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Category: Photo & Weather

January 27, 2012

Norwegian Icebreaker Heads up the North Saskatchewan River

As you may have seen on the news, it's been very cold in Alberta.

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Category: Men/Women & Sports

January 25, 2012

Stranded on a Desert Island

Speaking of the previous (shipwreck -- see link below) item, another classic.

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One day a man decided to retire. He booked himself onto a Caribbean cruise and proceeded to have the time of his life -- that is, until the ship sank.

He soon found himself stranded on a tropical island with no supplies, just fresh water and fruit.

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Category: Holidays

January 23, 2012

Cruisin' for a Bruisin'

I doubt it's a true story, but the recent disaster with the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia reminds me of a comment made by Winston Churchill:

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