Opinion

I guess, more than anything, I'm just curious when this all happened? You can't bend over to tie up your shoes. You are completely out of breath from climbing just one set of stairs.

Recently, Ed, my neighbour next door, was disgusted with a news statement that said: "As little as fifteen minutes of exercise a day can add years to your life." "There is nothing that can add years to your life," insisted Ed.

Dear Editor Experts say texting and driving a vehicle is as bad as operating a vehicle while impaired by alcohol.

Dear Editor, After four decades and multi-billions of dollars, Canadians have not embraced the concept of official bilingualism, which is considered to be another politically-motivated scheme to appease voters in Quebec.

Call it bad luck, good fortune, a dumb move or the occasion for a good chuckle - any of these descriptions could be used to describe a news item I read this week.

As a university student, I skipped class to see Jean Chretien make a campaign stop in Saskatoon. I got relatively close, close enough that when I hopped up on the rail to get a better view, a Mountie did a double take of my sudden movement.

"Do the kids have sunscreen on?" growls the momma bear. "Of course dear," I answer in quick reply "And bug spray?" "Absolutely. Of course they do, I have done this before." I give my best - I know dear smile.

Many new moms are excited to get back to exercising after having a baby. They want their bodies to return to the way they were before getting pregnant and they want it to happen fast.

Ed, my neighbour next door, has a different sense of humour than mine and he often tries out jokes on me. He had a Ben and Bob joke for me the other day. It went like this. Bob: Who introduced you to your wife? Ben: We just happened to meet.

This province has a lot of roads, all leading somewhere important, all seemingly under construction and all dotted with stories making Saskatchewan what it is. I spend a lot of time on those roads and sometimes I have to find a place to stay.