Warren and Bill reminded me of my classic 2007 edit of the fun we had over New Year’s.
It’s only had 106 views.
Clearly I should have put the words Blunder and Blooper in the title.
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My gymnastics coach diving bloopers video has 55,000 views.
Clearly, Kate is not a nerd:
… I can’t cope with the relentless onslaught of technological “improvements” …
… Just for a start, I find that trying to get the hang of which electronic teller requires the bank- card swipe and which the bank-card chip shove, and which way the card should be positioned for either, and whether I want to use the “calculate tip” function in the electronic teller, and whether I should be calculating the tip on the machine before or after the HST has been added, is enough to drive me to drink. …
Never mind the mystery of the six remote controls now required to operate a solitary TV or stereo, or the random puzzling beeps emanating from other people’s numerous plugged-in gadgets. I know I can’t be alone in my wonder at the breathtaking “efficiency” of ordering a movie ticket online, printing it up, and then having to stand in line at the movie theatre anyway in order to redeem it for a ticket I can actually use. …
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Kate’s right about the remotes. WHY do we still have multiple remote controls in most homes, many of which have only one master of the remotes.
So far … none of my friends there have been reported injured.
Prime Minister John Key – after confirming 65 people have died – told ONE News last night: “We may well be witnessing New Zealand’s darkest day,” he said.
“It is just a scene of utter devastation,” he said. “We have to work as fast as we can to get people out of environments where they are trapped.”
Key flew to Christchurch yesterday afternoon and after a quick tour of the city described it as “utterly wrecked”, adding “this is an absolute tragedy for Christchurch”.
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Jude invited me along to the annual Cartwright fest at their cabin in the foothills of the Rockies.
The weather, food and company was terrific. Thanks.
You can download any of my photos from The Ghost.
The NEW system on Flickr is to click the photo, then click View all sizes. … Then right click to download.
Enjoyed the Grade Nine school play.
Henry was a ‘Greaser’ in a classic, The Outsiders, the 1967 novel by S.E. Hinton.
Kate in Vancouver:
… Molly, a Golden Retriever-yellow Labrador cross, was almost 12, happy, affectionate and still quite energetic, when her health suddenly declined. I’ll spare you the details, but, among other things, she had inoperable cancer, and euthanasia was the only compassionate option.
Twelve years is a reasonably long life for a dog, and Molly had a wonderful existence, gamboling along the North Shore’s trails, dashing in and out of its rivers and bogs, and hanging around with children and teenagers, her favourite pastime. Give her a body of water and a bunch of swimming kids and she was in absolute bliss. …
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Rockin’s ‘Best Friend’
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Shout out to these guys who helped me with computer problems when I was out visiting the University in January.
hmmm …
Where’s the obesity?
Clearly the boss is biased against hiring anyone of the proper dimensions for information technology !!
Oh, … I eventually solved my computer problem myself, after at least a week of collective effort.
John wasn’t able to get from Rotterdam to Calgary for the funeral. But he was able to talk via Skype to Jude, Ed Glaser and myself.
John hopes to be able to attend any memorial hike scheduled by the Glaser family summer 2011.
It was nice to catch up with John since I’d not seen him in about 5yrs. He’s been M.I.A.
Starting in May he has a working “sabbatical” with IBM in New York. … Actually the “sabbatical” is an Anglo-American concept not common in the rest of the world. He’ll actually be working.
Normally I’d have phoned Rob Glaser, handyman extraordinaire.
But Rob died in an avalanche last week. I’m trying to step-it-up. Make him proud that he taught me something over the past 40yrs.
… I fixed a lamp Rob.
Here’s the slide show video tribute edited by his son Michael and daughter Anna. A wonderful way to remember their wonderful Dad.
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Looking for sea turtles at Turtle Bay, Oahu.
