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    Peter Gzowski: Voice of Canada

    They have put up some great archives at CBC of Peter Gzowski. Well worth the listen. He was so great 8) He made everything interesting from a tomato to a crow. Its not the same without him, although I love grandma suzy 8) http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-68-1793/arts_entertainment/peter_gzowski/
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    island chit chat

    Heya juan, bored bored bored! How's dat fog up your way 8O tis tick down this way....
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    Test your weird IQ

    http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_weird.php?im
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    The Rise Of America's New Enemy

    by John Pilger; November 10, 2005 I was dropped at Paradiso, the last middle-class area before barrio La Vega, which spills into a ravine as if by the force of gravity. Storms were forecast, and people were anxious, remembering the mudslides that took 20,000 lives. "Why are you here?" asked...
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    US troops used chemical weapons

    The Pentagon's admission - despite earlier denials - that US troops used white phosphorus as a weapon in Falluja last year is more than a public relations issue - it has opened up a debate about the use of this weapon in modern warfare. The admission contradicted a statement this week from...
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    Hospital emergency

    Having spent my weekend in the emergency ward in a hospital I must say I have new found respect for the people that work there. Amazing! nothing but chaos and extreme pressure. I would like to make their dreams come true, which is to have gordon campbell for a patient. :? One can only hope...
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    The Genghis Khan Genetic Fitness Test

    http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=6936188936100731841
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    Good ideas on life

    Okay lets hear your good ideas on life, I have picked up some dandys cruising the net..some I keep and use, others...delete key :P 1. BOIL an egg to perfection without costly egg timers by popping the egg into boiling water and driving away from your home at exactly 60 mph. After 3 miles...
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    Explain this, someone

    Its sunday, so I have decided to post topics in the nascar way...anyhos..can someone explain to me why 2 men would want to fight in the nude outside of wendys :naka: 8O 8O Men Accused Of Fighting Nude Outside Restaurant WASHINGTON, Ind. -- Two men were arrested after they were seen...
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    hate to brag but......

    In B.C., more than a quarter of the respondents scored in the highest literacy level. That's ten percentage points higher than the national average. But it's not unusual. Lynn Barr-Telford of Statistics Canada says the western provinces and the Yukon usually rank at the top. The study shows...
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    Ukee's

    hehehhe...gots to love those ukee's otherwise known as islanders that live up in ucluelet....I love their newspaper, the ukee tattler, lots of good bits in there about ukee's, or as the ukee's say, news to hot :angryfire: for regular media :P They gots a really good new addition to dat paper...
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    island news

    Well I cannot wait for cub reporters bevvy and important to collect any good bits from the mainland...so I am gonna start posting interesting bits from dis island...here is my first one 8) from up the road in campbell river. Carport Refinery Paul Rudan/The Mirror Warren van Ginneken...
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    Firefighters with cancer

    By Black Press Nov 04 2005 Firefighters from around the province packed the public gallery at the legislature as the B.C. government introduced legislation to extend their protection against several common cancers. Labour Minister Mike de Jong introduced changes to the Workers Compensation Act...
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    humpies moving

    Well, me thinks I will check this out today, I will ride my bike tho, since that &*%^^$^% campbell now charges for parking in a provincial park :twisted: :twisted: By Erin Kelley-Gedischk Goldstream News Gazette Nov 02 2005 The lure of towering trees and a lush temperate rainforest isn't...
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    Most hated road on the island

    Hey juan 8O looks like jinglepot rd up your way made the list. :P By RudyHaugeneder Goldstram News Gazette Nov 04 2005 Fed-up motorists have named six Greater Victoria intersections - including one on the View Royal border - as among Vancouver Island's top 10 "hated" intersections. The...
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    Coast winter

    Well there is enough coasters and islanders here we can really chat up about the weather. It pouring, andygal can attest to that. And you always know you got a gutter problem when the rain sounds like a water fall outside your window :? :?
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    Ferry hikes

    Here we go again, islanders getting the shaft :? The price goes up and the service goes down. You now have to dig deeper in your pockets to take a ferry. Effective Tuesday, B.C. Ferry Services Inc. charges $32.15 for a car travelling at mid-week between Vancouver Island and the mainland...
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    Old mother north wind

    Oi! what a day here in lotusland..do not go outside..you might be carried off by old mother north wind...its a gusting around here 8O Even starbucks had no power :twisted: Winds knock out power, delay ferries Last updated Nov 3 2005 12:31 PM PST CBC News High winds blacked out power to...
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    You gots to be kidding!!!!

    Many Saltspring Islanders surprised to hear of war criminal in their midst Norman Gidney Times Colonist; With files from CH TV Wednesday, November 02, 2005 Police on Saltspring Island have been aware for months that a man convicted in absentia for torturing and killing...