tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588831361707120682024-02-07T10:31:44.228-08:00A Long and Winding RoadThis, That and EverythingLorachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05954208521350733469noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558883136170712068.post-56325425503713416092010-02-27T13:14:00.000-08:002010-02-27T13:25:22.252-08:00Canadian Women Hockey Team - Champagne and Cigars!I was upset when I heard the story on the news concerning our Canadian Women Hockey Team that after a much awaited for victory and years of hard work, the ladies decided to have a little party on the ice. Two hours after the women's hockey team won 2-0 over the American team in the final, the medalists went back on the ice. They had waited until all the fans had cleared the building and being in a state of joyousness gravitated out to the arena where they had had their glorious win. To be connected to the ice where it all began and ended. Only to be ratted out by an American journalist who had just seen his team trounced. <br />
Brit photographer Alex Livesey thought it his duty to take pictures and ensure they got into the hands of the media. Sour grapes? Furthering ones career on the misery of others. Oops! I forgot, that's what the media do!<br />
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The Canadian women had just become the first team in history to capture gold at three consecutive Olympics. I agree that they probably erred in going back to the ice, not because of any moral issue but because there area always people willing to see the bad side of everything.<br />
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Are we not creating a double edged sword when we allow Jon Montgomery to swill most of a pitcher of beer on camera after winning the men's skeleton and for some reason, no one complained then. Is it then because the team in question are women?<br />
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The ladies have apologized That should be the end of it!<br />
“In the excitement of the moment, the celebration left the confines of our dressing room and shouldn’t,” they said in a statement. “The team regrets that its gold-medal celebrations may have caused the IOC or COC any embarrassment.”Lorachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05954208521350733469noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558883136170712068.post-31823807546824078032010-02-17T21:54:00.000-08:002010-02-17T22:02:55.697-08:00ToleranceWhat do we live for?<br />
Why do we strive?<br />
Will human endeavor,<br />
Save one more live?<br />
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A thought I had many years ago and just came across again in some old "packed away in the closet stuff". So here goes! What do we live for? As in what makes you tick? What do you value? What are your values? Have you taken a hard close look lately at them? I have had a lot of time, recently to do just that. I find that face values and true values are quite different in many (probably most) individuals. There is a face we like to show to the world. A face we know we shouldn't!<br />
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In Canada one such face we like to show is "I AM TOLERANT'. Tolerant of others, of the beliefs, religions and traditions of other countries and races. We are tolerant, to a degree. It's this degree that is <i>disagreed</i> on. Of all the people I know this is the bone of contention. This idea that Canadians are accepting of all! Our government shows this face to the world. Give me your tired, your weak and your poor. No matter what kind of face our government tries to put on the cumulative faces of Canadians the one thing that is most disagreed upon in Canadian circles is rights. Minority rights - religious rights, Gay rights, Native rights, Muslim Rights, Catholic Rights and so on and so on! When asked most will profess to be tired of hearing about all the minority rights and all the problems that go with it. Why? The general consensus is the loss of Canadian heritage, tradition. The Canadian Way!<br />
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What though, is the Canadian way? Where did we start? When the first explorers first reached Canada the Canadians were natives of this land. It wasn't very much longer and the land had been taken and the new Canadians were the settlers from England and France. Other countries soon followed and Canada became quite a diverse population. Back then the new comers appreciated the chance to live in a safe country and start fresh. There were never protests to put pressure on the government to intervene into another country and "save" the people back home. Everyone wanted to live peacefully with their neighbors. A gentle way of life.<br />
When immigrants came in the past it was to get away from a life of strife and/or government domination of the people. To make a better life for their children and become a Canadian. I see now many immigrants (not all) don't want to be Canadian. They just want a safe land to live in. The want to keep the ways from their past lives. Lives they left behind.Values that destroyed lives there and are now destroying lives here. Ways that go against our laws and our citizen rights. The violence they have known in the past is brought with them. <br />
I must say, that there are issues that are building , quietly out in the population. I have watched as other countries have spoken to the world on their immigration policies. The general rule being assimilation. We would love to have you come into our country and be a citizen but we require assimilation. You must learn our language. You must tolerate our religions. You must become one with us to stand as a united front! One people, one country!<br />
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In Canada, no such thing is said because we are tolerant. Or so it seems. But are we? I did not hear one good word when the streets were blocked by 1000's of Tamil protesters , protesting the way their country and country men were being treated in Sri Lanka.. Country? Canada? No. Sri Lanka. Country men? Canadians? No, Tamils! Tolerance? Hell no!<br />
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They blocked off our roads so we could not get home form work. They made sure it was during rush hour! Waving Canadians flags alongside red ones with the tiger insignia of the Tamil Tigers, the separatist group in Sri Lanka that is on Canada’s list of banned terrorist organizations. Why, would they believe, that for even one moment we would want to hear about a cause involving terrorists? Especially when they were in the process of royally pissing us off by blocking rush hour traffic. This did not happen once but three times last summer. I understand that they are worried for their families but this is not and should not be our concern. These are members of a terrorist group. Do I hear tolerance from the citizens when the Jamaican gangs, the Korean gangs,Chinese gangs or any other gangs find themselves in the papers for more slaughter and crime? We are not tolerant of all!<br />
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We are tolerant to allow people from other countries to make a home in Canada, to practice their religion as long as it does not go against our laws and to keep their traditions and beliefs. To be our neighbors and to have their children go to school with our children. Is it too much to ask for that same respect back from the people who have been given a safe place to live in a free land? I think we should adopt what other countries take for granted.<br />
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New citizens of Canada, become one with us to stand as a<span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">united front</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">!</span><br />
One people, one country! Canada!<span style="background-color: white;"></span><br />
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</style> asked question that our world has revolved around. When you have a question where do you go to find the answer? I use the internet most of the time, books second and asking lastly. I go onto the net to find out everything from medical advice to how to clean something. It is not a wonder is it nicknamed "The Information Highway".I have marveled at the information found on the net. One day I just started typing in weird words to see what would come up from search and as usual learned a lot of new things. The net these days is akin to a school. A school is where you learn and now most of my information, what I learn by, is from the net. I love to read and cuddle up with a good book but when I want info in a hurry it seems to be the net I go to. It is expeditious. It is certainly interesting and it is like having every book on the subject at your finger tips!<br />
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When you have questions, where do you go for the answers? Lorachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05954208521350733469noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558883136170712068.post-76432167839553401892009-06-03T09:03:00.000-07:002009-06-04T11:02:42.492-07:00Ahhh ... chooo!I just sneezed three times! Normally I would only sneeze two times. (Yes I do keep track.) No one is here so I say "bless you" to myself. Which made me think. Where did this come from? The blessing after a sneeze. Does everybody do it? So I decided to look this up and I have to say most of us need to get a life! There are pages and pages out there on sneezing habits. Different countries have different sayings but some sayings pop up in a lot of countries. The most commonly used statement in many countries is "bless you" followed by a close second is "gesundheit".<br /><br />Firstly, the "Bless you" or "God Bless You" saying that I hear in Canada, is also said in the UK, Australia and U.S.A. All of these seem to be based on the ancient belief that when you sneeze your soul may escape and saying bless you keeps you soul in or that your heart stops when you sneeze so again to keep your soul in place they say bless you. But I also read that some believe that a devil dwells in us all .When this devil is irritated sneezing happens, so saying "Bless you" prevents it from worsening. Also, in the days of the great plagues, it was well know that the plague started with a cold, so saying bless you was hoping it was nothing worse and god bless you if it is!<br />Many countries say something to the effect of "Health" or "Good Health". Holland says "gezonhied", health. The sneezer replies bedankt, thank you. In Argentina it is "Salud", health. Yugoslavians respond to a sneeze with "Na zdravlje!" which means "for your health".<br />Germany - "Geshundheit", health<br />Lithuania - "Sveikata", to your health<br />Poland - "Na zddrowie", health.<br />Other countries, such as Iran, "Afiyat bashe"say I wish you good health or"Elahi shokr" thank God for health.<br />In France they say "Tes souhaits", to your dreams (to come true) or "Tes amours", to your loves!<br />I think I will adopt this one! It sounds cooler! "Achoo!" "Tes souhaits! May your dreams come true!".<br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /> Does any one know of any more sayings and most importantly:How many times in a row do you sneeze?</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">I would love to hear from you, leave a comment and let me know.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:12;" ></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:12;" ></span></b>Lorachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05954208521350733469noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558883136170712068.post-79832764533581306232009-06-02T20:59:00.000-07:002009-06-02T21:16:58.170-07:00Yukon Jack - heads up!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl14MhC48PWXpidHRU5f6r_ISu52d0-SrXN5J4BQ-riqirg4eoFek5UDYuAbQOeoMtCMUBIpntrrDASrOEkNWJlsyKaf0jEBQruo8GWc_rBLg5GAwjqMBH3jJFzDUUUTZnmPVDFVBx6dA/s1600-h/Yukon_jack_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 149px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl14MhC48PWXpidHRU5f6r_ISu52d0-SrXN5J4BQ-riqirg4eoFek5UDYuAbQOeoMtCMUBIpntrrDASrOEkNWJlsyKaf0jEBQruo8GWc_rBLg5GAwjqMBH3jJFzDUUUTZnmPVDFVBx6dA/s320/Yukon_jack_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342948866635133826" border="0" /></a>Yukon Jack - I was looking up information on whiskey, particularly Yukon Jack when I found this Yukon Jack. Apparently a comic book hero from marvel comics.<br />He is a very skilled hand to hand fighter, usually fighting with a very strong and durable bone knife. He is apparently immune to temperature changes despite wearing little more than a loincloth. Hmm.. I think I prefer the Whiskey!Lorachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05954208521350733469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558883136170712068.post-82960840954615269752009-06-01T17:28:00.000-07:002009-06-03T08:34:32.473-07:00Stand Alone<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZh5VS9q2xdjC8ORpTp9MCW-V4eZtURJ_tebBfithJDpCr60w3D6dJxYnx1OJxBs8Wud1zem1h2VNmMiVl6BFu9GnzAJGjX4GKe4i3oRX9YoKDPb2g_TDE_aA5S4ip-G2LcU5ZsOmys0/s1600-h/Lindsay+%281%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZh5VS9q2xdjC8ORpTp9MCW-V4eZtURJ_tebBfithJDpCr60w3D6dJxYnx1OJxBs8Wud1zem1h2VNmMiVl6BFu9GnzAJGjX4GKe4i3oRX9YoKDPb2g_TDE_aA5S4ip-G2LcU5ZsOmys0/s320/Lindsay+%281%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343115744550058130" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This picture was taken by the locks in Lindsay. I had been sitting in a pub having dinner and watching two Herons flying in between these buildings to the nest they had built behind this bridge. After dinner we walked into this park that gave us a view off the locks and the river and guess who was sitting on the bridge just waiting for me to take his picture!Lorachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05954208521350733469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558883136170712068.post-33507729949553722942009-05-29T20:46:00.000-07:002009-06-01T17:47:00.980-07:00Northern Ontario<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFjj22MK-pMYsdKNF4S-ToVHYwqbedtoZgmJJ_wVlUeognDSQi4ZbdNPmcK9c8IDTrJ3d9IlONdg3zPU1Mif0wzzz5k0tivmeFIY_zIg4BWEpB4_3kEEwh5jLFYs3qufy25bPLoVim50/s1600-h/outside+014.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFjj22MK-pMYsdKNF4S-ToVHYwqbedtoZgmJJ_wVlUeognDSQi4ZbdNPmcK9c8IDTrJ3d9IlONdg3zPU1Mif0wzzz5k0tivmeFIY_zIg4BWEpB4_3kEEwh5jLFYs3qufy25bPLoVim50/s320/outside+014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341458995987338210" border="0" /></a>This was taken on one of my many journeys into Northern Ontario. This is a view of Lake Superior on a cold November Day. This stirs my soul. This gives me shivers down my spine and not from the fact that it was freezing but from the sheer beauty! I love the north. Any where up north! I do not like the cities, although, at the present time I do live in a small town in central Ontario (out of necessity). I have a cottage to go to. I can get into the car and forests and lakes and rivers are never far away. I am extremely fortunate for this and although I can't live as far north as I would like I can at least visit. Someday I would like to retire up north, but, realistically will probably die before I get that opportunity.( No spring chicken) Unfortunately I am not independently rich or even well off so I have to work, and that requires being near a town or a city. I do though, live outside of town and have a big yard that is well treed with a great view. But I am greedy! I want that view! The one in the picture! Ahh.. One can dream!Lorachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05954208521350733469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558883136170712068.post-1097864237938852962009-05-28T22:10:00.000-07:002009-05-30T06:23:42.547-07:00Bear with me!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfQRW8R-b3yVOTe5csHC5waxN0KdoixTdzmTHaywKR8YC3N6h4PgOQ_PMJs0zpzzko6i0B2uhQB-kDMcgSuyWIe4fz-tdepf3MMiLFFFVk7vwJh4ehQvOl9Dif_ahHOK4i8FlPmN4iNc/s1600-h/image00111.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfQRW8R-b3yVOTe5csHC5waxN0KdoixTdzmTHaywKR8YC3N6h4PgOQ_PMJs0zpzzko6i0B2uhQB-kDMcgSuyWIe4fz-tdepf3MMiLFFFVk7vwJh4ehQvOl9Dif_ahHOK4i8FlPmN4iNc/s320/image00111.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341606800341773666" border="0" /></a><br />Bear with me! I am setting up this blog still. Hope to have it up and running properly soon. I am in the midst of buying and selling right now(new to me) but will post here shortly! Come talk with me on Twitter. I just signed up!Lorachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05954208521350733469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558883136170712068.post-63774541088721339432009-05-27T10:12:00.000-07:002009-05-30T06:18:52.606-07:00A Blog with no ThemeThis is a blog with no theme! It is strictly for me to rant, rave, sing or dance. It will be about anything and everything. I will mix it up!<br />So lets start with me. (Ha ha, it always starts with me!) A few people are already following my other blogs, and I love them for it, but I haven't talked about myself much or why I am suddenly here blogging.<br /><br />After years in the workforce slaving away, I have become a victim of the<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> recession</span>! Or so I am told. I think the ex-boss saw the recession happening and decided to get rid of the highest paid workers and keep the more lowly paid group as that is exactly what he did. When I started with the company there was only 3 people, one of them being me. I helped him to build that up to 21 employees. Then a little tiny recession looms and "BANG"! Away you go now! No loyalty whatsoever! Ceesh!<br /><br />So... I have to start again. I have already been in the work force for 30 years. So what will I be when I grow up? Not sure but I will keep you posted. I am thinking of retraining. I want something I can work with on my own, preferably from home.(Go figure! I don't trust bosses anymore?) So I am looking for now. All the jobs I have had in the past have been very physical. I really am a Tomboy. I have been a Horticulturist, A Paramedic and a Confined Space Rescue Technician as well as an Instructor in various things for 22 years. So I have destroyed my body. My backaches. my joints ache, I have a close relationship to Authur Itis. So I do think I will look for something a bit more sedate. Like working on my computer, on my time, when and if I choose. I don't ask for much! HA HA! Like that is going to happen! I am though turning my thoughts toward working at home. Just not entirely sure yet as what. And for those of you with dirty minds I am far to old for that and street corners are far too expensive these days!<br /><br />Does any one else find it strange that a recession came into being right close to the time that all the baby boomers are retiring? Conspiracy? I think so!!!!!Lorachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05954208521350733469noreply@blogger.com2