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kickingfrog

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  1. They are long gone, just like common sense and politeness.
  2. His brother lives out your way too. He posted photos of TO, Ottawa, Kingston and Montreal. Maybe you're out the other window?
  3. Photo posted by Chris Hadfield on twitter today. Barrie 12:40pm
  4. The one site (the $176 shipping one) mentions that because it is solid meat with no cavity the turducken is not suitable for deep frying. But the bacon is a good idea I think.
  5. I didn't see them at either store. Figured I maybe missed them or, more likely, they were out.
  6. For the first time, I'd rather spend a bit more to invest less prep time.
  7. At $60 for a 15lb creature, I was willing to try it once. But $176.08 for shipping was just not going to happen.
  8. I'm looking to try turducken. I haven't seen it in stores in Barrie. I found a distributer in Louisiana but shipping is $170.
  9. Great, but will they still fit?
  10. Yep, the money gets spent one way or another.
  11. Ya, billionaires are known for paying their share of taxes. And just in case:
  12. It's Germany and a 4am start, eastern time, that is what pvr is for.
  13. No, an Ice transducer is not necessary.
  14. True ‘river monster’ fossils discovered by team with Alberta palaeontologist. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/geekquinox/true-river-monster-fossils-discovered-team-alberta-paleontologist-210404326.html Digging through the layers of a bauxite mine in Hungary, an international team of paleontologists has uncovered fossilized remains of several mosasaurs. The remains of the massive lizards that lived in the Cretaceous Period have revealed some surprising new details about the evolution of the species, the team reports. Mosasaurs weren't dinosaurs, but a species of true lizards — cold-blooded and able to dislocate their jaw to swallow anything that would fit inside their mouth. They were one of the largest predators in the ancient oceans — air-breathing, growing up to 16 metres in length, with paddle-like fins (similar to a whale's) and a gaping jaw filled with razor-sharp teeth that could unhinge to swallow anything that would fit inside — and their fearsome appearance earned them the nickname "T.Rex of the Sea." This new mosasaur, called Pannoniasaurus, shares the same jaw structure as the rest of the species, but is the first example found that lived in freshwater, and also that has legs like a land-dwelling lizard. "This is kind of new stuff for us in the mosasaur world," said Michael Caldwell, a paleontologist from the University of Alberta, who was a member of the team and co-author of the study published on Wednesday. "Up until about five to 10 years ago, we treated the group as though it had a common ancestor with paddle-like limbs. We’re beginning to recognize that the story is remarkably more complex than that. Mosasaurness is really about the skull and about habits, as opposed to everything but the head being focused on swimming adaptations." "It's an elegant and exciting example of evolution at work," he said. "If the ancestors of all mosasaurs started out on land, the existence of Pannoniasaurus shows that the move from land to ocean took place at different times and in different ways, depending on what evolutionary pressures were at work. They’re going through the high end of aquatic adaptations at different times and under different selection pressures." The found remains come from several different animals of various ages and sizes. This shows that this isn't just an isolated case, but a true subspecies of mosasaur. "This is really exciting new news in the business of evolutionary biology. It's almost like saying hominids evolved more than once, and having the fossil evidence to say so."
  15. Get a floater strap 'cause they sink.
  16. Try to hold off samplin' it until you've taken an "after" photo.
  17. I know almost squat about tax law, but I know enough to say that pro athletes don't pay all of their income tax based on the state, county or city that their team plays in. Many states, counties and/or cities collect taxes on visiting team athletes. You are right, if New York state collects taxes on visiting athlete the 8 (7 for the last 5 years) home games the Bills play do also generate tax revenue. These are not the everyday problems that you and I have. http://articles.latimes.com/2009/apr/12/sports/sp-jock-tax12
  18. FYI from statscan: 5.7 million litres — The volume of commercial sales of eggnog in Canada in December 2011. More than 2 million litres were sold the previous month (November 2011). Virtually all eggnog sales are in November and December. Statscan has a bunch of Christmas stats. Some of the numbers are surprising (to me at least) for a country of 30 odd million people. http://www42.statcan.gc.ca/smr08/2012/smr08_170_2012-eng.htm?WT.mc_id=twtZ0691
  19. Our Christmas Eve tradition is a punch with vodka. Pineapple juice, orange juice, cranberry juice and a jar of maraschino cherries. Freeze lemon and lime slices with water in muffin tins. If there is some left over it's great Christmas morning if we don't have to drive anywhere after opening presents.
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