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#31
Discover Seattle! / Snow Warning
Apr 23 09 09:06
Just kidding.  But this time last year, there was 2 feet of snow in Nanaimo.  I don't recall getting it here, although we might have.  I just don't remember.
#32
Discover Seattle! / Happy Easter
Apr 12 09 08:25
[FONT color=#80ff00][FONT size=5]                     Happy Easter Everybunny ![/FONT]  [/FONT]

[FONT size=2]                                                            [/FONT][FONT size=1]      .....or what's left of us : ([/FONT]

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[img class=media id=fullSizedImage style="WIDTH: 595px; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="bunnies.jpg bunnies in cup image by GERAH7" src="http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o299/GERAH7/HOLIDAYS/EASTER/bunnies.jpg" GALLERYIMG="no"]
#33
Discover Seattle! / Canada Post
Apr 03 09 04:43
What the !!!!!!   Just came back from the post office....where I mailed two parcels.  One was a teeny weeny package (a necklace) and the other somewhat larger, but not what I call large.  (a few books and some Easter goodies)  

  She weighed the teeny weeny parcel.....$9.63 to mail this.  I asked her if she was mental and she said 'No, but she wonders about Canada Post'.  Well now I'm worried what the big parcel is going to cost.....it was $9.00.  What the hellllllllllll !
#34
 [P align=left][FONT face=Arial]I am an animal lover.  I donate to the SPCA and adopt pets instead of funding breeders and pet stores.[/FONT]

 [P align=left][FONT face=Arial]  But there's something about this commercial that's airing these days that for some reason is just a little off to me.  It's the one where they request you leave something in your will to the SPCA.  Don't get me wrong...I'm not suggesting it's a bad idea....it's the asking I suppose.  It just seems so wrong.[/FONT]

 [P align=left][FONT face=Arial][/FONT]Is this 'wrong' or in poor taste ?

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 [P align=left] [P align=left][FONT face=Arial size=2][/FONT]

 

 
#35
[FONT size=4]Judge finds UBC parking fines illegal, orders more than $4 million to be paid back[/FONT]

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VANCOUVER - The University of B.C. has unlawfully issued more than $4 million worth of parking tickets since 1990 and will have to pay back the fines to thousands of people, a B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled.

  [A href="http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Judge+finds+parking+fines+illegal+orders+more+than+million+paid+back/1449302/story.html"][FONT size=1]http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Judge+finds+parking+fines+illegal+orders+more+than+million+paid+back/1449302/story.html[/FONT][/A]
#36
"Canadacare may have killed Natasha," screamed a headline in the New York Post. "Was Canada's healthcare the problem?"asked another in the Chicago Tribune.

    This is really pissing me off.  It twists the emotions that we feel for this tragic and bizarre loss of life, by making it into something that it isn't.  What should have been done is crystal clear AFTER the fact.....but there was no negligence here.    Is making this claim some part of a political agenda ?  Crucial details are ignored in coming to this conclusion.  Like the fact that it was a minor spill, which is what probably made Natasha refuse the immediate medical attention that was offered.  

  I just listened to this new 'take' on things on the news, and it just makes me burn. [A href="http://www.vancouversun.com/Health/Socialized+medicine+didn+kill+Natasha+Richardson+says+doctor/1440316/story.html"][FONT size=1]http://www.vancouversun.com/Health/Socialized+medicine+didn+kill+Natasha+Richardson+says+doctor/1440316/story.html[/FONT][/A]

     
#37
Discover Seattle! / Vintage Cars
Mar 22 09 04:57
Ok.  I suspect these may likely be classified as antiques...but I digress.

  Is there anyone out there, that can identify the year of old vehicles from only viewing them in a photograph ?
#38
"Scientists are now questioning the health benefits of eating fish. Researchers from St. Michael's Hospital and the University of Toronto, in conjunction with University of British Columbia's Fisheries Centre and author Farley Mowat, teamed up to scrutinize the effect of eating fish for good health, and the impact on our fragile ecosystems. The scientists also suggest that eating fish might not benefit just everyone. Perhaps the health claims of fish oil consumption are a bit inflated."

  [A href="http://www.emaxhealth.com/1020/74/29919/eating-fish-good-health-challenged-scientists.html"]http://www.emaxhealth.com/1020/74/29919/eating-fish-good-health-challenged-scientists.html[/A]

  I'm glad I'm not greatly influenced by all the health claims of these studies...whether for or against....as I know within 6 months, they will change their minds completely.  Coffee - bad....coffee - good.  Red wine - bad...Red wine - good.  Chocolate - bad....chocolate good.  Too much this....not enough that....no, wait...too much that, not enough this.  Who can keep up.

  Scientists have yet to hear the wisdom in the old adage.....Everything in moderation.  
#39
What are some good restaurants within walking distance from the Pan Pacific ?  Any ideas ?
#40
The 22nd Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards ceremony is set to take place in Los Angeles on March 28.  

  Despite an onslaught of criticism, the tween-friendly cable network says it has no plans to remove the embattled R&B singer as a contender for the 2009 Kids' Choice Awards....

  [A href="http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b103649_despite_outcry_chris_brown_still.html"]http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b103649_despite_outcry_chris_brown_still.html[/A]

  Bad idea or OK ?
#41
 A British Columbian man has learned the hard way that you don't ask a U.S. border guard to be polite when he asks you to turn off your vehicle's engine.

 Desiderio Fortunato, of Coquitlam, B.C., asked the guard to say "please" and instead received a face full of pepper spray.

 [A href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/03/05/bc-man-border-trouble.html"]http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/03/05/bc-man-border-trouble.html[/A]

 

 Thoughts ?

#42
What phone service is everybody using ?  Shaw or Telus.

  We are with Telus, but just received an offer to switch to Shaw, which is substantially lower than what we are getting with Telus.  So I called Telus, and they have offered to 'waive' some of the charges that I wasn't happy with. ($4.95 long distance administration fee and $8.95 for call display).

They said they would do this as I have been a 'loyal' Telus user for many years. (ya)

  My question is, if they had this 'package bundle' available...why wouldn't it have just been offered to such a 'loyal Telus user' ?  It is offered to NEW Telus users, but the 'loyal' ones get to keep the old higher rates ?  
#43
Pollen ?

  My hot tub and deck and the roof are covered with a layer of super fine dust.  I thought at first it might be ash...but it's too evenly fine.

  Add:  It only came about the day before yesterday.
#44
I've tried to not get wrapped up in this, but it seems to be becoming more infuriating each day.

  I don't understand how the RCMP think these 4 men are worth protecting, at the expense of a huge loss of respect, faith, and trust,  from a HUGE percentage of the population.  I just want to them stand up and say....YES, this situation was mishandled.

  Then, the four men can sue the RCMP for wrongful dismissal if they feel they have a case.  That way, the RCMP maintains their integrity, and the four officers will still get their day in court.  As it stands now, not only are many people appalled by the stories that fly in the face of video evidence, now there is talk of the Polish government suing the RCMP.  
#45
No Michel....not that.

  Take a few moments to look at this commercial.  It's SO beautiful.  *choke...sniffle*

  [A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQnCZ_sJoXo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQnCZ_sJoXo[/A]
#46
Oh lord.....this truly makes me dizzy just looking at it.  [img height=20 src="http://www.pogo.com/images/chat/sick.gif" width=20 border=0]  I couldn't do this even if I was offered a million dollars.  Could you ?

  [img height=480 alt="STRANGE DANGEROUS JOBS - SKYSCRAPER TOWER MAINTENCE" src="http://www.strangebusiness.com/images/content/147918.jpg" width=481 align=center border=0]
#47
Best of luck on starting your new job on Monday Lil Me.  Here is a nice pic for your desk.....and some purdy flowers.

  [A href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/Heckle_and_Jeckle.png"][img style="WIDTH: 224px; HEIGHT: 149px" height=344 alt="File:Heckle and Jeckle.png" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/Heckle_and_Jeckle.png" width=459 border=0][/A]    [img style="WIDTH: 221px; HEIGHT: 225px" height=258 src="http://www.flowerbud.com/images/flowers/bouquet-brights.jpg" width=257]
#48
This story is so gut wrenching.  How needless for this poor woman to have died.  I can't get it off my mind.  

What was going on ?  Their SOS signs were spotted, reported and ignored FOUR times !!!!

  "Given the blatant, glaring, signs of an SOS stamp in the snow, we should have called and initiated a search and rescue," said RCMP spokesman Cpl. Dan Moskaluk. "Maybe it wouldn't have been a full grounds search, but we could've taken an aerial flyby. We should've looked at the reports a little closer, a little more in depth of where the information was coming from."

 

 Moskaluk said the RCMP has launched an internal review into the response times of all the groups involved."

 [A href="http://www.vancouversun.com/news/spent+days+mountain+survival+mode+Family/1331820/story.html"][FONT size=2]http://www.vancouversun.com/news/spent+days+mountain+survival+mode+Family/1331820/story.html[/FONT][/A]

#49
....for a DNA test ?  I'm not sure why he would want to be linked to this crazy woman at all, but.....

I wonder if he could then be held responsible for child maintenance.  
#50
Now, this probably belongs in the 'I have nothing interesting to say' thread, but what the heck.

  Hubby has booked me a massage.  This is uninteresting at its best.....but I have never had a massage.  

Tell me your experiences please.
#51
Discover Seattle! / Fire Rescue
Feb 23 09 08:00
This is a serious rescue from a fire in Nanaimo. Everybody was brought to safety, so I don't mind observing, that this was the oddest 'rescue position' ever.

  [A href="http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/news/story.html?id=1e77e887-7535-43d9-9a10-1d661d891532"][SPAN][img alt="Firefighters rescue a woman from a downtown Nanaimo building on Sunday." src="http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/media.canada.com/3685edf9-0c1b-41e0-bf9e-e6996a1865b6/0223dna01_43p_4c_dwntwnfire.jpg?size=l" border=0][/SPAN][/A]

[A href="http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/news/story.html?id=1e77e887-7535-43d9-9a10-1d661d891532"]http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/news/story.html?id=1e77e887-7535-43d9-9a10-1d661d891532[/A]  
#52
  I was surprised to learn that one of the women aboard the flight was Beverly Eckert.... who was widowed when her husband was killed as a passenger in one of the planes involved  in the World Trade Center tragedy.  The odds of that seems so bizarre.  

I feel sad for all of the people and their families....but this one touch me a little more.  
#53
Discover Seattle! / Animal Antics
Feb 13 09 10:07
If you need a good laugh.....this should do it.  (or maybe it's just that I can relate)

  [A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvBiSW5QFKY&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvBiSW5QFKY&feature=related[/A]
#54
I just noticed, that my tulips have popped up all of a sudden.  They are 4 inches tall already !!!!
#55
Discover Seattle! / Exercise Ball
Feb 11 09 03:06
I think it's a good idea that I bought this stupid ball....otherwise, I would have never known just how uncoordinated and ungraceful  I have become.  The silly little woman on the DVD is all graceful and controlled.  What the matter with her anyway.      
#56
I'm so hoping you had a fabulous time.  Would also love it if you shared a few pics and some stories of your trip.  I live vicariously through non-flight-fearing people.
#57
[SPAN class=spnMessageText id=msg][A href="http://fun.mivzakon.co.il/flash/video/2344/2344.html" target=_blank rel=nofollow][FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2]http://fun.mivzakon.co.il/flash/video/2344/2344.html[/FONT][/A][/SPAN]

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[SPAN class=spnMessageText]I just can't believe my eyes.  This is a pretty long little clip, but it's worth the watch to the end.  [/SPAN]

Animals are so amazing.
#58
I'm SO tired of hearing the daily minutia surrounding every single solitary detail over the blasted Olympics.  I'm sad that I've gotten to this point....but I'm just over saturated with this stuff.  Hiring an extra nurse instead of closing the health center over night.....heli-pad test....?  This is news worthy ?Enough already !
#59
I get frustrated often times, with the false ideals that 'we' place on athletes.  First of all, they don't meet the requirements to be deemed HEROS.  There isn't that kind of bravery in sports, to be given such a noble title.  Second...they are not by default, role models, philosophers or representatives of apple-pie-eating-hot-dog-loving-wholesome-goodness.

  When they 'get caught' not living up to the standards set by advertising sponsors, we act like they have failed....when in fact the only thing that has failed, is the image that has been falsely set on their shoulders by others.

  When will we learn that sometimes a good swimmer is just a good swimmer and leave it at that.  
#60
Discover Seattle! / Grocery Bills
Jan 30 09 10:48
After debating with SD about monthly grocery bills a couple months ago, it occurred to me, that I really no longer had any idea what we were spending on groceries.  I used to be totally aware of these things, but over the last few years, Sawdust has taken over 90% of the grocery shopping, as he passes the market every day.  When I asked him what we were spending on food, he had no idea.  When we need it or want it.....we get it.  This is Sawdust's idea of budgeting.....lol

    SO....I decided to get back to being aware of such things....and have saved all receipts through January.  I had to add in to the total costs, foods we used that were already in house.  For this month, to date, we are at $287.09, plus $38 for in house stuff.  $322.09.  

  Does anyone else have any idea what portion of their paycheques is going to food ?