Sask. town holds housewarming for 'red paperclip' man

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Sask. town holds housewarming for 'red paperclip' man
Last Updated: Friday, September 1, 2006 | 6:41 PM CT
CBC News

What may be the biggest and longest party the town of Kipling, Sask. has ever seen gets underway this weekend when residents welcome Kyle MacDonald — the red paper clip man.

A year ago, the 25-year-old Montrealer got the idea of going on the internet and trading a red paper clip for items of greater value until he got himself a house.

After making more than a dozen trades, he now finds himself the owner of a white, two-storey house in the town of 1,100 about a two-hour drive east of Regina.

"I couldn't imagine a better place," said MacDonald, who's moving in with his girlfriend.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2006/09/01/kipling-macdonald.html

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1. That's pretty effing amazing!