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Richard Cochrane is trained in chemistry and metallurgy but is far more interested and practiced as a political and fund raising consultant, writer and amateur historian. He grew up in a Navy family and with his two younger brothers carried on its 500+ year tradition of naval service to Great Britain and the USA then enjoyed a career with one of the largest advertising and public relations agencies working with numerous Fortune 500 companies and many of America's premier educational institutions. He maintains friendships and acquaintanceships around the world. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.

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PIG SPLEEN FORECASTER

December 26th, 2007 • Richard Cochrane

Eighty-four year old Paul Smokov doesn’t need radar or other high-tech stuff to forecast weather on the North Dakota prairie. He consults pig spleens. The editor of the Old Farmer’s Almanac in Dublin, N.H., said she had heard of at least one other pig spleen weather prognosticator but he died. “The spleens are 85 percent correct, according to my figures,” Paul said. As for the “scientific” weathermen, “Those guys aren’t any better.”

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  1. Comment by Management on 11 January 2008:

    Hogwash!

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