Man Arrives at Wedding a Year Early
Teacher Dave Barclay flew thousands of miles across the Atlantic to Wales to attend his friend’s wedding, only to discover he was a year early.Barclay, 34, was told about the wedding earlier in the year and assumed it was to take place in 2007. It was only when he had flown into Cardiff from Toronto, [...]
Helium Balloons Carry Man in Lawn Chair 193 Miles
Last weekend, Kent Couch settled down in his lawn chair with some snacks — and a parachute. Attached to his lawn chair were 105 large helium balloons. Destination: Idaho. With instruments to measure his altitude and speed, a global positioning system device in his pocket, and about four plastic bags holding five gallons of water [...]
Prelit Christmas Tree
In the old days, a fake Christmas tree did a good job in living up to its name. There were thousands of them, but not a single Prelit Artificial Christmas Tree looked the part at all, and that is no joke. I do not know if plastic technology has gone a bit farther since that [...]
Outdoor Christmas Decoration
My favorite time of the year is Christmas time. I love everything about the season. I live in Minnesota so this is the time of year when we begin to have snow on the ground and ice on the lakes. It is a beautiful time to begin with, then as people begin adding outdoor Christmas [...]