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The Times Square ball gets all the publicity, but it's not the only thing being dropped on Dec. 31 -- and we're not talking bad habits. Seems like almost every city -- big and small -- marks the new year by dropping something from a tall building or a crane For instance, the city of...

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Re: Did you ever wonder why, how or who ......? Did you ever wonder who sent the first Christmas Card? A relatively recent phenomenon, the sending of commercially printed Christmas cards originated in London in 1843. Previously, people had exchanged handwritten holiday greetings. First...

In a Czechoslovakian tourist agency: Take one of our horse-driven city tours - we guarantee no miscarriages. Advertisement for donkey rides in Thailand: Would you like to ride on your own ***? In a Swiss mountain inn: Special today - no ice cream. (kein Eis?) In a Bangkok...

This one is from Alabama.... Why Opossum Has A Bare Tail (Creek/Muscogee Tribe) retold by S. E. Schlosser One day, Opossum was walking in the woods around sunset when he spied Raccoon. Now Opossum had always admired Raccoon because he had a beautiful tail with rings all around it...

The movie "Excalibur" (1981), is a really good movie IMO if you like the King Arthur legend (waaay better than the most recent attempts) $5.98 on amazon :D

Amazing isn't it !! This is from Britannia,com "What of the Winchester Round Table then? In 1976, this became the subject of extensive scientific investigations. It was first recorded at Winchester in 1463 and had probably been painted with a likeness of Henry VIII in 1522. Now...

I'm sure you have all heard of King Arthur & the Round Table and Robin Hood. so I won't bore you with those - but wouldn't it be fantastic if they were finally proved to have existed ...awesome. Anyway I digress ..... Here is a story from Texas El Muerto A Texas Ghost Story...

There's probably a Macdonalds out there already LOL :D

Sky News The chances of life existing outside the Earth have been boosted by the discovery that there might be many more stars in the universe than first thought. Astronomers have learned that small, dim stars known as red dwarfs are far more prolific than they believed - up to three times...

We are loaded - from Houston to Chicago Probably a silly question but .....Have you called dispatch to make sure they do have you as available?

Good job Guido :) Loaded in Houston on our way to Chicago (thank you :p)

BBC news Dec 29 The notorious message board 4Chan has been taken offline by an overwhelming web attack. Thanks to the attack, the discussion boards of the site have been hard to reach or offline for almost 24 hours. The attack might be retaliation for similar attacks that some 4Chan...

Smoking in public bans have been in place in the UK for sometime now. The undoubted fact is that the ban has caused a lot of businessess to close. Our Off Licences (liquor stores) had all but closed in the town I lived in due to the fact people would stock up from a supermarket. Pubs...

Hmmmm.... now you have me thinking which is my favourite boat :rolleyes: Cornelia Maria? Time Bandit? Wizard? Northwestern? Oh heck I like them all :D:D

Make lots of money - cos I have been checking Gamespot and there are LOADS of new xbox games next year that I want :D:D Seriously though - our aim is to add another van/maybe a sprinter ... we will have to see :rolleyes:

BBC News Black-tufted marmosets living in Brazil's city parks are going to surprising lengths to avoid unusual predators - domestic cats. The small urban-dwelling monkeys return to favoured sleeping sites - something jungle-dwelling marmosets do not do. Cats often make multiple...

We are :D Thankfully no payments - for the van's that is, repairs are another kettle of fish (or should that be can of worms here in the US) :p

Assoc Press SAN FRANCISCO — Daniel Balsam hates spam. Most everybody does, of course. But he has acted on his hate as few have, going far beyond simply hitting the delete button. He sues them. Eight years ago, Balsam was working as a marketer when he received one too many e-mail pitches to...