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Wal-Mart
I got a big surprise yesterday when we went to the new refurbished Wal-Mart at Westbrook Mall. We have not been there since the reopening after the renovations. It has been completely overhauled. It...
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New Car, Buick Verano
I just got rid of my old CTS Cadillac and I now own a 2012 Buick Verano. My kids took the CTS. First of all it is a 4 cylinder car, and I am not a fan of these and even though I have owned a few, I was...
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Food Source
I got this from a friend a few days ago, and I thought you might be interested. I have some Bicks Baby Dills and it doesn’t list where it is from really, so I did a Google on Bicks Baby Dills, found...
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Driving trips
Continuing along from yesterday, I would like to point out that many of the nicer places to see, scenery wise, will be found along the byways of our provinces and states. As an example, Cody Wyoming is...
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Travel Hawaii
One of our favourite places to go is Hawaii. Our island of choice is Oahu, for several reasons. There are more hotel rooms in Waikiki than elsewhere, and the same holds true for restaurants. There are...
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Cruise Travel 2
Today I will write about what there is to do on a ship. Every cruise will have what is referred to as “sea days”. Ships travel mostly at night stopping in port during daylight. They arrive in port...
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Christmas 2012 — Birth of a New Tradition
I have been thinking about this for some time now, and I have been doing what I can to see that I buy Canadian. I got my GM Retiree newsletter for the end of the year, and it seems I am not alone in...
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Changing Scene!
2012 Christmas? After reading the paper, it seemed that we needed a smile or 2, but when I looked at this cartoon, it is just as sad as reading the paper. Please forgive me, I’ll try to do better....
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Christmas Potpouri
There was a time when the Christmas card was a big thing. We would haul out the list of names, check it over to see who was still with us, or who sent out cards last year. We would shop around for...
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Celebrity Century Panama Cruise Part 3
Last night we were gently rocked to sleep and I got up early. I like to go for a walk on the walking deck first thing in the morning on a sea day, and today is the first of seven sea days. The walk was...
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2013 Buick Verano
Just recently I picked up a new Buick Verano that I had ordered last December. I had owned a silver 2012, and I just loved it. Joan loved it too. It was roomy easy to park, good performance, excellent...
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Integrity in Business
The old cowboy ethic or law is not dead and buried. I know we all thought it was, but check this out. For starters I got a phone call yesterday afternoon, that my dealer where I bought my new 2013...
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Buy Canadian
I thought it was ironic that when I picked up my Friday copy of the Calgary Herald that also supplies a copy of their free magazine Swerve, there was a section devoted to just that issue! Buy Canadian....
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Alberta’s Cowboy Trail
There are any number of definitions of what makes up the “Cowboy Trail” in the province of Alberta in Western Canada. Plugging that name into Google will quickly reveal a large number of maps,...
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Little things that work 2
Now that I am caught up on some household chores I can get back to the blog. This is an item I wrote about a few months back, but it is worth repeating. It is a jar opener from the Lee Valley Store. If...
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Superstore, re-invented
A number of years ago, a large grocery store chain opened some new discount grocery outlets across some of the major cities in Canada, Loblaws is the owner of these stores and they have many stores,...
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Buying Locally
A few days ago, I caught an item in our newspaper, that concerned a small town that had been trying for some time to raise the money needed to build a community type center. No big deal in itself, and...
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Celebrity Century Panama Cruise Part 3
Last night we were gently rocked to sleep and I got up early. I like to go for a walk on the walking deck first thing in the morning on a sea day, and today is the first of seven sea days. The walk was...
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2013 Buick Verano
Just recently I picked up a new Buick Verano that I had ordered last December. I had owned a silver 2012, and I just loved it. Joan loved it too. It was roomy easy to park, good performance, excellent...
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Integrity in Business
The old cowboy ethic or law is not dead and buried. I know we all thought it was, but check this out. For starters I got a phone call yesterday afternoon, that my dealer where I bought my new 2013...
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