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Horseman Bree
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There has to be at least one Christian to make the rest of us look bad. And that one will be the one to complain publicly about the lack of churchianity.
Worst funeral I ever attended, for a 16-y.o. boy killed in a stupid traffic accident, had two preachers vying to see which one would do more damage to the church.
But you're right. LP. The parade and the service were a marvel.
Traffic in town was about 1/4 of the usual, what with people lining the route, attending the satellite venues or watching at home or work on live TV.
Many have been extremely touched by the huge outpouring of affection for the Mounties, everything from the pizza-shop owner who gave away a full day's production to the officers on duty during the search through the signs and personal givings-of-thanks to the fact that 850 families* offered billet space (in a few cases, complete houses) for the visiting police here to cover on duty for the city police or to attend the service (I've heard numbers up to 7000)
*It only took one morning to get these offers.
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Originally posted by Augustine the Aleut:
Signs are up on my block: 3 NDP, 3 Liberal, and one PC. The trend is not likely province-wide.
So it seems.....I'm not sure even the Libs thought this was possible. Its not quite Bob Rae but its darn close.
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Augustine the Aleut
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I was surprised that it was a majority (although I won a bottle of rioja on it) but wanting a minority may have been wishful thinking on my part, as I am one of the small cohort that quite likes minority governments, which are forced to be responsive. I thought that the NDP did very well out of this one, and have improved their long-term fortunes considerably. The Conservatives, for their part, might have to realize that asking the people to make a clear choice sometimes results in their making a clear choice.
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John Holding
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Perhaps they will also realize that no party can win on its base (a lesson for all parties, of course, at all levels).
The task is always to see how many people you can add to your base, and on the left and the right that means moderating and moving towards the centre.
WHen you position yourself as one of the extremes, you positively invite moderate rightists to move to the centre, and make yourself unattractive to anyone else.
Some of the commentary about Hudak this morning is interesting -- no one seems to be giving the man credit for actually believing his platform was true. They're all talking about tactics and so on. I think Hudak really believed what I would call nonesense, and give him credit for having the courage of his convictions despite the probably impact on electibility.
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Caissa
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Horvath showed once again that when the NDP runs a campaign towards the centre only the Liberals benefit.
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I'm as right-wing a Dipper as they come, and I thought Horwath could have run a more visionary campaign. Her platform needed a bigger centrepiece.
OTOH, I'm glad that it's a majority for one reason and one reason only: I get to concentrate on Federal politics exclusively until 2015. The NDP has a single, integrated membership and people work both levels, especially at riding level. It's an awkward fit sometimes and the uncertainty of minority governments hindered federal efforts in Ontario, especially in fundraising. Not any longer. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Anyway, off to collect signs....
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It has been raining for 10 days, every day. We have standing water in all fields, parks and roads. They said it would stop before the weekend, but we just got another 1½" two hours ago. The sump pump which normally runs every 20 minutes is going every minute for the the last week. This is insane! The eastern slopes of the Rockies into the prairies are wet, wet, wet. Same thing in 2013 and 2012. The weather is mad!
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Uncle Pete
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Rejoice, O Torontoians!
Sing Alleluia! You poor Trawnian denizens!
Rob Ford is back from rehab. ![[Projectile]](graemlins/puke2.gif)
In other news I leave for the countryside tomorrow. No internet. ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif) 5 days of bliss.
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Oscar the Grouch
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Looking forward to my first Canada Day as a resident (was in Canada for 1st July a couple of years ago).
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Welease Woderwick
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Originally posted by PeteC:
... 5 days of bliss.
Bliss indeed!
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I posted above about 10 days of rain. We had 2 days or maybe it was 3 with minimal rain but it hasn't stopped. There is standing water in every low spot. The lake at our cabin is up 6 inches. The stream out is over it's banks. The sump is running nonstop. No end in sight. Total predicted in next 24 hours us 5 inches. We are drowning.
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Welease Woderwick
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Send it over here - our monsoon is stuttering a bit.
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lily pad
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I totally feel for you but am enduring day two of five of hot sun. What happend to moderation?
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Welease Woderwick
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I think it went out of fashion after St Paul.
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Power went out. Off now 8 hours. Winds took out poles all over. South Sask River is up over 10 feet. It continues to pour. Cellular coverage still working. Sump stopped due to power. Water with 8 inches of the floor. Made tea on camp stove. Dunno.
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Emergency power on now. Thank God.
15 cm of rain has fallen in 15 hours. On top of the 22 we have since Thurs. Running 3 two inch pumps. Nothing to do but keep checking them and to post to forums like this one. Can just keep up when the rain stops.
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lily pad
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It's a big country! Hot sun here - so hot that there has been almost no traffic either on the road or on foot. Hope your rains stop soon.
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Piglet
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Originally posted by PeteC:
... Rob Ford is back from rehab ...
Did it work? ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Glorious sunshine here today, and temperatures forecast to go into the mid-20s. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
Thinking about all you Prairie-dwellers though - the pictures on the Weather Channel have been scary!.
![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
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Rain is supposed to stop today. TransCanada and Yellow Head highways out in eastern Sask. Probably will get out to help with sandbagging. Maybe Rob Ford could be a raft. He is a big guy.
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Meg the Red
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NP, to divert you while you're holding back the deluge, perhaps you might like to take this quiz? .
According to my results, I am apparently as Canadian as a beaver. I missed on the soft drink, porch climber and jelly doughnut (though for the record, the last was always dubbed a bismarck in our house).
Happy Canada Day!
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Thx. I am also a beaver. Building damns.
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Welease Woderwick
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...and I, who have visited Canada twice in my 65 years, qualify as a Moose! Mind you we do have a Canadian Experience every winter here.
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Beaver, 24 points. I checked to see how many points this equalled for a Hudson Bay point blanket.
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Oscar the Grouch
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Ha! Been in Canada for less than 6 months and I'm a beaver. Looking at the answers, I could/should have done better. But feeling pleased.
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lily pad
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That was a very silly quiz.
Happy Canada Day to Canadians from coast to coast to coast and around the world.
So far today, I have celebrated by mopping the floors and by putting a maple leaf scarf on the puppy. Shouldn't be too hard to top that!
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Piglet
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I'm a Mighty Moose, which isn't bad for a Brit who's never been further west than Toronto (and that was only the airport).
eta: Happy Canada Day!
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Oscar the Grouch
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Happy Canada Day!
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lily pad
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I finally saw some images of the flooding in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Horrible times there right now. The commentator on the CBC Canada Day show from Parliament Hill said that, even as we celebrate, we would all do well to remember the people who were coping with the flooding. I echo his thoughts.
for all those who are struggling.
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Sunny and windy now. We are on the Sask-Man border. Power went off again for 12 hours, on again now. Pumping pumping pumping. The water is acting like a land tsunami. It will be calm and then a flow comes.
Highways west are intermittently closed. Family is driving west and is taking some interesting and time consuming detours. Expect when they hit Alberta they willbe in the clear.
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Happy Canada Day!
Here's a webcomic for the day.
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Welease Woderwick
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That link wouldn't work for me, basso - sorry.
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basso
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Drat. It works here. Sorry I don't have another.
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Works OK to the UK.
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Piglet
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![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
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Horseman Bree
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Worked fine for me. Bookmarked it, too!
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Horseman Bree
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Nice and comfortable all day here, what with the wind coming up Fundy to move the heat around. Alma and Albert had fog and 16 degrees C. We were at about 25 most of the day and Moncton and inland was way over 30.
No wonder they have difficulty in forecasting!
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That link wouldn't work for me, basso - sorry.
Sorry, so very sorry. (Worked for me)
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According to Environment Canada, it got up to 25° here today, but I reckon it was hotter than that. It's always a few degrees hotter downtown than they say anyway, and that's before you factor in the humidity.
27°, feeling like 33, tomorrow ...
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Hot and uncharacteristically humid today; when I tried to cool down by going to the park on my lunch hour, a squad of mosquitoes attacked my legs.
When did I move to Winnipeg? ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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Welease Woderwick
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Originally posted by PeteC:
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
That link wouldn't work for me, basso - sorry.
Sorry, so very sorry. (Worked for me)
Today it works okay - weird system!
Sorry about that.
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lily pad
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Hatches all battened down in anticipation of Hurricane Arthur.
Our weather forecast has a big red box with the following:
TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT
WIND WARNING IN EFFECT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT IN EFFECT
TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT IN EFFECT
It's going to be a time.
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Welease Woderwick
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Holding all in the danger zones in the Light.
Stay safe, everybody.
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Piglet
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for all in Arthur's path, which may include us, although so far here it's just been hot, blustery and sort of pre-tropical-storm-ish.
Sunday's forecast has cooler temperatures ( ) and rain, but not really in the sort of quantities you might expect from a tropical storm.
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And now smoke. We have extremely large amounts of standing water, flooded farm field and all that other water, but now we also have smoke in the air, a constant haze for 3 days. We are at home/swamp from the lake/swamp. NWT forest fires we are told. I'm glad someone enjoys all this: mosquitos are ridiculous many even looking out the front door.
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No Prophet, as I have heard said often enough, you have all of our sympathy and none of our envy.
Still way too hot here but if it is any consolation, the mosquitoes here are great in number and biting like mad too.
It appears we are destined to have two seasons - one too cold and snowy and one too warm and itchy.
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We had serious but not ridiculous amounts of rain from Arthur last Saturday, and the winds didn't seem to be much more than the usual up-Fundy summer strength, but the western side of the province was smacked quite hard. Still no power on Thursday for about 30,000 people, mostly around the provincial capital. The railway line that runs diagonally across the province from Moncton to Edmundston had over 1000 trees on the line, despite the clear strip along each side.
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No Prophet, as I have heard said often enough, you have all of our sympathy and none of our envy.
Sorry. By someone enjoying it, I meant the mosquitos. Did not mean humanfolk. They are a group possessed. A gang. A swarm. A murder of.
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I'm glad someone is enjoying this... I meant mosquitoes...
If you can be charitable to mosquitoes, you're a better man than I, Gunga Din!
itchitchitchSCRATCHitchitchitchSCRATCHSCRATCHouch
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Originally posted by lily pad:
No Prophet, as I have heard said often enough, you have all of our sympathy and none of our envy.
Sorry. By someone enjoying it, I meant the mosquitos. Did not mean humanfolk. They are a group possessed. A gang. A swarm. A murder of.
Indeed. I understood you. Here's to fair weather and gentle breezes and power.
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