Very Interesting Geography…

Alaska

More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska

Amazon
The Amazon rain forest produces more than 20% the world’s oxygen supply.
The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more
Than one hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the river, one can dip fresh
Water out of the ocean. The volume of water in the Amazon river is greater
Than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined and three times
The flow of all rivers in the United States .

Antarctica
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any
Country. Ninety percent of the world’s ice covers Antarctica ..
This ice also represents seventy % of all the fresh water in the world.
As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert.
The average yearly total precipitation is about two inches.
Although covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, I.e.),
Antarctica is the driest place on the planet, with an absolute humidity
Lower than the Gobi desert.

Brazil
Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.

Canada
Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.
Canada is an Indian word meaning ‘ Big Village .’

Chicago
Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.

Detroit
Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan carries the designation M-1,
So named because it was the first paved road any where.

Damascus , Syria
Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome
Was founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city
In existence.

Istanbul , Turkey
Istanbul (AKA Constantinople), Turkey , is the only city in the world
Located on two continents.

Los Angeles
Los Angeles’ full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los
Angeles de Porciuncula — and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size:
L.A.

New York City
The term ‘The Big Apple’ was coined by touring jazz musicians of the
1930’s who used the slang expression ‘apple’ for any town or city.
Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time – The Big Apple.
There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin , Ireland ;
More Italians in New York City than in Rome , Italy ;
And more Jews in New York City than in Tel Aviv , Israel ..

Ohio
There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio, every one is man made.

Pitcairn Island
The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn in Polynesia , at
Just 1.75 sq… Miles.

Rome
The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome,
Italy in 133 B.C. There is a city called Rome on every continent.

Siberia
Siberia contains more than 25% of the world’s forests.

S.M.O.M
The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign
Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M). It is located in the city of Rome ,
Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80,
20 less people than the Vatican . It is a sovereign entity under international law,
Just as the Vatican is…

Sahara Desert
In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, which did not
Receive a drop of rain for ten years. Technically though, the driest
Place on Earth is in the valleys of the Antarctic near Ross Island ..
There has been no rainfall there for two million years ..

Spain
SPAIN literally means ‘the land of rabbits.’

St. Paul, Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota, was originally called Pig’s Eye after a man named
Pierre ‘Pig’s Eye’ Parrant who set up the first business there.

Roads
Chances that a road is unpaved in the U.S.A: 1%, in Canada : 75%.

Texas
The deepest hole ever made in the world is in Texas . It is as deep as
20 empire state buildings but only 3 inches wide.

Waterfalls
The water of Angel Falls (the World’s highest) in Venezuela drops 3,212
Feet. IT is 15 times higher than Niagara Falls ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GCqXjJOHp4&feature=channel_page

Upload a picture and you can place yourself in front of different places in chicago. I was having fun with this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHtYygKt-Jw&feature=channel_page

Well, read on…

Hi James,

Just a few comments on some of the survey panels that have been listed and
such on your site. I get your email everyday and you always have things I can’t
even believe are out there, let alone find them, so keep up the great work! Just
in the last week I have enjoyed a free meal from Kasha, nice Oscar Meyer Hot
Dogs, and 2 Snickers candy bars from M&M Mars from the Free Chocolate link
you put up! On that one, you might remind people that they can get a total of 4
free coupons as long as they are in the first I think 250,000 requests on each
Friday! Not bad, I’ve gotten the 2/4 allready! This is all in the last 5 days! I’m not
going to list say the last month or more! But getting back to the surveys. I do
these surveys as extra needed income! I’m on a fixed income due to an injury,
and even though it’s a good amount per month, I still need the extra $450-$550
I make a month extra completing online surveys and focus groups!

Out of all the survey sites I have seen you list, this recent site is the best on the
Internet as far as I’m concerned for making money and getting paid. They are
going to be changing there incentives within the next 2 months, but it’s going to
be more choices, not less money. Right at the moment they just offer 5 cents per
point in cash. You need 1000 Globe Test Master points to be able to cash out,
that equals $50. In the new incentive package, they are going to offer the same
payout, but instead of just a check, you can opt for PayPal, gift cards, and other
things. I know your a bug fan if Pinecone, they are OK, but they are also very
picky, and will drop you at the snap of the finger, for no reason and no response,
it’s happened to me 2 different times with them, but I’ve been able to get back on.
But, to be honest, they don’t make my top 10 for amount potental every month,
because you might get say 3 paying surveys per month from them, thats $9.
Not enough as far as I’m concerned. But if your like me, I’m in all sorts of sites,
so that just adds to my mothly total! I’ll give you my top paying sites at the moment,
they do change, but these are the most consistent over the last 3 years for me.

1. Global Test Market
2. Survey Spot
3. Zoompanel
4. Surveyhead
5. My View

Bonus sites, NFO, LIGHTSPEED, OPINION REASEARCH, and OPINION OUTPOST.
These are the best paying sites for me. Now, I could list another 75 sites that also pay,
I make money or gift cards from them all, but I’m just giving you my favorites and the
ones I can can’t on for $50 a month in cash or giftcards or gifts! There is another site
that really helped me out bigtime when I first started out. There are so many scams
out there. And I stumbled across this site one day, and it was great. It’s
yourfreesurveys.com, I’ll get back to you in the correct name, but thats close, but they
have a list of what you should do starting up taking surveys and they also give a Top 25
list if the best free survey sites on the Internet that are paying the most and best at the
moment. Thats where I started, and I can’t thank them enough! There are so many
scams out there and I was getting caught up in most of them, thank God I came across
them! There is another site very close called Free Survey, they do the same top 25 list,
but just use there list, nothing else!

Well, thats my short (long) list of the sites that make me money all the time. I could go
on and on, but you get the picture! And I just want to thank you for all the info you give
us everyday! I have no idea how you do it but thanks!

Christopher F., Las Vegas

Have a good day and thanks for your time!

Here are the links. Thank you Christopher!

- Global Test Market -

http://1.offersquest.com/z/4631/CD859/

- Survey Spot -

http://1.offersquest.com/z/573/CD859/

- ZoomPanel -

http://join.zoompanel.com/zoompanel/?master_id=18&menu=Join+Now

- SurveyHead -

http://partners.pantheranetwork.com/z/9261/CD86/

- MyView (doesn’t look like they are accepting members right now) -

http://www.myview.com/portal/app

- NFO (I believe they are now MySurvey) -

https://www.mysurvey.com/index.cfm

- Lightspeed -

http://partners.pantheranetwork.com/z/4062/CD86/

- Opinion Research -

http://www.opinionresearch.com/

- Opinion Outpost -

http://rextopia.com/z/6648/CD93/

In the spirt of frugality we decided to try our hand at gardening. And when I say “we” I really mean my husband. To be fair he does most of the work and of the two of us he has the greener thumb. I have been known to kill cacti, its sad, I know. Ground was dug up, seeds were decided on and away we went not really having a clue what we were doing. At first it was exciting to see something sprout up here and there. Usually followed by head scratching as we tried to remember what was planted there. This was quickly followed by most everything ceasing to grow and then a slow painful demise. Were we watering too much? too little? Was there something wrong with the soil? Then we started some serious fertilizing and before long it was deemed a lost cause and we tried again. The tomato plants we started the first time were from seed so when we spotted already growing plants at the Garden Center we figured we would give that a try. Hubby said we only needed 2 or 3. No! I scoffed, we must need an even dozen. (Alright, I can already hear some of you experienced gardeners chuckling.) And the slow painful cycle started all over again. Great bursts of growth were followed by slow painful (to us) deaths. What initially started as an even dozen of plants ended up being 2 or 3 remaining plants. But then the strangest thing happened. Those diehard plants WENT NUTS! They proceeded to take over way more then their fair share of the garden. And being the silly inexperienced gardeners we are…we let them. At first it seemed harmless. Oh look, theres something budding here and there. Isnt that cute! Granted, nothing has reached full ripeness yet, and its not like we have had the best luck but at last count we had 50 – 60 green tomatoes striving for red from our last few hardy plants. I can think of a thing or two to do with a few of them but we dont even have enough friends and family to give/force upon that many tomatoes. I shudder at the thought of what our predicament would have been if more of the original dozen had survived. There are warning labels on cups of coffee telling you that it might be hot, where was the warning on the plant saying THESE TOMATO PLANTS COULD GO NUTS AND PRODUCE MORE FRUIT THEN YOU CAN USE IN A LIFETIME.

Hey everyone,

     My name is Ruthie, and I’ve been a long time subscriber of the Just Free Stuff newsletter and I wanted to contribute.  I’d like to write articles about children and child care because that is the profession that I work in.  If anyone has any topics that they’d like to know about, please post in the replies.  Otherwise, I’ll try to think up a topic and post an article soon.

Thanks,

Ruthie