Thursday, October 2, 2008
Balls Checkout behind the 8 Ball
It’s Fall again. Not only does that mean Monarchs and Blue-Jays; it also means disappearing hummingbirds and Canada Geese training for their flight south. It also means the old farts’ pool league. The only problem is that the normal order of seasons will not work this Fall. The ‘C’ league, which is...
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Saturday, September 20, 2008
Or Should I say that Britain is like America...
…when it comes to retailing. The ‘Rite Aid’ store – I still wince with embarrassment when I type it – was like a British store. It was a single storey and had the stylistic quality of a lump of concrete dumped in the middle of a medium sized car park. It wasn’t a large pharmacy; in fact I don’t know...
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Saturday, September 13, 2008
America? It’s just like Britain.
Yesterday I had to go to the States. I was aching after a few early morning tennis games in a +27C temperature – I can’t even complain about it because I chose to be there; silly bugger. The temperature in the afternoon soared until it was too hot to do anything on my list – except make another...
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Friday, September 5, 2008
A $31,000, price slash – hold it. Something’s Happening…
….make that a $41,000 price cut and still no takers. Lots of cars stop and either the passenger or the driver get out and pick up a leaflet from the holder attached to the ‘For Sale ‘sign on the house across the road from us (see a previous post.) Some people read the leaflet, look at the size of...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
‘But how will you know if I’ve died?’
I don’t know acquaintance’s surnames. Is it just me; am I a cold, uncaring person? Hell, it takes me all my time to remember my own name. It’s even more difficult in this part of Canada, as husband and wife, if born in Quebec, keep their own names. Life is difficult enough without that added twist....
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Sunday, June 29, 2008
“Crashed? You’ve crashed your computer again?”
Ell accused me in that tone of voice that only suffering husbands know. “I did not crash the stupid thing; it decided of its own volition to go bye byes.” “That is the second time this year….” “No!’ I interrupted. “It is the second major crash in 12 months. You know damn fine that it crashes and...
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Sunday, June 22, 2008
Would you pay $330,000 for an 82 feet x 28 foot Lot?
Ell says she would pay it in an instant, but then she/we are biased. The ‘for sale’ house is immediately in front of our home. At the moment, we have a clear view of the river all the way across to the main channel to the east of the ‘for sale’ house. The home further east is being rented by an...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Internet Auction Farce 1
The event was an auction that we had no intention of attending, even although it was literally around the corner from our home. Not only were the items way, way, out of our league, but there was also going to be a buyers’ premium of 10%. Simply put, it meant that a customer, who successfully bid...
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
What Killed Them?
Was it their time to go? Was the room a vast gas chamber to them? It certainly wasn’t a shortage of water – not in a bathroom. If Mother Nature hadn’t been so pressing, I would have vacuumed up the insect corpses that littered the floor, before sitting on the throne. Perhaps they only lived for a...
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Sunday, June 8, 2008
Final Anomaly
Craig McNaughton checked his battery powered GPS receiver again, and struck his single sail. He was as near as made no difference to 46° 14' south: 173° 3' west. His decision to face his end here had been a no-brainer; logic demanded it. Craig smiled as he corrected that thought – according to his...
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