Wednesday's Vehicle - INSANE CUSTOM KENWORTH W900 CONDO & TRAILER

Teresa Brewer - Till I Waltz Again With You (1953)

Cat and owl are best friends

Tongue twisters

1. She said she should sit.

2. Did Doug dig Dick's garden or did Dick dig Doug's garden.

3. Clean clams crammed into clean cans.

4. Willy's real rear wheel.

5. Tie twine to three tree twigs.

6. Black back bat.

7. I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you.

8. Seven slick slimey snakes slowly sliding southward.

9. He threw three free throws.

10. I'm not the fig plucker, nor the fig plucker's son,

but I'll pluck figs, till the fig plucker comes.

Thanks Joe Y

Ramblings of a Retired Mind

I was thinking about how a status symbol of today is those cell phones that everyone has clipped onto their belt or purse.

I can't afford one. So, I'm wearing my garage door opener.

I also made a cover for my hearing aid and now I have what they call blue teeth, I think.

You know, I spent a fortune on deodorant before I realized that people didn't like me anyway.

I was thinking that women should put pictures of missing husbands on beer cans!

I was thinking about old age and decided that old age is 'when you still have something on the ball, but you are just too tired to bounce it.'

I thought about making a fitness movie for folks my age, and call it 'Pumping Rust'.

I've gotten that dreaded furniture disease. That's when your chest is falling into your drawers!

When people see a cat's litter box, they always say, 'Oh, have you got a cat?'

Just once I want to say, 'No, it's for company!'

Employment application blanks always ask who is to be notified in case of an emergency. I think you should write, 'A Good Doctor'!

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older. Then, it dawned on me. They were cramming for their finals.

As for me, I'm just hoping God grades on the curve.

Enjoy Your Days & Love Your Life,

Because Life is a journey to be savored.

Thanks Kerry

Tuesday's Vehicle - 87 Buick GNX

A Success Story

Thanks John McC

Bobby Darin simple Song of Freedom

No Kid Can Resist a Mud Puddle

Snake on the plane

Left Cairns at 6:10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, bound for Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. About 15 minutes into the flight, a passenger signalled to the Qantas flight crew that she had seen a snake on the plane, literally

http://youtu.be/Wixsy8jWV6E

JOHN GRAVEL ON VICTORIA YEAR ????????

Thanks Normand.... I would say it is 1968 judging by the Biscayne and the Impala front end.

Portrait of a hunger strike

Thanks Ralph

Boeing B-47 Stratojet Combat Maneuvers

Thanks Kerry

Monday's Vehicle - kawasaki 1100

Point of view

Hi Bob. Win's letter and your response Wed. morning have together covered off most of what I had written and was going to send to you and so this will be a light addendum to what has already been said. (1) Ezra Levant and his rants should never be used to prove a point.To expect him to be anything but an extremely biased partisan conservative would be the equal of expecting Attila The Hun to be nominated for the post of Gen'l Sec'y of the UN . It ain't gonna happen.(2) In her 2011 annual report of an extensive audit of the aboriginal situation, Sheila Fraser,the former Auditor General whose integity and service to Canada is exemplary and beyond repute declared that "the delivery system of services for the aboriginal canadians is broken. Ottawa is doing a terrible job of providing health services,clean water, education and housing and it is not getting better". (3) In 2005 then Prime Minister Paul Martin in association with provincial premiers and representatives of the aboriginal community had made what was expected to be a major move towards resolving many of todays problems, but the Kelowna Accord he negotiated went on the shelf with his electoral defeat. (4) In his speech to the aboriginal community in 2008 ,apologizing for the wrongs of the residential school fiasco Prime Minister Harper said " that a new relationship based on the knowledge of our shared history,a respect for each other,and a desire to move forward together with a renewed understanding that strong families,strong communities and vibrant cultures and traditions will contribute to a better Canada for all of us". Since then there had been only one meeting (Jan 2012) until last Friday. It seems obvious to me that it is difficult to make progress towards resolving the issues without the appropriate dialogue with the appropriate people on a continuous and ongoing basis.

One thing I learned in my 32 year career in marketing and communications for a national organization is that the bad news always get the headlines and you really have to work very hard to get exposure for the good things. So it is that the Glooscap and the Attawapiskat situations are held up as the poster boys for the ineptitude and laziness ,and greediness of aboriginal people in general. If that were true Julian Fantino and Peter McKay and Bev Oda could be portrayed as the shining lights of the conservative/reform party to the detriment of the many other hard-working competent members of that party.

As Winston said in his last missive--"there is enough blame in this situation to go around".All political stripes,aboriginal and non-aboriginal and all levels of government.

But it is now time to put the blame game behind us --one and all-- and get on with the job of righting the ship.

Before I sign off though, I think it important to note that even under the current circumstances there have been many

successes that the aboriginal peoples can and should be trumpeting( the good news stories) and in my small way I will start here.

In addition to Chief Clarence Louie and his Osoyoos band and their own vineyard and winery which employs more than 700 persons--native and non native-- in British Columbia how about Chief Matthew Coon Come and the Cree of Northern Quebec--- an economic partner with the Quebec Government since 1976 and the owners of Creebec Air-- their own airline, and is also a major manufacturer of custom made 30' voyageurs canoes.

Individually, I would cite (A) John Kim Bell from Kahnawake(Caughnawaga to the oldtimers) a world renowned music composer,conductor and producer, (B) Douglas Cardinal (metis/Blackfoot) from BC-- world renowned architect whose Museum of Civilization in Hull ,across the river from Ottawa is a masterpiece (C) James Bartleman- Chippewa from Ontario,a former diplomat and Lt -Governor of Ontario

Obviously I could most likely find many more examples but I think that I have made my point that under the right circumstances( an environment that is personally healthy, a culture that supports personal initiative, an education system that encourages high academic achievement and an economic model that creates participation in the workforce and the fair division of royalties from resources on their lands) Aboriginal people can thrive and prosper as well as any of us "whities". I don't claim to have all the answers but as Winston has suggested here is my contribution to the discussion. JMcC

Thanks John....