Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474

The Atrium on board HALs Oosterdam.

Maybe not so useless.

I'm using Tylenol for Arthritis, 2 tabs every 8 hrs. and it seems to be helping. Not going anywhere until I can walk without fear of falling. Using a walker upstairs and another downstairs. Thankfully I had a stair lift installed a few years ago for Sherron and I now use that. A word of advice: If you ever have to install a chair lift, shop around! Ours was a little complicated: A 180 degree turn at the bottom; two 90 degree turns on landings halfway up. We had various quotes; a high of 32K, 23K, both special order with 6 weeks delivery and the one we chose. 12.5K and installed the day after we selected, signed and gave them the cheque! It's been working far 7 years.

CFB ALERT

Detente! OK?

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We had electric heating cables on the overhang. Plug them in when necessary and the cable melts a channel, into the eave troughs where we ran another cable and into the downpipe. The new place always seems to have enough wind to blow the roof clear. Now for the GRUMP: Did something to my right knee and it hurt like the devil! Can't bend it without it hurting enough to make me say NO-NO words. Question: How do you limp on both knees? Running the T.E.N.S. machine right now. Helping a little.

I keep an "Afterbite" tube handy in the motor home and another in the house, just in case. It's mostly ammonia but it does help reduce swelling and itch if you get Zapped.

I did find a gun in the bush once as a kid. A SxS shotgun, but I turned it in to my Father and he contacted the Service Police and they contacted the RCMP, since it was off found off base and no one on base had reported it missing or stolen. Turned out it was stolen from a home a couple of hours away.

I recall a mess dinner where raw fresh oysters were being served., flown in from Baddeck N.S. I was told to squirt a little lemon juice on the opened fresh oyster; if it contracted/shriveled a bit, it was fresh and OK to eat. If it didn't react: Don't Eat It. Also, drink soft drinks or beer- not liquor or you'll see them again, whole in a little hard, condensed ball. I followed that Maritimes advice and was fine. I heard some of the others, who didn't heed his advice, worshipping The Great White Goddess!

In warm weather here, I keep an electronic flyswatter handy in the house. Although I expected it, because we live directly across from the dedicated South Nations wetlands, we don't get many mozzies or black flies outside. The prevailing breezes/winds seem to blow south and it keeps them away from the house and the rear deck and BBQ area outside. We see Yellow Jackets and Mud Wasps. I give them the evening Wasp Spray and remove the nest next day, followed by cremation.

Sorry to hear that Rip. Up here we love those critters, since they eat mosquitoes and black flies. In fact, the province of Ontario breeds and releases them in "Buggy" areas as a non toxic method of controlling the other bugs.

And here I was hoping I would have the ladies of SASS flocking north, just to get close to my hairless chest!! Anyway, here's the Confederation Bridge that now links the Canadian mainland in New Brunswick to Prince Edward Island crossing the Northumberland Strait. It's about 13 Km long.

My SIL has been in Long Term Care since 2007, following a major stroke. Her Rogers Cablevision "box" is pixilating some channels she is supposed to get, so I tried calling for service. What a nightmare! First in getting the right office, then the waiting followed by one of the most useless persons I have had the misfortune to deal with. I finally gave up and went to the bank and cancelled the Pre-authorized account payments. Maybe someone with more than two clues will call me, but: TOO LATE! I changed her service provider.

Me, Spring Bear Hunting.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I have friends coming over for a traditional meal of Irish Tea Cake and Corned Beef and Cabbage. Just started boiling the Corned Beef and I'll start the Tea Cake later. Mother's side of the family is from Kilkenny Ireland a little while ago. (To Canada is 1806 and this area of Ontario in 1820.) To the other descendants of the Scharf Clan, Transported to Australia, I hope you are keeping the traditions alive. Slainte!

I'm making Irish Tea Cake instead and I put together all I need for a traditional Corned Beef and Cabbage supper in honour of my Irish ancestors. (On Mother's side.) They've been here., in the Hazeldean/Ottawa area, since 1820. Originally from Coolen and Kilkenny, where there is a monument to the family.