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Life's a BeachMay 17, 2005 at 12:33 pm AST by Rodney MacLeodSummer is almost here and hoards of people will be flocking to the beaches. Some will go to the free provincial parks, others have their own private beaches, and most will be going to the national parks. One thing people constantly mention is why do we have to pay to go to the beach? It is too expensive to go to the beach. Islanders should not have to pay to go to their own beaches.
The price for a family or car load of people is $12.50 for one day, or $63 for a seasonal pass. A car load of 4 people would come to less than $4 a person. Five trips to the beach and your pass pays for itself.
Read on ...Replies (3) SOLDMay 16, 2005 at 3:50 pm AST by Rodney MacLeod
Well I just sold the first car I owned. A 94 blue Hyundai Excel. I drove that car for about nine years. It was kind of sad watching someone else drive away in my old car. I remember backing over a rebar and putting a hole in my bumper, Kent hanging out the trunk to take a picture of the under side of the car while I drove down the highway, many road trips to Fredericton, flat tires, dead batteries, leaking oil, frozen locks.
What can I say about my car? I drove it. That’s about it. There was nothing too exciting about it. It never won any races. It never saved any lives. It got me where I wanted to go (most of the time), and that’s good enough for me.
Read on ...Replies (7) Myth BusterMay 9, 2005 at 9:30 am AST by Rodney MacLeod
A cool show on TV now is
Myth Busters. On it two guys take a look at different popular and not so popular myths and try to prove or disprove them. On it they have proved that it is possible to erode jail cell bars using salsa and a battery (although they figure it would take 4 or 5 months), they proved that by eating a couple of poppy seed bagel you can test positive on drug tests, and they disproved that a port a potty can naturally build up enough methane to make it explode.
Ashley told me that an official 175 gram ultimate Frisbee can hold a pitcher of beer. I took it upon myself to try and bust this myth.
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