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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...

The most famous sale in the world. Harrods' Xmas sale starting on the Boxing Day. I've seen many stories and clips on the sale and while in London on a very same day this sales-madness was definetly something to catch. Incidently, London underground was striking on a sales start day, but it seemed not to affect to the crowd in the front of the department store. The queue was long. Stretching over the facade of the Harrods. And when doors opened on 10 AM people were applauding and screaming began. In five minutes everyone was in (then the doors were closed again because the luxury & parfume departments were stackfull of shoppers. All that can be seen on a video above. The best sight? A young lady walking by me with five designer bags on her elbows just few minutes after the door had been opened. Me? I did not buy anything. It was for the show and it was worth of it. UPDATE 5PM. ITV news reports the Xmas sales been 22% higher than last year bringing £4Billio...