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I've been from 42 degrees 18' to 55 degrees 45' but haven't quite made the stretch from Point Pelee to Ellesmere.
Happy New Year, my fellow Canadians!
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I lived at 74 degrees north latitude for six years - not as far as Ellesmere, but pretty far! Am feeling like the width is missing in this title, but will deal. Now that we have the bridge, it feels like the rest of the country is finally connected to the Island.
Happy New Year!
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Now if anybody says they've been on Hans Island, I'll really be impressed.
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That's Canadian Forces Station Alert, Gwai, but I forgive you.
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... the rest of the country is finally connected to the Island ...
Doesn't that detract somewhat from its islandness? ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Happy New Year to all from completely disconnected Newfoundland. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Oh sure, lord it over us, just because you are still pure. Although, I don't miss ferries stuck in ice for hours on end!
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Horseman Bree
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And I certainly don't miss the rush to be nearer the head of the line in the ferry-terminal parking lot.
I did manage to miss the "proper" boat one time, and ended up as the only passenger on the train ferry. Just me, my van and one box car. Mildly surreal. Could have made a good scene in an art movie.
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Several times I've been first in line to not get on that ferry and had to wait for another.
But the best was the night the last ferry was full and they called me out of the line, about four or five cars back, and, through a series of maneuvers, guided my car into place sideways across the last spot at the very front of the ferry. It was nerve wracking but far better than waiting for the first ferry of the morning like many had to do.
Must admit that the traffic on that road is equally bad these days with so many racing as if there is a boat to catch!
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That's been a puzzle to me, too. From the traffic circle to the bridge is a race track still. For some reason, the Nova Scotians are worst, then the Islanders (because they're not used to long straight roads? )
But Aulac to the circle is worst for weird passing maneuvers.
But I do remember one of the Mounties telling me that he never wrote a ticket for less than 35 over in ferry days, because he could hardly handle the paperwork for those, let alone the minor ones.
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The answer is speed bumps! There are loads over here and they were just getting into them in Liverpool when I moved over here - they are wonderfully effective.
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... I did manage to miss the "proper" boat one time, and ended up as the only passenger on the train ferry ...
We missed the ferry from Ireland to mainland UK once and got a place on the freight ferry - it was far more civilised! A really nice restaurant (and just the right amount of time for a leisurely lunch) and no screaming brats running round all over the place.
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I've been enjoying my Christmas Presents, including some gift certificates to Chapters.
I've been reading Lawrence Martin's Harperland detailing the inner processes of the PMO and how it exerts it's control, er, discipline. Fascinating stuff. The other is When the Gods Changed: The Death of Liberal Canada by Peter Newman. Finished that one, also fascinating though he does tend to Purple Prose at times. He cribbed a joke on Harper from Spitting Image too.
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SPK, have you read Terry Fallis' Best Laid Plans? Given your reading list, I think it would be right up your alley.
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When a Canada Goose does a head-down, butt-up dive for food, with its inverted chest facing you, it looks as if there is a penguin in the water, especially if there is ice along the shore of the lake or pond.
Only Canadians get to see that.
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I know Point Pelee well (a regular pilgrimage on childhood visits to ancestral Essex county), but I'll give Ellesmere a pass ...
I've been immersed in my new DVD set of Brideshead Revisited, with dips into the book as needed. Also in the middle of my annual re-read of Lord of the Rings. All by way of avoiding screaming work deadlines.
Happy new year, all!
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Sober Preacher's Kid
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SPK, have you read Terry Fallis' Best Laid Plans? Given your reading list, I think it would be right up your alley.
Possibly. I have some more money on the gift cards.
OTOH I am fervently hoping to read a blessed e-mail this week from Montreal.
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I haven't read Terry Fallis but gave his books to 2 family members this Christmas. Maybe I can borrow one once they are done.
I'm off to Cuba for 2 weeks tomorrow! None too soon. It has finally decided to snow AND get bone-chillingly cold here.
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Sober Preachers Kid: "I am fervently hoping to read a blessed e-mail this week from Montreal."
Amen
Let us know ASAP after your receive.
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Oh, Canada.
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In order to turn away from the wails of desolation in the land...
It's going to PLUS 7 here tomorrow. In January. It's about 20 degrees above normal. What... what do we do? Plant something? Check for daffodils? Expect to see footage of disoriented people who are braced for howling cold and finding none.
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Expect to see footage of disoriented people who are braced for howling cold and finding none.
I see that all the time, living across from the liqour store.
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It's going to PLUS 7 here tomorrow. In January. It's about 20 degrees above normal. What... what do we do? Plant something? Check for daffodils? Expect to see footage of disoriented people who are braced for howling cold and finding none.
Likewise going to 7 degrees here today. And speaking of disorientation, there was a sound last night I couldn't immediately identify; then it struck me (literally and figuratively) - rain!?!
Fortunately for our collective sanity, it froze overnight. Close thing, though.
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It got to +8° here today although it was p*ssing with rain and blowing a gale.
According to the Weather Channel it was +15° in Alberta yesterday.
Do the thermometers in Alberta go up that far?
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I thought with the Chinook that Alberta thermometers were well-used to extreme fluctuations of temperature.
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Leaf - so I couldn't get to live in the Peg in *this* winter?! ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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Poor Liberty - are you regretting flying south?
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I mean no disrespect*, but how anyone would rather be in the US than Canada is beyond me!
*Which means I am about to say something disrespectful.
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Hey, nice to see you back, Liberty.
Nah, you wouldn't have wanted to be here during this wimpy winter. It's no credit to you to whimper, "Yeah, I lived there, but it was really mild..." For lo! we are made of sterner stuff, and we brag of having survived days of - 40C on end. You and Imaginary Friend have earned Official Canadian Winter Credibility.
I admit it was very nice to go sledding with kids in +7.* There were kids sledding in T-shirts, in early
January! Unbelievable. In a typical winter, those kids would have been frozen solid.
Still, a lot of people felt a bit unnerved by the weather... there was a lot of talk about climate change.
*learned that I will now ache from moguls.
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Just finished the two-part biography of John A. McDonald.
Best bit: The Franchise Act of 1887, which put Federal elections firmly into Federal control, also contained clauses to give the vote to women and to Indians without depriving them of their status. The last two were removed in the course of parliamentary debate, but the Old Man put them before Parliament in 1887 none the less.
Looks like we can rib EnZed for being a bit behind the equality times. ![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif)
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Just finished the two-part biography of John A. McDonald ...
Before I read the rest of your post I thought you meant you'd just finished writing it ...
While you lot were basking in the sun in Winterpeg, we had what passes for a really cold day here today - it was -13° and -25° with the wind-chill this morning (but gloriously sunny). I suppose it's because we're an island, but we don't often dip below -10°.
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Snow and freezing rain here. It's supposed to go down to -10 on Saturday.
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We had -15 C yesterday, it is supposed to hit +7 this evening, and then back to -13 by Sunday, with positives later in the week. Can't you guys upstream get your acts together?
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Just finished the two-part biography of John A. McDonald.
I finished part one of that just before Christmas, and have part two lined up to go on my tablet, but needed something different in between. It's good though.
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I've worked as a Poll Clerk, DRO and have attempted to gain employment in the Public Service of Canada (*knock wood*). I appreciate much of the second volume on organizing the Government, McDonald's cunning and frequent use of patronage and the corruption of elections.
He sinned as much as anyone in bribing voters, dispensing petty patronage and even went so far as to fund the Confederate Party in the New Brunswick Confederation Election of 1866.
In some ways we've come so far since 1867 and yet in others we've hardly changed at all.
The best though is that I know the places in the book, references to villages in rural Ontario, even the companies, more than just Manulife and the CPR.
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Does the book make mention of the old rumours that Sir John A may have fathered Sir Wilfrid Laurier during an illicit realationship?
They sure look alike on our older folding money!
Extra interest now because of the possibly illicit Diefenbaby.
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No. Though it has extensive commentary on his drinking. Sir John was a functional alcoholic.
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Okay, this is driving me nuts. It's Macdonald, not McDonald. There -- got that out of my system, as my mother would say. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Do you feel better now?
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The SPKmobile won't start. It is a Toyota Corolla. I am not having the "Toyota Reliability" experience I signed up for when I bought it.
The SPKmobile and I have a deal: I stick to the regular maintenance schedule, it takes me where I want to go. The SPKmobile is not living up to its part of the deal.
I believe the starter has gone. I shall have to have it towed.
The Liberals on board may smile at the fact that this inconvenience caused me to miss the NDP Riding Association's Fundraising and Membership Drive meeting today.
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There may be karma balancing here. A young friend's Toyota Corolla broke down on her return to Peterborough from the weekend's Liberal convention in Ottawa. Kismet is non-partisan.
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I received a cursed e-mail today, saying I failed the merit test for a Pulic Service job in Montreal.
For a question which asked you to memorize the departmental profile from the website and repeat it. Which I thought I did.
I am devastated. I have asked for clarification, but I have little hope.
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SPK, I am so sorry to hear that.
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Really sorry, Sober Preacher's Kid, to hear that having put so much of yourself into a search for something which you believed was a good fit for you, and where you can be both helpful and useful to others, you find yourself hitting the wall once again.
The Public Service can be a very hard nut to crack.
Good luck and best wishes as you continue to search and seek discernment.
Doors somewhere will open to you, but you must feel absolutely frustrated right now.
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Thank you Silver Faux, that was very kind. Thanks everyone for their best wishes.
Much to my chagrin, this process has had several incidents which raise problematic questions and I am launching an appeal through the proper channels.
One always wishes for a straightforward, honest process but then we fall through the Looking Glass.
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Appeal filed; waiting for response. Haven't been sent a dismissal so I hope somebody is reading it.
for justice.
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I was once told that no job is ever as diffcult as is the getting of it.
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SPK - Sorry to hear you're having such a rotten time - best of luck with the appeal process.
I can't believe I just read the words "Toyota" and "broken down" in the same sentence; aren't they supposed to be so reliable they're boring?
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