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  • The Ultimate Guide to Preventing Damp in Your Home 0 CommentsPosted by Draganator on March 30, 2010 under Places
    Your goal, ideally, is to prevent the damp completely from entering your house in the first place. However, this can often be the most difficult bit because you need to find out where the damp is entering. Damp is caused by water entering your property from outside and there are a few ways of telling where it's coming from. If water is entering your property through brickwork it will leave salt b... more.
  • Service at sword point at Taipei’s “Ninja” restaurant 0 CommentsPosted by Draganator on February 26, 2010 under Places
    Waitresses wield swords and flare flames at diners, who have to get past a moat before sitting at their table in the dimly lit dining hall. The same customers are also encouraged to take photos with the warrior-like waitresses, who dress in black or red to look like ninjas in keeping with the theme of a dark but lively restaurant that opened last month in Taiwan's capital. "The ninja is mysterio... more.
  • Honey, I closed the airport 0 CommentsPosted by Draganator on February 19, 2010 under Places
    A California airport was shut down earlier today after a passenger carrying honey in five sports drink bottles triggered a security alert. Flights in and out of Meadows Field Airport in Bakersfield, about 180 kilometres north of Los Angeles, were suspended for several hours following the scare. However the airport was reopened after it was determined that no hazardous materials were involved. L... more.
  • Military ghost town goes under hammer in Latvia 0 CommentsPosted by Draganator on February 11, 2010 under Odd-Ball, Places
    A town left empty after the withdrawal of Soviet and Russian forces from the Baltic state of Latvia was sold at auction on Friday for $3 million. The buyer of the Skrunda 1 town, consisting of 45 hectares (111 acres) of land, 70 buildings, including 10 apartment blocks, a hotel, club, warehouses and garages was a company from Russia, the privatisation agency said. "It is positive that proper... more.
  • Challenger for the Leaning Tower of Pisa 0 CommentsPosted by Freakin' Admin on August 31, 2008 under Odd-Ball, Places
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