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Entries from May 2010

Guatemala City Sink Hole

May 31st, 2010 · No Comments

Photo: Gobierno de Guatamala Pinellas and Pasco County residents are mindful of sink hole problems and the extra cost of home insurance associated with them.  However I have never seen a local sinkhole like this  seemingly bottomless  one that opened up in Guatemala City over the weekend,  looks like it might go on for ever!  [...]

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Tags: Travel

Political Calls and The Do Not Call List

May 18th, 2010 · No Comments

Received a call from Marco Rubio this morning, actually one of his campaign workers.  A couple of things annoy me about this.  Political calls are exempt from the do not call list, but caller ID showed Unknown Name and 000-000-0000 as the phone number.  If political calls are to be exempt they should at least [...]

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Look Out Behind You – REALLY I’m Not Kiddin’

May 14th, 2010 · No Comments

This train spotter cheats death by inches, watch the complete video.   Groupon Deal Of The Day !!

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Groupon Money Saving Coupons Review

May 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment

A couple of months ago I signed up at Groupon Coupon website. Basically every few days they send you a coupon offer from a local business that has signed up with them.  I was expecting quite a bit of spam, but was pleasantly suprised….. they just send an email with a coupon every couple of [...]

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Tags: Financial · Shopping & Service

A Florida Beach Wedding

May 4th, 2010 · No Comments

One of the nice things about living in Florida is getting an invite to a beach wedding.  Last weekend  we attended the wedding of  Michelle & Ed,  Michelle is a the daughter of our friend Louisa .  The wedding was held on Sand Key in Clearwater.  It was an absolutely beautiful day with a light [...]

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Tags: Family