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Customer Service
Less than a year ago, we bought a television set. We had our last one for a very long time. It was a 13 incher with a built in VCR and it was almost indestructable. Well, I managed to destroy it, but that’s another story.… Read More
Sports Cheaters, Deep Fried Butter and the guy who wouldn’t go away
There are lots of things I’ve been meaning to post about, so I’m going to squish them into one rambling post. Former Blue Jays pitcher Roger Clemens is in the news, and this time it’s not for his pitching but because he might end up… Read More
The Stupid Stuff Department
I’m all for World Cup celebrations in Toronto. Spanish-Torontonians had quite a party the other day. It turned out that climbing all over a street car was a bad idea. They did all kinds of damage to the vehicle. What’s wrong with celebrating the glory… Read More
My Notebook
I keep a little notebook, a small hardcover job. It looks just like the one in the picture except that I cut the silly elastic thingy off it with an exacto knife. There isn’t anything in it that anyone would much care about: shopping lists,… Read More
Smile
Algoma Central 69
Have you ever been on the ACR? East Texas Red and I rode it a few years back with a couple packs and a canoe for a trip down the Sand River. This song is by Stompin Tom Conners. Here are the lyrics: She’s on… Read More
Story idea…
OK. The leaders of Canada, Russia, the United States, France, Japan, the UK, Italy and Germany show up in Huntsville Ontario for the G8. They decide to go on a fishing trip in Algonquin Park. CSIS hires some local First Nation fishing guides and off… Read More
Yesterday (wtf?)
I’ve lived in the greater Toronto area for all of my 49 years, and yesterday marked the first time I experienced an earthquake. It wasn’t a big earthquake, but an earthquake it was. I was sitting at a desk and the whole floor rumbled twice.… Read More
You left enough clues to sink a ship…
Almost every day, somebody stumbles onto this blog after using the search term Columbo or Peter Falk. I wonder what they think when the get here? WTF? This isn’t a Colombo fan site. There are entire generations who have never heard of Columbo or Peter… Read More
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