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Where was this photo taken? The winner of yesterday’s competition is MichaelT. Congratulations. Please e-mail me your choice of prize from the books below and send me your postal address so that I can pop it into the mail asap. sb at thebfd.co.nz Editor Note: The BFD

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Competition: View From Your Window
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Competition: View From Your Window

Where was this photo taken? The first person to answer the following two questions correctly will win their choice of one of the three books below. 1. Name of the town/city/village. 2. The country it is located in. ***BONUS question”: What type of alcohol/spirits is this town/

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Postcard from Canada: June 30

Postcard from Canada: June 30

Geoffrey Corfield Geoffrey Corfield has been active in Conservative politics in Canada since 1976, both federally and provincially. But he won’t always write about politics because he has more experience with writing history and humour. He lives in London, Ontario, frequents used book shops, swims lengths, drinks beer, plays

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View From Your Window
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View From Your Window

Where was this photo taken? Editor Note: The BFD needs more views from your window. We particularly need challenging views that contain enough clues for the once a week prize-winning VFYW. Please put View From My Window in the subject line. Yesterday’s view: San Marino, San Marino. window@thebfd.

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Putting Their Best Foot Forward

Putting Their Best Foot Forward

The Yanks are inching towards a standard metric at last, throwing off the chains that linked them to the past.  It’s hard yards but they will be in a different league if they can fathom a way through. As long as they don’t make a rod for their

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View From Your Window
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View From Your Window

Where was this photo taken? Editor Note: The BFD needs more views from your window. We particularly need challenging views that contain enough clues for the once a week prize-winning VFYW. Please put View From My Window in the subject line. Yesterday’s view: The village of Khuzan Kala, just

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BLM: Ban Lazy Minds

BLM: Ban Lazy Minds

As the next step towards the inevitable living out the script of the movie Idiocracy, the Mayor of Duluth, Minnesota, has banned the use of the word ‘Chief’ in job titles.  Mayor, Emily Larson, has been wasting Council time and resources discussing this non-issue. Although it doesn’t require a

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View From Your Window
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View From Your Window

This photo was taken January 1990. Can you guess where? Editor Note: The BFD needs more views from your window. We particularly need challenging views that contain enough clues for the once a week prize-winning VFYW. Please put View From My Window in the subject line. Yesterday’s view: Lagoon

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