Become a Strange Traveler

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <script type="text/javascript"> //OwnerIQ var __oiq_pct = 50; if( __oiq_pct>=100 || Math.floor(Math.random()*100/(100-__oiq_pct)) > 0 ) { var _oiqq = _oiqq || []; _oiqq.push(['oiq_addPageBrand','Lycos']); _oiqq.push(['oiq_addPageCat','Internet > Websites']); _oiqq.push(['oiq_addPageLifecycle','Intend']); _oiqq.push(['oiq_doTag']); (function() { var oiq = document.createElement('script'); oiq.type = 'text/javascript'; oiq.async = true; oiq.src = document.location.protocol + '//px.owneriq.net/stas/s/lycosn.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(oiq, s); })(); } //Google Analytics var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount','UA-21402695-19']); _gaq.push(['_setDomainName','tripod.com']); _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',1,'member_name','strangetraveler',3]); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); //Lycos Init function getReferrer() { var all= this.document.cookie; if (all== '') return false; var cookie_name = 'REFERRER='; var start = all.lastIndexOf(cookie_name); if (start == -1) return false; start += cookie_name.length; var end = all.indexOf(';', start); if (end == -1) end = all.length; return all.substring(start, end); } function getQuery() { var rfr = getReferrer(); if (rfr == '') return false; var q = extractQuery(rfr, 'yahoo.com', 'p='); if (q) return q; q = extractQuery(rfr, '', 'q='); return q ? q : ""; } function extractQuery(full, site, q_param) { var start = full.lastIndexOf(site); if (start == -1) return false; start = full.lastIndexOf(q_param); if (start == -1) return false; start += q_param.length; var end = full.indexOf('&', start); if (end == -1) end = full.length; return unescape(full.substring(start, end)).split(" ").join("+"); } function generateHref(atag, template){ atag.href=template.replace('_MYURL_', window.location.href.replace('http://', '')).replace('_MYTITLE_','Check%20out%20this%20Tripod%20Member%20site!'); } var lycos_ad = Array(); var lycos_onload_timer; var cm_role = "live"; var cm_host = "tripod.lycos.com"; var cm_taxid = "/memberembedded"; var tripod_member_name = "strangetraveler"; var tripod_member_page = "strangetraveler/id2.htm"; var tripod_ratings_hash = "1737523345:fbe241cef2d446db79218bae917f3d43"; var lycos_ad_category = {"dmoz":"society\/paranormal","ontarget":"&CAT=family%20and%20lifestyles","find_what":"guide travel"}; var lycos_ad_remote_addr = "209.202.244.9"; var lycos_ad_www_server = "www.tripod.lycos.com"; var lycos_ad_track_small = ""; var lycos_ad_track_served = ""; var lycos_search_query = getQuery(); </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type='text/javascript'> var googletag = googletag || {}; googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || []; (function() { var gads = document.createElement('script'); gads.async = true; gads.type = 'text/javascript'; var useSSL = 'https:' == document.location.protocol; gads.src = (useSSL ? 'https:' : 'http:') + '//www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js'; var node = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; node.parentNode.insertBefore(gads, node); })(); </script> <script type='text/javascript'> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.defineSlot('/95963596/TRI_300X250_dfp', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1450204159126-0').addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.defineSlot('/95963596/TRI_above_728x90_dfp', [728, 90], 'div-gpt-ad-1450204159126-1').addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.defineSlot('/95963596/TRI_below_728x90_dfp', [728, 90], 'div-gpt-ad-1450204159126-2').addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); googletag.enableServices(); }); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> (function(isV) { if( !isV ) { return; } var adMgr = new AdManager(); var lycos_prod_set = adMgr.chooseProductSet(); var slots = ["leaderboard", "leaderboard2", "toolbar_image", "toolbar_text", "smallbox", "top_promo", "footer2", "slider"]; var adCat = this.lycos_ad_category; adMgr.setForcedParam('page', (adCat && adCat.dmoz) ? adCat.dmoz : 'member'); if (this.lycos_search_query) { adMgr.setForcedParam("keyword", this.lycos_search_query); } else if(adCat && adCat.find_what) { adMgr.setForcedParam('keyword', adCat.find_what); } for (var s in slots) { var slot = slots[s]; if (adMgr.isSlotAvailable(slot)) { this.lycos_ad[slot] = adMgr.getSlot(slot); } } adMgr.renderHeader(); adMgr.renderFooter(); }((function() { var w = 0, h = 0, minimumThreshold = 300; if (top == self) { return true; } if (typeof(window.innerWidth) == 'number' ) { w = window.innerWidth; h = window.innerHeight; } else if (document.documentElement && (document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.documentElement.clientHeight)) { w = document.documentElement.clientWidth; h = document.documentElement.clientHeight; } else if (document.body && (document.body.clientWidth || document.body.clientHeight)) { w = document.body.clientWidth; h = document.body.clientHeight; } return ((w > minimumThreshold) && (h > minimumThreshold)); }()))); window.onload = function() { var f = document.getElementById("FooterAd"); var b = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0]; b.appendChild(f); f.style.display = "block"; document.getElementById('lycosFooterAdiFrame').src = '/adm/ad/footerAd.iframe.html'; // DOM Inj Ad (function(isTrellix) { var e = document.createElement('iframe'); e.style.border = '0'; e.style.margin = 0; e.style.display = 'block'; e.style.cssFloat = 'right'; e.style.height = '254px'; e.style.overflow = 'hidden'; e.style.padding = 0; e.style.width = '300px'; var isBlokedByDomain = function( href ) { var blockedDomains = [ "ananyaporn13000.tripod.com", "xxxpornxxx.tripod.com" ]; var flag = false; for( var i=0; i<blockedDomains.length; i++ ) { if( href.search( blockedDomains[ i ] ) >= 0 ) { flag = true; } } return flag; } var getMetaContent = function( metaName ) { var metas = document.getElementsByTagName('meta'); for (i=0; i<metas.length; i++) { if( metas[i].getAttribute("name") == metaName ) { return metas[i].getAttribute("content"); } } return false; } var getCommentNodes = function(regexPattern) { var nodes = {}; var nodesA = []; var preferredNodesList = ['a', 'c', 'b']; (function getNodesThatHaveComments(n, pattern) { if (n.hasChildNodes()) { if (n.tagName === 'IFRAME') { return false; } for (var i = 0; i < n.childNodes.length; i++) { if ((n.childNodes[i].nodeType === 8) && (pattern.test(n.childNodes[i].nodeValue))) { var areaName = pattern.exec(n.childNodes[i].nodeValue)[1]; nodes[areaName] = n; } else if (n.childNodes[i].nodeType === 1) { getNodesThatHaveComments(n.childNodes[i], pattern); } } } }(document.body, regexPattern)); for (var i in preferredNodesList) { if (nodes[preferredNodesList[i]]) { if( isTrellix && nodes[preferredNodesList[i]].parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode ) { nodesA.push(nodes[preferredNodesList[i]].parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode); } else { nodesA.push( nodes[preferredNodesList[i]] ); } } } return nodesA; } var properNode = null; var areaNodes = getCommentNodes( new RegExp( '^area Type="area_(\\w+)"' ) ); for (var i = 0; i < areaNodes.length; i++) { var a = parseInt(getComputedStyle(areaNodes[i]).width); if ((a >= 300) && (a <= 400)) { properNode = areaNodes[i]; break; } } var propertyName = getMetaContent("property") || false; if( isTrellix && (properNode) ) { e.src = '/adm/ad/injectAd.iframe.html'; properNode.insertBefore(e, properNode.firstChild); } else if( isTrellix && !( properNode ) ) // Slap the ad eventhought there is no alocated slot { e.src = '/adm/ad/injectAd.iframe.html'; e.style.cssFloat = 'none'; var cdiv = document.createElement('div'); cdiv.style = "width:300px;margin:10px auto;"; cdiv.appendChild( e ); b.insertBefore(cdiv, b.lastChild); } else if( !isBlokedByDomain( location.href ) ) { var injF = document.createElement('iframe'); injF.style.border = '0'; injF.style.margin = 0; injF.style.display = 'block'; injF.style.cssFloat = 'none'; injF.style.height = '254px'; injF.style.overflow = 'hidden'; injF.style.padding = 0; injF.style.width = '300px'; injF.src = '/adm/ad/injectAd.iframe.html'; if( b && ( !isTrellix || ( typeof isTrellix == "undefined" ) ) ) // All other tripod props { var cdiv = document.createElement('div'); cdiv.style = "width:300px;margin:10px auto;"; cdiv.appendChild( injF ); b.insertBefore(cdiv, b.lastChild); } } }( document.isTrellix )); } </script> <div id="tb_container" style="background:#DFDCCF; border-bottom:1px solid #393939; position:relative; z-index:999999999!important">  <style> .adCenterClass{margin:0 auto} </style> <div id="tb_ad" class="adCenterClass" style="display:block!important; overflow:hidden; width:916px;"> <div id="ad_container" style="display:block!important; float:left; width:728px "> <script type="text/javascript"> if (typeof lycos_ad !== "undefined" && "leaderboard" in lycos_ad) { document.write(lycos_ad['leaderboard']); } </script> </div> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> if (typeof lycos_ad !== "undefined" && "slider" in lycos_ad) { document.write(lycos_ad['slider']); } </script>  <div id="FooterAd" style="background:#DFDCCF; border-top:1px solid #393939; clear:both; display:none; width:100%!important; position:relative; z-index:999999!important; height:90px!important"> <div class="adCenterClass" style="display:block!important; overflow:hidden; width:916px;"> <div id="footerAd_container" style="display:block!important; float:left; width:728px"> <iframe id="lycosFooterAdiFrame" style="border:0; display:block; float:left; height:96px; overflow:hidden; padding:0; width:750px"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CC3300" FACE="Arial" ><B>Welcome, to The STRANGE TRAVELER </b></FONT>     |   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome, to The STRANGE TRAVELER "><U><B>home</b></U></A></div> <div> <B>Become a Strange Traveler</b>   |   <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Travel Advisories"><U>Travel Advisories</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Who is Fred?"><U>Who is "Fred"?</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sample Newsletter"><U>Sample Newsletter</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="08358020.gif" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Become a Strange Traveler</div> <div>   ================================================================================================================== </div> <div> Become a Strange Traveler ... <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC00" FACE="Arial" >                                                                                            </FONT></div> <bR> <div>                                                                                 </div> <bR> <div>                                                </div> <div>                                                                                                <IMG SRC="071d09a0.jpg" border=0 width="208" height="154" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">        </div> <bR> <div> Psssst!</div> <bR> <div> Want to know the best place to view UFOs in Los Angeles?</div> <bR> <div> How about the most haunted bar in New York City? In Philadelphia? How about Tombstone, New Mexico; Edinburgh, Scotland, or Bojnice, Slovakia?</div> <bR> <div> Which American city has the best Halloween bash? What vacation lakes boast dinosaur-like monsters? Is there really a Las Vegas chapel that specializes in vampire wedding?</div> <bR> <div> These are the kinds of questions you can expect to have answered in “The Strange Traveler.”  Future topics are likely to include jungle hallucination vacations, haunted theme parks, camping with Bigfoot and Dracula tours in Transylvania. </div> <bR> <div> To receive this irreverent, but useful, FREE newsletter once a week, simply plug your email address into the Topica.com box below and follow directions. It's easy.</div> <div>  <FORM ACTION="http://www.topica.com/subscribe/Strangetraveler" METHOD="POST" TARGET="New_Window"> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" BGCOLOR="BLACK"> <TR> <TD><TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH=100%> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR="#3300CC"> <A HREF="http://www.topica.com"><IMG SRC="http://statik.topica.com/images/topica_tab.gif" ALT="topica" WIDTH="78" HEIGHT="50" BORDER="0"></A></TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#3300CC"><TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="1"> <TR> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT STYLE="font-size:14px" FACE="arial, helvetica, sans serif" SIZE="+0" COLOR="#CCFF00"> <B>Join Strange Traveler! </b></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR><TD></TD></TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt" SIZE="-1">  <INPUT TYPE="text" SIZE="17" NAME="email" VALUE="your email"></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt" FACE="Geneva,Helvetica,Arial,Sans Serif" SIZE="-1">   <INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Join">   </FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE></TD> </TR> </TABLE></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </FORM>  </div> <div> You could also just email me directly at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:fred@strangetraveler.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:fred@strangetraveler.com"><U><U>fred@strangetraveler.com</U></U></A></FONT>. I'd be more than happy to personally add your name to my subscriber list and add any requests of things you'd like to see to my “to do” list. </div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="https://members.tripod.com/bin/counter/id2.htm?CCCCCC" ALT="[Tripod Counter]">  </div> <bR> <div>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=20% BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="095a0a30.gif" border=0 width="160" height="163" ALT="Adobe Photoshop Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>