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So Who Is Responsible??????? Invaders from Outer Space
Maybe someone out there in the big wide world can explain this to me, because at the moment I’m very confused. Here on the island we have fish kill after fish kill, yet government and people Like the Irvings/McCains claim … Continue reading
Time to Flog a Book or Ten.
It has been a while since I last tried to flog some books . So here we go with another tantalizing motivation to buy one of my wonderful stories. Besides, I have still not reached the magic number of … Continue reading
A Heavenly Story!!
Pope John Paul dies of old age and finds himself at the gates of Heaven at 0300. He knocks on the gate and a very sleepy-eyed watchman opens the gate and asks, “Wadda you want?” “I’m the recently deceased Pope … Continue reading
Posted in HM Submarines, veterans
Tagged all submariners go to heaven., angels, halo, heaven, Pope, submariners
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Shining Waters! But no After Glow.
We have our grandson staying with us this week, so decided to take him to Shining Waters at Cavendish. The first shock was the cost to enter this place. For Christopher a bracelet cost $25 which seemed reasonable as it … Continue reading
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If Scotland Votes for Independence???
Its been many years since I last set foot in Faslane Scotland, actually 56 years ago to be exact. I first arrived there in 1960 aboard the submarine HMS Taciturn to carry out six weeks of work up trails. The … Continue reading
Posted in HM Submarines, HMS Cockade, hms ganges, military, veterans
Tagged faslane, missile boats, NATO, no independent scotland please, nuclear boats, UK defense, united kingdom
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Oops!! I have committed a No No!!!!!
I’m not sure how I managed this, but the photo of the medal in the post is not as I have repeatedly stated, the Beaumont-Hamel medal. It is the commemoration medal of 90th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Legion, founded … Continue reading
Legion Awards not Military Decorations!
PEI Command Letter to Guardian 25th July 2016 Finally the President of Provincial Command has responded to my many letters regarding the wearing of medals. In his haste to show how wrong I’m he fails to spell my name correctly, … Continue reading
Posted in HM Submarines, HMS Cockade, hms ganges, veterans
Tagged Boy Scouts, cadets, legion medals for sale, old chestnut, veterans, we just obey law
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A Pleasant Saturday Evening
Life is good, Linda and I sat out in our home made gazebo for an hour or so this evening. We sipped a cold beer and listened to the sounds of birds going about their business in the trees. Off … Continue reading
Posted in family, Prince Edward Island, veterans
Tagged beer.talking.p, cool air, damp, lightening, lovely, lush, pretty, summer rain, thunder
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Traffic Lights and BlackBush Irish Whiskey
A woman ran a red traffic light and crashed into a man’s car. Both of their cars are demolished but amazingly neither of them was hurt. After they crawled out of their cars, the woman said; “Wow, just look … Continue reading
Posted in Just Fooling
Tagged 75 years old, adam and the apple., Bushmills, crash, Irish Whiskey
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The Confederation Bridge!!!
I recently travelled back to the Island from Halifax using Maritime Bus. It was a pleasant trip as far as Amherst where I had to change buses. On the Halifax part of the trip I travelled on a nice comfortable … Continue reading
Posted in family, Prince Edward Island
Tagged bumps, jolts, needing repair, settling, shifting supports, without a bridge
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