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    Cadbury's Easter Eggs

    There's a warning on the CBC Consumers Report about several of these eggs contining bits of hard plastic,so take care if you plan on purchasing any of these for Easter.
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    Funny Films On Serious Subjects

    To me,the absolute best one is "Reefer Madness", with it's dire warnings on smoking just one reefer. The training films on surviving a nuclear attack from the 1950's deserve special mention --you might remember them telling young students to just hide under their desks and they would be all...
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    Good Things From The USA

    Rock and Roll,the hamburger, Disney,jeans,sneakers,Hollywood movies,surfing,Bill Gates,Martha Stewart,Steve McQueen,Playboy magazine,muscle cars...I could go on and on, but the idea was to counter some of the negative postings about the states :)
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    Some Great SciFi Eco Fiction

    The Sheep Look Up/John Brunner..about overpopulation. All of the Dune series..very ecological. Soylent Green..recycling humans for food. Just a few suggestions from books I have enjoyd in the past.
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    Dirty Tricks or Pranks

    Just a couple of mine that will give the impression that I am not to be trifled with :) I once took a pair of rubber boots belonging to one of my nastier working partners and had them filled with quick drying cement. Another time,I borrowed his hat and squashed a banana inside the liner. Oh ,you...
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    Your Fave Cover Version Of A Song

    This Flight Tonight--the Joni Mitchell song as done by the Scottish band,Nazareth. They took this lovely ballad and made it really ROCK :)
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    Your Favourite Handgun..And Why?

    Mine is the 1851 Navy Colts, because they are very cool looking..and because Clint carried several pairs of them in "The Outlaw Josey Wales"
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    The Real Culpret Behind Rising Obesity

    WalMart. Yes,it is a not so secret plan to sell more product.As the chain has nearly reached total saturation of the market they had to think of some way to keep up their sales & came up with fattening all North America so everyone will have to wear much larger sizes...and where do you find all...
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    The TV Ratings System

    If,before the show comes on,there is a warning that the show contains violence,sex and strong language..you can bet that I'll be watching :) I'd like to thank the networks for these warnings,so I never have to waste my valuable viewing time on pap.
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    John Martin Dies

    the man behind all the programming on Much Music has died at the age of 57 from cancer. Anyone who has ever watched and enjoyed any of the shows there owes this man a debt :( I was thinking of him this AM ,while enjoying The Wedge.
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    H&R BLOCK

    It seems that they can't even get their own corporate taxes done properly,let alone ours. According to TechDirt,the company somehow forgot a small matter of 32 million that the IRS believes belongs to them. Just an error,they claim :)
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    Cohen's Suzanne

    So,Leonard was writing about a real life woman when he wrote his famous and beautiful song "Suzanne" and she is alive and living in Venice Beach,California. This was in a news piece on CBC News last night.She is basically homeless and lives in her pickup truck,but still has all her ideals and...
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    UNCUT Magazine

    I found an interesting [new for me anyway] magazine on the stands called Uncut. it is an established British music publication that comes with an attached CD of various bands. that is what attracted me to it in the first place ,as I used to buy the long gone CMJ [and enjoyed the music samplers...
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    NB Provincial Election

    We could be heading for another provincial election within two months because of the defection of one of Lord's PCs. This left them with 26 seats, while the Liberals have the same number and there are now two independents sitting. The election could be called just after the next provincial...
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    Let's Ban Non Essential Products From The Arab World

    Let's see; Figs and dates...surely we can go without those tasty fig bars and date squares,eh? And who needs to eat camel jerky anyway? We could also stop the importation of turbans.They are so out of fashion[just ask Quentin and Stacey of What not to Wear]. Other products we could ban would be...
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    The Worst Trash On TV

    There is so much to choose from in this category :) Jerry Springer,Maury, Fox News,i could go on and on endlessly. But ,I submit that the absolute worst, most tasteless piece of crap ever foisted on the viewing public is a charming little infomercial entitled"Girls Gone Wild". Their parents must...
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    Alberta's Funniest Person

    And the winner is ..mr. Ralph Klein for all his humous comments and pithy political remarks. A guest spot on the polular Corner Gas is surely being negotiated as we write this :lol: <Edited to get rid of caps in thread name. Cosmo>
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    Gillette's New 5 Blade Razor

    I knew this would happen . The cold war between Schick and Gillette kept escalating,with each company outdoing the other with how many blades they could attach onto a razor. So,Gillette now has one called Fusion with 5 blades. What does this one do that makes it superior to the last model...
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    Jan.23-The Most Depressing Day?

    supposedly this is the most depressing day of the year due to the weather,post Christmas blues and the credit card debt incrued because of it--but may I suggest the upcoming Valentine's Day as far more of a depressant to those of us who are alone and never receive a Valentine :(
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    Voting Day

    There is a smallish snow storm heading our way, so I thought the Polls would be crowded with voters who feared the snow. But,at 8:45 this morning,I was the third person in my poll to cast his ballot. I have heard that over 5000 had already voted in the Pre Election polls and know that there will...