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CURRENT FORUM TOPICS

(no title) By Wayne - 20 Oct 2008 at 4:48pm

There are so many wonderful sets / collections of country music available now its scary, unless you're well off. Here are a few of my recent " windfalls ".... ..Earl Thomas Conley-16 Biggest Hits-RCA Nashville / Legacy-3.5 Stars _Like many other artists, Earl Thomas Conley had many hits and soon faded away to the " New Wave " of country acts. The hat...

The Eclectic Collection - UPDATE By NetWarden - 21 Sep 2008 at 11:16am

UPDATE - Yet more posts added to the collection. The Eclectic Collection most recent posts: ICE - 'In Case of Emergency' - Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:26 am FW: How to wash a toilet - Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:43 am Amazing striped icebergs (part 1) - Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:46 pm Amazing striped icebergs (part 2) - Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:29 pm Blame Who? - Sun Aug 03,...

More Country Collections... By Wayne - 8 Aug 2008 at 6:48am

...Have you ever walked down an old country road, scuffin' your boots, and listening to some old western music in your head...just to kindle your memory.... ..Best of the Best-Jim Reeves-Federal/Gusto/King-1997-5 Stars Here is a few tunes of Gentleman Jim that are very pleasing to the ears: He'll Have To Go/ Four Walls/ Billy Bayou/ The Blizzard/ Distant...

There is COUNTRY in the air...all around us By Wayne - 19 Jun 2008 at 7:28am

....There is great news for Thunder Bay country music fans, we once more have a country radio station. The Thunder 103.5 http://www.thethunder.ca , with some of our previous radio announcers like Rich Fleming, Brent Hawley...and BILL MALCOM. Bill has been involved in country concerts, talent searches and many other events about country. Welcome back...

Remembering the early days of television... By Wayne - 7 May 2008 at 9:41pm

There were many tv shows I liked, for adventure, mystery and laughs. Shows like Have Gun Will Travel, Yancy Derringer, Mr. Lucky, Our Miss Brooks, Mr. Ed, Lawrence Welk, Guy Lombardo and many more. Most of these I'll never see again but there are some that I will. This is the time when I enjoy these DVD sets. And Away We Go......... -Echo Bridge Home...

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NEW! Welcomemat Ticker - Featuring CBC Headline News: * World stock markets tumbled Thursday, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul losing almost seven per cent each, after recession fears sent Wall Street plunging and Japan suffered its biggest drop in exports in seven years. Link to Article: World markets tumble following Wall Street plunge - 20 Nov 2008 at 4:22am * Oil prices fell below $53 to almost a two-year low Thursday in Asia as investors, egged on by plummeting stock markets, priced in lower crude demand from a global economic downturn that's shaping up as the worst in decades. Link to Article: Oil falls below $53 a barrel - 20 Nov 2008 at 4:13am * The Conservative government introduced a plan Wednesday aimed at protecting Canada from the "extraordinary global economic challenge and uncertainty," and indicated that the country may have to run a deficit. Link to Article: 'Hard decisions' needed during economic crisis: throne speech - 19 Nov 2008 at 4:44pm * Banks stocks led the S&P/TSX composite index lower after Bank of Nova Scotia said it was taking $595-million in after-tax charges related to the recent market volatility. Link to Article: TSX sinks to lowest level in 4 years - 19 Nov 2008 at 3:43pm * The three largest automakers in the United States are hopeful the industry will rebound from declining sales and the prospect of collapse, Canada's industry minister said Thursday from Detroit. Link to Article: Automakers hopeful for a comeback, Clement says after meetings - 19 Nov 2008 at 7:44pm * Four bodies have been discovered in an east-end Toronto home with a sign on the front door that read, "Do not enter, call police." Link to Article: 4 bodies found at Toronto home with note on door - 19 Nov 2008 at 8:43pm * A Port Alberni man is in critical condition Wednesday after being mauled by a grizzly bear at Strachan Bay, about 100 kilometres northwest of Port Hardy, B.C. Link to Article: Port Alberni man in critical condition after bear attack: police - 19 Nov 2008 at 7:30pm * Internet watchers are on the edge of their seats as the CRTC is set to make a landmark ruling Thursday on Bell Canada Inc.'s throttling of speeds. Link to Article: CRTC to rule on Bell's throttling on Thursday - 19 Nov 2008 at 3:28pm * A Montreal teen could receive a death sentence for his involvement in a deadly overseas brawl that is the subject of a second trial that began in Saudi Arabia this week. Link to Article: 2nd trial begins for Montreal teen charged in Saudi schoolyard death - 19 Nov 2008 at 10:05pm * A grenade attack on protesters occupying the Thai prime minister's office killed one person and wounded 23 on Thursday, the most serious assault on the three month sit-in at the compound, police and protest leaders said. Link to Article: 1 killed, 23 injured in grenade blast at Thai protest site - 19 Nov 2008 at 11:36pm * California's Supreme Court has decided to hear legal challenges to a gay marriage ban approved by the state's voters earlier this month, the court said Wednesday. Link to Article: California top court to review new ban on gay marriage - 19 Nov 2008 at 5:16pm * The Alberta government announced Wednesday it will offer resource companies a reduced royalty rate in the short term to encourage new drilling in the province. Link to Article: Alberta offers royalty-rate discount to stimulate new oil drilling - 19 Nov 2008 at 6:13pm * Cellphone providers are warning against a scam circulating via e-mail regarding the CRTC's recently implemented do-not-call telemarketing list. Link to Article: Do-not-call scam circulating through e-mail - 19 Nov 2008 at 4:40pm * A teenager in the U.S. said she felt like a "fake person" living for 118 days without a heart beating in her chest in-between heart transplants. Link to Article: South Carolina teen survives 4 months without heart - 19 Nov 2008 at 5:03pm * Chances have dimmed that a last-minute plan being crafted by Republican U.S. senators, with White House support, to provide $25 billion US to bail out U.S. automakers would receive enough backing from Democrats to pass before the end of this week. Link to Article: Prospect for U.S. auto bailout dims as Senate races clock - 19 Nov 2008 at 10:21pm

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