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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012, 6.00 a.m.

Sometimes in life we just have to accept the miseries of it. Yesterday was one of those days. I am going to leave it at that except for one bright spot. My son and I reconnected after five years. After only seeing him twice on Skype, each at Christmas when he went home to Victoria to visit family and friends, he spent a very busy five days and four nights in Toronto recxonnecting with old friends here. He has become a world trav...

Monday, January 9th, 2012, 12:05 a.m.

Learning disabilities first affected me in grade school but I did not know anything about them. In fact I did not learn about my own until I was about 50 years old and self-identified after reading a Reader's Digest article written by an LD teacher dealing with LD students. I was tested at the University of Toronto in an ongoing study which confirmed my suspicion. I had gone to a split high school for no better term after graduating e...

Sunday, January 8th, 2012,  12:10 a.m.

It is just past midnight and I am still thinking about the entire bunch of asparagus that I ate for supper. With almost five years of limited activity due to arthritis and many related problems plus two hip replacements, I am not considered pre-diabetic, meaning that my body has been shutting down because of the prolonged period of recovery from the issues, including an attack of gout, an inherited thing, I gather, all of which comes down thro...

Saturday, January 7th, 2012  1:45 a.m.

It is hard to believe that my life has gone by so fast. I will be 68 later this year and odds are not in favour of my living beyond age 80 if I look at the things that are against me and factor in the average life expectancies. Nevertheless, I don't let it bother me too much. I just try to do the best I can and keep a positive attitude. I have been to hell and back again throughout my life right from birth. I have also dealt with ...

Friday, January 6th, 2012. 1 a.m.

I have the story somewhere but I cannot put my finger on it at the moment. It is a newpaper photo and caption in either a Kingston of Gananoque, Ontario paper. It tells the story of a lost lighter. When Canada first went to war as the Canadian Armed Service Force, It sent a number of ship loads of hastly trained and poorly equipped soldiers to England to take over the vacant Camp Aldershott to provide protection to England as somethi...

Thursday, January 5th, 2012, 4:20 a.m.

Time Zones have always bugged me, especially now with the Internet. I cannot figure out who's ahead and who's behind and by how much. I was born in England, around midnight, double summer time or something like that. What's that? I know I was born, and I know I left England at the age of 5 months but don't ask me when I was born if you want the right answer. I cannot give it to you. Each country seems to have a variation on the concept of time zone...

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012  12:05 a.m.

I do not have all the details on the history of the computer but I can tell you of my experiences over the years and the evolution of the computer. I can go back to the 1950s and talk about my father's experiences with the computer. In his day, numbers were important and to keep a large organization of jewellery stores going and provide suitable data required the most modern equipment. As Chief Accountant and Officer Manager he ...

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012, 1:45 a.m.

Sometimes, the stories in families get all mixed together and in a hunt for fame, a connection is made with a famous person. I had that thought for a number of decades in the person of Sir Walter Scott, the famous Scottish writer. Now it has to be understood that research can do one of two things, either promote further research of find the truth. My study of Sir Walter Scott came from trying to pinpoint the family connection. It went something like...

Monday, January 2nd, 2012, 3:40 a.m.

Today's story is about the missing sister. Gladys was her name and she was born on about October 1st, 1914. Fortunately, she was born five days before her parents were married. Many a young woman found themselves in a family way just after their boyfriends had departed for boot camp. Both of the young people knew that they might only see each other once more before the young man went to war. They were in love and it was enough ...

January 1st, 2012    12:07 a.m.

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

I thought I would start off the new year with a blog. My neighbour beat me to it with a fireworks display. Either that or someone fired off a gun about a dozen times or so. Sometime in the coming weeks I will begin my diet in earnest. Until I get that all under control, my concentration will be on decreasing my daily intake so that I am not eating every two hours. That will be the hard part as I seem to have gotten ...