Here are the results from the straw poll we asked you to respond to last week. The response was so small that it is impossible to draw any conclusions. The only really definable winner is apathy. If you didn't vote last week, please take a moment to click on the "Vote Now" link below and vote. All responses are kept strictly confidential and are for the purposes of the straw poll only.

• The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
• The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
• 40 to 50 percent of body heat can be lost through the head (no hat) as a result of its extensive circulatory network.
• J.B. Dunlop was first to put air into tires.
• The surface speed record on the moon is 10.56 miles per hour. It was set with the lunar rover.

If you wish to vote in the November General Election, you may do so via Absentee Ballot. To request an absentee ballot, please click on the Application for Absentee Ballot link below.

The absentee ballot application consists of two pages; however, it is not necessary to fax the second page in order for your application to be processed. The Application for Official Absentee/Advance Ballot is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. You must have the Adobe Acrobat reader (available free of charge from Adobe) installed on your computer in order to view or print this form.

You must mail, FAX, or present this form in person, to: Fulton County Board of Elections And Voter Registration 141 Pryor Street, S. W. Suite 4075 Atlanta, GA 30303 Telephone: (404) 730-7072 Fax: (404) 730-7024

You can also vote the week before the election, also at the North Fulton Annex. Monday, October 29 thru Friday, November 2, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm. No reason necessary.

Here are the lyrics to a popular song from the past. Can you name the tune and the performer or song writer?

"She's got a competition clutch, with four on the floor..."

Click the link below to send me your answer and I will publish a list of those who submitted correct answers next week.

Last week's lyrics: "A picture from the past came slowly stealing..." The song is "I Can't Help It" written and performed by Hank Williams.

Correct answers were submitted by: Lonnie Anderson, Edward Cone, Mark Chambers, Bryan McNally, Dick Wiggs, Peter Kilborn, Guy Kriske, Honelk@aol.com, Georgia Burns.

• 10/15/1883 - Supreme Court declares Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional
• 10/16/1916 - Margaret Sanger opens 1st birth control clinic (46 Amboy St, Bkln)
• 10/17/1894 - Ohio national guard kills 3 lynchers while rescuing a black man
• 10/18/1867 - US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million)
• 10/19/1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in US to receive medical degree
• 10/21/1492 - Columbus' discovers America (Oct 12, 1492 Julian calender)
• 22/10/1962 - JFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis, JFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba

Take off my skin, I won't cry, but you will. What am I?

Send us your answer and we'll publish it next week.

Last Week's Riddle:

What goes up and never comes down?

The answer is: Your age.

Correct answers were submitted by:

Eugenia Hobbs, Mike Grissom, Taylor Best, Rick McGinley, Debra Stewart, Steve Greer, Steven Knapp, Dwayne Samples, Dan Lakly, Diane Payne, Angela Gamble, Nancy Frenkel, Clint Colley,