Observing weather is an exercise in mathematics. Sure, most of us know that “it” is colder or warmer than at a previous point in time. We also recognize when rain falls. How about if we use a graphic to make the correlation clearer. This is data from this afternoon, just outside my kitchen.
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Please, don’t look to the government for financial largesse – at least not at the level of the “little people”. Today, changes to the program for parental leave were announced. You can now draw benefits for an additional. Wait, let me use their terminology:
posted in Wx | Comments Off on Broken sensors | 254 words
“It’s like watching a train wreck” is not the same as “it’s like reading about a train wreck”. After a question on social media about an accident that happened more than 80 years ago, I decided to see just where things happened. Not so simple…
posted in history | Comments Off on Imagine the sight | 264 words
Just out for my, trip of the day, where the community mailbox fights my key. I win. However, I might have to change into long pants, because it is Dark and Cold out there.
posted in education | Comments Off on Details of a habit | 252 words
I don’t always “get” our weather guy jokes; this evening, he said that if the precipitation over the next few days seems to be white in colour… must be an upper Canada thing.
posted in humour, Wx | Comments Off on Additional training required | 251 words
Suppertime, on the longest day of the year. Forget that 24-hours-in-a-day thing; governments are even able to mess that up. Hence, 25 hours from midnight to midnight, once a year. And to keep things in balance, we’ll have a 23 hour version in a few months. After we’ve had time to adjust to our jet lag without travel.
posted in environment | Comments Off on The longest day of the year | 270 words
I’m sure it is nurture, not nature. My three sons are all able to hold an opinion on municipal politics, which is a good sign for their future. I asked for predictions on the election tomorrow, and although there was nuance, Quebec City might be in for a wind of change. I’ll be waiting on the results, probably via Twitter. Just like college football, that’s my goto for information that will never make it into local media. Oh yes, the Rouge et Or had another big day, and they’re in the Coupe Dunsmore, next week, against their cross-province rivals the Carabins. Just like other years…
posted in politics | Comments Off on An opinion on politics | 256 words
I anticipated the bulb failure mentioned yesterday, and headed off to the “parts store” at the crack of dawn. Literally; I had the sunrise in the rear view mirror. Not important. What does matter is that with the information I already had, plus the car owner manual which had very different information, plus the lookup tools available to the guy behind the counter… I purchased an assortment of tiny jewels and headed home. Cheap jewels, about $20 total. If I had insisted on LED technology, I could have quadrupled the bill.
posted in technology | Comments Off on Proved proactive | 258 words
I anticipate. In practical terms, that means that before the car reaches the corner, I turn on the appropriate flashing light (four-way flashers are designed for a whole other purpose). Also, I’ve never been comfortable with sticking my arm out the window, given that other drivers ignore such gestures.
posted in technology | Comments Off on The hyperflash | 260 words
Bill from the Globe probably said it best: “All that glitters is not gold”. I don’t have much of the stuff around, even counting a stockpile of obsolete electronics, but I care about the concept. If you want to put your money into tiny tablets with a fancy logo, at least let the base metal be genuine.
posted in technology | Comments Off on You bought dross, dude! | 258 words
