Back in the last millennium I graduated from the Electronics program at BCIT (the British Columbia Institute of Technology). I was very happy. It was my goal in high school and I had achieved it!
My mother was even happier!!! When she got her copy of this photo she went straight to the local newspaper, the Quesnel Cariboo Observer, and …
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My first trip to Ireland was in the 90s and I was a big Guinness fan. Guinness lore said nothing compared to a Guinness poured in Ireland and I enjoyed confirming this for myself. In the name of accuracy I gathered as large a sample size as I could from across the country.
I also toured the Guinness Storehouse in …
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When I was growing up, one of my favourite shows was The Banana Splits. If you haven’t heard of The Banana Splits, you can get all the gory details in this Banana Splits Wikipedia article. Fleegle was my favourite. One of the interstitials featured the Banana Splits goofing around in their banana buggies, which were ATVs with …
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