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I might be a bit too late with this but did you consider Francis for a name? :rofl:

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My (Canadian born and bred) stepdaughter (28) asked a question earlier. I wasn't sure if she was saying gee kee ay or g-k-a at first but when clarified she was asking "what's GTA?"

I answered...then an afterthought. How come I know that and you don't? I probably picked it up on BE.

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Did you say Grand Theft Auto or Greater Toronto Area?

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When I hear or see GTA its the video game I think of.

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The latter. I don't think I've seen the other one as an abbrev. ;)

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Gas prices are getting crazy high, some stations at 1.67, most others in the low 1.60 range it seems, station close to us went from $1.49 this morning, and an hour later was at 1.61.

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Two. :D

Woobie drake is a widower. He is a very elderly duck now at 12 + years old. He doesn't sometimes see and hear so well. He has mirrors and a decoy duck or two for company. Our pusscat sits with him and he keeps company with me when I am toiling in the garden altohugh that is in the hope of digging up something tasty.

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Just noticed, my drivers license expired this year on my birthday. oops. I don't drive anymore so not a huge issue, need to see how long I have to renew before having to do start from scratch, can't renew it at the moment.

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Petrocan at W. 41st and Oak (ie, west side of Vancouver) was $1.61.9 at ca 10:15 am this morning.

It was $1.57.9 at ca 12:15 pm

Petrocan is usually the most expensive of the gas stations around

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A few weeks ago the police drove past as I was starting my van, then waited around the corner and pulled me over as I drove past. My 5 year license didn't fly for 5 1/2 years... $150 ticket.

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:lol: Ums . No.

Woo is actually from the Chinaman in Deadwood. First thing Woobie did when he arrived was to scoff most all of the monarch butterfly caterpillars on our swan plants.

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They can be. When I used to work at 4am, I would pass 3 gas stations that were open at that hour, and Petro was 99% of the time a good 10 cents more. I passed a Shell, Petro, and Husky, I think it was Husky. When I had my scooter I always went to Chevron, easiest to get to and closest to home.

That sucks. Ever since I sold my scooter last year, I haven't driven really. It's too stressful to drive a car in Vancouver, so yeah I never actually drive, only keep the license for when I am not in Vancouver, rent a car, plus not having a license further restricts what kind of jobs you can do.

During Christmas season 2017, when I would be on my way to work VPD would have this road block 1/2 block after my left turn to get to work, every time 3-4 blocks later, I would get pulled over for "avoiding" their road block, not my fault they put the road block after the intersection I needed to turn left at, I always had my work clothes on, airport ID on, so always sent me on my quickly once establishing I was going to work and had been sleeping for the prior 8-9 hours.

This was posted in the Vancouver reddit today, I thought it was amusing.

https://i.redd.it/j2388juexbq21.jpg

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No. She was BooBoo Duck. In the early years she would sit among a certain clump of white flowers and then pop her head up to quack .

MrBEVS was always challenged when asked to call the ducks . Woobie and BooBoo did not trip off his tongue so well.

I will look out some old pics of them both.