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    Road Rage

    Has anyone experienced road rage or been a victim of it? Investigators have arrested a suspect in a deadly case of road rage in Langley, B.C., that left a man dead early Thursday morning. On Thursday morning police located the man they think was driving a white Ford F-250 pickup believed to...
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    World's Tallest Woman

    This lady's name is Heather. She is apparently seven feet four inches tall......Who's going to argue?
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    Common sense seems to be missing

    http://tinyurl.com/yougvh By "investigating" a leak that some think influenced the defeat of Barack Obama in the Ohio primary last Tuesday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is making a mistake. There really is nothing to investigate. If any mistake was made, it was by Obama, by...
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    A few pictures, Vancouver Island last Summer

    Sandcastle competition in Parksville Canada Geese Newcastle Island Bald Eagle, Piper's Lagoon Surfers near Tofino Sunset at Long Beach
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    Who eats out?

    When I was a young boy I lived in a small town and maybe once a month my parents would go into the big city (Prince George?) and we would usually have brunch at the IHOP. At seven or eight years old I thought it was magic. They seemed to have at least a hundred choices of different pancakes to...
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    Who eats out?

    Uhh.......International House Of Pancakes.......
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    NAFTA's legacy: the worst agreement we ever signed

    NAFTA's legacy: the worst agreement we ever signed...
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    My son's observatory in Vancouver

    My son has a twelve inch Meade Schmidt Cassegrain telescope on a solid, independant mount inside that dome. Here is a photo of he and our granddaughter going out to have a look.
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    The mystery of sunspots

    eanassir Do you have any friends with at least a high school education? I ask because a high school education is all one would need to pull apart the nonsense you are posting. This leads me to believe that you are having us all on here and you know very well the stuff you are writing is...
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    The mystery of sunspots

    About an hour ago I took one of my small refractors out and projected the sun's image onto a high tech white surface....A piece of cardboard with a sheet of white paper glued to it....:smile:.....Anyway....There is currently no sign of any sunspot activity.
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    Hell's Angels plot to kill Rolling Stones singer

    Hells Angels planned to kill Mick Jagger: report Associated Press March 2, 2008 at 9:04 AM EST LONDON — A new British Broadcasting Corp...
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    Who eats out?

    Easily the best pub on Vancouver Island. http://www.crowandgate.com/menu.htm
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    Who eats out?

    To the detriment of my waistline, I probably eat as well, if not better than most, as I'm sure you two do. On these forums, Unforgiven and Jenn are also culinary enthusiasts. At my house we try to limit our eating out because in all but a few restaurants, I tend to pick apart and complain...
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    Who eats out?

    The Crow & Gate Pub in Nanaimo. Started going there when we moved to Gabriola Island about ten years ago. It is a traditional British pub run by British ex-pats but they do a good job on Curries as well as typical British pub food. They do a beef dip that is to die for. Their desserts are...
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    Wonderful B.C. Ferries and their captive market

    We live in Nanaimo and last week we went over to Vancouver to see the grand kids. My wife stayed longer than I so I had to pick her up a few days later at the ferry terminal in Nanaimo. I arrived just after the ferry had pulled in and I rushed in to the parking lot and found that I had no...
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    Musharraf rules out stepping down.

    Musharraf reaches out to rivals The opposition PPP is celebrating the election result Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf...
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    How do you get rid of side-scroll?

    I recently had a hard drive problem and I ended up formatting the C drive and re-installing Windows. Everything works fine but for some reason I have to scroll four or five inches either way. Is this a simple, obvious, problem that I am missing? I've used Mozilla Firefox for years and never...
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    Brilliantly Easy Holiday Recipes

    This recipe is certainly easy BRAISED BEEF SHANKS Beef shanks used to be one of the cheaper cuts but with the advent of the crock pot, there aren't many cheap cuts left. Ingredients four 11/2" thick beef shanks one large onion quartered one can Cambell's beef broth one cup red wine(not...
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    Are you smarter than a fifth grader???

    Are you as smart as a fifth grader..................I thought I was.... http://www.mikescomputerinfo.com/inteltest.htm
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    Transition from Windows to Apple

    A week or so ago I posted a topic about the power supply on my wife's computer dying and taking a few things with it. It seemed like it was going to be alright with the new RAM but it has been acting weird and my wife is getting to the end of her patience. Her dilemma right now is what to...