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: D that's very funny, my family also always starts the new year with sweet things. must be an international thing. during the jewish new year we only cook with honey and sugar -- no sour or bitter things are to be eaten or used to cook. all the best to you and your small family all the way in newfoundland!
Adadiya Cardamom 2007
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i hate activists, here in newfoundland we have people complaining about how we club baby seals to death, we actually dont, we shoot them now, and we try not to waste anything, and in the next year the population will return
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Sony’s promotion stunt with decapitated goat 2007
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Most other places in NA have a twin birth rate of 1 in 3500, newfoundland has a rate of 1 in 700 or something also, triplets are nearly unheard of elsewhere, but they occur in something like 1 in 3500-4000 in NF
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Conversely all huge dogs were bred up from much smaller ones, hence that newfoundland who insists on climbing into your lap although he outweighs you by 50 pounds!
Chihuahua vs. Cougar 2009
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Conversely all huge dogs were bred up from much smaller ones, hence that newfoundland who insists on climbing into your lap although he outweighs you by 50 pounds!
Chihuahua vs. Cougar 2009
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Most other places in NA have a twin birth rate of 1 in 3500, newfoundland has a rate of 1 in 700 or something also, triplets are nearly unheard of elsewhere, but they occur in something like 1 in 3500-4000 in NF
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April 14, 2008 at 1: 40 pm the cabot strait to me is just the stretch of ocean from cape ray, newfoundland to cape north, nova scotia. the nearest land to it not being in canadian jurisdiction would be the french islands of st. pierre and miquleon off newfoundlands south coast. (you can see nova scotia from newfoundland on a clear day.) hugh says:
hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » Was the Farley Mowat in International Waters? 2008
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But a new book claims that what Byron often sent was a lock of fur from his pet newfoundland dog Boatswain.
Lord Byron’s Hair More Canine Than Previously Reported « Skid Roche 2008
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But a new book claims that what Byron often sent was a lock of fur from his pet newfoundland dog Boatswain.
Lord Byron’s Hair More Canine Than Previously Reported « Skid Roche 2008
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We had a newfoundland back in the day who weighed 145 pounds, big, for a girl.
chained_bear commented on the word newfoundland
a.k.a. "Newfie," a dog breed as well as a location. "There are conflicting hypotheses about the origins of the Newfoundland. There are those who claim the breed derives from Nordic dogs brought to Newfoundland in 1600. Others feel the breed has British origins and date its development from the year 1700, when the island of Newfoundland became a British possession. According to this theory, the British brought Tibetan mastiffs to Newfoundland, and the Newfoundland dog was the result of a long period of breeding between these mastiffs and local dogs. The third hypothesis is that the Newfoundland is a close relative of the Labrador. ... In 1919, a gold medal was awarded to a Newfoundland that pulled to safety in a lifeboat some twenty shipwrecked people. It has been called the St. Bernard of the water." (Simon & Schuster's Guide to Dogs, 1980)
February 21, 2007