Roofs 4 Vets Benefit Ride Saturday in Dubuque

Roofs 4 Vets Benefit Ride August 28th

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The Roofs 4 Vets Benefit Ride will be held on Saturday, August 28th beginning at Shenanigans, 3203 Jackson Street, Dubuque. Sign-up will start at 11:00 AM, then it's kickstands up at noon!

The ride is a joint effert of Custom Riders R.C. Inc., Dubuque County Veterans Affairs, Dubuque Home Improvement and Shenanigans. Organizers state the event's goal is to help home town veterans who are dealing with homes in jeopardy or disrepair.

See details on Facebook here: facebook.com/events/shenanigans/roofs-4-vets.

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On a completely separate note, have you ever padded an article to increase its word count in order to reach a specific target number? Perhaps while writing a paper in high school or college, you needed some extra words to reach the number the teacher or professor assigned. Or maybe you wanted to improve the look of a paper as it layed out on a page, so you added some extraneous words in order to make the paper look more appealing. Although I can't say with any degree of certainty, I believe padding your word count with unneccessary text would be an example of a workaround, a short-cut someone assigned a minimum word count might take in an effort to meet a requirement. Although I try to avoid padding articles simply to increase their word count, I enjoy seeing examples. If you see specific cases of this practice, please share them with me here. I'd love to see some good ones, as they always make me smile.

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