Corvette Magazine Online Edition. Be patient, we really are in it :)
Corvette Magazine June 2002– What’s a party without a good old-fashioned head shaving and a keg or two? After sitting behind computers and networking with friends for the past months, the third annual CorvetteForum.com Cruise-In gave the dot-coms a chance to meet one another and party down. “The parking lot of the Baymont Inn is two inches higher,” Dominic Sorresso pointed out as Forum members congregated for BS sessions.
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Jaclyn made Dean’s Honour Roll :)
Taped to the mirror in our bathroom this morning (so her parents didn’t miss it) was a letter from Humber College with a highlighted mark over “…attaining an Honours standing…” It was a very nice surprise :)
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Good reason to do some spring cleaning. Woman finds winning lotto ticket from last October
Original Story (CP) June 07, 2002–
For the last seven months, Larry and Yvonne Obchansky have not splurged on fancy restaurants, bought a new Mercedes or gone shopping in boat stores. They could have, of course, if only they had know they have been millionaires the whole time.
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Lost Incan city found after coca plants cleared away
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LONDON (Reuters) — British and American explorers have found a large Inca town that was lost for more than 400 years after hacking their way through the dense jungles of Peru.
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Jaclyn’s “G” licence test
Oh crap! Jaclyn comes home today from trying her final “G” driving test with a look of disappointment. She drops the yellow test papers down on the table and goes up to her room. I couldn’t believe all the little “tick” marks. I stopped counting after forty. No full stop, over the line, no blind spot checks, speeding in residential zone, dangerous actions, traffic law violations, no signals, driving too slow. :( Jeez what a waste… $75 down the drain and we have to pay again for each test she takes, until she passes. If you don’t complete everything within 5yrs from getting your learners permit, you get to start from scratch again.
Animal protection law could fine farmers $10,000 for branding livestock
Full Story at Globe and Mail
OTTAWA — Tough new cruelty-to-animal legislation passed in the House of Commons yesterday despite the objections of Canadian agricultural groups who fear it may pave the way for legal persecution of farmers.
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Fire Station’s Beer Machine Questioned
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A battle is brewing over a beer vending machine in a Tri-State fire station. The machine is located in the Crescent Springs fire station, and volunteer firefighters pay for and stock the beer, WLWT Eyewitness News 5 reported. The machine has drawn criticism from members of the community who are concerned that the firefighters may be drinking while they are on duty. The firefighters have denied that they are drinking on the clock.
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Crescent Sunset on June 10th
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On Monday, June 10th, the Moon will glide in front of the Sun as it sets over parts of North America.
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Irene Update
C.Terrace just called and said Mom’s right lower leg is inflamed again (Cellulitis) so the doctor has prescribed antibiotics. I hope she isn’t causing this with all the “Moo Creme” she has me buy her?
Don’t Mess with Pachyderms… they never forget!
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An Indonesian worker was trampled to death by five elephants at a Malaysian oil palm plantation on Saturday, police said.
One of the elephants used its trunk to drag Sharifuddin Ghani, 23, from his home before the herd trampled him at the remote plantation in Temerloh, about 55 miles east of the capital, Kuala Lumpur.
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