DRIVING IN RUSSIA

DRIVING IN RUSSIA - Does this remind anyone of anybody?



http://www.youtube.com/embed/AXz4P6EpX3s?rel=0
Thanks Kerry

SHORT TERM MEMORY TEST

You'll be shown 12 photos in the first part,

You'll be shown another 12 photos in the second part,

You'll be shown 48 photos in the third part and asked if you saw them in the first part,

the second part - or never saw them at all.

When you have finished the third part, your results will be given to you.
Click here to begin.

 

Thanks Margaret

What happens when the tide goes out?

     

Only the Eskimos will have the nerve to do this!!

This is amazing!

This is something I had never heard of so I thought you might enjoy

Watching.

When the tide is out... Under the ice.

Very interesting what the indigenous inhabitants of the region have done

For ages.

Http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Z0qGvC3vqaA

 

Thanks Bernie

Sunday's Vehicle - 1956 Chevrolet 210 Sedan 4 door for sale

LE BOCAGE CA 1960

HI BOB,

I AM SURE JOHN McCONACHIE WILL RECONGNIZE THIS PLACE. IT IS LE BOCAGE ON TASCHEREAU IN BROSSARD CA 1960.

HAVE A GOOD DAY BOB

NORMAND SIMARD

 

 

 

I remember it well. One story comes to mind whenever I think of or drive by that spot on Taschereau. Sometime in the sixties a bunch of us "Parkers" were sitting around having a few barley sandwiches when the then owner Larry Moquin approached our table and asked how things were going. As you may know, Larry was, along with Johnny Rougeau, one of the most popular professional wrestlers to appear regularly on the card each Wednesday night, live at "La lutte au forum" which was also telecast live in the fifties.Moquin and Rougeau were always the good guys ,unlike "Killer" Kowalski and "Yukon" Eric. One of the fellows at our table asked how Larry enjoyed his pro career and Larry replied " I loved it, I made a lot of money, and in 20 years was never injured once," all the while jokingly shaking his head as if he had Parkinson's disease. The whole table busted up and Larry moved on but also sent over a round on the house. JMcC

 

Thanks John McC and Normand

Are you ready for February 4th.

That's when retailers will no longer accept pennies in cash transactions.

The penny officially goes out of circulation.

(Jan,13th, story below -- End of the Penny)

Your cash purchase will be rounded up or down to the nearest five cents.

For example:
If your purchase totals $1.03 or $1.04, you will pay $1.05 --- you loose !
If your purchase totals $1.01 or $1.02, you will pay $1.00 --- you win !

However, I have learned that some businesses will still accept the penny.

The Penny will still be legal tender and can be exchanged at banks

for other coinage or banknotes.

I am upset with the Government's decision to stop making the penny
and being forced to use the 'rounding' system.

1) Pennies are important. When saved over time, they do add up handsomely.
2) Mark my words... the consumer.....me and you will end up getting ripped-off.
We will end up having to 'round-up' more often than being 'rounded down'
3) We are already losing. The banks are asking that you 'donate' your pennies.
In turn they will hand in all pennies collected to the Mint and receive a fee

for helping out the Government. (one bank teller told me they will not

separate the U.S. pennies from the Canadian pennies - they will all go to the

Royal Canadian Mint for melt down)
I think any one handing in pennies to the bank, should also collect a
fee along with receiving the face value for their load of pennies of course.
When the pennies are melted down and sold as scrap metal, the Government
will make millions.

It costs the Government 1.6 cents to produce the Canadian penny coin. Why couldn't the
Royal Canadian Mint re-jig their tooling to change the penny coin to a 2 cent coin and use
a 'cheaper' type of metal.
The Government would make a profit of 0.04 per coin or more and the 'rounding-off '
system would not be as painful to the consumer.

End of the Penny.

A cabinet order has given Finance Minister Jim Flaherty the authority to pay financial institutions for the mountains of pennies they'll begin to return to the Royal Canadian Mint early next year.
A new analysis of costs shows that redeeming the mountain of circulating pennies beginning Feb. 4 will cost taxpayers about $7.3 million a year.

 

Thanks Joe Y

Veradero hop on hop off bus

A touch of Havana 2

Tri-fifties Chevy chop top

This 1956 Chevy 210 series was originally a 2 door post and has had the roof chopped off to look like a convertible. The tri-fifties, '55 to '57 came in 3 models, with the base being the 150 and coming in 2 and 4 door post. The next model up was the 210 (shown) which was available in 2 door and 4 door post as well as a hardtop version. The top of the line was the Belair which was available in 2 door and 4 door post, 2door and 4 door hardtop and of course the convertible.

This is a 1956 Chev Belair 2 door hardtop very clean with a leather interior. The engine and transmission have been replaced by an anemic four banger and standard shift. The vast majority of classics have gone this route and are used as taxi's.

While we didn't travel to every nook and cranny of Cuba the one car I did not see, of any pre-59 vintage was the Lincoln.

Israel. Take a few minutes to view this.

 

A different view than you expect Israel in a few minutes -- so worth seeing! -- Beautiful! Middle East. This video impressed me with the changes that have taken place. Many people who have not visited Israel have an image of Israel as just a war torn desert. Sound on and enjoy! " http://WWW.youtube.Com/embed/tLgdb6r0MQ4?rel=0"

Thanks Millie

Rooftop Snow Falls In Spectacular Fashion

Snow falling from a building rooftop in Shenyang, China, creates a cool ‘waterfall’ effect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOIsP5qkopU&feature=player_embedded

 

Thanks Sylvia

The Pope & The Rabbi

 

Every time a new Pope is elected, there are many rituals in accordance with tradition, but, there is one tradition that veryfew people know about.

Shortly after a new Pope is enthroned, the Chief Rabbi of Rome seeks an audience. He is shown into the Pope's presence,whereupon he presents the Pope with a silver tray bearing a velvet cushion. On top of the cushion is an ancient, shrivelled envelope. The Pope symbolically stretches out his arm in a gesture of rejection. The Chief Rabbi then retires,taking the envelope with him and does not return until the next Pope is elected.


A new Pope's reign was shortly followed by a new Chief Rabbi. He was intrigued by this ritual and that its origins were unknown to him. He instructed the best scholars of the Vatican to research it, but they came up with nothing.

When the time came and the Chief Rabbi was shown into his presence, they faithfully enacted the ritual rejection but, as the Chief Rabbi turned to leave, the Pope called him back.

"My brother," the Pope whispered, "I must confess that we Catholics are ignorant of the meaning of this ritual enacted for centuries between us and you,the representative of the Jewish people. I have to ask you, what is it all about?"

The Chief Rabbi shrugged and replied: "We have no more idea than you do. The origin of the ceremony is lost in the traditions of ancient history."

The Pope said: "Let us retire to my private chambers and enjoy a glass of kosher wine together; then with your agreement, we shall open the envelope and discover the secret at last." The Chief Rabbi agreed.

Fortified in their resolve by the wine, they gingerly pried open the curling parchment envelope and with trembling fingers, the Chief Rabbi reached inside and extracted a folded sheet of similarly ancient paper.
As the Pope peered over his shoulder, he slowly opened it. They both gasped with shock —
It was a bill for the Last Supper — from "Moishe the Caterer."

Thanks Richard

At 79 and more

I just took a leaflet out of my mailbox, informing me that I can have sex at 79.  

I'm so happy, because I live at number 71.

So it's not too far to walk home afterwards.

And it's the same side of the street.

I don't even have to cross the road!

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Answering machine message,

"I am not available right now,

but thank you for caring enough to call.

I am making some changes in my life.

Please leave a message after the beep.

If I do not return your call,

you are one of the changes."

~~~~~

Aspire to inspire before you expire.

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My wife and I had words, but I didn't get to use mine.

~~~~~

Frustration is trying to find your glasses without your glasses.

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Blessed are those who can give without remembering

and take without forgetting.

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The irony of life is that,

by the time you're old enough to know your way around,

you're not going anywhere.

~~~~~

God made man before woman so as to give him time

to think of an answer for her first question.

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I was always taught to respect my elders,

but it keeps getting harder to find one.

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Every morning is the dawn of a new error.

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The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:

"With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding,

severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another,

and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks,

are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the

Pledge of Allegiance?"

~~~~~

For those that prefer to think that God is not watching over us....

go ahead and delete this.

For the rest of us... pass this on!

 

Thanks Kerry

Saturday's Vehicle

Can we get some names

HI GORDIE,

HERE ARE PHOTOS THAT I SCANNED, I WILL SEND THEM TO OTHERS MAYBE TO GET MORE NAMES. FOR THE PHOTO OF THE 2 WOMEN CORNER MURRAY AND CHURCHILL, THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS NORMA BECK.

HAVE A GOOD DAY (( CLICK ON ATTACH TO SEE THEM SMALLER ))

NORMAND 

Thanks Normand