AtwaterLouse: Also from Wikipedia: Hyperbole (pronounced /haɪˈpɝbəli/ or "hy-PER-buh-lee"; "HY-per-bowl" is a mispronunciation) is a figure of speech in which statements are exaggerated. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a …

Maybe that tour guide was inexperienced or having an off day. The walking tour offerings in Buffalo are head and shoulders above what any other city in upstate NY offers in terms of variety, quantity, and professionalism. Gotta chuckle at the im…

Thanks, Auburber and Steel, for puncturing some exceptionally wierd assumptions. One: that in all of human history, Americans alone perfected the place where Nothing Bad Ever Happens--no house fires, no addictions, no domestic violence, no pink sl…

I'll bet a bucket o' wings that this house was built with a gas fireplace & chimney and that the occupants were burning wood in it. If your chimney is designed for gas, you'll eventually have the same kind of fire if you insist on burning wood.