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"I hate being half bicycle - half motorcycle" he moped. https://www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/t...r1rP#.psvPMPMd
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Originally Posted by MillieF
(Post 12149433)
Yes that is so very sad, poor poor kid.
A friend of my son was arested yesterday selling drugs at school. I was really shocked. My son wasn't, which is more shocking. Why can't kids just stay at a 'safe' age..... |
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It was the lads funeral today. I am always amazed at how quick funerals happen here.
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People in Alberta being charged a carbon tax for family cremations.
You couldn't make this up if you tried. |
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Originally Posted by Souvy
(Post 12149965)
People in Alberta being charged a carbon tax for family cremations.
You couldn't make this up if you tried. |
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Originally Posted by MillieF
(Post 12149433)
Yes that is so very sad, poor poor kid.
A friend of my son was arested yesterday selling drugs at school. I was really shocked. My son wasn't, which is more shocking. Why can't kids just stay at a 'safe' age..... |
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If there is ever a fire, no way anyone could sleep through the sound. Poor dog was scared to death.
(Not a real alarm, they are doing the annual fire testing today.) |
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Originally Posted by Souvy
(Post 12149965)
People in Alberta being charged a carbon tax for family cremations.
You couldn't make this up if you tried. |
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Originally Posted by Piff Poff
(Post 12150521)
Yeah but a load of us has just got rebate cheques, so they are all happy now:blink::rolleyes::nod:
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12150546)
Wasn't it Alberta a few years ago where there was a surplus of budget funds so everyone got a rebate of a few hundred?
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Originally Posted by Piff Poff
(Post 12150547)
Yeah, 2005, the year we arrived...
I remember reading about it and thinking why didn't they just keep it in reserve or put it into a health budget or something. |
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Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 12150443)
If there is ever a fire, no way anyone could sleep through the sound. Poor dog was scared to death.
(Not a real alarm, they are doing the annual fire testing today.) |
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12150548)
That long ago? Wow.
I remember reading about it and thinking why didn't they just keep it in reserve or put it into a health budget or something. |
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12150548)
That long ago? Wow.
I remember reading about it and thinking why didn't they just keep it in reserve or put it into a health budget or something. |
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Pedestrians in parts of Ottawa have abandoned sidewalks (inadequately ploughed) in favour of pristine cycle lanes.
Apparently a lot of cyclists are narked. That's about par for the course with the holier-than-thou cycling brigade. I'm sure that if the ploughing regime were switched, cyclists would soon be mowing people down on the sidewalks. |
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Originally Posted by Souvy
(Post 12150804)
Because AB has a habit of building a surplus and then blowing it on bribes to keep the voters happy.
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Originally Posted by plasticcanuck
(Post 12151084)
The country held as example for excess oil revenue funds is Norway. Its fund is approaching a trillion dollars.
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Originally Posted by plasticcanuck
(Post 12151084)
The country held as example for excess oil revenue funds is Norway. Its fund is approaching a trillion dollars.
The UK could have done that but Maggie chose to give it all to rich people. |
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Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 12151118)
Norway can do that because they charged me sufficient for the beer I drank there to support the health service during the decades of oil production.
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Originally Posted by Souvy
(Post 12149965)
People in Alberta being charged a carbon tax for family cremations.
You couldn't make this up if you tried. |
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Originally Posted by Souvy
(Post 12150822)
Pedestrians in parts of Ottawa have abandoned sidewalks (inadequately ploughed) in favour of pristine cycle lanes.
Apparently a lot of cyclists are narked. That's about par for the course with the holier-than-thou cycling brigade. I'm sure that if the ploughing regime were switched, cyclists would soon be mowing people down on the sidewalks. Out my way no bike lanes for the most part, but pedestrians were walking in the street at times as the side walks were not always cleared enough to walk on. |
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Wal-Mart Canada and 4 management members are in trouble.
Walmart faces 174 charges related to sale of fire-contaminated food - Edmonton - CBC News |
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My daughters car insurance has pretty much doubled in cost now she's in Ontario :(
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You couldn't make this up (at least I couldn't)
From the dreadful Daily Mail Police inspector, 55, in charge of destroying seized drugs 'was found with £700,000 haul in his house - including 11 kilos of cocaine in his washing machine' Keith Boots, 55, allegedly stole the drugs from police stores to sell on the streets Drugs were found at his home after a raid by West Yorkshire Police colleagues Insp Boots had been in the force for over 20 years and was based in Bradford It is alleged he plotted with his son Ashley, 31, to sell the stolen narcotics Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4133560/Police-inspector-11-kilos-cocaine-home.html#ixzz4WCIuBs6L Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook |
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Trump Picks El Chapo to Run D.E.A.
NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—Just days after picking Betsy DeVos to run the Department of Education, President-elect Donald Trump has tapped another wealthy outsider by naming JoaquÃn Guzmán, known as “El Chapo,†to head the Drug Enforcement Administration. In an official statement, Trump said that El Chapo’s “tremendous success in the private sector†showed that he has what it takes to “shake things up†at the D.E.A. Trump’s appointment of the former drug lord surprised many in Washington, in no small part because acrimony between the two allegedly prompted El Chapo, in 2015, to put a hundred-million-dollar bounty on Trump’s head. But, appearing on CNN, the Trump surrogate Kellyanne Conway said that the selection of El Chapo should surprise no one. “Mr. Trump always said that he would surround himself with the best people,†she said. When asked why Trump had readily offered a job to El Chapo while still mulling the fate of another former adversary, Mitt Romney, Conway said, “El Chapo might not have voted for Mr. Trump, but that’s because he’s Mexican and in jail, and Mitt Romney is neither.†The appointment of the former drug kingpin is far from a done deal, however, as associates of El Chapo report that he is “concerned†that being a member of the Trump Administration would be bad for his brand. This humour piece is worthy of Private Eye and the writer looks well worth following. |
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12155940)
Trump Picks El Chapo to Run D.E.A.
:rofl::rofl: This humour piece is worthy of Private Eye and the writer looks well worth following. "Putin to Sing at Inauguration" is my recent favourite. |
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me and my mates drank a naff load of 12-year whisky, it's only then that I realized it was old. No wonder I felt sick. :sick:
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Article I found of interest. The NP went through recently declassified CIA documents to look for items of interest where Canada was mentioned. Overall nothing of much excitement but a bit interesting to see what the CIA thought about Canada during the period of time the documents cover.
"1972 bulletin found it odd that the Liberals kept portraying a man in his late 40s as a “youthful but brilliant playboy.†By 1978, analysts were writing of Trudeau’s “long-standing fascination†with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, and noting that while many Canadians “dislike and distrust†Trudeau, he still seemed to be the “most able†leader Canada could muster." Beware of ‘Canadian sensitivity’: Declassified documents reveal what the CIA really thinks about us | National Post |
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I made some rather nice cookies today, vanilla with cranberries and sultanas.
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Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 12151118)
Norway can do that because they charged me sufficient for the beer I drank there to support the health service during the decades of oil production.
You got off lightly with only damage to your wallet. |
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Originally Posted by bats
(Post 12158734)
I made some rather nice cookies today, vanilla with cranberries and sultanas.
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Originally Posted by bats
(Post 12158734)
I made some rather nice cookies today, vanilla with cranberries and sultanas.
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Originally Posted by beckiwoo
(Post 12159343)
Sounded delicious until you mentioned the S word :sick:
To me: cookie = yum sultana = yum vanilla = custard (ie vom) cranberry = treatment of a girly ailment I'll just settle for the sultana cookies.............. |
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Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 12158687)
Article I found of interest. The NP went through recently declassified CIA documents to look for items of interest where Canada was mentioned. Overall nothing of much excitement but a bit interesting to see what the CIA thought about Canada during the period of time the documents cover.
"1972 bulletin found it odd that the Liberals kept portraying a man in his late 40s as a “youthful but brilliant playboy.†By 1978, analysts were writing of Trudeau’s “long-standing fascination†with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, and noting that while many Canadians “dislike and distrust†Trudeau, he still seemed to be the “most able†leader Canada could muster." Beware of ‘Canadian sensitivity’: Declassified documents reveal what the CIA really thinks about us | National Post Even in his latter years, PET was an extremely charismatic & attractive man. |
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Originally Posted by beckiwoo
(Post 12159343)
Sounded delicious until you mentioned the S word :sick:
Originally Posted by Souvy
(Post 12159483)
Obvious difference of preferences here.
To me: cookie = yum sultana = yum vanilla = custard (ie vom) cranberry = treatment of a girly ailment I'll just settle for the sultana cookies.............. |
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I just got carried away on google images for greek doors.
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Originally Posted by bats
(Post 12159700)
I'll make some different ones for you two then. Chocolate chip?
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Originally Posted by Souvy
(Post 12159483)
I'll just settle for the sultana cookies.............. |
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I love Sultanas, especially the golden ones, in a nice beef curry.
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12160085)
I love Sultanas, especially the golden ones, in a nice beef curry.
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