The Perimeter

My comments on the woman who lost her disability benefits because of a few photos of her on vacation posted on Facebook----- Just like the example of the heart attack patient seen walking on the beach, and having fun with friends after being sick.... or the arthritis patient able to get up and move without pain.... a person with fibromyalgia able to do tai-chi..someone paralysed from an accident who can finally walk a little with help.. and they're all applauded and given pats on the back of course. but don't let the clinically depressed be seen feeling better!!!!!! All this criticism makes me so angry. Here's a scenario for comparison: My father had out of control diabetes. Four times a day he had to check his blood sugar and adjust his diet accordingly. His blood sugar levels were never the same. My dad loved sweets, especially licorice.. Once in a while, if his sugars stayed under 8 for a day, he might have a piece of licorice --- was his diabetes cured? No. Did anyone ...

Here's two really obvious tips for NB Power & our short-sighted premier on how to reduce their debt: --> Meter-readers don't need half-tons to go door to door reading meters. Assign them a Smart car instead. Or perhaps a 4-cylinder econobox.There would be savings on gas, insurance and upkeep. -->When your company is running at a deficit, you don't give your executives bonuses! (That's grade 8 economics, btw...) And personally, I'm thinking having some other province (who you may remember, has had a little campaign going for some time to become their own little nation) -- (but I digress ;-) having some other province pulling the strings on your electricity supply may not be a very good idea. Hmm? And little Shaunie thinks that Quebec is going to go along with this "freeze the rates for 5 years" thing he's pushing on the dumb, stunned & gullible --- what then? Will they quadruple this year's rates to make up for it? Will they pull the ...

For about 10 months now, villagers have been wondering when the province is going to fix the eroded road edge and rusted out culvert along the 106 between Sackville and Dorchester. First they said it was going to cost around $50,000 .. then they did an environmental study and discovered it was going to be more like $300,000 and of course, there's no money in the budget for that! We in the village figure someone's going to get into an accident eventually.. probably when the road is icy.. as the road is down to one lane and those travelling east are to yield to those travelling west. So, we're driving into town along the 106 the night after our first "sticking" snowfall .. no snow tires on the car yet, of course...we're following behind a provincial snowplow... you know -- the big green ones that take up 1 1/2 lanes plow and all... so... from out of the blue, a burgundy Chevy Silverado passes us, then it looks like he's going to pass the snowplow too, just...