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    Sears to close more stores as holiday sales slump

    As usual your posts are spot on in accuracy and timeliness. The irony won't be lost on any Canadians who shopped in Eaton's stores. It was unfortunate as Eaton's was a higher end store for sure. My grandmother would roll over in her grave. O well.
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    Vintage Baseball

    Mine too. I had a teacher who actually played in that league and still spoke fondly of it 60 years later. She was almost 90 when she died in 2007.
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    30 years of Raiders of the Lost Ark tomorrow

    Wow 30 years. I can watch that movie over and over. I actually ruined an original VHS copy from over watching. I hope they make more of them, though they can certainly leave out the "Interdimentional Creatures" and go after a historial artifact again if they like. :D
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    Sears to close more stores as holiday sales slump

    So true. Hate to be rude but their staff are atrocious. The only reason appliances and TV sales reps are good is because they are on commission. Clearly upper management do not care at all. I have actually been in the store when a group of managers does a walk around and they are completely...
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    Jeeves and Wooster

    Agreed. I can totally relate to laughing to myself when I am reading them regardless of how many times I have read the stories. Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie just fit the roles perfectly. When I read them, I actually picture those 2 talking. Interesting trivia: Laurie and Fry are so tall...
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    How to prevent salt marks on leather boots?

    This has happened to me as well in Canada where we use salt by the ton. It never seems to go away entirely. I use my mother's old trick of Vaseline (Petroleum Jelly). I would never have believed it but it works like a dream and keeps the leather of your shoes and boots in great condition...
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    100 Year Old Doctor Still Makes Housecalls

    My lawyer has been the family lawyer since 1956. He is over 80 years old, in perfect physical and mental health and loves his work. It is a real pleasure to deal with someone like that.
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    Johnny Depp in talks to Play The Thin Man

    Please NO. We don't need a remake of another fantastic classic film. I don't want my kids thinking that the new "Thin Man" is the only one. This has already happened with too many great movies like "The Day The Earth Stood Still", "The Taking of Pelham 123", "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" and "The...
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    Favorite Novelty Christmas Songs

    A classic that gets nowhere near enough playtime is "New Kids Got Run Over By A Reindeer".
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    WWII secrets...

    I recently came across information that states that Naval Command may have left the fleet at Pearl Harbor even with the Japanese attack imminent because of the depth of the water in the harbor. The argument being that kamikaze planes had caused massive amounts of damage to even huge battleships...
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    Dialects/Accents in the Movies

    Yes, exactly. I thought I was the only one that noticed it, haha.
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    Husband accidently chucks out $50,000 worth of jewellery!

    Please do not personally attack before checking the facts. I was directly involved in the aftermath of this situation and the "recovery" which is by no means complete has been very difficult. The boxes were sold sight unseen and this has been the argument of the few people that have even...
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    Husband accidently chucks out $50,000 worth of jewellery!

    Here in Canada, the representative of the Queen, is the Governor General. He lives in a government mansion in Ottawa and entertains dignitaries, like the Queen. Several years ago, some mastermind on the government's staff decided to sell at auction a bunch of miscellaneous boxes he found in...
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    Dialects/Accents in the Movies

    The guy that always amazes me is Hugh Jackman. When I first saw him in the original "X-Men", I couldn't believe he was Australian. He did a spot on Canadian accent. I know it is probably very hard for a non-Canadian to hear it, but there are small nuances and pronunciations that we have that...
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    Dialects/Accents in the Movies

    Kevin Costner in Robin Hood.
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    Facial Hair

    I wish my piano had the good sense to dress that well, haha. :D As an aside, I was reading a book about the secret service and some of Truman's original agents stated that not only was he a snappy dresser and gentleman in the public eye, he was both in private as well and treated everyone...
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    Another tragedy involving warbirds

    Me too. I always get nervous watching them on the TV. They are so close to the ground or skimming water and really close to the crowd. I hate to say it, but this was a tragedy waiting to happen. The way they weave in and out of pylons with a plane looks really cool but gives no room for...
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    Old houses with bomb shelters

    No kidding. What a lot of fun you could have had as a child in your special "club". Haha.
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    Old houses with bomb shelters

    O yes. I have seen several home improvement shows where the new owners go to renovate the house, pull up the floor and there is a hidden trap door that leads down into a secret set of rooms under the house, fully outfitted as a bomb shelter. This seems to have been very prevalent in the US in...
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    Unpopular movie opinions...

    That is one of the worst films ever, and I love most of the other Batman movies. The Dark Knight plot makes no sense at all. It is so elaborate and full of gigantic coincidences that it totally grates on my nerves. Why does Bruce Wayne burn everything in the makeshift batcave? No one...

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