More COVID humour

 Some oldies and some newies:

Canadian politics

In the 1970's we protested.  We never broke any laws, threatened anyone but just stood up for what we believed in.  Today Canadians still have the right to protest.  Agree or disagree with them, they crossed the line:

This is the Terry Fox Memorial in downtown Ottawa!   

Why would you do this to the statue a Canadian hero?

The weather in Ottawa was very cold.  The low was -35C.  

I'm not sure how "warm" it got but this guy must be very cold. 

There were two pictures, one had an upside down Canadian flag with a swastika painted on it.  

I thought this picture was less offensive:

 

The protest originated by BC truckers who want the Canadian government to remove the mandatory vaccine requirement to cross the US/Canada border.  Don't they know the US Government has the same vaccine mandate so even if they are successful they still can't cross the border?  90% of truckers are vaccinated so the protesters are a minority.

The protest had turned into a bunch of other "gripes".  Maybe it's good people are venting their disapproval of the federal government.  We just had an election so voting them out at the polls won't happen for another few years.

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How low can Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum go?  Well, here's the latest:

The City of Surrey’s ethics commissioner could find himself prohibited from investigating any new ethics complaints before the next election, should a bylaw amendment be approved at Monday’s city council meeting.

The proposed change to the city’s Council Code of Conduct Bylaw would “suspend the processing and investigation of complaints by the Surrey Ethics Commissioner in the period leading up to the 2022 Local General Election,” according to Monday’s agenda.

Monday's council meeting should be another riveting one.  It will be interesting if the councillors that always vote with the Mayor will actually let this bylaw change pass.  If it passes, it's about time out provincial government gets involved!

The Ethics Commissioner is reviewing why Mayor McCallum is allowed to chair the police board and sit in the Mayor's chair while he has been criminally charged.  He's only been charged, not convicted but during the legal process, he should recuse himself off the police board and council chambers.  Does the Ethics Commissioner have a recommendation or are they hiding something?   

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

A few years ago when we went to Germany with our friends Margaret and Dave, while in Munich, Margaret wanted to visit Dachau.   When she was growing up their neighbour was a holocaust survivor and I believe was liberated from Dachau.  It was a day I will never forget.  You read about the history, but until you actually visit one of these camps you can't comprehend the horrors.

While talking to my cousin a few months ago she told me in 1945, her dad opened the gates of a concentration camp and liberated the prisoners in Germany.  She couldn't remember which camp.  On Thursday, National Holocaust Remembrance Day, I remembered the story so I emailed her older sister for the information and she answered me today.

Their dad was at Bergen-Belsen Concentration in Northern Germany.  They said their dad who passed away almost seven years ago, never forgot the horrors he saw.  If we are fortunate enough to return to Germany, I would love to see the site.  

Bergen-Belsen History

I'm glad their is a Remembrance Day so we never forget the Holocaust.

What the ???? This is Canada!

Last Sunday a convoy of truck drivers from Vancouver left for a protest that would take them to Ottawa.  Their concern is about our government mandating vaccines for all truckers that cross the Canada/US Border.  It was announced in November.  They are not happy and have every right to voice their opinion.  Both the US and Canadian Governments have this policy but the truckers are only protesting in Ottawa.  

On Nov. 19, 2021, the Public Health Agency of Canada announced upcoming adjustments to Canada's border measures including the requirement for essential service providers, including truck drivers, to be fully vaccinated after January 15, 2022.

The United States Department of Homeland Security previously announced on Oct. 29 that proof of vaccination would be required to enter the United States starting in January 2022.

Fox News reported 1.5 million trucks were rolling across Canada on Tuesday!  Ontario Provincial Police report a convoy of 133 trucks drove through Thunder Bay along with 236 personal vehicles from Winnipeg and further west.  More trucks will join the protest in Ontario.  There are other protesters enroute to Ottawa from the east and southern Ontario.  It has been reported protesters are coming up from the US, of course they will have to show proof of vaccine to cross the border.  Are they protesting the vaccine mandate or looking for a Washington January 6th type protest?  This could be turning into something dangerous!  As this protest moves across Canada, it's reasons for the protest have morphed into a rally cry for people with a variety of grievances ranging from anti-government to anti-mask viewpoints.

Sergeant-at-Arms Patrick McDonell sent an email to all Parliamentarians ahead of trucker convoy protest.  "There have been attempts to collect MPs' home addresses.  The Sergeant-at-Arms is advising to avoid the rally and "go somewhere safe"!

This is what was sent to Members of Parliament!

Charlie Angus, MP, NDP put on Twitter, "The convoy crew have told me I will be jailed, charged with war crimes and sent to hell".  They've been warned their homes and staff are targeted and told to go somewhere safe by their security!   What is going on?  

Interesting cartoon:

The end of COVID?

During the middle ages they celebrated the end of the plague with wine and orgies.  Does anyone know if there is anything planned when this one ends?

Some great points and yes I've wondered

Only in This Stupid World ......do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage. 🤷 ‍  ️

Only in This Stupid World ......do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the Store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front. 🤷 ‍  ️

Only in This Stupid World.....do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet Coke.. 🤷 ‍  ️

Only in This Stupid World.....do banks leave vault doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.. 🤷 ‍ ️

Only in This Stupid World ...........do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in Packages of eight.. 🤷 ‍  ️

Only in This Stupid World .....do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering. 🤷 ‍  ️

EVER WONDER

Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin ❓❓ 🤷 ‍  ️

Why don't you ever see the Headline 'Psychic Wins Lottery' ❓❓ 🤷 ‍  ️

Why is 'abbreviated' such a long word ❓❓ 🤷 ‍  ️

Why is it that Doctors call what they do 'practice' ❓❓ 🤷 ‍ ️

Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons ❓❓🤷 ‍ ️

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker ❓❓ 🤷 ‍  ️

Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour ❓❓ 🤷 ‍  ️

Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food ❓❓ 🤷 ‍  ️

Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes ❓❓ 🤷 ‍  ️

Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections ❓❓ 🤷 ‍  ️

You know that Indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff ❓❓ !! 🤷 ‍  ️

Why don't sheep shrink when it rains ❓❓ 🤷 ‍  ️

Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together? ❓ 🤷 ‍  ️

If con is the opposite of Pro, is Congress the opposite of progress ❓❓ 🤷 ‍  ️

If flying is so Safe, why do they call the airport the terminal ❓❓ 🤷 ‍  ️ 🤷 ‍ 

 

Great memories from 2020

On January 25, 2020, Janice and Jim invited us to a wonderful Burns dinner!  Oh how I miss our get togethers and hopefully we can get together safely again soon!

Janice set a beautiful table.  This is from her 2020 blog:

I set the table with my mother-in-law's tablecloth which has a tartan theme, my family's china, and my grandmother Phoebe's sterling silver. I made napkins rings and place names for all the guests with their respective tartans. My napkin ring is my grandmother Phoebe's. Her initials are on top and my mother had "Janice" inscribed on the side. There were four napkin rings so" Richard" and "Jim "on inscribed on two others. 

We started by having some awesome Scotch, played Scottish Trivia and told Scottish jokes. This was followed by Piping in the Haggis thanks to You Tube!.  Dave brought his sword and Jim carried the haggis.

Jim, Janice, Cec, Dave, Carol and Donna

“Should auld acquaintance be forgot

and never brought to mind?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot

and days of auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my dear,

for auld lang syne,

we'll take a cup of kindness yet,

for auld lang syne.”

― Robert Burns

Surrey City Politics, never a dull moment with McCallum as Mayor!

Tomorrow, Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum goes to court to answer for charges of public mischief for claiming a woman ran over his foot.  According to the Criminal Code of Canada, public mischief involves "making a false statement that accuses some other person of having committed an offence".  

My friend will be outside the court house protesting.  Mayor McCallum told Global News he was on personal time doing his grocery shopping when this instance occurred.  Because of the terms of the indemnification bylaw his legal fees are being paid by the citizens of Surrey!  He's hired one of the most expensive lawyers in Canada, not any lawyers the City has on staff!

Our upcoming election on October 15th will be very interesting.  Our mayor continually lies and is being sued by seven seniors that were banned from the city hall for three months because he didn't like what they stood for.  They broke no laws, he just didn't want to see them!  The only way he knew their names was by asking by-law officers to get names of everyone parking in the underground parking lot beneath city hall before council meetings!  In December when the seven seniors filed a petition in BC Supreme court at their expense, he reversed his decision.  Seniors having to sue to get into city hall?  

He continually lies and has broken many promises he made to get elected.  Last year he told us our taxes would go up 2.9%, ours went up 11% and we were lucky.  Friends of ours went up 25% and businesses got hit really hard with huge hikes.  Again, this year he tells us taxes will be 2.9%, should be interesting when our tax bill arrives.

Now his lies have angered the Mayor of White Rock.  He's taken credit for something he didn't do!   Let's hope his lies to the RCMP show him for the despicable person he is!

White Rock Mayor blasts Doug McCallum

McCallum attended the Vancouver Canucks game Saturday night.  Masks are mandatory at Roger's Arena. From L to R City Counsellors: Allison Patton and Doug Elford. Developer Bob Cheema and Mayor Doug McCallum.   I'm guessing another Cheema property development will be approved at the next council meeting.  

Music has certainly changed

Cec gave his dad's guitar to Lexie as she's been playing an acoustic guitar.  A string broke, surprise, we figure it's 80 years old.  We took it into Tom Lee Music to get it restrung and found the bridge was ready to explode and it was a danger to play!  So we looked at new guitars and then ended up in the piano section.  

We bought a new piano!  It's an digital piano but has wooden keys with the 52 moving parts on each key.  It has Bluetooth so you can attach your iPad and it's way more than a regular upright piano.  You can use head phones and it even has a built in metronome!  It's on order and will be here in three to six months.  It's quite the instrument and if you want to see what it does:

Yamaha Piano Demo

The musician on the video below has an iPad attached to all his instruments.  It's pretty interesting how music has changed over the past 50 years!

 

You can make a difference

Fraser Health Authority announced last week, Peace Arch Hospital will be closing it's maternity ward!  What???   In a community with a lot of families, this did not make sense.  My GP, Dr. Semion Strovski is the head of maternity at this hospital.  He's been interviewed many times on TV and has been an advocate of this bad decision.

They told the future maternity patients they would have to go to Langley Hospital if they went into labour.  If you live in Crescent Beach it's a 35 minute drive and there is a level train crossing that can add on another ten minutes.  

It's had temporary closures in the past, but now they want to close it permanently.  Thanks to our Liberal MLA and the citizens of South Surrey/White Rock who protested they have reversed this ridiculous decision.  

I'm sure our health care system is in financial trouble and be prepared BC, more of these changes coming to a hospital near you!

I need a new door mat

 

Fire Hydrants

 I never knew they were so long.  The things you learn on social media!

More Historical Pictures

 These are so good, I had to share them all!

26. Construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961

27. Bread and soup during the Great Depression

28. The 1912 World Series

29. The first photo following the discovery of Machu Pichu in 1912.

30. Construction of Christ the Redeemer in Rio da Janeiro, Brazil

31. Steamboats on the Mississippi River in 1907

32. Leo Tolstoy telling a story to his grandchildren in 1909

33. The construction of Disneyland

34. Arnold Schwarzenegger on the day he received his American citizenship

35. 14-year-old Osama bin Laden (2nd from the right)

36. Construction of the Statue of Liberty in 1884

37. Albert Einstein's office photographed on the day of his death

38. A liberated Jew holds a Nazi guard at gunpoint.

39. Construction of the Manhattan Bridge in 1908

40. Construction of the Eiffel Tower in 1888

41. Dismantling of the Berlin Wall in 1989

42. Titanic leaves port in 1912.

43. Adolf Hitler's pants after the failed assassination attempt at Wolf's Lair in 1944

44. ENIAC, the first computer ever built

45. Brighton Swimming Club in 1863

46. Ferdinand Porsche (yeah, that Porsche) showing a model of the Volkswagen Beetle to Adolf Hitler in 1935

47. The unbroken seal on King Tut's tomb

48. Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke left this family photo behind on the moon in 1972.

49. The crew of Apollo 1 practicing their water landing in 1966. Unfortunately, all of them were killed on the launch pad in a fire.

50. An aircraft crash on board during World War II