street
Heymatt: Why in the world does 30th Street morph into Fern Street between Juniper and Ash streets? Not only that, 30th doesn’t disappear during its run as Fern but actually continues as an entirely separate …
November 7, 2012
All about horsepower
Heymatt:Why are car engines measured in horsepower? What does horsepower mean and how much horsepower does one horse generate? — Motorhead, Escondido Engines have been measured in horsepower since James Watt, who refined early steam …
November 7, 2012