So True - Part Deux

 

A New Category!

Everybody knows about the infamous exploits of Florida Man.

Well, now we have a new category to add to the pile: Florida School.

Wow.

Just for fun, let's see what Florida Man is up to today, April 28th......

Not bad, not bad....

So True....

With Covid on many people's minds and the prospect of a hospital stay a real possibility, here is a video describing one such visit.  It provides some good information for us all.

Seems To Be A Theme.....

 

 

My key to happiness?  To get the last beer in the fridge.

Which I thought I had done a long time ago.

A few years ago a pal and I and his sister-in-law were enjoying some wobbly pops outside one afternoon. 

I went in to get a refill and found there were no more beers in the fridge. However upon further scrutiny I spotted one.

I came out triumphantly saying, I got the last beer. 

A little while later my pal went back inside, and he came out triumphantly, saying, No I've got the last beer. 

After about half an hour his sister-in-law went inside to try her luck. And she came out saying, Sorry boys, I've got the last beer. 

I seem to remember this somehow went on for a couple of hours. Each of us repeatedly finding another "last" beer.  Good times.

Until his wife finally came out holding a beer saying, this time I really got the last one. 

We were all shocked, saying where was it? She said, in the crisper under the lettuce.

Dang,  Pretty sure I put that there, for "later", and forgot all about it.  That hurts.

I think only two conclusions can be drawn from that story; 1) none of us are very observant or 2) that was a magical fridge. 

 

                                         Or.........

Here's Hoping

 

 

This Is The Problem In The World Today

 

So which one is Fake News?

I guess it all depends on your perspective......pun intended.

Or......

 

They Say The Darndest Things

 

And without social media, none of this would be possible, of course, but nevertheless.....

Ontari-ari-oh-oh......

What's going on with Covid in Ontario?  And of course, by that I mean Toronto.

As has been posted ad nauseum on this forum, Ontario's Covid cases are, and always have been, high in the Northwest corner of Toronto.  

So now let's look at where vaccinations are taking place.

Looks like areas with the lowest case rates are the highest for vaccinations. [click to zoom in.]

If the objective is to lower case rates, maybe they should be focusing on vaccinating the NW corner.

However, if the objective is to prevent deaths, maybe this is the right way to go, as I suspect a more elderly population downtown/midtown.  Don't know.

So why low vaccination rates in the NW;

• Access to doses? 
• Vaccinating seniors/medical staff first? 
• Hesitancy in racialized communities? 
• Deliberate withholding vaccinations in racialized neighbourhoods?  
• Too busy working? 

Now these ae all reasons gleaned from US reports.  As they have the same disparity on vaccinations there.

So no easy answers.  Enough to drive you to drink.

Doggone It!

 

Ain't it the truth!

 

Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill with his wife, Clementine. 

One day as they were walking down the street, Clementine stopped to talk with a road cleaner. When she returned Churchill asked her, "What were you talking to him about for so long?" Clementine replied, "Many years ago he was madly in love with me." 

Churchill smiled ironically, "Do you see my dear? You could have been the wife of a road cleaner today. 

"Oh no, my dear," she replied, "If I had married him, he would have been Prime Minister today."

 

Why are you laughing?

But maybe some things never change.   Here is a picture from 1918, during the Spanish Flu epidemic.

This is courtesy of a amazing colourization process by Sanna Dullaway.  Feels like you are right there. [Click on the picture to see more detail.]

Another "colourized" picture during the Spanish flu.

This next one feels like you are riding with great Mexican General, Pancho Villa.  This pic from 1902.

Let's go back a little further.  A picture from the US Civil War.....

No fat guys in 1862!

This compares the two Pancho pics, the original and the colourized version.

[Click on this to really see the differences.]

Take your time to study it, because according to Dougie, you're going to have lots of time on your hands coming up! 

Diversity Is Our Strength

 Who Is This?

Really?  You don't know?

This is Betty, the new Cadbury Easter Bunny, of course.

She beat out nine other finalists.

A goat named Dog.  (I think I saw a movie with a similar name.)

An Alpaca named....Waylon.

A dog named......oh never mind, here they all are.

Only one bunny was in the running.

One local celebrity in my 'hood was Pepa.  I think Pepa is a cat.

But in Betty's defense, at least she lays eggs......