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A plug for my mate Chris who’s been working hard on this website: [www.auties.org] Welcome to Auties.Org! Auties.org is for people on the Autistic Spectrum who are ready to dare reach out, open the doors to the community and market their abilities directly to the public and for those interested in supporting these pioneers. So

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Via [blogs.motorbiker.org] Is this a narrow car or a wide motorcycle ? According to The Narrow Car Company, it’s neither, or both … any way you want it. The motorcycle-car is being developed in Wales, UK, and is called the NARO. The NARO motorcycle-car is their solution for overcrowding roads, pollution, time wasting, parking problems,

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For those in the know in the UK, Amateur Transplants have been at it again, and released another song – Northern Birds – on their website. That’s all I am going to say. The same disclaimer as previously posted, applies. Only moreso. Much, much moreso.

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Courtesy of Rob Diamond: <diamond> oh yeah… this is funny For the past couple of weeks, there has been a conceptual art project going on in NYC Some artist filled a large barge with trees & plants, and is having it towed around Manhattan it’s supposed to be a “miniature central park”; So this past

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…because I rather like the look of this: [homepage] [big image]

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[home.comcast.net] Exactly where and when the first fried dough appeared is the subject of much speculation and one that is covered under the History portion of this site. What can be agreed upon is that almost every culture has its own version of fried dough, be it savory or sweet, with or without a hole.

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What is it with trampolines, and why do at least three households in the area, have them? Are they some new lifestyle thing?

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Secrets of the basking shark, revaled: [news.bbc.co.uk] Despite its huge size, it eats plankton rather than people, and its slow movements make it easy to catch by harpoon or net. Actually, it’s a rathe good read.

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Choice quote: Why Brits verify nudity from the front and Americans verify it from the rear is anyone’s guess. Stuff that every Briton needs to know: The word’s probable derivation is so non-vulgar as to be quite amusing. Specifically, a bollock is a pulley-block at the head of a topmast, otherwise known as a bullock

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Via Chris Samuel: [www.csamuel.org] The world is going barmy through fear – here’s someone getting arrested for wearing a rain jacket, carrying a rucksack with a laptop inside, looking down at the steps while going into a tube station and checking his phone for messages. I guess he probably considers himself lucky not to have

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[www.wired.com] When New England inventor Philip French had his epiphany 15 years ago, he didn’t dream it would lead to an invention that would be pressed into service in a top-secret government project, or spawn an epic court battle over the limits of executive power. He was just admiring a tennis ball.

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The Register, with a 4-page compendium of interesting places to look-at using satellite and aerial photo resources on the web: [www.theregister.co.uk]

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