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Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
June 26, 2016

Old Barns (Part 2)

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While cruising around, I found a few more old barns. It's a shame to see the state they are in compared to what they likely used to l...
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April 23, 2013

A Little Gardening History

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1957: BBC fools the nation The BBC has received a mixed reaction to a spoof documentary broadcast this evening about spaghetti crops in S...
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April 22, 2013

Historical Help?

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Anyone recognize the Royal getting off the train? This was about 1945/6 in Kenora. The person on the running board is Chief Petty Officer R...
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April 2, 2013

Wordless Wednesday, Rat Portage Ontario before it became Kenora

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Grandfather A.R. Holland and Ed Donkin (Grandfather, Once removed)
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January 25, 2012

Wordless Wednesday.. 1976

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December 8, 2011

What on Earth are We Doing?

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Now, this may rankle a few folks, but I don't intend to apologize. Since October I have been listening to adds on the radio, on TV and...
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November 16, 2011

Sequel to "Primitive Times" Post

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I am remiss in not telling the rest of the story, so to speak. The pump specialist showed up as promised, and basically said "I don...
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November 10, 2011

Nostalgic Thursday

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When growing up, I had the opportunity to do a fair bit of flying. This is a shot taken in 1963 at a fly in camp about 70 air miles north o...
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August 16, 2011

A Not-so-brief History Lesson

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A Good friend sent me this. It says to pass it on, so I am. Where did Piss Poor come from? Fascinating History They used to use uri...
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August 7, 2011

An Open Letter to Politicians....Response

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Well, I sent my list to all the political parties in Canada (Federal). See link below. The response was not what I expected. Maybe I'm ...
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July 25, 2011

A Downer and a Cure

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My  truck went and blew a spark plug (again) and is in the shop waiting for repairs. The plug took out the cap and coil causing the truck...
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June 3, 2011

A Little Nostalgia

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While browsing through some old albums, I found this picture of my first new car and first (and only)  wife-to-be. The car was a 1969 Jaguar...
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January 5, 2011

A Response to "The Old Geezer"

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The question was "Where did common sense go"? Here is the answer! An Obituary printed in the London Times - Interesting an...
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January 4, 2011

When Do We Stand for "Enough"?

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The following article posted on http://www.cnsnews.com/  shows how fortunate we are in North America to be able to worship freely without st...
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December 4, 2010

Clear and Crisp

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Today the temperature is sitting at -17C (+2F), and the sky is clear for the first time in 3 days. Crisp, but not too cold for working o...
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December 1, 2010

Friends for Life!

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Pal Dusty Sheba Boots Brooklynn This was inspired from the Old Geezer Blog. From the top:   Pal, a Border Collie tha...
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November 22, 2010

One Heck of an Idea!

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Payback is fun!!!!!!!!!!!!! WRITE IT ON THE BACK OF YOUR ENVELOPES  or front WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. WE'LL START WRITING I...
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November 16, 2010

Lots of Things Happening in the World!

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http://globaldisasterwatch.blogspot.com/ This is a link that I picked up from somewhere that tracks most of the major natural calamities ...
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November 13, 2010

Stimulus Package

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This was sent to me by a friend who is a better economist than I am!  Governments of all level are always talking about and promoting “Stim...
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September 23, 2010

Is Democracy Dead?

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I'm afraid if it isn't, it's close to dying! In Canada we have had a very contentious law put in by the Liberal Party that requ...
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