Updates Jan 2004 & Feb 2004

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So what's with the American Ads on a Canadian Website ?

Pretty simple; When we check our counters, we're finding about 48% of our visitors are logging in from the good ole U.S.A. Tourists or misplaced Canadians? As we tend not to carry "pay ads", and there is a cost to maintain this site, we're letting Google Ads cover some of the costs. 

Feb 11, 2004

Ever wonder? What does URL mean when referring to web sites URL (universal resource locator)

Jan 22, 2004

Making money in the stock market is easy. Just buy stock in companies that will merge. Here are merger predictions from Gary in New York, who knows lots about these matters:

1. Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W. R. Grace Co. will merge and become: Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace.

2. Polygram Records, Warner Bros., and Zesta Crackers will join forces and become: Poly, Warner Cracker.

3. 3M will merge with Goodyear and issue forth as: MMMGood. 

4. Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining will merge and become: ZipAudiDoDa.

5. FedEx is expected to join its major competitor, UPS, and become: FedUP.

6. Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computers will become: Fairwell Honeychild.

7. Grey Poupon and Docker Pants are expected to become: Poupon Pants.

Little Snow recently on Labrador's Main Road

Quit Complaining about your job!

A prisoner escapes from his California prison where he had been kept for 15 years. As he runs away, he finds a house and breaks into it. He finds a young couple in bed. He gets the guy out of bed, ties him up on a chair, ties up the woman to the bed and starts kissing her on the neck, then gets up, and goes to the bathroom. While he is there, the husband tells his wife: "Listen, this guy is a prisoner, look at his clothes! He probably spent a lot of time in prison, and has not seen a woman in years. I saw the way he kissed your neck. If he wants to go all the way, don't resist, don't complain, just do what he tells you, give him satisfaction. This guy must be dangerous, if he gets angry, he will kill us. Be strong, honey. I love you" To which the wife responds, "He was not kissing my neck. He was whispering in my ear. He told me that he found you very sexy, and asked if we kept any Vaseline in the bathroom. Be strong, honey. I love you too...

Jan 16, 2004

Only Adding this as it was sent by a Newfoundlander

(1) Jus'one Lard

The Search Engine Watch Awards recognize outstanding achievements in web searching. The winners for accomplishments during 2002/2003 are below:

Outstanding Search Service Winner: Google Second Place: AllTheWeb

Best Meta Search Engine Winner: Vivisimo & Copernic Honorable Mentions: Ez2www, Kartoo & SurfWax

Best News Search Engine Winner: Google News Second Place: Yahoo News Honorable Mentions: AllTheWeb News, AltaVista News & Daypop

Best Image Search Engine Winner: Google Images Second Place: AllTheWeb Images & AltaVista Images

Best Shopping Search Engine Winners: Yahoo Shopping & DealTime Honorable Mentions:
mySimon, PriceGrabber, BizRate.com

Best Design Winner: Google Second Place: AllTheWeb Honorable Mention: Teoma

Most Webmaster Friendly Search Engine Winner: Google Second Place: AllTheWeb & Yahoo
Honorable Mention: MSN

Best Paid Placement Service Winners: Google AdWords & Overture Honorable Mention: FindWhat

Best European Paid Placement Service Winners: Espotting & Google  Second Place: Overture

Best Paid Inclusion Service Winners: Inktomi & Fast Second Place: Yahoo Express

Best Search Feature Winner: Google Spell Checking Second Place: AllTheWeb Page Customization Honorable Mentions: Google Dictionary Links & AllTheWeb Skins

Best Specialty Search Engine Winners: Scirus & Google Groups Second Place: Internet Archive Honorable Mentions:  FindLaw The Internet Movie Database Singingfish Audio Video Search FindArticles.com

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First-year students at Med School were receiving their first Anatomy class with a real dead human body. They all gathered around the surgery table with the body covered with a white sheet.

The professor started the class by telling them, "In medicine, it Is necessary to have 2 important qualities as a doctor. The first is That you not be disgusted by anything involving the human body." For An example, the Professor pulled back the sheet, stuck his finger in The butt of the corpse, withdrew it and stuck his finger in his mouth.

"Go ahead and do the same thing," he told his students. The students freaked out, hesitated for several minutes, but Eventually took turns sticking a finger in the butt of the dead body and sucking on it. When everyone had finished, the Professor looked at them and told them,"The second most important quality is observation. I stuck in my middle finger and sucked on my index finger. Now learn to pay attention."

Jan 3, 2004

Sorry Busy at the pub

Jan 9 2004

In a salute to San Antonio's Eddy Lee Dacy, We present the first Year In Review of Clueless Criminals — tales of bungling burglars, bonehead bank robbers and assorted clumsy crooks. Haven't heard of Dacy?
He's a small-time convict who made big-time news last December.
While on probation for possession of marijuana and methamphetamines, Dacy split town without permission from his probation officer.
Dacy, 46, apparently thought no one would find him and his teenage girlfriend in New York City.
Did Dacy disappear into the masses? No he went on the "Ricki Lake Show." He appeared on a program called, "Older Men, Younger Women." Whereupon Dacy entered another program. Jail. He gets the local Dumb Crook Award for 2002. Here is my national Top 10 for 2003:

No. 10: On Nov. 29, a Long Island man stole $2,000 worth of digital camera equipment from a Wal-Mart. Before he took the merchandise, the man posed for a picture on a store demonstration camera — chained to the counter and held by a female accomplice. The man's mug appeared all over the Big Apple. New York Post headline: Wal-Mart 'Thief' Photo-Finished.
No. 9: In October, a man wearing baggy pants with a T-shirt over his face held up a restaurant in Hendersonville, N.C. The robber jumped over the counter to reach the cash register, landed on his elbows, lost hold of the gun and fled. He tripped onto a wooden picket fence and got stuck upside down. Police found him with his pants around his ankles.
No. 8: On Nov. 19, at 2:30 a.m., a 24-year-old man was changing a flat tire on Interstate 35 in North Texas when police pulled over to help. The man, who had been convicted on multiple counts of drug possession, panicked. He tried to swallow a bag of marijuana and choked to death.
No. 7: In August, an Akron, Ohio, man stole a small safe from a watering hole called the Nut House. 
The man hailed a cab, took the safe home, and explained to the driver that he had no money for the $12 fare, which is why he stole the safe. Robbed, the cabbie called police. Officers found the suspect still trying to open the safe.
No. 6: In February, an inmate who escaped from Waco's McLennan County Jail in an orange jumpsuit broke into the theater department at Baylor to slip into something less conspicuous. Police apprehended the escapee in a leprechaun costume.
No. 5: Last week in Naples, Fla., two jewelry theft suspects running from police climbed into a car they thought was a getaway vehicle. Only to discover the driver in the unmarked car was wearing a badge and a sheriff's jacket.
No. 4: On Jan. 1, a man in Palm Beach County, Fla., stole a gun from a friend and robbed a gas station of $200. The robber left behind his wallet with four pieces of ID and three traffic tickets.
No. 3: In February, a burglar broke into a Mineral Wells store, emptied the cash register, used the toilet without flushing it, left a pistol on a bathroom counter and fell asleep. In the morning, the store owner — the wife of the local district attorney — found the burglar snoring. When police awoke the intruder, he snapped, "Hey, I was asleep!"
No. 2: In October, two men in Stuart, Fla., held up a gas station with a BB gun, getting beer and a hot dog. After leaving personal ID and a gun on the counter, the men called back and asked if they could swing by to pick up their belongings. No problem, said the surprised clerk. Great, said the robbers, who returned to find — no surprise — police.
No. 1: In September, a California man was sentenced to 33 years for robbing a bank. Jesse Leonard Youngblood, 36, was a customer at the bank he robbed in Oroville. Hours after the heist, he returned to the bank to deposit some of the loot into his own account.

Maple Leaf Restaurant Anthony Fong Sydneys oldest established Chinese Restaurant.

Nickel Independent Film and Video Festival A competitive film festival that takes place each summer at the LSPU Hall in St. John's, Newfoundland. We accept shorts, features, documentaries and music videos. Films are from local filmmakers and from all over the globe.

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