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Remember the Grandpa who was tired of following his wife to the shopping at Wallmart and got banned from the supermarket because he - among other things - placed condoms in other people's carts and made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom. * Image often attached to the Wall Mart hoax. A documentary photo kind of makes the story more valid? Or perhaps you remember the story of a 87 year old Rose who fulfilled her dream to study in college - and died just one week after graduation? ** Photo of a 87 year old college student Rose is actually a photo of  Nola Ochsin who in 2007 got in to the Guinness Book of  Records as the olders college graduate (95) ever Or a farmer who made gigantic table and chairs to his horses when he was denied construction permit by the local government? *** These furniture are not constructed by an angry farmer. Anatomy of an hoax All these are good examples of the stories which have been circul...

The City During the holidays I visited Cambridge, my daughter's home city for a year. Everybody knows the town for its university, but surprisigly few have visited there although it lies only 80 kilometres to North East from London. A train takes you there from The King's Cross Railway Station in 50 minutes. One way ticket for four persons (from which one is a junior) costs around £75. It pays back to reserve an off-peak ticket in advance. Cambridge seems much smaller city thinking that it has 130,000 inhabitants. It's a beautiful city with old pictoresque houses. It can easily be experienced in a short couple day weekend holiday. You can walk all the major spots within a day and everything is close to each others. Our Hotel I had reserved a Queen Size room for us. The hotel, Double Tree by Hilton, proved to be an excellent hotel with outstanding service. We arrived to the city later than expected, because the queue for the Lond...