How many people can claim that their hot tub saved their lives? You wouldn’t think very many but one man has declared exactly that. You might wonder how. Did his hot tub give him CPR? Perform the Heimlich maneuver? Cure him from some wasting disease? None of the above. It did however give him a
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This summer, people from around the world have enthusiastically cheered on their favourite athletes in the London 2012 Olympics. Certain events tend to excite people more than others, and diving has been a clear crowd pleaser this summer. Diving debuted at the 1904 Olympic games, and has remained an international favourite ever since. There are
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Have a hot tub? There’s an app for that. Just when you thought that the sheer number of iPhone apps and all their various functions were starting to get out of hand, along comes an app that allows you to remotely control your hot tub! The only caveat is that you need the EcoPack control
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Why meet fellow students in classes or the cafeteria, when you could install a hot tub in your dorm room and attract new friends and acquaintances that way? Ohio University student Kevin Lenahan thought that would be a great idea, and installed a spa in his room. He frequently leaves the door open and people
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LEGO®, well-known plastic block and toy maker, recently launched LEGO Friends — a new and, it turns out, somewhat controversial line of toys. As an initiative put together simply to market to young girls (because their current market includes mostly young boys, and as CEO Jorgan Vig Knudstorp was quoted as saying, “We want to
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The About.com Readers’ Choice Awards 2012 nominations are now open! The Best Hot Tub / Spa category will showcase the year’s top portable spa and hot tub brands and manufacturers, as nominated and voted on by readers. This means you could have a say! Do you have a favourite? Hurry over and nominate it —
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Savannah Wilson, a 16-year-old blind, disabled girl from Lake Stevens, Washington, was granted a wish from the Make-a-Wish Foundation in September. While most wishes granted seem to be more along the lines of trips to Disneyland, all she wanted was a hot tub! Savannah was described in an article in the Herald as having “a
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While finding a bear taking a soak in your outdoor spa might be cute (although alarming!), burglars are another story! The Telegraph reports that the latest trend in burglaries in the UK seems to be robbers who like to relax in the hot tub before leaving secretly with thousands of pounds worth of stolen goods.
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Animals at the London Zoo are treated to all the luxuries that make a frigid British winter bearable. Meerkats get to bask in the warmth of heat lamps scattered throughout their cage, while hippos get . . a hot tub! The two hippos at the London Zoo are originally from Africa, so it only seemed
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Residents of a Prescott Valley (Arizona) home must have been more than a little shocked to discover that the hot tub they purchased turned out to be a parking space. But don’t blame the manufacturer; it was Atrina Sprague, possibly drunk behind the wheel, that converted the hot tub into a parking spot. After driving
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