Search results

  1. #juan

    Jacquie Lawson Cards

    This lady probably makes the most beautiful e-cards out there. We have some friends who have a membership and they send us these cards on birthdays, Christmas, etc. Each year I promise myself I will sign up but my procrastination seems to get the better of me. Meanwhile, you can look at all...
  2. #juan

    Hungry Zimbabweans target giraffe

    Besides Robert Mugabe, what has ruined many thousands of African farmers is U.S. and E.U. farm subsidies. No doubt Canada fits in there somewhere as well. http://tinyurl.com/34eebj
  3. #juan

    Make Firefox compatible with I.E. only sites

    Here is a link to Cloudeight Internet where you can get an add-on to Firefox that makes it appear as Internet Explorer to those sites that try to be I.E. only sites. http://tinyurl.com/ywnhj5
  4. #juan

    B.C. Ferries throw $200,000.00 party at our expense

    B.C. government just spent $200,000.00 on a party for German ferry bulders. They have also announced that ferry fares are going up again. http://tinyurl.com/37fett
  5. #juan

    Bush vows lead in climate change talks

    The world's top greenhouse gas polluters, including the United States, have a "special responsibility" to produce fewer emissions, U.S. President George W. Bush said Friday, amid growing international pressure for the countries to accept binding targets on reducing emissions. Bush told...
  6. #juan

    C anadian dollar reaches parity

    Canada 'September 20, 2007 12:00:00 AM MDT')); Wednesday, September 19, 2007 Canadian dollar reaches parity with staggering U.S. greenback THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - The Canadian dollar reached parity with the U.S. dollar...
  7. #juan

    Genocide???

    None Dare Call It Genocide Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.... Well, it's about time that we think about the numbers, even though the US military has decided that body counts are not worth their time. Opinion Research Business, a highly reputable polling firm in the UK, has just completed a detailed...
  8. #juan

    Canadian dollar above 99 cents...

    The loonie's strong flight continued Tuesday night as it crept above 99 cents US in overnight trading after North American markets closed. Earlier, it had closed in regular trading above 98 cents US for the first time since Jan. 25, 1977. The Canadian dollar gained 1.36 cents to close in...
  9. #juan

    My Favourite Aircraft

    The following link is to a slide show of what I think is one of the prettiest aircraft ever built The CL-13.........Everyone would know it better as the F-86. Canadair built about 1800 of these, all but the first fifty had Canadian Orenda engines. Canada sold these aircraft to Britain, West...
  10. #juan

    Java Ribs

    Almost any kind of instant coffee will do. I've used everything from Nabob to Nescafe and it doesn't seem to make a lot of difference.
  11. #juan

    Java Ribs

    Just strong enough to make you wonder what that taste is. Most people will say things like "what is that neat flavour? This is my favourite rib recipe.
  12. #juan

    Java Ribs

    I've used as many as four but two is enough. That was a typo. :smile: Four won't hurt.
  13. #juan

    Java Ribs

    It is yummy...:smile:..This recipe has been evolving for the last twenty five years or so....works great on the barbeque as well. Used to do this three or four times in a summer when the kids were at home. I just happened to be cooking some ribs for dinner tonight. The recipe calls for back...
  14. #juan

    Java Ribs

    Java Ribs 4 Racks pork back ribs (about 6-8 lbs) Sauce ingredients 2 tbsps instant coffee 1 cup catsup 1 cup beef stock 1 medium onion chopped 1/2 cup Packed brown sugar 2 tsp Each chili powder and paprika 1/2 tsp Each cinnamon and ginger Two tablespoons instant cofee powder 2 tbsp...
  15. #juan

    Yet another recall of lead-painted toys from China

    Mattel announces yet another major recall Associated Press September 4, 2007 at 9:54 PM EDT NEW YORK — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in co-operation with Mattel Inc., announced late Tuesday that it is recalling about 700,000 Chinese-made toys that have excessive amounts of...
  16. #juan

    How the GW myth is perpetuated

    Where do you get your information from? The Ice is melting at both poles and greenland. First you say the warming is caused by solar cycles and now you say we are adding ice to Antarctica....which is it?
  17. #juan

    Two right feet found on B.C. beaches

    Two large right feet found on Georgia Strait beaches 'Finding one foot is like a million to one odds, but to find two is crazy' RCMP corporal's 'best guess is that they are from missing persons' Sunny Freeman, Vancouver Sun Published: Friday, August 31, 2007 The forensic...
  18. #juan

    Steven Truscott still in limbo

    Acquittal, but not innocence, likely for Truscott Sentenced to death in 1959 for the murder of a 12-year-old, there is no avenue for the Canadian legal system to declare him innocent...
  19. #juan

    Six dead, 20 injured after vehicle plows into crowd

    Saturday, August 25, 2007 Six dead, 20 injured after vehicle plows into a wedding celebration in Abbotsford ABBOTSFORD, B.C. (CP) - Six people are dead and up to 20 are injured after a pick-up truck plowed through a group of people leaving a pre-wedding celebration...
  20. #juan

    AVRO Arrow. One of the saddest Canadian Aviation tales

    The AVRO Arrow would still perform with the best if we had one. At the time, there was nothing to touch it. When the Arrow was scrapped I made a promise to pee on either Diefenbaker or his grave....alas I haven't yet done either. If you compare the performance with any of the aircraft listed...