This past week has been “not hard to handle” weather. Down to -20 C at night and up in the minus teens in the day. Who needs Arizona with weather like this?
Hoar frost believers can mark July 18, 19 and 20 for rain. Non-believers should mark it too, then you could keep track of whenever I have been wrong.
A problem has developed in the upcoming nuptials between my mother, age 92, and Dirk, 89. You know, a fly in the ointment, a run in the panty hose, a stitch in the nickers. The elephant in the room reared its ugly head when they were trying to decide where they were going to live. She has her house full of “her stuff” and he has his condo “full of his stuff.” My sister has already been through this “stuff” business with my mother. The last time my mother was going to change houses she called my sister to come and help her sort through the treasures. As they were going through the “stuff” my sister had a throw away pile and a keep pile. When my sister was trying to put “stuff” in the throw away pile my mother was grabbing it back and putting it in the “keep” pile. The situation degenerated down to angry words. My mother told my sister that she didn’t respect her “stuff.” When my mother knows she can’t win an argument, she verbally attacks. She called my sister fat. Anyone who knows my mother is well aware that she is about 100 pounds soaking wet and other people who are even an ounce over that are deemed as fat in her eyes! Many people including my sister are sensitive about their weight and my mother knows it. My sister was on the next plane back to Saskatchewan still steaming under the collar when she got here. I don’t know who helped her move her “stuff” but it wasn’t me or my sister. I hope they get it sorted out by spring.
In politics the Montreal area mayors have had a news conference to say they are opposed to the Energy East pipeline that was to send western oil to the refinery in New Brunswick. Here are the same people who dumped eight billion gallons of raw sewage into the St. Lawrence and claim to be worried about an oil spill. The Quebec province will get $10 billion in transfer payments this year. No one opposed them selling all the power to New York. Here is my middle finger salute to the Montreal area mayors.
I am becoming opposed to any pipeline that provides cheap oil to eastern Canada. I also don’t think much of trying to get the Keystone pipeline approved. That is only going to provide cheap oil for the Americans. The only pipeline that is of any value to us is the Gateway pipeline. That will allow us to have world price that will be important when the world oil price improves. As long as they can keep fighting about the Gateway pipeline maybe they wouldn’t notice the Kinder Morgan pipeline to Vancouver is just about done. The oil companies are geared up to transport thousands of gallons of crude by tanker car. Until this Greenpeace stupidity passes, I say we let them. Oil has to get to market somehow.
In federal politics Justin Trudeau is all over the world doing photo opps. He got to be prime minister after Oct. 19. That is three months and in that time I have to ask, what has he done for Canada? When will this prime minister be home to do something? But he has nice hair.
The commission for missing and murdered women has been formed. How many murders will that solve? I would suggest none. The answer is more police staff dedicated to solve the crimes. It would be cheaper to hire more police than pay the lawyers who will have air time at the hearings. What a waste of time.
In the media the RCMP have released a statement that they have charged a 61-year-old Lashburn man with stealing oil. They also released his name. I don’t think this is right. The man has not gone to trial yet, but he is being tried and convicted in the media. Everyone has the right to be innocent until proved guilty in court. I am not here to say whether the man is guilty or innocent, but to release his name to the media is not right. Innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. That is the way it should be.
Joke of the week from Bryan Bright: A woman goes and registers at a gym for classes. After she paid her fees she asked the young girl what she needed to bring. The perky young girl says, “You need a good pair of running shoes and loose clothing.” The woman says “Missy, if I had any loose clothing, I would not need this class!”
