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  1. JLM

    Ten Extremely Misunderstood British Foods

    Apparently in Great Britain it goes by the name of "Brawn".
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    Ten Extremely Misunderstood British Foods

    #11- Head cheese!
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    Man saws off foot to avoid work

    Man cuts off foot in bid to avoid work An unemployed Austrian man who feared his jobless benefits would be cut off has sawn off his foot and thrown the remains in a furnace in a bid to render himself ineligible for work. Hans Url, 56, was due to undergo a medical examination after job centre...
  4. JLM

    Sunday Morning Breakfast

    Head cheese is better for lunch. I haven't had pickled eggs for years, I don't think they are overly healthy.
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    Sunday Morning Breakfast

    Yep, it doesn't get any better than that. I do prefer ham myself as it isn't as salty as bacon. You should be eating breakfast every day, you'll live 10 years longer. Raisin Bran is my favourite cereal and it's not laced with sugar. I remember for awhile back in my single days, when making...
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    Harper's Conservatives lose popularity.

    Signs show Stephen Harper Conservatives' popularity beginning to slip | Full Comment | National Post Is this news or drivel? Every since I was first aware of politics, political leaders traditionally reach their lowest ebb about one year after winning an election (generally by design) N.P...
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    Theft operation huge joke!

    Huge ID theft operation busted in B.C. - British Columbia - CBC News You'll notice one of the accused is released on $500 bail.
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    Don't buy insurance from Manulife.

    Travel insurance loophole devastates B.C. couple - British Columbia - CBC News Tell everyone you know.
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    Grand Forks fires

    Arson suspected in 2 Grand Forks hotel fires - British Columbia - CBC News What kind of A$$hole torches a building with 15 people sleeping inside? We really do need the death penalty. (Sorry Gerry)
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    Man ticketed for talking on cell phone while driving-

    One problem, he doesn't have a cell phone and there wasn't one in the car. Cellphone ticket baffles senior with no phone - Manitoba - CBC News
  11. JLM

    countdown to doomsday

    Entirely too many people pay too much attention to utter bullsh*t. Doomsday is still about 100 years away and will probably transpire as the result of laziness and greed and either starving to death or choking on our own sh*t. :lol:
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    B.C. Place renovations.

    Recently we've heard a lot of rhetoric about the expense for "replacing the roof" at B.C. place, quite often brought up regarding the teachers' dispute, so I Googled the subject to make sure I am cognizant of the facts and not just "blowing smoke". Actually the $600 million quoted was for...
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    B.C. School teachers - What would be fair?

    The teachers are going on strike. The Gov't. doesn't seem to want to budge. We are in tough economic times, yet the politicians helped themselves to ridiculous raises a few years ago. On the other hand the teachers don't seem to realize that to get a raise would mean increased taxes, which...
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    What has happened to common decency in our society?

    A young girl is violently gang raped while bystanders are snapping pictures, while dozens of people watch. She needs witnesses to come forward so the perpetrators can be charged and prosecuted. Yet nobody comes forward (even an anonymous letter to the cops dropped in a mailbox could) Is there...
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    British Columbia debt near $60 billion.

    Yesterday there was reminders that we need another holiday. It seems there are more pressing matters at hand, with our provincial debt close to $60 billion ($15,000 for every man woman and child) . At what point do we as individuals start taking some responsibility for this. Should we lay off...
  16. JLM

    Swedes are tough

    Swedish man survives two months trapped in snow-covered car | News | National Post
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    Best sandwich ever!

    Yuck, gross, especially when the choice of head cheese and mustard is available!
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    Best sandwich ever!

    Yep, I love them too, as a matter of fact about the only sandwich I prefer to that is head cheese and mustard on multigrain bread.
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    Now that it's 2012, I have a word or two about doomsdays

    There's two problems I see, How many running as Dems are actually Dems and How many running as Republicans are actually Republicans and then if you can get that sorted out how many of them start acting like the opposite once elected? They run according to how they will get the most votes...
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    Flu is not the biggest danger ...... It's the vaccine

    And I got it once in 20 odd years of having flu shot.................."there's an exception to every rule", but as Talloola indicates your chances are a lot better if you have the shot. But hey, I'm still trying to convince my wife after 40 years! :lol: