On November 23, the Icelanders of Victoria club showed the Icelandic film,
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When I was growing up, we had outdoor toilets. Ours was about fifteen feet from the back steps. That may seem close for a one-holer but when it is twenty below and a wind is blowing, you want the trip to be a short as possible.
I will always remember trying not to go until I couldn
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When I first moved to Victoria many years ago, one of my colleagues said,
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