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Welease Woderwick
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Pete, let me know what it's like, it looks like I might like a copy on my shelves, too - can get from amazon.in here.
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A treasure trove of names and hundreds of pages of test match scorecards (1933-1990) which you (and I) will need magnifying glasses to see form a very large appendix. It will be fun reading.
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... hundreds of pages of test match scorecards ... form a very large appendix.
You might need surgery for that ... ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Another day to despair of the laws of this land.
Its apparently not illegal to do despicable things, well except for one teensy bit which gets you the equivalent punishment of when ur a kid and break your neighbour's windoe...... but it is illegal to mention the name of the person those things were done to.
Not for the first time, I have come to the conclusion that the law is an ass. ![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
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Welease Woderwick
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I am sure many lawyers would agree with you.
I don't really know about Canada but in lands I know better one of the problems is surely the rather indifferent quality of some of those we elect to be legislators.
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Augustine the Aleut
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I am sure many lawyers would agree with you.
I don't really know about Canada but in lands I know better one of the problems is surely the rather indifferent quality of some of those we elect to be legislators.
From time to time, I think of the Will Rogers routine where he said that he had been up to Washington and had seen Congress at work. They were fools or thieves, he stated, rapscallions, ne'er-do-wells, and desperadoes of all description-- and thoroughly representative of their constituents. If we don't like what we see, we need to reflect on who put them there, and how they got there.
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The House of Commons starts its proceedings with a prayer. The chaplain looks at the assembled members with their varied intelligence and then prays for the country.
Alfred Denning, Baron Denning, Master of the Rolls (1899-1999)
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Piglet
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To quote Gilbert & Sullivan (from Iolanthe):
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When in that House M.P.'s divide,
If they've a brain and cerebellum, too,
They've got to leave that brain outside,
And vote just as their leaders tell 'em to.
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Horseman Bree
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There was some commentary in The Times about the necessity for the US President to finish his speeches with "God Bless America", and what would be the appropriate ending in some other countries.
The statement that seemed to offer the least offence was voted to be "Keep Britain Tidy", but the clear winner generally was "God Save Us All".
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Stetson
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Originally posted by Augustine the Aleut:
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I am sure many lawyers would agree with you.
I don't really know about Canada but in lands I know better one of the problems is surely the rather indifferent quality of some of those we elect to be legislators.
From time to time, I think of the Will Rogers routine where he said that he had been up to Washington and had seen Congress at work. They were fools or thieves, he stated, rapscallions, ne'er-do-wells, and desperadoes of all description-- and thoroughly representative of their constituents. If we don't like what we see, we need to reflect on who put them there, and how they got there.
I think in the US, you've got the phenomenon of the voter who thinks congress is a bunch of crooks and fools, but doesn't include his own local representatives in that.
Hence, you see polls reporting "X percent of voters hate congress", followed a while later by an election in which the number of defeated incumbents is far smaller than what you'd expect if the voters were including their own reps as targets of their wrath.
In Canada, because of the stronger identification between party, leader, and MPs, you don't really get the same sorta disconnect. If you hate the prime minister, more than likely you hate his party, including your local MP if he is from that party.
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Very much so. I actually like my local Tory MP for some constituency work he did, and he was a nice person personally, but I detest the policies he supports and argue strenuously against them.
The local political activists all know each other, and it's like that.
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I can see where you're coming from there, SPK. I understand that the late Ian Paisley was, despite all the bluster and perceived bigotry, an excellent constituency MP, and fought very hard for the people of North Antrim, no matter which side of The Divide they came from.
I would never have voted for him or his party, but I respected his integrity.
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I vote NDP and then work with my local representatives on areas of mutual interest. Those representatives are invariably Tory and occasionally, Liberal.
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Horseman Bree
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The reason that Rob Ford continued to get 40% of the vote is that his constituency work was seen to be really good (plus a personality that appealed to a certain segment of the population)
Oh, and, Caissa, I have to do the same, since we are at opposite ends of the same riding (I think) At one time we had a Conservative MP who was also a strong supporter of equal rights, back in that dim distant past when this was acceptable. My present MP is only interested in being as near as possible to the seat of power, although it would appear that he is good for some of the citizens of the western end of the riding. He certainly has no understanding of environmental or other issues that he will admit to.
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Federally, I am in the Saint John riding. Provincially, Portland Simonds.
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Horseman Bree
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So not far from the edge of Fundy-Royal (or whatever the new name is)
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Originally posted by Horseman Bree:
There was some commentary in The Times about the necessity for the US President to finish his speeches with "God Bless America", and what would be the appropriate ending in some other countries.
The statement that seemed to offer the least offence was voted to be "Keep Britain Tidy", but the clear winner generally was "God Save Us All".
If "God save us all" is uttered with the right inflection it could be rather good. In Canada, though, perhaps we might be best to have a comment about the weather, such as "stay warm!".
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Augustine the Aleut
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Originally posted by no prophet's flag is set so...:
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Originally posted by Horseman Bree:
There was some commentary in The Times about the necessity for the US President to finish his speeches with "God Bless America", and what would be the appropriate ending in some other countries.
The statement that seemed to offer the least offence was voted to be "Keep Britain Tidy", but the clear winner generally was "God Save Us All".
If "God save us all" is uttered with the right inflection it could be rather good. In Canada, though, perhaps we might be best to have a comment about the weather, such as "stay warm!".
Mr Harper tried "God Bless Canada" when he first took up his commission, but press commentary (and focus groups) discouraged him from continuing.
Perhaps that we should all be exhorted to "Keep your walks shovelled," or "Check your snow tires?"
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Snow tires have now been installed. Hoping that only the 15-25 cm will be all we get. We're as ready as we can be!
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The only reason I can think of that we're not being offered the 20-30cm that they're expecting on the west side of the island is that we had our snow-tyres fitted on Monday ...
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The deck has now been shovelled off twice and another 10 cm is expected this morning. The puppy had a glorious walk this morning. The wind is up and everything is cancelled. Snow day!
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Snow tires are worth it for sure. We have them on the car and I have studded tires on my winter bikes, 310 studs per tire. The streets are a mess just now. We have a foot or so of snow and its -23°C. Stay warm!
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Originally posted by no prophet's flag is set so...:
... We have a foot or so of snow and its -23°C. ...
You can keep that, NP! I know I like the cold, but -23° is over-egging the pudding. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
**brrrrrrr**
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Originally posted by Piglet:
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Originally posted by no prophet's flag is set so...:
... We have a foot or so of snow and its -23°C. ...
You can keep that, NP! I know I like the cold, but -23° is over-egging the pudding.
**brrrrrrr**
But it's a dry cold. I think the damp adds a good 10 degrees. I rode to one my offices this morning, passing cars and trying not to overheat. Found myself doing the Collect for Purity again. It's like an ear worm song.
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Horseman Bree
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"Ah, but it is a dry cold" was suggested as the motto to put on Saskatchewan licence plates.
And -23 isn't really cold unless there is a wind. Serious winter camping isn't planned unless one expects -40 (on either temp. scale)
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Originally posted by Horseman Bree:
And -23 isn't really cold unless there is a wind. Serious winter camping isn't planned unless one expects -40 (on either temp. scale)
Did that at -44°C / -47°F in the Nisbet Provincial Forest between Duck Lake and MacDowell, Sask as a boy scout many years ago in the 1970s (about 100 km north of Saskatoon; unbeknownst to many, coniferous forests start between Saskatoon and Prince Albert, interspersed with cleared land). We spent all our time getting firewood, cooking things like Tulip Bacon in a can and frying bread in the fat and when dark, in our shelters in sleeping bags singing rude songs like the North Atlantic Squadron. It gets very still at those temps, and in the daytime almost magical in terms of sounds carrying through the bush and sun dogs. I miss tulip bacon, a can held a pound, packed in beautiful white salty fat. In the -40s you gain no weight.
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Horseman Bree
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So, is Tulip Bacon packed by Calvinists?
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Augustine the Aleut
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So, is Tulip Bacon packed by Calvinists?
We must be precise-- it is packed by the Dutch Reformed. Kirk folk just smoke their herring and, frankly, I prefer the smoked whitefish from the Algoma Cree or the smoked tuna from Haida Gwai.
I think I hold my departmental record for walking to work at -42°C (with wind chill), but only if you exclude any records held by the Department of Canadian Heritage's predecessor, that of the Department of the Secretary of State, as many of its staff were out on snowshoes and horseback on the prairies in winter.
My military friends are well accustomed to winter camping (I have turned down invitations, including one which was very tempting), but I do not know if they are familiar with ditties such as the North Atlantic Squadron. I can make enquiries.
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Originally posted by Augustine the Aleut:
... I have turned down invitations, including one which was very tempting ...
**shudder**
Not to me they wouldn't be. Then again, even summer camping, even if the weather could be guaranteed warm and dry, wouldn't tempt me either.
I like my creature comforts. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Piglet writes:
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**shudder**
Do not write so, you who have not been pierced by the gaze of a red-headed lieutenant of Hussars (still, better than being pierced by her sabre).
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Now I'm shuddering even more ...
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Originally posted by Horseman Bree:
The reason that Rob Ford continued to get 40% of the vote is that his constituency work was seen to be really good (plus a personality that appealed to a certain segment of the population)
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Emphasis on the seen.
Reality was another matter.
That and Toronto city politics at the ward level is a cesspool of "vote for him because he gives us this".
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And please forgive me for responding to old posts but I work in a Holiday centric job involving deliveries across the country and am just coming up for air tonight.
I not only pray for good weather for you all cause of Christian charity but also because it makes my life SO much easier for the next month.
On a serious note - praying for no ice storms or blizzards. Saw and heard of too many people who had ruined family times because of those last December. Regardless of whether people celebrate Christmas, this country desperately needs that winter celebration for our good mental health.
Oh, and one of the best Rick Mercer bits on winter ever.
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Originally posted by Og: Thread Killer:
... I work in a Holiday centric job involving deliveries across the country ...
You're not Father Christmas are you?
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And in other sad news, its been 25 years since 14 women were killed for daring to be Engineering students. ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
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Horseman Bree
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Even sadder is the fact that nothing in our society has actually changed on that front. We still gather to mark the killing of more women, all too often by their (male) partners.
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Even sadder is the fact that nothing in our society has actually changed on that front. We still gather to mark the killing of more women, all too often by their (male) partners.
Actually, lots of progress has been made.
Stats Can reports that the wife-murder rate in Canada dropped steadily from 11.6/million in 1991 to 5.1 in 2010. We may not be there yet, but the stats show things are changing for the better.
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Well, that is encouraging.
Of course, the overall violent-crime rate seems to be dropping, in particular, the rates of homicide against both males and females. Makes one wonder why the Harper gov't needs to be so whiny about crime (except that fact has never been something they enjoy)
But there are still too many women being threatened or beaten by men who regard said women as their property, so there is still work to be done. I know that our local shelter for women trying to get away from trouble is turning them away for lack of space (although that the fix for that is in the works). I have no idea what it is like around the "man-camps" of the West.
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Meanwhile, of more immediate concern: over 100 mm. of rain (4 inches) in a day across most of the province leaves at least 80 roads unusable, in some cases, for months rather than days.
Our provincial gov't has spent far too much on building 4-lane highways for the meager amount of traffic we have, while ignoring the roads that people actually use every day.
Is there any way that politicians can be forced to deal with maintenance issues, rather than settling for bright shiny new toys that aren't helpful?
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I'll pick up on the weather part. We are day #2 of +5°C, and 2 more minimum scheduled. Makes a terrible mess with all of the snow melting, and when it drops to normal temps, we'll be skating and falling. I wish it was -5.
While I'm at it, Stephen Harper says that it'd be crazy to regulate the oil and gas industries. How about it's crazy not to, because of the atrocious impacts on climate and weather. And because I fear a brown Christmas now.
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Hope all of you being hit by storms are safe and well.
So far, nothing worse than a wet, miserable day here, and set to be wet and warm (double figures!!) for the next few days.
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It is supposed to be a warm rainy Christmas here in the nation's capital. Yuck. Warm and dry would be ok, or cold, but there's nothing you can do with a warm rainy winter day.
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Sharkshooter, we are facing similar weather here. The forecast is for +12 tomorrow but the wind and rain is going to make it pretty nasty out. We still have six bridges out since the rain two weeks ago. I made an extra trip out to the church yesterday as I couldn't see carrying everything - especially the four dozen cupcakes - in tonight in the wind and rain. Yes, it is better than snow but it will make for a cozy indoor Christmas. If we keep the power, that will be a bonus.
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We got the merest dusting (really just a few flakes) of some frosty/snowy stuff last night, and it's quite cold here, but nothing exciting (Deo gratias). Any weather that you don't have to shovel is fine by me.
I don't even want to think of the possibility of power-cuts. We had a humungous one last New Year that lasted most of the weekend, and was apparently caused more by brainlessness on the part of Newfoundland Power than any meteorological factors. Having no electricity when it's your only source of heat and the temperature's hovering around the -10° mark is no fun. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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The torrential rains we were promised turned out to be drizzle falling through fog. Temp. up to +14 C yesterday, today a mere +3 C, with the snow magically vanished, and surprisingly little mud.
One of our C&E visitors managed to find the one seriously muddy spot and dug his car in rim-deep, but that was a ten-minute diversion after service, since many of the locals understand how to deal with such a problem. No-one got mudded! Otherwise a blandly pleasant time.
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Brrrr........we had the nice warm +14 degree Christmas Day and now we've got -13 with a wind chill of -25. They are forecasting a big storm for Sunday so does that mean I don't need to prepare the service/sermon?
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Originally posted by lily pad:
... They are forecasting a big storm for Sunday so does that mean I don't need to prepare the service/sermon?
Certainly not. ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
Whenever there's a big storm here, we're sometimes the only church in the city to open its doors. Having said that, the Deanery and the curate's house are just across the road from the Cathedral, and we're about 5 minutes' drive up the road.
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John Holding
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"They're forecasting..." words that fill one with dread, and yet words that don't carry a lot of conviction as prophecy.
Even apart from what the Piglet says, would you actually base your actions on weather forecasts for more than the next day?
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Welease Woderwick
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Happy New Year!
In keeping with Ship tradition old regional threads die on the last of the year and then new threads appear when anyone so minded starts the next.
I'll miss this thread but I'm sure a sooper-dooper new thread will soon takes its place.
Go to it, Shipmates.
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