08 November 2009
Reader Response Forum
14/11/2009 06:38
Swearing You've Got The Flu?
Don,
From the front page of the Edmonton Journal November 7: came a story about “swearing you’ve got the flu!
Since when are commissioners of oath qualified to diagnose H1N1? Or since when can a person who thinks he may have the flu swear to it being the correct diagnosis?
Since nobody tests for the virus any more, this could become an amusing legal issue.
Elke Blodgett
St. Albert
SINC SAYS:
I wondered about that myself. What a sham.
Humourous Advertising Placement
14/11/2009 06:38
An
alert reader sent along this clipping from the
Gazette, noting, “Have you ever seen a more
considerate placement of ads in a Remembrance Day
newspaper?”
In case you can't get service at the Influenza Assessment Centre, contact your local funeral home!
SINC SAYS:
That’s pretty funny all right, but it can happen so easily if you’re not paying attention.
In case you can't get service at the Influenza Assessment Centre, contact your local funeral home!
SINC SAYS:
That’s pretty funny all right, but it can happen so easily if you’re not paying attention.
The Things That People Send Me
14/11/2009 06:38
Readers Like This Mayor's Style
14/11/2009 06:38
Hi Don,
I definitely won’t hold my breath for something like this to happen in St. Albert – so you think we could recruit Peter Davis? Reckon it’s probably our best bet! J
Take care,
Shirley & Grahame Allen
SINC SAYS:
It would take a lot of courage to act on behalf of taxpayers. I submit our council lacks a single member with that courage.
But it is an interesting read folks:
A maverick mayor elected after promising to slash council spending, clear the streets of yobs and ditch politically correct services is the torch bearer for how towns should be run.
On his first morning as Mayor of Doncaster in South Yorkshire , Peter Davies cut his salary from £73,000 to £30,000 then closed the council’s newspaper for "peddling politics on the rates".
Now three weeks into his job, Mr Davies is pressing ahead with plans he hopes will see the number of town councillors cut from 63 to just 21, saving taxpayers £800,000.
Mr Davies said: "If 100 senators can run the United States of America , I can’t see how 63 councillors are needed to run Doncaster.”
He has withdrawn Doncaster from the Local Government Association and the local Government Information Unit, saving another £200,000. Mr Davies said, "They are just talking shops".
"Doncaster is in for some serious untwinning. We are twinned with probably nine other cities around the world and they are just for people to fly off and have a binge at the council’s expense".
The mayor’s chauffeur-driven car has also been axed by Mr Davies and the driver given another job. Mr Davies, born and bred in Doncaster, swept to power in the May election with 24,244 votes as a candidate for the English Democrats, a party that wants tight immigration curbs, an English Parliament and a law forcing every public building to fly the flag of St. George.
He has promised to end council funding for Doncaster ’s International Women’s Day, Black History Month and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History Month.
He said, "Politicians have got completely out of touch with what people want.
"We need to cut costs. I want to pass on some savings I make in reduced taxes and use the rest for things we really need, like improved children’s services".
Mr Davies has received messages from well wishers across the country and abroad as news of his no-nonsense approach spreads.
Now it’s your chance to spread this most sensible way to run a town council.
A Story To Make You Smile
14/11/2009 06:38
A cute little old
lady goes to the doctor and says,
"Doctor, I have this problem with gas, but it really doesn't bother me too much. It never smells and is always silent. As a matter of fact, I've farted at least 10 times since I've been here in your office. You didn't know I was farting because it doesn't smell and is silent."
The doctor says,
"I see. Take these pills and come back to see me next week".
The next week the lady returns.
"Doctor," she says, "I don't know what the heck you gave me, but now my farts, although still silent, stink terribly".
"Good," the doctor said. "Now that we've cleared up your sinuses, let's work on your hearing."
Do You Understand This First-Grade Homework?
14/11/2009 06:38
New Pilot Joins Red Arrows Aerobatic Team
14/11/2009 06:38
SINC SAYS:
It’s not often you hear of a female Snowbird.
No, no, not the gals who flee the cold to Arizona every year.
We’re talking here about the Snowbirds jet team based in Moose Jaw.
Well, not really them either, but the British equivalent, called the Red Arrows.
Makes you wonder when the gals will crack the glass ceiling to fly with the Snowbirds.
Doesn’t it?
British Among The World’s Ugliest People?
14/11/2009 06:38
SINC SAYS:
According to a web site that is only for beautiful people, the British are among the world’s ugliest people.
Say what?
The utter arrogance of someone starting a web site for beautiful people annoys even me.
Who the hell are they to say who is beautiful and who is not.
I know a ton of Brits and they are among the finest folks I know.
And British actress Gemma Arterton, pictured, will be the next Bond Girl and is far from ugly folks.
They have an inner beauty that supersedes appearance.
The twits that run the web site are, well twits.
And ugly ones at that.
Reader Response Forum
13/11/2009 00:04
Working people frequently ask us retired people what we do to make our days interesting.
Well, for example, the other day my wife and I went into town and went into a shop. We were only in there for about five minutes. When we came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket. We went up to him and said, 'Come on man, how about giving a senior citizen a break?'
He ignored us and continued writing the ticket. I called him a Nazi turd. He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having worn tires.
So my wife called him a shit-head. He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then he started writing a third ticket. This went on for about 20 minutes. The more we abused him, the more tickets he wrote.
Personally, we didn't care. We came into town by bus. We try to have a little fun each day now that we're retired. It's important at our age.
What's In That Bird House You Ask?
Over the years, we’ve shown you some pretty snazzy houses here on mybirdie.ca, but we’ve never show you the interior of a bird house.
Every wonder just what’s behind the little round hole they seem to squeeze through each day?
Well, wonder no more as we present this video tour of a bird house interior.
Forest Gump in Huntsville?
13/11/2009 00:04
Don,
This enlightening article was written by my fellow Advocate in the Province of ON. Anne Larcade has been described as the Erin Brockovich of Canada! And, rightfully so for Anne's unique insight and passion has resulted in efforts to better support the rights of vulnerable persons and their families!
YEAH, Anne!
A.L.: "If your child requires 24/7 care and treatment, you have to relinquish custody." People in the community need to become aware of the horrendous 'choices' inflicted upon fine, upstanding parents!
Please stand against oppressive practices that are imposed upon developmentally and medically fragile individuals!!
Sincerely,
Velvet Martin
St. Albert
Special people have a gift, which has an important and transformative effect on their community. They help us become more human and recognize the need to help others who are less fortunate, which thereby humanizes our entire society.
Many believe influencing the lives of others in such a way confers on people with disabilities the status of citizens who contribute to make our society a better place to live.
Over the last few years, increased attention has been paid to the issue of disability. With rising disability rates and more children being diagnosed with activity-limiting conditions, an increasing number of Canadian parents are coping with the challenges that arise from caring for a child with disabilities. These challenges are diverse in nature and can affect every aspect of family life. One in 10 children now have autism, for example.
Families of children with disabilities experience higher levels of stress, illness, and marital strain compared to families without children with disabilities. Every day can be an uphill battle when faced with issues about quality child care, safety, medical illness and social challenges coupled with many visits to the doctor and hospital stays.
Children with disabilities require a greater amount of their parents’ time and families face the additional challenge of having to balance caregiver responsibilities with other life commitments such as work, leisure, other children, and personal relationships. Over six in ten mothers in Canada are the main persons to be impacted by the need for employment modifications (64.1 per cent), compared to less than one in ten fathers (8.3 per cent). Women’s careers are hard hit in caring for disabled children in Canadian society.
So how do we measure up in Huntsville? First, there is scant information available on-line for service. I “special needs people Huntsville Ontario” into Google. Next to nothing appeared.
It’s all like a snakes and ladders game for parents, a torturous game of precious minutes and days researching in a sea called the Internet. Of parents in Canada, 37.5 per cent report special services are not available locally, and 39.5 per cent indicate they don’t know where to go to find help.
The Participation and Limitation Activity Survey, done as a followup to the census, lists Ontario as having an estimated 200,000 disabled people in 2006. But the Huntsville hospital does not know how many people with disabilities live in Huntsville, nor does the municipality, Community Living or the high school.
It’s odd that we don’t know how many people are disabled in our community when this is the first logical step in improving services. The second step is to compare the best community our size in the world against ours for available services, features and benefits. We have made some recent positive steps at the municipal level and are now debating how many beep tones should ring at the stoplights. But “we have miles to go before we sleep,” as Robert Frost said.
Is Huntsville safer for those most vulnerable? No, that is really an illusion.The OPP and parents will tell you Huntsville has pedophiles who prey on these innocent minds and bodies, just like in the larger cities.
We do have a decent program at the high school called PALS. We have a student population that is simply inclusionary for the most part in their acceptance and inclusion of these children. Well done!
What is the life for these kids after high school? Huntsville has a Circle of Friends program once per month and a handful of caring businesses that willingly accept work placements. But we don’t have sufficient respite options for parents to have a weekend off when they just need to sleep or get a break and recharge to maintain their health.
Muskoka does not have sufficient placements for supervised adult living. We don’t have a L’Arche community serving our region or a program like Dianne Durpre started with a self-sustaining farm and arts program for living. We are not like Sweden or even the U.S., which have ample private programs and integrated group living homes.
The Ontario government has not issued special needs agreements for over 10 years. If your child requires 24/7 care and treatment, you have to relinquish custody. More than 85 per cent of parents of severely challenged children are divorced, which means many will go on welfare and employment insurrance. The help parents receive comes from a variety of sources. Over half of the assistance (56.5 per cent) come from family members living outside of the family home. This is followed by help from government organizations or agencies at 37.2 per cent, and friends or neighbours at 35 per cent and family living in the family home at 33.8 per cent.
Huntsville has a choice over the next 20 years. We can become inclusionary and lead. Area businesses, along with corporate Canada, could partner with parents and form a day program for these wonderful people and their families. A safe place where people can go each day for socialization, dance therapy, music therapy, art therapy and dances. A place to call home where people can gather and have fun and feel a sense of pride and inclusion: that’s what Huntsville should set its sights on.
Together we can create a special world here, but we have to start now.
Anne Larcade lives in
Huntsville with her two sons aged 13 and 19.
She is the president and COO of Sequel Hotels
and Resorts, which manages hotels and resorts
throughout Canada, and is based here in
Huntsville. She is a well known speaker and has
appeared in national media, television and
radio on subjects such as tourism, services and
rights for severely challenged children, and on
leadership values and culture in
business.
This enlightening article was written by my fellow Advocate in the Province of ON. Anne Larcade has been described as the Erin Brockovich of Canada! And, rightfully so for Anne's unique insight and passion has resulted in efforts to better support the rights of vulnerable persons and their families!
YEAH, Anne!
A.L.: "If your child requires 24/7 care and treatment, you have to relinquish custody." People in the community need to become aware of the horrendous 'choices' inflicted upon fine, upstanding parents!
Please stand against oppressive practices that are imposed upon developmentally and medically fragile individuals!!
Sincerely,
Velvet Martin
St. Albert
Special people have a gift, which has an important and transformative effect on their community. They help us become more human and recognize the need to help others who are less fortunate, which thereby humanizes our entire society.
Many believe influencing the lives of others in such a way confers on people with disabilities the status of citizens who contribute to make our society a better place to live.
Over the last few years, increased attention has been paid to the issue of disability. With rising disability rates and more children being diagnosed with activity-limiting conditions, an increasing number of Canadian parents are coping with the challenges that arise from caring for a child with disabilities. These challenges are diverse in nature and can affect every aspect of family life. One in 10 children now have autism, for example.
Families of children with disabilities experience higher levels of stress, illness, and marital strain compared to families without children with disabilities. Every day can be an uphill battle when faced with issues about quality child care, safety, medical illness and social challenges coupled with many visits to the doctor and hospital stays.
Children with disabilities require a greater amount of their parents’ time and families face the additional challenge of having to balance caregiver responsibilities with other life commitments such as work, leisure, other children, and personal relationships. Over six in ten mothers in Canada are the main persons to be impacted by the need for employment modifications (64.1 per cent), compared to less than one in ten fathers (8.3 per cent). Women’s careers are hard hit in caring for disabled children in Canadian society.
So how do we measure up in Huntsville? First, there is scant information available on-line for service. I “special needs people Huntsville Ontario” into Google. Next to nothing appeared.
It’s all like a snakes and ladders game for parents, a torturous game of precious minutes and days researching in a sea called the Internet. Of parents in Canada, 37.5 per cent report special services are not available locally, and 39.5 per cent indicate they don’t know where to go to find help.
The Participation and Limitation Activity Survey, done as a followup to the census, lists Ontario as having an estimated 200,000 disabled people in 2006. But the Huntsville hospital does not know how many people with disabilities live in Huntsville, nor does the municipality, Community Living or the high school.
It’s odd that we don’t know how many people are disabled in our community when this is the first logical step in improving services. The second step is to compare the best community our size in the world against ours for available services, features and benefits. We have made some recent positive steps at the municipal level and are now debating how many beep tones should ring at the stoplights. But “we have miles to go before we sleep,” as Robert Frost said.
Is Huntsville safer for those most vulnerable? No, that is really an illusion.The OPP and parents will tell you Huntsville has pedophiles who prey on these innocent minds and bodies, just like in the larger cities.
We do have a decent program at the high school called PALS. We have a student population that is simply inclusionary for the most part in their acceptance and inclusion of these children. Well done!
What is the life for these kids after high school? Huntsville has a Circle of Friends program once per month and a handful of caring businesses that willingly accept work placements. But we don’t have sufficient respite options for parents to have a weekend off when they just need to sleep or get a break and recharge to maintain their health.
Muskoka does not have sufficient placements for supervised adult living. We don’t have a L’Arche community serving our region or a program like Dianne Durpre started with a self-sustaining farm and arts program for living. We are not like Sweden or even the U.S., which have ample private programs and integrated group living homes.
The Ontario government has not issued special needs agreements for over 10 years. If your child requires 24/7 care and treatment, you have to relinquish custody. More than 85 per cent of parents of severely challenged children are divorced, which means many will go on welfare and employment insurrance. The help parents receive comes from a variety of sources. Over half of the assistance (56.5 per cent) come from family members living outside of the family home. This is followed by help from government organizations or agencies at 37.2 per cent, and friends or neighbours at 35 per cent and family living in the family home at 33.8 per cent.
Huntsville has a choice over the next 20 years. We can become inclusionary and lead. Area businesses, along with corporate Canada, could partner with parents and form a day program for these wonderful people and their families. A safe place where people can go each day for socialization, dance therapy, music therapy, art therapy and dances. A place to call home where people can gather and have fun and feel a sense of pride and inclusion: that’s what Huntsville should set its sights on.
Together we can create a special world here, but we have to start now.
Anne Larcade lives in
Huntsville with her two sons aged 13 and 19.
She is the president and COO of Sequel Hotels
and Resorts, which manages hotels and resorts
throughout Canada, and is based here in
Huntsville. She is a well known speaker and has
appeared in national media, television and
radio on subjects such as tourism, services and
rights for severely challenged children, and on
leadership values and culture in
business.
100-Year-Old Man Signs Five Year Contract
13/11/2009 00:04
SINC SAYS:
Mr. Wilson mows lawns.
No, he’s not the Mr. Wilson from the Dennis The Menace comic strip either.
But he vows he will continue for another five years, so he signed a new contract.
Good on the old coot.
Coffee Cup Mona Lisa
13/11/2009 00:04
Artist assistants stand next to 3,604 cups of coffee which have been made into a giant Mona Lisa in Sydney, Australia.
The 3,604 cups of coffee were each filled with different amounts of milk to create the different shades!
Thanks to son Matt Sinclair for bringing this one to our attention.
British Rail Firm Travels By Bus
13/11/2009 00:04
SINC SAYS:
A firm in the UK whose business is trains has rejected train travel as being too expensive for their employees.
When they had to send a group of them to a conference, they found the bus was 90% cheaper to get them there.
The irony is almost too much to comprehend, but you have to give them an “A” for protecting the public purse.
Ride along here.
Peanut Butter Beer?
13/11/2009 00:03
SINC SAYS:
I want you to know that I enjoy a cold beer as much as the next guy, but I draw the line at some types.
Take for instance this quote from a story about beer:
“He knows odd brews because he's made beers with ingredients such as ham and cheese; Bac-O-Bits; peanut butter and chocolate; and Nutella. His CXI Pumpernickel Ale is the 11th anniversary Widmer/ Oregon Brew Crew Collaborator beer, and yes, pumpernickel bread is an ingredient.”
That may very well be folks, but put me in the “pass class” on anything near this kind of stuff.
Brew your own here.
Reader Response Forum
12/11/2009 00:47
A Tribute To A Friend
Don,
i have just been looking at your website, particularly the part about Remembrance. I hope you do not mind me attaching a poem about one of my friends who was reported missing in Korea and died in captivity.
Norman
To a friend:
MISSING
Where's Gerry the happy lad
From Darwen, Lancs?
MISSING in the snow
Holding up Korea's status quo
MISSING fifty or sixty
Years of love and sadness
Family, children, friends
Jokes, songs, modern trends
MISSING time distorted
Tales of derring-do from
Your old mates who attend
Reunions in the States
MISSING then now ‘PRESUMED'
In official jargonese but
No matter what the records
Say MISSING AND MISSED is
How you'll stay
- Norman Hadland
SINC SAYS:
Thanks you for sharing that Norm, our readers will appreciate it very much.
The Patience Of A Grandfather
A woman in a supermarket is following a grandfather and his badly behaved five year-old grandson.
It's obvious to her that he has his hands full with the child screaming for sweets in the sweet aisle, biscuits in the biscuit aisle; and for fruit, cereal and pop in the other aisles.
Meanwhile, Gramps is working his way around, saying in a controlled voice, "Easy, William, we won't be long . . . easy, boy."
Another outburst, and she hears the granddad calmly say, "It's okay, William, just a couple more minutes and we'll be out of here. Hang in there, boy."
At the checkout, the little terror is throwing items out of the cart, and Gramps says again in a controlled voice, "William, William, relax buddy, don't get upset. We'll be home in five minutes; stay cool, William."
Very impressed, the woman goes outside where the grandfather is loading his groceries and the boy into the car.
She said to the elderly gentleman, "It's none of my business, but you were amazing in there. I don't know how you did it. That whole time, you kept your composure, and no matter how loud and disruptive he got, you just calmly kept saying things would be okay. William is very lucky to have you as his grandpa."
"Thanks, lady," said the grandfather, "but I'm William . . .. the little bastard's name is Steven."
The Sex Is Better Than Ever At 71
12/11/2009 00:47
SINC SAYS:
She recently had back surgery. She has a titanium hip and a titanium knee, but she claims the sex is better than ever.
Movie star Jane Fonda has some advice for the older generation on how to live your life and still enjoy sex in your seventies.
I guess that’s all well and good folks, but if I had her money, I’d enjoy it too.
The way it is, I can’t afford to enjoy much more than I do right now.
Her advice is here.
What The Meep’s Up With That?
12/11/2009 00:47
SINC SAYS:
In a world gone crazy with ever increasing political correctness, comes this stupidity from a US high school.
The principal send an automated phone message to the parents of every single student, warning them that the use of the word “meep” will no longer be tolerated in the school.
What?
Meep?
You have to read it to believe it folks.
Meep, meep.
Buck Deer Killed By Lawn Ornament
12/11/2009 00:47
SINC SAYS:
Anyone who has ever hunted deer or elk know full well that the bucks can be pretty defensive during the rut.
Such was the case with one buck in Wisconsin who decided that a statue of an elk was infringing on his territory.
He got so upset that he charged the statue more than a few times, but his luck eventually ran out.
The last time he charged, he broke off both his antlers and crushed his skull.
Bye bye buck.
Online Sperm Donor Offers Services
12/11/2009 00:47
SINC SAYS:
What will people think of next, you ask?
Well, we pulled this one from our “Wishful Thinking” bin.
A young guy in Gothenburg posted an ad on the net offering to impregnate lesbian women for free.
And I mean really now, what single guy in his 20s wouldn’t make the same offer?
But did anyone take him up on his offer?
Find out here.
Reader Response Forum
11/11/2009 05:37
At 11:00 a.m. today,
I shall physically stand before the cenotaph on
St. Anne Street, here in St. Albert to take
part in, and witness the Remembrance Day
services.
My mind however, will be elsewhere. Part of the time it will have me in the Royal Canadian Legion burial plot in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, where I will stand before the graves of my father, Lt. F. J. W. Sinclair and my mother Pt. N. M. Sinclair and salute them. They both served in WWII where my father was wounded in action in France.
It will then take me to another family plot in the small town of Lafleche, Saskatchewan, where I was born. There too, I will stand before the graves of my uncles Marvin, Donald, and Roy who also served overseas in WWII. And I will also stand before, and salute the graves of my two younger uncles who served in Korea. Uncle Benjamin, who I got to know later in life and Uncle Stanley, who I didn't get to know, dead at 33 years of age.
I shall remember that I am here, never having to go to war, because they did so on my behalf. They, and many other citizens, of many other countries, in many other conflicts. I shall remember them all.
When the final sweet notes of The Last Post haunt the still morning air, I will shed no tear, for they would not expect me to do so. I will however, have a very large lump in my throat.
LEST WE FORGET
One Way To Raise Funds For A Boob Job
11/11/2009 05:37
SINC SAYS:
It is nothing these days for young women to get a boob job.
As a matter of fact it seems to be more popular than ever, but if you live in the USA, it costs a pretty penny for the procedure.
That didn’t stop one flat chested Texas gal who yearned for a fuller life.
She managed to raise the $10 grand she needed and had the procedure done.
Trouble was, some folks didn’t think much of the method she used to get the dough.
What’d she do?
Student Shaves Head To Support Dad
11/11/2009 05:37
SINC SAYS:
We’ve all read hundreds of stories about people who shave their heads to support cancer in one way or another.
Such was the case for this 15 year old girl when her Dad fell ill to the disease.
Matter of fact, some women look simply stunning bald and no one thinks much about such happenings anymore.
Except the girl’s Catholic school that is.
Bunnies Get Tailor Made Penis Transplants
11/11/2009 05:36
SINC SAYS:
Picked from our barrel containing the, “Why Do They Bother?” items comes this absurd yarn about rabbits.
Of all the animals I can think of, they are perhaps the last that should ever need any assistance breeding.
Methinks the doc here is the one with the problem, although he does say his research might benefit humans.
Ah yes, just what we need, guys with rabbit penises.
Reader Response Forum
10/11/2009 04:13
Daddy’s Gonna Eat Your Fingers
I was packing for my
business trip and my three year old daughter
was having a wonderful time playing on the bed.
At one point she said, 'Daddy, look at this', and stuck out two of her fingers.
Trying to keep her entertained, I reached out and stuck her tiny fingers in my mouth and said, 'Daddy's gonna eat your fingers,' pretending to eat them.
I went back to packing, looked up again and my daughter was standing on the bed staring at her fingers with a devastated look on her face. I said, 'What's wrong, honey?'
She replied, 'What happened to my booger?'
Man Bitten Searching For Dog At Midnight
10/11/2009 04:13
SINC SAYS:
If your dog is missing and it’s dark outside you may just want to try calling him.
Whatever you do, don’t reach under your car to drag him out.
Especially if you live in Florida.
That’s what happened to one Florida man who tried to drag his dog out from under the car.
But what bit him?
An Awesome Alberta Morning
10/11/2009 04:13
Child Is Mom At Age 12
10/11/2009 04:13
SINC SAYS:
It used to be that teens were the youngest types one ever heard of becoming pregnant.
But the times they are a changin’ folks, especially Down Under.
A 12-year-old girl gave birth to a healthy baby boy recently and she had to conceive at age 11.
I guess they’re starting younger every year, aren’t they?
But how old was “Dad”?
12-Year-Old Suspended For Piercing Nose
10/11/2009 04:13
SINC SAYS:
It’s our day for stories about 12-year-old girls today I guess.
Only this one is about a seventh grader whose parents are from India who had her nose pierced.
This of course went against the dress code ot the school she attends in Bountiful, Utah.
That place gets in the news often enough for child brides, but I digress.
She’s back in school now, but how did school officials solve the problem?
Here's how.
Reader Response Forum
09/11/2009 02:13
Local Businesses Want Lower Taxes Too
In a move that
surprises no one but council and
administration, local businesses have had
enough when it comes to raising their taxes.
The St. Albert Taxpayers Association have been fighting high residential taxes for over a year now and finally have some support from the business community.
A story in the weekend edition of the Gazette entitled, “Businesses call for lower taxes” had this to say in part on the issue:
“Many business owners throughout the community are urging city council to trim the proposed non-residential tax increase for 2010.
As council gets set to enter budget deliberations this week, city administration is proposing a 2.95 per cent increase for non-residential taxes, which would amount to about $291 a year or $24.25 per month for a property assessed at $900,000.
Last year the non-residential rate jumped by 5.28 per cent.
Ivan Mayer, president of the Riel Business Park Association who also runs several businesses throughout the city said that, while his auto glass repair-replacement businesses have managed to weather the turn of the economy fairly well, he knows it hasn’t been the same for several other businesses throughout the community, especially those in the food and lodging industry.”
Read the entire story on the Gazette’s web site.
It is beginning to look like not only local residents, but business too has had their fill of the antics of Robbing Hood And His Merry Band Of Men raising taxes far too high, year after year.
A tax revolt is in the wings and if council and administration don’t sit up and pay attention, it will enter the stage as a full blown protest.
And that folks, is exactly what this overtaxed city needs.
The Things That People Send Me
Life in four bottles . . .
Government Minister Sculpted In Cow Manure
09/11/2009 02:12
SINC SAYS:
A cow manure sculpture of a New Zealand politician sold online for a cool $2,200 recently.
The bust was created as a protest against the minister’s actions.
The artist described it as crap art.
But why waste such a good idea?
Isn't it high time someone here in Alberta molded a little cow shit into a statue of the Health Minister and the Premier too?
Fling some crap here.
Twins To Celebrate 200th Birthday
09/11/2009 02:12
SINC SAYS:
Yep, you read that headline right.
These two gals were born December 24, 1909 and will each turn 100 next month.
Given that they were only 3 1/2 pounds at birth and were not expected to live, they’ve done all right haven’t they?
Both are fit and their minds are sharp too.
Read all about them and see their picture here.
Famous Paintings Reproduced In Coffee
09/11/2009 02:12
“Sure this reproduction of Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam is a lil' bit perverted by the inclusion of a coffee cup, but look closer. The entire masterpiece was painted using only coffee.”
See all the paintings here.
09/11/2009 02:12
Do you wake up or
open your eyes first?
Why are builders afraid to have a 13th floor but book publishers aren't afraid to have a Chapter 11?
How do you handcuff a one-armed man?
If the police break your door down do they have to pay for it?
In some books, why do they have blank pages at the very end?
Why can't donuts be square?
Why put a towel in the dirty clothes basket if when you get out of the shower you are clean?
If there's a speed of sound and a speed of light is there a speed of smell?
Reader Response Forum
08/11/2009 04:30
The Things That People Send Me
Here is an emergency Swine Flu mask for you folks. Just make sure they're clean first, eh?
Woman Passes Driver’s Test - Finally
08/11/2009 04:30
SINC SAYS:
You don’t hear a lot about women drivers in Korea, but news about this one leaked out.
She’s 68 years old and claims she needs a license for her vegetable growing business.
So she nipped down to write her driver’s exam, but failed.
Again and again and again.
Cops Lose After Botching Prostitution Case
08/11/2009 04:30
SINC SAYS:
A Pennsylvania man approached police claiming he had been approached for sex at a local massage parlour.
The cops set up a sting, gave the guy some cash and sent him back to the parlour.
Four times, trying to get a conviction.
And then gave him $180 bucks for his trouble.
The judge didn’t much like it.
The Dangers Of Driving A Taxi
08/11/2009 04:29
SINC SAYS:
The controversy continues in Edmonton whether or not cabbies can install dividers to keep their passengers in the back seat.
This issue came up after a spat of stabbings and robberies of cab drivers, especially at night.
But there are other dangers lurking out there for the cabbies of the world as one cabbie Down Under learned the hard way.
It all started when a couple flagged him down at 7:45 a.m one day and asked him to drive them to Dry Creek, a remote spot in the country.
He took them there and that’s when they told him to get out of the car. Why you ask? They wanted to have sex.
And then it got strange.
