Our pool vacuum is dying. We order this new model as a replacement.

Considered the iRobot, but it seems that it may be a less well made product (according to Amazon reviewers - and it's just a re-branding of an Aquabot product, anyway).

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Travis Pastrana, moto-cross double-back-flipper, did this stunt in Sept 2007. He "wakes up" in an airplane, takes a swig of Red Bull, and then jumps out - without a parachute!

The secret is that he is wearing a climbing harness beneath his shorts. One of his assistant sky divers clips into his harness after he does a few backflips, and they make a safe landing...wow!

Quoted: Travis Pastrana Skydives without a Parachute

Quoted: Free Dollhouse Plans - A fine collection to inspire the imagination in both young and old alike. Resources below show free dollhouse plans from a variety of web sites around the world. If required, I’ve set up foreign language web site to be loosely translated using the Google Language Tools.

Good place to download plans to build your own dollhouse. Each plan set is $8.

Build your own.

Quoted: Crafts & Hobbies Books - Dollhouses: Product information, price comparisons and user reviews and ratings for Crafts & Hobbies Books - Dollhouses.

This looks like another really interesting book by Oliver Sacks. But it is also being marketed very cleverly on Amazon.com - this page has a collection of 4 videos of the author telling stories from the book.

Quoted: Amazon.com: Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain: Books: Oliver Sacks by Oliver Sacks

Good idea for a gift.

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Nice contemporary furniture

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Nancy and Larry saw Jason do his Magic Laser act on their Alaska Cruise on the Noordam this year. This is an awesome video - great tricks!

Quoted: World Champion of Magic Jason Latimer presents his Laser Fiction demo/test at the Magic Castle