Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474

Same thing up here in Canada. Victoria Day was always May 24, Queen Victoria's birthday. Kids even had a ditty: "The 24th of May is the Queen's Birthday! If we don't get a holiday, we'll all run away!" Now it's the closest Monday following. (Fortunately, we still celebrate with lots of fireworks!)

You got that right! I was in a repair shop in Mattawa when a car was brought in that had hit a moose. Both front seat passengers were killed outright while the couple in the rear seat were critical and airlifted to Ottawa. When you hit a moose with a car, you take the legs out, the body comes over the hood, through the windshield and into the front seat, usually still alive and thrashing.

Well, first the good news: Both cataracts are now gone and the eyes are healing well. Just need glasses for up close now. Bad News: I had to miss 4 matches while my eyes healed and I may have to miss another. The Doom Goblin and the Glow Ball Warming people stopped dancing widdershins around the cauldron and snow arrived here yesterday and last night. With vengeance. 6+ inches on the ground with some drifting! AND it caught me by surprise! we didn't have our snow tires on. The winter tires are still in one of the sheds, waiting to be put on. AND I hadn't brought the snow blower out of the shed and serviced it. THEN the plows went by and filled the front of the driveway, after dragging the snow off the main drag and piling it neatly in the front of my driveway! (I'm on a corner) Big Red dragged the s'blower from the shed to the garage and we fired it up and cleared the drive and the )(&(^*%$% windrow so he could get to work. When he gets home, we'll still have to get the tires out for both vehicles and get them mounted. AARRRGGHHH! And another thing: I nominated OSCAR to be our Mascot.

Now in most Canadian Game Farm Stores. (Primarily catering to unsuccessful hunt groups!)

I've had the NG furnace running for a couple of weeks now. Ran the NG Fireplace once, for ambience, when I had friends came over, but with the blower, it tends to heat up the family area too much.

My son's HERBIE is now 63 years old. It has a computer on board and a remote control that opens and closes the hood, blows the horn, makes the headlights "look" left and right or wink will pee on you if you get too close to his rear end. The restoration and additional features has made it an interesting, $$$$ project and a lot of fun. Current evaluation, by and independent evaluator means it is insured for over $45K. * *That's Canadian Dollars but still..........

Not worried about lightening strikes with mine, It's made from sort of vinyl and is about 22 ft high, anchored in a concrete base etc. My illumination uses a solar powered spot to illuminate after sunset.. All the cords are inside the pole, behind a locking access panel.

Now if only the stores here in Canada would have enough intestinal fortitude to sell them..................................

Getting ready for my 80+ driver's test here in Ontario so I'm glad this came up! If the examiner had asked me, I would not have known what he was talking about. I guess I better read the new handbook.

It's good to see that the curse of losing, associated with the Toronto Maple Leaf's hasn't spread to the Jays. (I still miss the EXPOS)

HP 5102 Smart Tank is my current printer. Had it for about a year and so far, I'm happy with it, after learning how it works to scan and copy. I found the instruction manual a bit lacking.

I guess I'm a little ahead of you on that. I'm no longer beginning to hate AI!

You could do worse.

DANG! I missed it!

If you are ever up around Skagway, Alaska, take the narrow gauge ride up the track that runs beside the Trail of '98, up to Lake Bennett, B.C, especially if they are still running the steam locomotive. First couple of times we did it, the steam locomotive was used, last time it was a "vintage" diesel.