@joe2:

Seal that cat door!! Else... put a hand-full of mothballs in a sock (pantie hose work best) and hang it on-over-around-near the cat door. They hate that stuff and *will* stay away. Fox urine (could be diffucult to find) also works but the mothballs are cheaper.

Fascinating!

I've often been told by folks visiting our town from south of the border that they love our Ontario accent. We're always like... what?... we have an accent?

lol...

I'd like to offer this tidbit:

I, as well as others, believe Justin Bieber is living proof that who you surround yourself with (i.e. where you end up) will invariably influence the way you speak. Let me explain. Justin is from the same town I am. The one I am in as I write/you read this post. Nobody in this town speaks the way he does. Somewhere along the way he has picked up not only the dialect but the accent of the folks he is most closely associated with. We notice this most when we see his Proactive commercials on TV. Everyone I know in town comments on it. More often than not people around here will say things like, "what's up with the accent?". "Why is he speaking like an American?". Maybe it's all part of the act, maybe he's been taught to speak like that, but most of us feel it's 'cause of where he's been for the last while and who he's been hanging around with.

Just my $0.02 worth...

Carry on...

Am I missing something here 'cause the combined queue concept has been in use for years, at least here in Canada. Yes, the multiple cashier thingy is still widely used by many retailers, but banks, movie theatres, several big box stores, fast-food restaurants... lots of them use the combined queue thingy to move customers to the next available teller/cashier. Heck, Walmart even has a greeter at the head of the line that lets distracted customers know when a cashier is available. And who hasn't heard the ol' familiar "can I help who's next, please?" while standing in line at a burger joint or coffee shop or train station or wherever? Like I said, unless I'm missing something, this concept is not new and has been in place for years. Maybe it just hasn't caught on elsewhere?

Common courtesy and mutual respect, while obvious to most, is a difficult concept for some folks to understand, let alone practice. It's also a very delicate dance that can quickly go wrong if ones toes get stepped on. And it would seem Mr Slaters toes got stepped on in a very big way. Ending his career with a big finish was the only way to go.

My only question is, what kind of traveller will you be, Mr Slater?

:)

If you ever get called into your bosses office and there's one of these pointed at you......

"Nervous?"

"A little"

"First time?"

"No, I've been nervous before."

lol

I love the internet!

Change the t-shirt to say "I'm the Pho King Winner!" and I'll do it..!!!

-> They pronounce it "pro-cess-ees."

I would too. But only because I consider it a prohcess and not a prahcess....

As for the "T" thing. I say it's regional. The local dialect will always influence pronunciation the longer you live there. (Though some folks just never catch on)

Some words do roll off your tongue better if certain letters are dropped, but what I don't understand is why people would rather say "I seen" instead of "I saw".

Really?

You seen it, did ya?

lol...

Cheers...

He who does not practice what he preaches is doomed to remain the same forever....

Would be great on the golf course.....

If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bulls**t. Works every time. Also helps justify those research grants....

This one...

http://www.canviewdrivein.com/oxfordhome.html

...is awesome. But you have to get there early on Friday and Saturday. For obvious reasons 'tis VERY popular. There would be much weeping if it were to disappear.

Don't forget your pillow...!!

:-)

Cheers..!!

On top of the mountains of trash humans have produced there's also the enormous amount of toxins we've spewed into the air and the unbelievable amount of chemicals we've spread on our lands and dumped into our oceans, lakes, rivers and streams. You think birds (and fish) ingesting plastic is bad, there's another killer that's even worse. Trillions of cigarette butts, tossed mindlessly by smokers, kill more animals (and fish and birds...) than anything else. Plastic is just a small part of the bigger equation. An equation that is becoming more and more difficult to solve with each passing day. After all the fish have been killed; after all the trees have been cut down; after all the soil has eroded away; after the air becomes unbreathable; when we humans are forced to eat our money; then will we understand? Or will we die with our bellies stuffed full of money like the plastic stuffed albatrosses on Midway Island. Unless we alter our current course, our fate will be the same as those poor albatrosses. Sorry for preaching/ranting, but I just can't help it. Earth is such a beautiful, unique, unbelievably complex planet and yet humans are simply hellbent on destroying it and everything on it. And I don't understand why. Well.. maybe I do...