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3 Years, 4 Thousand Dollars

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For the past three years this storage facility was jammed full of our stuff.  When we moved out of the house in 2008 all the things that we weren’t taking in the motorhome but were still important to us went here. It was full. We had to be careful how we opened and closed the door otherwise stuff fell out.

This spring we decided that even though it was important “stuff” three years ago it was now mostly just “stuff”. And we were paying $113 per month just so we didn’t have to deal with it. Our goal was to be out by July 31. Marilyn took charge and things started to happen. After numerous trips to Value Village, the Grimsby Benevolent Society and the garbage yesterday was the final. A bike (our tandem), a bike rack and some art supplies, the truck was full but the bin was empty,

The truck has now been emptied, the bike has air in the tires and is ready to go. If we don’t ride it, it will be gone too.

All that’s left is to decide what to do with the $113 a month.

No thanks, I appreciate your offer, but I think we can handle that task on our own.

Meet Murphy

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You probably already have. He’s the guy that’s famous for all those Murphy’s Laws. You know; If anything can go wrong it will and all those other gems.

Yesterday I ask you to comment, today I realize that “Comments” aren’t  working. I’m getting them and can see them in the back of the blog but they are not making it to the front, the part of the blog you see.

No big deal, we’ll get it sorted out so keep those comments coming.

Here’s another one for you: Sex is hereditary. If your parents never had it, chances are you won’t either.

Thanks for your patience.

Larry

The Last Snow

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We’ve been here at 50 Point for a week now. The grass is greening, the trees are budding and the snow is disappearing. All are true signs of a Canadian Spring I would say. You can see how much snow was left at 8:30 this morning with a temperature just above freezing. The question is; When will it be gone? I’m thinking I should get a pool going. I was going to guess 3:15 but it’s really starting to warm up out there, now I think I’m going to go 1:07. Winner may get a beer.

New Wife, Sort Of:

Yesterday morning my lovely lady went to her appointment at Marine Land, thanked them all very much for all the fun she’s had the last couple of years and said she wasn’t coming back. By yesterday afternoon she was telling all who would listen that she is an Artist.  The rest of us  already knew that  but now we are all on the same page. Put another way, I am married to unemployed trailer trash with paint all over her nose. We’re going to have a fun summer.

Political Comment:

Any of us who have been near the US/Mexico border have been blown away by the hundreds, no thousands of Home Land Security vehicles we see going back and forth. You wonder how many Billions they go through every month protecting us from spanish speaking women and children. All this as their older northern cities rot out from the inside out.

Now the Director of the FBI admits that the FBI has not solved a single crime in 10 years (read the article)

As a casual observer of life in the US this revelation makes this Canadian boy one happy fella. I constantly marvel at how  inept and ineffective  our politicians are. Now I think our neighbors to the south have even more to be concerned about then us. It’s a small comfort, but a comfort none the less.

Thankyou. I appreciate the read.