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    Rail tunnels really are a bore! (Literally)!

    Resurrecting a dead post here... anybody have any experience with tunnels in the BC / Alberta area? I'm planning a bit of an adventure that way and trying to avoid death by carbon monoxide, but my rail atlas doesn't seem to have any information on tunnels. (I've read about the Connaught and...
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    Beet Harvest 2011

    The beet harvest happens where ever there's beets to be harvested. If you're curious, head to your local library, check out a U.S. atlas, and look up the map of agricultural regions. As for when they're harvested, wikipedia can always help...
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    Beet Harvest 2011

    Anybody working the beet harvest this Fall? If so, which town you goin' to? Just curious...
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    Big Sur

    Check to make sure the road is opened... the 1 was closed for serious maintenance following a landslide as of a month ago.
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    Australia / NZ book recommendations

    I am thinking of sailing out to NZ and Australia next year, and I'm looking for some book, zine, and movie recommendations from the locals to familiarize myself with the regional context. Thus far, I've read Tony Horwitz's 'One For the Road' (awesome) as well as a very thick, academic history of...
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    How do you do it? (Move to Germany)

    There are two ways that I can think of doing this, aside from getting work or school visas: If your parents or grandparents emigrated from Germany, and you speak the language well, you can probably apply for citizenship. I don't know much about this, so you'll have to look into it. If I'm not...