If the weather forecast uses terms like “localized showers”, pay attention. Yesterday, we received about 30 cm of water. No big deal. In contrast, just across the strait, certain areas received fully ten times that amount, in the same time period.
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As we move through the latest “red letter”question season, there are some odd glitches in the matrix. While the tiny fish in the system get knocked out of their jobs, or at a least face suspension until they can prove that they’ve been jabbed, some real differences appear, as we climb the salary ladder.
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This afternoon, I nudged things a step closer to winter. The easy stuff, like bringing the hose reel inside, before any swirled icicles can formed. And the BBQ is in where I can keep an eye on it. A big job, where I do some disassembly and then move the larger piece through the kitchen and down a set of steps into the garage. Seemed easier than trying to lead the wheeled beast through the back garden.
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Checked the calendar for this week, and noted that I’m due to get shot. Err… get a shot. This will mean that for more than twenty years in a row, I’ve lined up and received the inoculant of the season. Anti-flu. And in that period, I’ve avoided the discomfort of a sick week, each and every time. No side effects. For those of you who are hesitant, let me give you some free advice (up here in Canada, some things really are free). Get your flu shot.
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According to observers, our local waters abound with whales. The lack of cruise ships might be a reason. I know; the sellers of tourist junk don’t want it mentioned, because those floating transporters of gullible strangers are good for the “bottom line”.
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They were different times, apparently. Right now, the vaccine question rears huge on the social horizon. In certain areas, you are “for” or “against”. No middone (or common) ground. Now, I’ve been alive long enough to have received a number of important inoculations. And for the life of me (because, due to those inoculations, I have life).
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There’s a new test in our kitchen. If I see a nicely decorated, mouth-sized sample of anything, I now read the label. Turns out that locally prepared soaps and locally prepared candies have much in common. They (names aren’t important) haven’t caught me yet, but I know it is an eventuality. Especially since soaps and confections share a lot of odours.
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When your car is just a big battery, going to zero is not a good idea. We’re learning. I can now deploy my fancy intelligent charging pack without hesitation, or needing to read the instructions. Just plug thing together and let it run. For the afternoon. I never said this was a fast fix.
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Some of the tiny pleasures of summer are still around. Out there. Tonight, we have noted an upsurge in the numbers (volume?) of mosquitos. That last stretch of rain must have resuscitated a hatch that should have been gone for the year. And we’re paying the price, in blood. There is a new gadget here, still in its box. Thermocell. No, I don’t want to go out on the deck and test its efficiency. Next year will be soon enough. For tonight, we’re going old school, with arm flailing and a swatter.
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The message from our neighbours was clar: they are on “the Rock”, doing what tourists do. A twinge of jealousy in our house. Idle chatter about putting the dog in his magic harness and going off to explore. But, everything comes with a balance. A message from one of the local schools, letting us know that a good part of their population is now in quarantine. And there’s more.
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