We recently returned from a trip to British Columbia to visit our eldest son and his family. The opportunity to be with our son and his partner and our granddaughter was the draw. Neither of us was really excited about being in B.C. The last two visits were disappointments; it was cold and damp and [...]
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Dilemma of Olympic Proportions…
March 5, 2010
Reeee-session…
March 5, 2010
We live in a resource based community. The two major industries are pulp and gold. Mining, because it is an extractive industry has a finite life. When the gold runs out, the industry is gone. Our community has been anticipating the decline of the gold mines for some years now. Little did we realize that [...]
I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it any more…
September 1, 2008
Daily we are hearing more and more in the news media that Prime Minister Harper is going to call a fall election. So here we go again with the expense and hype of an election before the term of the current parliament is up. This minority government was elected for a four year term for the [...]
Some days are just fraught with frustration…
August 23, 2008
Isn’t there a Murphy’s Law about when you are already really, really busy that a thousand other things will need your immediate attention? This week has been much like that so if there isn’t a Murphy’s Law about it there certainly should be one. Joy and I have been busy all week preparing a wedding [...]
Cell Phone rant…
August 1, 2008
I can’t believe my ears. I am watching the news and one of the lead stories reports Bell and Telus are going to start charging their customers not only for sending text messages but for receiving them as well. If I understand this story (http://www.teleclick.ca/2008/07/bell-telus-text-messaging-cash-grab-makes-no-economic-sense/) correctly, should you send me a text message you are charged $.15 [...]
The Cellular world is warped…
July 30, 2008
My cell phone bill arrived today. I examined each of the three pages carefully, as I do each month, to see what exactly the charges cover. And here is what I have concluded. Cellular companies are strictly in the business of making money. There is precious little of what I consider value for service. My [...]
Tugging at the heart strings…
July 16, 2008
Today I received one of those e-mails that get forwarded many times that are designed to tug at one’s heart strings to cause something to happen in support of an idea or an issue or an action. I don’t often read them because they cater to emotion rather than logic and reality. But this one [...]
