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Make Handicaps disappear

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Stunning pictures from around the World

thanks Kitty L

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Simply Superb

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Those Funny Animals

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Animals adopting each other

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Garfield

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Meanwhile in the USA

In a special Sunday radio address, 

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio)

 delivered a health tip to the American people,

 advising them to delay getting cancer for a year.

 He added that heart disease, emphysema, and diabetes

 were among a laundry list of conditions that would be 

“patriotic to avoid for a year.” 

“If you delay getting any of these things for the next twelve months,

 together we will win this fight,” he said

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Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying, 

"Negotiating with Obama is like playing chess with a pigeon. 

The pigeon knocks over all the pieces, craps on the board and 

then struts around like it won the game."

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Conduct us

When I was a little boy, my family did not have a lot of money.

 My father had a reasonably well paying job,

 but with four kids and a dog, money was often tight.

 This is not to say that we were deprived or unhappy.

 Our family did many activities together, 

but our favorite was camping, 

which we did year-round, blazing heat or freezing cold.

It was a great sight to see the whole clan scrambling 

to get everything together for a weekend trip.

The whole family then piled into our Chevy station wagon

 with a dog bigger than the three smallest children put together.

 Dad would then tie down our trusty tent

 to the top of the Chevy and off we would go.

Our tent was amazing in and of itself. 

It was a army surplus tent large enough for the whole family plus dog.

 It had survived though rain storms, snow storms, wind storms.

 It had twice been uprooted from its stakes in high winds.

 (Makes me wonder why we went camping in so much terrible weather.)

It had blown off the Chevy a couple of times,

 but it had always survived. 

At least it survived with mother's help at the sewing machine

. It had patches over patches but it was still our faithful camping tent.

But alas, canvas can only last so long, 

so after about ten years of steady service

, my Dad admitted one summer that our tent was no longer usable. 

We didn't go camping at all the following fall.

 The only thing that kept us kids controllable

 was that Dad promised we would get a new tent at Christmas, 

and we could go camping all winter.

So Mom and Dad went on a savings program

 to get the money for our new tent. 

They even got us kids to pitch in a little.

 Money was tight, but the savings accumulated, 

and we all had visions of a great winter outdoors.

That is, until disaster struck in late November,

 and my little bother Johnny broke his arm.

 Dad hadn't counted on an emergency,

 and the hospital and doctor bills completely depleted our tent saving.

 We were all downcast at the prospect of no winter camping.

 Even I was almost sorry I pushed Johnny off the roof.

So as Christmas approached, we were all pretty glum. 

There weren't as many presents around the tree as usual,

 because the extra money had gone into my bother's arm.

Finally, Christmas Eve was here, 

and our month long depression was lifted a little,

 because we could open our presents.

 Dad had to work, but he was late, and hadn't called.

 Mother began to worry,

 and just before she called the police,

 Dad drove up.

We couldn't believe our eyes! 

There on top of the Chevy was a brand new shiny tent, 

even larger than Old Faithful.

Instantly, five voices started asking Dad question after question,

 so he ushered us all into the living room,

 around the Christmas tree to tell us what happened.

It seems that Dad had seen an advertisement 

for a store called SURPLUS CITY (all caps required)

. Last week he had gone by to see if they had any tents

 that we could afford. 

There was one perfect tent (the only one actually) for $60.

 So Dad worked a little overtime

 and scrimped a little on his Christmas gifts

 and he scraped together about $45.

That night he had gone to SURPLUS CITY with his $45

 and tried to get a bargain on the tent. 

He had managed to chisel the manger down to $50 for the tent,

 but from there the manager wouldn't budge. 

There was no credit or lay-away at SURPLUS CITY,

 either, just cold hard cash.

So Dad went back out to the car,

 and thought about how hard it would 

be to come home empty handed.

 In a flash of inspiration, he got the spare tire from the car 

and went back in. 

He asked the manager if he would take the spare tire for $5 

so he could buy the tent.

With that act of desperation, the managers heart softened.

 What with it being Christmas and all,

 and my father being so intent on getting the tent, 

and stopping in several times over the past week,

 he let Dad have the tent for $40.

When Dad finished telling this story, 

we all cheered and hollered and generally made fools of ourselves.

That was the happiest Christmas I have ever had. 

And that was the best winter of camping we ever had too

, in the winter of our discount tent. 

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True Stories

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Cops and Donuts

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Kids add joy to your life

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A beautiful Story

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Funny Insults

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Fishing under Ice

The people of Kangiqsujuaq in Canada who go to great lengths

 to add variety to their diet of seal meat 

by venturing under the sea ice during the extreme low tides

 of the spring equinox to gather mussels. 

This is a deadly serious race against time

 as they have less than half an hour to search these

 temporary caverns before the tide rushes back in. 

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Its important to have fun at work

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Put on your thinking cap

and try some of these

DULT SCIENCE QUIZ... 

Here’s a quiz on how much science adults know.
 Only 7% of the adult population gets all 13 questions correct. See how you do.

» Science and Technology Knowledge Quiz

                         or

http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge/

I scored 9  try to beat me.......  Phil

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Click on this link for a Logo's Quiz

 http://www.quizsquid.com/corporate-logos-quiz

I only got two wrong

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Take the Aussie Quiz

It doesn't matter if your not an Aussie

Good fun about Aussie Slang and Sayings

Even I got two wrong

 Right-o you lot, reckon you know a bit about Oz?

Have a gander at this site and see how you fare. 

Australia Quiz

thanks to Gordon H 

for the Aussie and Science quizzes 

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POSTERS

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Over the next few weeks I will post some of those

 Great Instrumental hits from days gone by

Here are a couple to enjoy

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One of the major soft drink conglomerates decided 

it was time to re-invent the way they sold their product.

After months of discussion and deep thought

 an unmistakable idea of genius appeared.

It is being test marketed in a secret location 

somewhere in the world and

 the results are being analysed at the moment.

The unique selling idea is to have several different container sizes

 in the very same six-pack.

The most successful packages has two 250 ml bottles,

 two 500 ml bottles, and two 1000 ml bottles.

To the bottler’s surprise, after purchasing the beverage,

 most people are choosing to drink from the 1000 ml container first.

Postmarketing research is showing why.

It is the liter of the pack

A young apprentice was caught stealing from the local soap factory.

When the case came to court the judge decided

 to make an example of him to discourage other youths

 from delinquency and a life of crime.

Judge: “Well, what have you to say in your defense?”

Boy: “Only that I’m sorry your honour.”

Judge: “Humph! I senten”ce you to 10 years hard labour, 

starting immediately and with no parole!.”

Boy: “But sir, it was only a few bars of cheap soap!”

Judge: “Consider yourself lucky! 

It could have been life, boy.

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Thousands of Bangladeshis crammed ferries and trains,

 leaving Dhaka  to return to their home villages

 and celebrate Eid al-fitr, which marks the end 

of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan

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 Top Brand names and their worth

1. Apple

Brand Value: $98,316 million

2. Google

Brand Value: $93,291 million

3. Coca-Cola

Brand Value: $79,213 million

4. IBM

Brand Value: $78,808 million

  

5. Microsoft

Brand Value: $59,546 million

6. General Electric

Brand Value: $46,947 million

7. McDonald's

Brand Value: $41,992 million

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Boogie Woogie

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At the Duplex

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Wow!! ....  How was this done

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Men and Women

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Animusic HD - Resonant Chamber

thanks Ray S

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   Kids

Love this song

Aloha ka manini: 

A song which demonstrates the respect and gratitude that Hawaiians

 have for one of their dearest sources of food.

http://youtu.be/9N9sfwmM9-Y

 Unable to embed this video but the above link will take you there

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and this

Tia Garrere

this is not goodbye; this is merely farewell, until we meet again, in a better place, Aloha

no doubt someone will correct me if I am wrong

But I think this is the National Anthem

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This weeks Signs

No one should have to wait that long for luggage 

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Mercedes Clever Advert

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A slave call girl from Sardinia named Gedophamee 

(say it aloud a few times) was attending a great,

but as yet unnamed, athletic festival 2500 years ago in Greece ..

In those days, believe it or not,

 the athletes performed naked.

To prevent unwanted arousal while competing, 

the men imbibed freely on a drink containing saltpeter

before and throughout the variety of events.

At the opening ceremonial parade, 

Gedophamee observed the first wave of naked magnificent males

marching toward her and she exclaimed:

 “OH!! Limp pricks!”

Over the next two and a half millenniums

 that has morphed into “Olympics”.

Just thought I’d share this new found knowledge with you.

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YOU GOTTA TRY THIS AT LEAST ONCE!!!!!  

IT'S GREAT. LISTEN TO THE MUSIC WHILE YOU PLAY.

 YOU MAY FEEL VERY RELAXED. 

YOU MIGHT EVEN TRY IT AGAIN,

 AGAIN AND AGAIN.

http://stuff.pyzam.com/toys/tictacscare.swf

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We've all been there

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PHILS PHILOSOPHY

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Animals of Australia

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