Fancy going on a long bike tour? For two and a half years? With ten year old twin boys? That's exactly what the Vogel family are doing.
On June 10, 2008, Dad (John), Mum (Nancy), Daryl (10), Davy (10), and their dog Dash set off from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska. About thirty months and 20,000 miles later they plan to arrive in Ushuaia, Argentina. Upon completion of this journey, Davy and Daryl will be awarded the title of "Youngest Person to Cycle the Pan-American Highway" by Guinness World Records. They are really excited about that one!
This is not the first long-haul ride the boys have done. In June 2007, they arrived home to Idaho after spending twelve months pedaling 9300 miles through nineteen US states and four Mexican states.
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Snow is falling as far north as the Kaimai Ranges in the Waikato as a bitterly cold wintry blast hits the country. Eyewitness reports from Te Aroha confirm snow has fallen to about 800 metres on Mt Te Aroha in the eastern Waikato.
Just a hundred kilometres north and snow clouds can be seen around Auckland city. "They tend to have a bronze tinge to them" says TRN's chief weather analyst Philip Duncan.
"If Sky Tower was 3 times its height it would be snowing on the top". Duncan says the freezing level will lower to around 1000 metres over Auckland today.
New Zealand Herald
Without God our week would be:
Mournday
Tearsday
Wasteday
Thirstday
Fightday
Shatterday
Sinday
Seven days without prayer make one weak.
Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.
~ Jeff Valdez
Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you.
~ Mary Bly
The dog is mentioned in the Bible eighteen times -- the cat not even once.
~ W. E. Farbstein
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
~ Alfred North Whitehead
Your cat will never threaten your popularity by barking at three in the morning. He won't attack the mailman or eat the drapes, although he may climb the drapes to see how the room looks from the ceiling.
~ Helen Powers
Dogs have Masters. Cats have staff.
~ Anonymous
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Your bedroom isn't cluttered; it's "passage-restrictive."
Kids don't get in trouble anymore. They merely hit "social speed bumps."
You're not having a bad hair day; you're suffering from "rebellious follicle syndrome."
No one's tall anymore. They're "vertically enhanced."
You're not shy. You're "conversationally selective."
You don't talk a lot. You're just "abundantly verbal."
It's not called gossip anymore. It's "transmission of near-factual information."
The food at the school cafeteria isn't awful. It's "digestively challenged"
Your homework isn't missing; it's just having an "out-of-notebook experience."
You're not sleeping in class; you're "rationing consciousness."
You don't have smelly gym socks; you have "odor-retentive athletic footwear"
You weren't passing notes in class. You were "participating in the discreet exchange of penned meditations."
You're not being sent to the Principal's office. You're "going on a mandatory field trip to the administrative building.
There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire become a great writer.
When asked to define "great" he said, "I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, howl in pain and anger!"
He now works for Microsoft, writing error messages.
There was a young man from Dun Laoghaire
Who propounded an interesting thaoghaire:
That the language of Erse
Has a shortage of verse
'Cos the spelling makes poets so waoghaire.
