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Amazon UK... Bill Evans - The Riverside and Milestone Albums (15 cd's) - 34.78 GBP - 20% VAT = 27.82 GBP http://www.amazon.co...45437896&sr=1-1 At the current exchange rate of $1.57, that comes to $43.68 plus shipping. In my order over the weekend, I added it to my dvd order which had 9 GBP for shipping, and the Evans box did not add anything more to the shipping total. Amazon US... $51.14 http://www.amazon.co...e+and+Milestone PS - As per Jetman's comment, I think that the $1.57 includes the bank's fee to convert the pounds to dollars. Amazon was offering to convert at $1.63.

Here's an update: I ordered two cd boxes totalling 17 cd's (not including 3 cd's I already have). I ordered two dvd boxes plus some singles totalling 14 movies. The total came to 81.05 GBP, including 9 GBP shipping. Amazon wanted me to use their converter, which pegged the pound at $1.63. Instead, I chose to have my bank pay in pounds, and the bank charged me pegging the pound at $1.57. So that decision saved me $4.86. Totalling the 17 cd's and the 14 dvd's, the price average (including shipping) was $4.11 per item. I think that's pretty good!

British Columbia Lions 24....Saskatchewan Roughriders 5 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4522581 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=403453 The Lions started slow, and allowed the Riders to score first with a field goal. After that it was all BC. Today was Darian Durant's 30th birthday.

ss1, I think that by the time you were born, Dick had already moved on to his two-way wrist tv!

I have picked up the free $3.00 Amazon Local voucher for mp3 albums costing $5.99 or more which sonnymax posted about yesterday. It so happens that I have another $1.00 credit from a purchase I made recently, so that means that I have $4.00 in credits to buy a $5.99 album. I have listed ten albums which look like they might be worth $1.99, so I thought I would ask your opinion. Tell me which one I should get! I don't see how I can close the poll ahead of time, but I intend to make my purchase August 31.

ss1, are you too young to remember Dick Tracy's two-way wrist radio?

aloc, I note that all but the first are Capitol records!

Marty, it was part of the Shearing Mosaic box.

Jim, I think your guesses are too obvious. My first thought was Pete Rose. If it is any of your choices, I don't think that Berrigan would have said that it is "a really good trivia question." But perhaps I'm reading too much into it!

ss1, I saw Brett play in the 1973 American Association All-Star game in Omaha (along with Bucky Dent and Joel Come'on People Now Youngblood), so I assume that he was a rookie in '74.

Tony Oliva?

Toronto Argonauts 22....Calgary Stampeders 14 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4522359 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=403379 Defensive battle, with only field goals until the last play of the third quarter. Cory Boyd's replacement Chad Kackert had a good game.

Montreal Alouettes 38....Edmonton Eskimos 25 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4522215 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=403325 Not an interesting game. Montreal led 28-0 in the second quarter, and then coasted. Edmonton outscored them 14-0 in the fourth to make the final score look more respectable than it should have.

Happy Birthday 2012 Laurie! Love the new Osaka release!

Definately. (why do about 40% of people think that's how you spell definitely?--actually, based on a Google comparison it's only about 10%) Maybe it's the sequence, but I can't figure out what you're responding to.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 32....Hamilton Tiger-Cats 25 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4521999 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=403242 Crazy game. In the second the Ticats had a 14-4 lead. The Bombers then went on to outscore them 21-3. Then the Ticats tied it. Late in the game the Bombers scored a TD to take the lead. With one minute to go at mid-field on third and one, Burris threw a bad pass instead of running the ball. That effectively ended the game. Chris Williams ran another punt back for a TD, his fourth of the year.

Pete, I think that they are thinking of "separately".

Years ago ads on late night television offered videos of sports bloopers. It promised one guy who had a problem with the phrase "World Cup soccer".

Here's an article about the financial problems of the UFL that you might find interesting. When the UFL started, the Canadian press as usual said that the sky was falling, and that the CFL would have trouble competing with it. http://freebeacon.com/pelosis/

Ron Nelson was one of the two Highway Patrol officers who responded to the James Dean wreck. Contrary to popular belief, Nelson felt that Dean was going only 55 mph. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings-20120816,0,4350724.story

Matthew Scianitti Week 8 picks http://www.cflblogzone.com/2012/08/cfl-picks-week-8-argonauts-still-dependent-on-ricky-ray/

Peggy Fleming?

Yes, Hans, I plan to get a region-free dvd player for Christmas.

Not to start an argument, but I think that pole vaulting was more impressive when the poles didn't bend. It looked like it took real strength to haul yourself over the bar rather than to hang on for the ride!

That's good to know, Jetman and ejp. The dvd is out of print and not available from Amazon, so I had to buy from a Marketplace Seller. Too bad for me. It's also good to know that even though Amazon knows that I am in the US, the price it is showing me includes the VAT. I gather that it will be adjusted at checkout, is that correct?