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Entries from January 2010

Win A Transatlantic Cruise On The Queen Mary 2

January 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Enter this Cunard Sweepstake and if you are very lucky you can travel back in time and cross the Atlantic the way it was done in the days before jet aircraft.  Cunard Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic Sweepstake Good Luck!

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Tags: Cruising · Travel

Joe & Megan’s Statue of Liberty Snowman

January 8th, 2010 · No Comments

Joe & Megan’s school has been closed for the past couple of days because of the snow enveloping the U.K. (see previous post) So they decided to build a snowman for Nana Vicki  & Grandad Mick, its the only Statue of Liberty snowman in the UK!

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Tags: Family · Travel

U.K. Covered in Snow, Looks Awfully Cold ! Photo by NASA

January 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment

This recent NASA photo shows England, Wales, and Scotland completely covered in snow.  It’s a really nice photo but can’t be very nice for people on the ground! Reminds me of the winter of 1962-1963 which was the one of the worst in recorded history.

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Tags: Travel

Healthcare Reform Negotiations on C-SPAN – NOT !

January 6th, 2010 · No Comments

As a nation we need to hold Politian’s to their campaign promises, the video above is just an example of how promises are made and broken.  I am sure a video can be put together of promises to eliminate pork spending in bills, yet their are billions in the current healthcare bill and little is [...]

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Golf at the Eagles, Surprise Addition To Our Twosome

January 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

Played golf at the Eagles last week with my friend Brian.  As we were about to tee off the starter  put a single player with us.  The player introduced himself as “Vince”,  we tee’d off from our usual white markers and “Vince” went to the black tee box and proceeded to crush his drive 300yds!  [...]

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Tags: Family