There's a large elm tree that lives in my next door neighbor's yard, it's fortunate for the tree it doesn't live in my yard, if it lived in my yard it would be fuel for somebody's fire pit. I've been told I shouldn't talk about cutting down a tree, as it may trigger the Green people, so I asked my Irish friend if he would be offended if I cut down a big elm, he said not at all, he could use it for his fire pit. This big elm is shedding it's seeds and a large number of them are landing in my yard, in fact it looks like snow drifts of elm seeds. It's been a bit breezy this season with wind gusts between 50 to 70 klicks. That's windy even for Saskatchewan. A broom and shovel are out of the question so a high volume shop vac is the tool of choice. It took me an hour to clean the patio and it got me wondering just how many seeds I had picked up. I'm not that good with numbers, unlike my brother Lou, who is so good with numbers he's counted to infinity...twice. So what I did was get one of Deanie's quarter teaspoon measuring devices, don't worry, she doesn't know I put elm seeds in it. It easily accommodated 8 seeds, that means 1 teaspoon should hold 32, now a tablespoon holds 3 teaspoons, so that's 96. There are 16 tablespoons in a cup, 1536. There are approximately 4.39 cups in a liter, 6743 elm seeds in a liter. I filled my garbage container to the brim, it is 176 liters...so I was thinking, if I said to dad, "Dad, I picked up a million elm seeds today". He'd say "Hooww many?" "One million, one hundred and eighty six thousand, seven hundred and seventy five." .....and he would smile.
Have a great day
Loved
Monday, June 1, 2020
Friday, May 1, 2020
Passion
It's a real gift to have a passion for something, unfortunately for me my passion is for a garden hose. I hate it with a passion. Deanie purchased the hose a few years ago, I didn't like it right from the get go. I went out to put it on yesterday and things went bad. First of all it's quite heavy and fairly long, it coils like a snake, a big snake, you know like one of those boa constrictors. So I'm struggling to fasten it to the spigot and the damn thing coils around my ankles and trips me up. I'm laying on my back on the patio fighting with this thing and it starts to wrap around my neck. I'll admit I got a bit carried away, I guess the neighbors heard a number of cuss words and something about cutting her up and burying her in the back yard. Next thing I know Regina's own Swat team pounds through my gate.
"Sir! Sir! What's the problem here?" Really polite to call me sir.
"Shoot this damn thing, will you!" I yell out.
They remain calm. "This situation doesn't justify the discharge of a firearm, sir. "
"How about dropping one of those guns and I'll shoot it myself."
"Yeah, that's not going to happen either ,sir."
Right about then is when Deanie comes out.
"What the hell is going on?" Oops, I've heard that tone before.
"Does this guy belong to you, ma'am?"
"Yeah, no wait, maybe, what's he done?"
"Well, the neighbors called, what we've figured is he was threatening the hose and they thought it was a couples dispute?"
"Oh, there's going to be a couple's dispute alright but you guys are good to go."
"Have a good day ma'am."
Loved
"Sir! Sir! What's the problem here?" Really polite to call me sir.
"Shoot this damn thing, will you!" I yell out.
They remain calm. "This situation doesn't justify the discharge of a firearm, sir. "
"How about dropping one of those guns and I'll shoot it myself."
"Yeah, that's not going to happen either ,sir."
Right about then is when Deanie comes out.
"What the hell is going on?" Oops, I've heard that tone before.
"Does this guy belong to you, ma'am?"
"Yeah, no wait, maybe, what's he done?"
"Well, the neighbors called, what we've figured is he was threatening the hose and they thought it was a couples dispute?"
"Oh, there's going to be a couple's dispute alright but you guys are good to go."
"Have a good day ma'am."
Loved
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
April 1 , 2020
Don't take any wooden nickels this morning, actually don't take any real ones either, unless they've been disinfected.
I'll be staying clear of the internet until after lunch, fools never like being made fools of. I was made a fool of the other day when I picked up a parking ticket, I thought I was parked far enough away from the alley intersection but ignorance doesn't give you an excuse. When there is so much kindness being shown to each other during this pandemic I think the City of Regina parking department has dropped the ball on this one. With every body asked to stay at home, residential parking is at a premium and they are taking advantage. So much for caring about how people are going to make ends meet. Oh well, that's my rant for the day.
I'm going to have a good one staying safe, you do the same.
Loved
I'll be staying clear of the internet until after lunch, fools never like being made fools of. I was made a fool of the other day when I picked up a parking ticket, I thought I was parked far enough away from the alley intersection but ignorance doesn't give you an excuse. When there is so much kindness being shown to each other during this pandemic I think the City of Regina parking department has dropped the ball on this one. With every body asked to stay at home, residential parking is at a premium and they are taking advantage. So much for caring about how people are going to make ends meet. Oh well, that's my rant for the day.
I'm going to have a good one staying safe, you do the same.
Loved
Sunday, March 1, 2020
March 1 2020
Well, March came in a bit like a lion last night. Here's to hoping it goes out like a lamb.
We just got home from a soccer tournament in Saskatoon. Lui's team didn't do so well, but, Ellie's team won the Provincial U15 Girl's Div A Championship. I've never really enjoyed watching professional soccer but it's sure exciting when your own grandkids are playing.
Have a good month
Loved
We just got home from a soccer tournament in Saskatoon. Lui's team didn't do so well, but, Ellie's team won the Provincial U15 Girl's Div A Championship. I've never really enjoyed watching professional soccer but it's sure exciting when your own grandkids are playing.
Have a good month
Loved
Saturday, February 1, 2020
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
January 1 2020, HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Happy New Year, happy new decade, happy anything else you want to be happy about, I'll join Louise in the Happy Birthday greetings, and, happy new year's resolutions. I myself resolve not to make any resolutions for the new year......damn.....broken already.
I'd say have a great year and mean it, but it takes great days to make a great year, so let's do it one at a time.
Have a great day
Loved
I'd say have a great year and mean it, but it takes great days to make a great year, so let's do it one at a time.
Have a great day
Loved
Sunday, December 1, 2019
December 1 2019
Have you ever tried typing with a two by four. Writer's block continues. We are looking forward to the family Christmas party.
have a great day
Loved
have a great day
Loved
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