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On the House
25 Oct 2024

On the House

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 0

My siblings and I are visiting our cousins on Vancouver Island this weekend. We expect to uncover treasure while we are there.

Click on either Wells cousin to join us.

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Ian Tyson, Smuggler;s Cove, Imagination
Baywatch
24 Oct 2024

Baywatch

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 0

If you could fog a mirror in the 1990s, you remember Pamela Anderson.

Click on the lifeguard to see what she is up to now.

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Pamela Anderson, Ladysmith BC, CJ Parker
The Coast
24 Oct 2024

The Coast

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 0

A trip to Vancouver Island is always interesting, especially for a bunch of Prairie Gophers.

Click on the displaced Flatlanders for details.

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Cousins, Wells, Vancouver Island, Victoria
Riding the Sky on a Lawnmower
19 Oct 2024

Riding the Sky on a Lawnmower

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, Travel | 0

My lawnmower was responsible for taking me on a powerless flight over the foothills yesterday.

Click on the glider for details….

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Foothills, Aviation, Glider, Cu Nim
Timbuktu and Tuktoyaktuk
6 Oct 2024

Timbuktu and Tuktoyaktuk

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 0

We are considering a couple of winter holiday ideas.

Click on your preference, and we can chat about it.

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Slavery, Tuktoyaltuk, Climate, Timbuktu
Hate, or Hard Work
19 Sep 2024

Hate, or Hard Work

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 2

When you sleep with an elephant and that animal cocks its leg to fart, you have a right, indeed an obligation, to register an objection.

Click on the pachyderm for a long-winded warning.

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Austria, Vienna, Nazi, Hitler, Gerhard Bast
An Edible Dormouse
17 Sep 2024

An Edible Dormouse

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 6

Dormice aren’t really mice, technically they are squirrels, but I still wouldn’t eat one.

Click on the Slovenian delicacy for details.

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Dormouse, Slovenia
Tough, and Reliable
16 Sep 2024

Tough, and Reliable

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 2

Never take a rubber mallet to a fist fight, and other things we learned in Velden am Wörthersee.

Click on either pistol for a full run-down….

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Austria, Gaston Glock, Pyramidenkogel
Pork Chops
14 Sep 2024

Pork Chops

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 0

The biggest pig I have ever seen in my life came loping out of the ditch and crossed the road.

Click on the curly tail for details…

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Autobahn, Germany, Pig, Austria
Until László Returns
13 Sep 2024

Until László Returns

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 0

“The English Patient” might have the most tragic ending in all of cinema.

Click on László Almásy’s passport photo for details.

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Burg Bernstein, Castle, László Almásy

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