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INTERESTING This big shot western singer Keith Urban asked all Canadians to stand up at the Minot Fair. After everyone stood up he asked all the Canadians to leave the stands before he would sing because they were not helping out fighting with USA troops. Pass this around and see how his...

Canada exports beef to Japan despite US ban: agency Friday, January 20, 2006 13:01 EST Advertisement Hide advertisement By Marcy Nicholson WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canada will continue exporting beef to Japan, despite that country's suspension of U.S. beef imports after bits of spinal...

It was Christmas Eve, By the warm yule log, And Jeb was alone, With his old hunting dog, His good wife Mary, Had passed away, Just a year ago, On Christmas day. And Jeb was thinking ‘bout, All of the years, And all of the joys, And all of the tears. With children, They had never been blessed...

> DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, splattering it against that freshly painted airplane part you were drying. > > WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts...

TOKYO, Dec 06, 2005 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- Japan will ease its two-year-old ban on U.S. and Canadian beef next week, a move that could put American steaks on Japanese plates by the New Year, news reports said Wednesday, as the country's food commission prepared a report on the embargo...

THE SOLDIER > > > > > > 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HE LIVED ALL ALONE, > > > IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE. > > > > > > I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE, > > > AND TO SEE JUST WHO IN THIS HOME DID LIVE. > > > > > > I LOOKED ALL ABOUT, A STRANGE...

True story, I was happy. My girlfriend and I had been dating for over a year, and so we decided to get married. My parents helped us in every way, my friends encouraged me, and my girlfriend? She was a dream There was only one thing bothering me, very much indeed, and that one thing was her...

Cows make fuel for biogas train By Tim Franks BBC Newsnight How biogas is made You have to tell yourself the cows are going to die anyway. Inside the abattoir at Swedish Meats in Linkoping, the cows stood patiently, occasionally nuzzling the lens of our camera. From there, it was a...

Cattle Outlook: No Big Back Log Of Cattle In Canada When Border Opened Live cattle imports from Canada are at a total of 33,120 head from July 18 through August 11; 17,480 head were slaughter cattle and 15,640 head were feeder cattle. These data are probably underestimating the numbers...

The Accident A woman and a man are involved in a car accident on a snowy, cold Monday morning; it's a bad one. Both of their cars are totally demolished but amazingly neither of them are hurt. God works in Mysterious ways. After they crawl out of their cars, the woman says, "So.... you're a...

Bounty-hunters snarl Delhi traffic catching cows NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A cash reward on the heads of New Delhi's stray cows has triggered road chaos in the Indian capital as bounty hunters on motorbikes compete to round up cattle roaming the streets, The Hindustan Times said on Saturday. The...

A guy from Newfoundland is sitting at the bar in New York City and looks at his watch several times in the space of a few minutes. The woman sitting nearby notices this and asks, "Is your date running late? "No," he replies, "I have this state-of-the-art watch. I was just testing it." The...

A boy went to the country to spend a few days with his grandfather. The first morning when he went to eat breakfast he said, “Granddad, there’s grease on my plate.” His granddad answered, “That’s as good as Cold Water can get it.” The second morning the boy said, “Granddad, there’s egg on my...

Mad cow crisis has strengthened Canada's beef industry: Ontario cattlemen TORONTO, Jul 27, 2005 (The Canadian Press via COMTEX) -- Cattle producers in Ontario say Canada's beef industry has come out of the mad cow crisis better positioned to compete internationally with the United...

BBQ brushes can be a health hazard Sheryl Ubelacker Canadian Press TORONTO -- When it comes to the paraphernalia of barbecuing, they're as ubiquitous as charcoal briquettes, propane tanks and burger flippers. But those wire brushes used to clean the grill can be potentially deadly -- and...

Cdn. Trucks Short For US Cattle Demand WINNIPEG, Jul 26, 2005 (Resource News International via COMTEX) -- The Canadian cattle industry may be unable to meet US demand for cattle since the reopening of the border last week due to a shortage of hauling firms, sources said. According...

Cdn Cattle Slaughter Capacity Still Growing Winnipeg, MB, Jul 26, 2005 (Resource News International via COMTEX) -- Canadian cattle slaughter capacity will continue to expand despite the resumption of live cattle shipments to the US, said an industry official. Live Canadian cattle...

USDA botched testing of mad cow suspect WASHINGTON, Jul 21, 2005 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- U.S. Department of Agriculture officials tracing cattle that may have been associated with the country's first case of mad cow disease in 2003 botched the testing of a cow...

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A furniture dealer from Newfoundland decided that he wanted to expand the line of furniture in his store, so he decided to go to Paris, France to see what he could find. After arriving in Paris (this being his first trip ever to the French capitol), he met with some manufacturers and finally...