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A Little Sunday Humour

Posted on February 19, 2017 by irishroverpei

  WARNING FOR ALL MALES  especially Wade Last weekend I saw something at The Army Disposal Shop that sparked my interest. I was looking for a little something different for my wife Suzann. What I came across a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse-sized … Continue reading →

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Man of the Year??? NOT

Posted on December 17, 2016 by irishroverpei

We need your help to crown 2016’s Homophobe of the Year. Cast your votes in the first round of match-ups today! Voting will happen in three rounds, narrowing down the contenders in each round until All Out members have crowned … Continue reading →

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S.H.I.T Wonder Where it Originated ???

Posted on July 14, 2015 by irishroverpei

No No No!!! you’d be wrong if you guessed it originated with Mike Duffy or in his hot air balloon effigy. You would be equally wrong if you thought I was just using the word SHIT to be offensive!! Please … Continue reading →

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Critical Tools for farmers?????

Posted on August 8, 2014 by irishroverpei

We are surely living in a world with two very separate cultures. The Very Rich Corporate Profiteers and everyone else. In today’s letter to the Editor (8th Aug) Pierre Petelle insists that chemical sprays being used by farmers are safe … Continue reading →

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31st July 1970 Black Tot Day

Posted on August 2, 2014 by irishroverpei

July 31 st 1970 ended a tradition that had last over 300 years. The issue of a tot of rum was a daily ration to the all serving members once having reached the age of twenty. The familiar sound each … Continue reading →

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More Motor Vehicle Inspections

Posted on May 6, 2014 by irishroverpei

If you read yesterday’s blog you will understand the PEI Motor Vehicle Inspection program began in 1969 with two very authoritative Sergeant Major types running the show. Now fast forward to 1975, I’m the store manager at the Charlottetown Firestone … Continue reading →

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Attack on New York

Posted on February 22, 2014 by irishroverpei

During the Cold War we often worked with NATO on war exercises. Sometime in 1965 we were doing a simulated nuclear missile attack on New York City. Of course this was all pretend training, the submarine Alcide wasn’t nuclear and … Continue reading →

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Letter to the Editor

Posted on January 22, 2014 by irishroverpei

I hope I don’t bore too many people who are not from PEI, with my latest letter. It really is important and I really do believe it needs as much publicity as possible.  Our only island water table is at … Continue reading →

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Back to Sanity

Posted on May 21, 2012 by irishroverpei

The Lambretta is history! It left yesterday in the back of a truck heading for Halifax. I had mixed feeling as it disappeared down the driveway. Nevertheless, its better gone,I’d surely have been killed if I’d continued riding it. That’s … Continue reading →

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No Fool Like An Old Fool

Posted on May 15, 2012 by irishroverpei

The photo I have posted was taken in 1959, I was twenty years old and riding a Lambretta around the narrow country lanes of South Wales with a pretty girl on the back. In those days traffic was light and … Continue reading →

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