I am of the opinion that we should just move on
I think that we need to just move on as a country and put NAFTA/CUSMA deep into the past. It did create a lot of co-joined industries (mostly the auto industry) between Canada and the United States but...
View ArticleThe new way to put out your message
It is truly amazing the internet and how much you can do with it. Myself, I was into computers in the mid 1960s learning Fortran first and then COBOL. Although I did use both in my working life, I do...
View ArticleThe President of Finland
The President of Finland (Alexander Stubb) has come up with a brilliant idea. If Russia breaks a ceasefire to come then Ukraine automatically becomes a member of NATO. It is interesting to be grouped...
View ArticleThe imposition of tariffs being linked to fentanyl in the United States
Are they paying as much attention to the oceans that lap up against their land from top to bottom? I still think it is easy for people to arrive at a country's shore, enter, transfer things and leave...
View ArticleMinus 10 degrees celsius, the polar vortex is descending once again
Another cold crisp morning at minus 10 degrees celsius but feels like minus 20 degrees apparently. The skies are clear; great telescope weather if you do not mind the cold! Dawn is breaking now...
View ArticleMoving along and it is dawn
I did accomplish a lot yesterday including shoveling the laneway as it turned out. There wasn't enough for the company to come and do it. I also worked on the Ancestry matches and finished that project...
View ArticleSad but an answer
The first set of human remains found in the Winnipeg landfill have been identified as Morgan Harris, a young first Nations woman lost to her family long before it should have happened. The closure...
View ArticleShared borders - how small the world is now
Our (Canada) shared border with Europe is a small one but it does exist on a small island off of Greenland in the Nares Strait known as Hans Island and lies between Nunavut's Ellesmere Island and the...
View ArticleWhy did I get vaccinated for Red Measles in my early 40s
Just a few red vaccine cases about in the area I live in back in the mid 1980s but I had never had red measles as a child (amazing in a family of seven children but there it was in my baby book so I...
View ArticleThe greatest friendship
The friendship we share with the United States is the most important item that we do share. It is given freely and without cost. We are their friends now and forever. You can not live next door to a...
View ArticleLast day for the dogs
Our time together has been memorable but the dogs go home today. They really put a different spin on my day; I never really got adjusted to them so did not get them into a routine that let me work...
View ArticleYesterday was a lazy day
As I bid the dogs goodbye, my day slowly dwindled into a very lazy day. I cleaned up everything which involved taking the protective sheets off of the two couches, collected up all of those towels...
View ArticleSkiing
Finally out skiing and it was not too bad. Getting old is actually great; it has its downsides I assume but having spent years as a child with aging grandparents I am prepared for the slow degrading of...
View ArticleAnother perfect skiing day
Yesterday skiing at Mer Bleu was very nice actually. A warm day always appreciated by someone with arthritis out in all that moisture! I also managed a small hill which surprised me actually and it...
View ArticleChurch service in Cornwall England was lovely
I did enjoy the Church Service on YouTube from Cornwall, England yesterday. Seeing the green grass is always a treat there although our snow is starting to melt here and we did not go skiing yesterday...
View ArticleShopping
My most hated thing is shopping but spent the afternoon yesterday doing that very thing having cleaned the basement and the main floor in the morning. I last filled the tank of the car with gas in...
View ArticleSad but the search has been fulfilled for the two families of the young women...
I missed mentioning yesterday that the second set of remains found in Winnipeg were identified as Marcedes Myran. Premier Wab Kinew announced that the two young women Marcedes Myran and Morgan Harris...
View ArticleF-35s
I think the big question is why would we want two different types of planes for security? The amount of money and planning that has gone into this purchase is enormous and if it is fear then that just...
View ArticleExtracting matches and shopping
March is now 2/3 rds past. This year has moved very quickly as it is nearly 1/4 gone with spring around the corner. Spring is a great time in Canada although tends towards mud season but none the less...
View ArticleAnother busy day
Yesterday was another busy day and good accomplishment on what I had planned to do. Worked on the matches and have completed both mine and one sibling and onto the next sibling who is the most...
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