2nd
January
2021
The fervents of winter can rejoice; we have new snow on the ground. Not enough to impede the mails (I hope), but I can now tell which path our foxy neighbours are employing on their way to somewhere else. The forecasters have been all over the map on this one, and the actual flurries didn’t begin until late afternoon. Well after the walking period, to the relief of some in the house.
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posted in history, travel |
31st
December
2020
One year ago, I was self-congratulating on the novelty of international travel. And getting my toes wet in a new ocean. That was all before someone hit the pause button on our lives.
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posted in history, politics |
23rd
December
2020
The mail comes with its own treasure trove, some days. Right now, all of my eBay purchases are safely stowed away, and we also received a gift card from the garage that replaced the air conditioning compressor on the Rogue. I don’t foresee a return to the facility, for any number of reasons, but it is the thought that counts.
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posted in food, history |
17th
December
2020
How about that? Make enough noise (in earshot of the general public) and politicians can change their course. In the case of the largest railway museum, in Newfoundland, it seems to have worked. Several weeks ago, the word leaked out that the city council in St. John’s had decided to “re-purpose” the space used by a wonderful museum. One with steady visitors, dynamic exhibits, the whole rail yard. Fortunately, the community reacted, and with enough negative press, the council has decided (as of yesterday) to put together a business plan that actually makes sense. Bravo!
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posted in history |
15th
December
2020
After spending twenty minutes completing some sort of online order form, which promises to make me richer due to a class action lawsuit, I pressed return. Oh, right; seems that we all paid too much for our operating systems, back when, and if I can wait until 2022, someone will send me a cheque: around $45, as a reward for my attention to details. You can use Google to find out when the various iterations of MS-DOS were released; it was a long time ago.
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posted in computing, history |
13th
December
2020
I live in a part of the world that has adopted placenames from elsewhere. In particular, Great Britain. When I hear of local communities like Kensington or Hampton, I don’t associate them with palaces. At least, I didn’t; after watching a documentary from PBS, some of that has changed.
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posted in history |
10th
December
2020
A solitary image; enough to remind me of my moment of madness. Fashion folly. At the moment when I was about to become a ‘teen, something in the music industry triggered a desire to wear dots. Big dots. In a contrasting colour to the background. “I mean, come on Mom, all the other guys are wearing this!”
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posted in history |
4th
December
2020
As a student of social history, I love to see where I haven’t been. Is that the right verb?
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posted in history |
28th
November
2020
Bring in a loaner dog for the afternoon: fun for all involved. We have neighbours that will drop their pup with us, out of harm’s way, when they have to go to the city. Our dog enjoys the distraction, and I find it charming to sit on the bed and be joined by two wagging tails. Plenty of ear scratching moments, and no need to carry on a conversation. Win-win.
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posted in history |
14th
November
2020
There are such interesting tools available to the mathematically challenged. Why, I just learned that I am close to 35 million minutes old, and thanks to a skilled programmer, I didn’t have to carry digits or try to compensate for leap seconds. Pretty cool!
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