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Entries from May 2009

LP Hardwood Floors in Charleston

May 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment

A friend of mine hardwood floors. He does sanding and finish all dust free. Check out his website at

http://lphardwoodfloors.co.nr

Categories: Home improvement · hardwood floors

You can be a trillionaire!

May 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

This is what happens in ZIMBABWE !!!!!

This is what it looks like in Zimbabwe ……………
(Inflation at 231 million percent a year has meant 25 million Zimbabwe dollars equals to just 1 US dollar)

The pictures below look funny, but the story is really sad……..

Visiting the neighborhood grocer!

Some pocket money!

Awesome price tag!

This is how people pay in restaurants!

The bill of course!

The 100 billion dollar note in circulation!

Zimbabwe’s $100 billion banknote with the number
of eggs it could purchase on its release date

They are now releasing a 100 TRILLION banknote…

If you want to feel like a trillionaire for a few days, a holiday to Zimbabwe will surely give you that feeling!

And 1 trillion = $33 USD.

In 1980 ZMD was equivalent to British pounds and nowwwww!!!!!!!

This is what we call Hyper Inflation!

Categories: Curiosities

Indian village with 250 sets of twins

May 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Indian village with 250 sets of twins

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Doctors are trying to unravel the mystery of an Indian village
boasting 250 sets of twins born to just 2,000 families.
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The phenomenon has seen almost six times as many twins born
than the global average in the remote village of Kodinhi, in Kerala.
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In 2008 alone 15 pairs of twins were born in the village out of 300
healthy deliveries and this year is expected to top that number.
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In the last five years alone up to 60 pairs of twins have
been born, with the rate of twins increasing year-on-year.
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Local doctor and twin enthusiast Dr Krishnan Sribiju has been studying the medical
marvel of Kodinhi for the past two years. Although 250 sets of twins have been officially
registered in the village, Dr Sribiju believes the real number to be far higher.
“In my medical opinion there are around 300 to 350 twins
within the village boundaries of Kodinhi,” he said
According to villagers, the twin phenomenon only started occurring three generations ago.
Dr Sribiju said: “To the best of my knowledge this medical marvel
began somewhere between 60 to 70 years ago”
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“Without access to detailed biochemical analysis equipment I cannot say for certain
what the reason for the twinning is,
but I feel that it is something to do with what the villagers eat and drink”
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Categories: Curiosities

Living on the edge of a cliff

May 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Translated from Portuguese from Mundo Gump

There are some people who are afraid of heights. There are certain places that are not appropriate for these people. This is why there are courageous people live on the side of cliffs. You have to have a dose of courage to live on these rocks. Look below:

Monks on the side of the mountain:

Built over 1,400 years ago in the Jinlong Mountains, in the province of Shanxi, this monastery is one of a kind! Not only because of its architectual  complexity, built on the edge of a cliff, but also by its richness of details, mixing Taoist, Confusionist, and Buddhist details.

The monastery is composed of several pavilions that are based in natural rock formations and are linked by catwalks, hallways, and stairs.


Its height protects it from floods, from rain and snow, from rockslides, and from the heat of the mountains around it. The monastery has

It looks like a canvas painting!

It’s unbelievable, but this is a photo. This monastery is on the edge of a cliff, 1,000 meters above the pointy rocks below. The monastery is in Bhutan. According the legend of the second Buddha, Guru Rinpoche was built in 1692. The Buddhist monastery admits a small number of tourists for meditation periods. This is for those that have cold blood.

Residents on the edge

The residents of the town of Ronda, Spain are already at an altitude of 750 m above sea level. Not only that, they live right on the edge of a natural cliff that produces a canyon that is not less than 100 m deep. Ronda is in Malaga. The cliff separates the modern and old parts of the city.

It is possible to cross from one side of the other because three bridges have been built throughout history.

70 meters above the Mediterranean Sea

This is Boniface on the southern part of the island of Corsica. There are a few thousand residents on the edge of the cliff that hangs over the Mediterranean Sea. The mountains were gradually eroded by wind and sea, resulting in this beautiful- and frightening- area to live.

More Spaniards on the edge

In Castellfolit de la Roca, in Catalonia, there is a cliff approximately 1 km wide were people have built houses on a cliff about 50 m high.

The cliff was made by two layers of volcanic lava. 

In paradise 300 meters high.

Called by many, the “rich person’s slum”, the island of Santorini, in Greece, is one of the most interesting landscapes of the world. With its white buildings on the rocks 300 meters above the blue waters of the Aegean Sea, this place remains of the most traditional and romantic destinations of the world.

Santorini is the place where the most people live on the side of a cliff in the world. If it’s not, it’s certainly the richest cliff.

Wonderful view

Speaking of rich slums and people hanging on cliffs over the sea, here is Manarola. This place is in Italy and is considered one of the five unforgettable destinations in Italy.

Sophistication on the top of the hill

Still in Italy, we have the Almafi Coast. It is an expensive place for rich people that drink wine looking at the sea and eating real Italian food. It is only 56 km from Naples and 280 km from Rome, in southern Italy, the Almafi coast offers a full view of green cliffs covered with Byzantine style homes, surrounded by an astonishing blue sea.

For the Insane!

As expected, I would not miss the chance to show the most bizarre place in the world to visit to close this post.

Mount Huashan is one the five holy mountains of China. It is in the Himalayas and monks scaled this mountain to build their homes. Thousands of visitors per year risk their very own lives to come to this curious place.

There are many ways to come up different sides, and the east side is nothing less than 2,090 meters! This means one thing:

STAIRS! AND LOTS OF STAIRS!

Among them are the most vertical stairs that exist.

Getting there involves crossing small wooden planks tied precariously to the rock with rusty old chains.

Maybe this is why their faith is strengthened in these places, hehehe

The highest side of the mountain is the southern route which forces the brave visitor to climb 2,160 meters.

This is definitely not a place for sissies who are afraid of heights.

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The first 10 twitterers I followed

May 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The first 10 people that @kungfuadam followed: @twitter, @duard, @Eyebee, @Katkimjac, @diggfeed, @digg_feeds, @brianshaler, @jimthompson, @travisbell, @antibrianshaler

http://dcortesi.com/tools/my-first-follow/

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