acporteus.bsky.social
Retired librarian with a whole passel of kids & grandkids. Co-owner of a Christmas tree farm. Loves history, all things Niagara Falls, and indexing history books. Curator of the Niagara Falls Poetry Project niagarapoetry.ca, also @niagarapoetry.bsky.social
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Ah! We have our moments too! They just tend to not be as earth shattering!
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Canadian here. What he has done is set off a wave of Canadian nationalism, including a strong " buy Canadian" movement and people choosing non-US travel.
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I hope that Google maps in Canada retains "Gulf of Mexico"
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The import is loaded. Just playing with it now!
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No idea!
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Congratulations!. I'm getting close to 60!😁
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With celebrity comes, ummmm, weird things? Congratulations! Getting on those is a reel feet.
(I'll see myself out)
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Having my bird friendly grown coffee (I didn't know such a thing existed until last weekend) while scrolling on here and watching the birds at my feeders.
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Step 2: wash your hands. I have also never completed the step "turn into a greased pan." I try, but I've never even come close to turning myself into a greased plan. I can, however, turn myself into a complete, dithering idiot.
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Stories like these make me cherish my retirement even more!
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*dusting off my great-great-grandpappy's blunderbluss which he used to defend Canada last time we were invaded*
ok, sorry, not really, as I came to Canada in 1964, but you get the drift. And yes, it is extremely nerve-wracking.
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I hope my grandkids don't see this.
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My kids, now in their 30's & 40's, still talk of the time I made them smiley face pancakes when they kids, using carrots, peas, and corn for the face. I also made them using some oat bran to get their fiber content up. I'm sure you could get protein in there also! Go for it.
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That is also a great one. The last job left I gave the staff a tin of cookies and a card with that on it - most of them were confused as hell about it!
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I was just joking here, but just ran across this
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Cranberry wine is my go- to. I always have a couple of bottles on hand
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Just got mine!
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Just noticed in that meme that the word "receipt" is used three times, and only once with the correct spelling
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I'm pretty sure he deliberately died when he did so that Joe Biden would be the mourner- in- chief at the state funeral
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Much better idea than anti-stress dogs. I had a number of unpleasant encounters with dogs growing up, and do my best to avoid them. One of the nightmares I have is that when I'm in a nursing home and not able to fend for myself they'll bring in cuddle dogs and I won't be able to get away from them.
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So I'm guessing the toilet backed up again, you're constipated, and ripping pages out of bibles is cheaper than toilet paper?
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Ummm, sorry, but no.
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Hi, yes, thanks, the link would be great.
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#clinicaltrial for an Alzheimer's drug. So we're now happily claiming any lack of attention or #memory or jumping from thing to thing (look! a #squirrel!) on ADHD and Alzheimer's, travelling as much as we can, and trying to enjoy life to the fullest while we can.
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be attributed to it. Apparently a lot of #seniors are only diagnosed when their children or grandchildren are diagnosed. I'm currently at the age where my wife and I are worried that we're starting down the #Alzheimer's path, as we both have the genes & both our fathers had it. I'm currently in a...