Swap a paperclip for a house...?
11-07-2006, 11:19
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Swap a paperclip for a house...?
Remarkable!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5167388.stm
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Originally Posted by BBC
A Canadian man who set out to use the internet to trade a paper clip to get a house says he has achieved his aim.
Kyle MacDonald, who is 26, made 16 trades over almost a year - and is now preparing to move into his new home.
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11-07-2006, 11:29
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Re: Swap a paperclip for a house...?
Ah but it was a very big paperclip ...
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11-07-2006, 11:30
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Re: Swap a paperclip for a house...?
*goes looking for a box of paperclips
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11-07-2006, 11:33
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Re: Swap a paperclip for a house...?
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and is preparing to move to Kipling, a place he has never even visited before.
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So he may very soon find out why they are prepared to give a house away ...
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11-07-2006, 11:38
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Re: Swap a paperclip for a house...?
The wifes aunt lives in Saskatchewan, on an Indian reservation/ national park apparently it is a real unspoilt wilderness with some truely stunning views, I would say he has done rather well to end up there.
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11-07-2006, 12:12
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Re: Swap a paperclip for a house...?
Ohh I wonder what I would get for a drawing pin!
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11-07-2006, 12:41
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Re: Swap a paperclip for a house...?
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Originally Posted by bob_a_builder
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and is preparing to move to Kipling, a place he has never even visited before.
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So he may very soon find out why they are prepared to give a house away ... |
But they do make exceedingly good cakes 
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11-07-2006, 14:30
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Re: Swap a paperclip for a house...?
Just goes to show us all, with a bit of luck, a lot of determination and a world full of idiot's, anything's possible 
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11-07-2006, 14:39
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Re: Swap a paperclip for a house...?
Hehe yeah it's all madness, this was posted on my forums
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11-07-2006, 19:12
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Re: Swap a paperclip for a house...?
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Ohh I wonder what I would get for a drawing pin!
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A Flat! 
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11-07-2006, 19:28
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Re: Swap a paperclip for a house...?
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Originally Posted by Jules
Ohh I wonder what I would get for a drawing pin!
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A Pri ck. (as in pri cked thumb)
I always remember someone putting one on my chair at school! 
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