Sunday, August 28, 2016
1920 Burkini's in Canada
My grandmother and her sister going for a dip at the cottage in Brockville ON
Your Yearly Dementia Test
Your Yearly
Dementia Test (only 4 questions this year)Yep, it's that
time of year again for us to take our annual senior citizen
test.Exercise of the
brain is as important as exercise of the muscles. As we grow older, it's
important to keep mentally alert. If you don't use it, you lose
it!Here is a very
private way to gauge how your memory compares to your last test.Some may think it
is too easy, but the ones with memory problems may have
difficulty.Take this test to
determine if you're losing it or not.The spaces below
are so you don't see the answers until you've made your answer.OK, relax, clear
your mind and begin.#1. What do you
put in a toaster ?Answer: 'bread.'
If you said 'toast', just give up now and go do something else.And, try not to
hurt yourself.If you said,
bread, go to Question #2.# 2. Say 'silk'
five times. Now spell 'silk.' What do cows drink ?Answer: Cows
drink water. If you said 'milk,' don't attempt the next
question.]Your brain is
already over-stressed and may even overheat.Content yourself with
reading more appropriate literature such as Women's Weekly or Auto
World.However, if you
did say 'water', proceed to Question #3.# 3. If a red
house is made from red bricks and a blue house is made from blue bricks and
a pink house is made from pink bricks and a black house is made from black
bricks, what is a green house made from ?Answer:
Greenhouses are made from glass.If you said
'green bricks', why are you still reading this ???PLEASE, go lie
down!!!But, if you said
'glass,' go on to Question #4.# 4. Do not use a
calculator for this:You are driving a
bus from New York City to Philadelphia.In Staten Island,
17 people got on the bus.In New Brunswick,
6 people get off the bus and 9 people get on.In Windsor, 2
people get off and 4 get on.In Trenton, 11
people get off and 16 people get on.In Bristol, 3
people get off and 5 people get on.And, in Camden, 6
people get off and 3 get on.You then arrive
at Philadelphia Station.Without going
back to review, how old is the bus driver ?Answer: Oh, for
crying out loud !Don't you
remember your own age?!?! It was YOU driving the bus!
Thanks Ken
Saturday, August 27, 2016
Truth from the MSM???
On the yes side, this justifiable instinct is exacerbated by Canadians’ natural, how should we put this, parsimony regarding the lifestyles of important people. We don’t want our grandees to become too grand. You can see this in the case of the obviously needed renovations of the Prime Minister’s official residence, 24 Sussex Drive. Various recent prime ministers have been so reluctant to be seen spending tax dollars on improvements to their living quarters that what should be a marquee Canadian building is now basically a well-appointed firetrap. It sits empty because the current PM has sensibly taken up residence in another government-owned home.
That’s nuts. We have to stop demanding that our cabinet ministers book the middle seat in economy, or bed down at discount hotels. Ms. Philpott had to hire a car for two days of meetings that took her across southern Ontario; her error was giving the job to a Liberal Party volunteer who overcharged, instead of paying the going rate to another service.
But she is perfectly within her rights to expense access to a not particularly exclusive airport lounge that provides her and her cabinet documents a little more privacy than the boarding area at Gate 24C. This is a woman who handles one of the most important portfolios in the federal government, and yes, she is entitled to some sensible perks.
As for the photos, we’re glad to hear Ms. McKenna will look at ways of reducing that cost in the future. It is something her Conservative critics never did during their decade in power, but should have. An investigation by iPolitics.ca last year revealed that the Harper government spent $2.3-million on photographers to follow around Tory cabinet ministers between 2006 and 2015. The photographers recorded some 2,500 events in all. The Liberal opposition criticized them for it – and then picked up where they left off. Around it goes.
When it comes to the money that politicians spend, we worry about the wrong stuff
Цекало и Puttin` отожгли на Воробьевых горах
DANCING TO IRVING BERLIN IN RUSSIA. A BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE!The dancing is filmed on 26Feb 2012, on Moscow's “overlook” in Sparrow Hills. Looking down from the “overlook” you see the largest stadium in Russia (140K capacity). The ski jump is for practice and training. If you make a mistake, you end up in the river below. The church at the end opposite to the ski jump is Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church. The large building on the opposite side of the road beside the overlook is theMoscow State University and the top of the tall center tower has one of the Kremlin stars. Try and not smile as you watch this - you will. It is a nice, gentle clip. “Putting on the Ritz”, in Moscow, no less! What a crazy, delightful, ever changing world! Who could have thought that in 2012 young people in Moscow would put on a "flash mob" happening, dancing to an 83 year old American song, written by a Russian born American Jew. (Irving Berlin)? Sound ON! Enjoy...
Thanks Aunt
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