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Ramblings of a Mad Old Baggage: A hoax scam
Whilst I was grumbling about urban myths being propagated by Peter Rhodes the other day, that excellent local blogger Linda Mason has crafted a fine blog post about such dissemination elsewhere. Neighbourhood watch newsletters are notorious vectors of urban myths, … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Science, Brownhills stuff, Events, Express & Star, Followups, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local Blogs, Local media, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
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