It's time once again!

05 Dec 16
22:50 hrs

     I have been nudged.

     My Better Half's Travelling Relatives have contacted me and entry informed me that it was time for another blog. I suppose it is. And on the subject of...
Well let's just keep it a rambling kind of thing shall we.

     Our Senior Couch Monkey came to visit us the week before last. I headed out after work and picked him up. It went well. Arguments were at a minimum. Good thing because we may not be available to get him if his attitude is in the toilet. If you get my drift. We all know someone who has a piece of work teen or young adult in their home.

     Speaking of pieces of work, have you seen that sociopathic spoiled bitch on Canada's Worst Driver?  She holds the belief that as a Millenial she is entitled to TEXT and DRIVE. She says that she will never stop texting and driving. She lives in Edmonton and Alberta has private insurance so maybe she won't be able to get any coverage. You may call it a reality show but these loons are the reality that is operating on Canada's roads so pay attention. You may even pick up some driving tips or you may see the errors on the road that you are committing.

     Are you ready for Christmas? Every year I say I'm going to start my shopping in June. I have done that in the past but as the Loin Fruits grow up there is less that they need and what they want I'm not getting them. I certainly don't get what I want or need from them (and neither does my Lobster ) which goes to show you how  much they really know me (us). It doesn't have to be a purpose or a function or some ethereal representation of your bent perspective on society which would never adhere to since I am damn near three times your age and have lived two lives already, but it should something that I may enjoy using. How about sending us to a spa to have a massage? Or to Cuba? Your choice.

     If I was flush with cash, which I am not so don't ask for a loan I would send The Sage's on a trip to the Holy Land. By plane of course. Li'l Sis and I have tried to send them or pay for some kind of relaxing spa  therapy for them and we have been rebuffed every time. "Why would I go there? Why would I waste my time? Don't bother I can see all that on TV." However, in the very next breath they are slamming us for doing anything remotely for the shear pleasure of it. That's okay we have finally realized that for everyone's sanity we don't offer and we don't tell. Except,  Li'l Sis is escaping to El Grande Margarita in a week or so and The Sages found out. They tried to poo poo it but she didn't take the bait so it went no where.

     It has been almost a year since my Lobster's father passed. She has been back to the Nation's Capital several times since then to help her mom. Family in the area has certainly helped as well and I thank them for their support. You want to know a secret...I miss him too.

06 Dec 16
08:00 hrs

     I had recently mentioned on the Facebook page for this blog my visit to the Nikkei Ramen-ya restaurant of 5th Street. I don't know if you like ramen or if you've ever had ramen or if you would ever want to try ramen. I was thoroughly impressed. I will be going back. The depth of flavours in the broth was amazing.  The ramen itself is hand made. The gyoza wrappers are hand made too. It must be good because there were people, who you would figure by virtue of their cultural background would have no business being in a ramen shop consuming ramen like it was made by their own mother. If you haven't been there you got to go. Trust me.

     The sun has now risen on a surprisingly frozen wasteland here in the Valley. A brief skiff of snow and freezing rain has put everyone in a panic. I'm amazed they didn't call for a shut down of the schools. Bunch of weenies. Here's a couple of quick pointers.

     1) BUY SNOW TIRES!
     2) INSTALL THEM IN NOVEMBER!

     There is another pointer and that is to raise your wipers when your car is parked. This is so your wipers don't freeze to your windshield. Trying to scrape them off could damage the blades.

20:00 hrs

     It's quite dark out now. It was dark when I went to work and dark when I went home. I actually didn't get home. I had to drive down into The Valley to pick up a few things from a big box store. Traffic was stupid as no one in their collective memory has driven in snow. But hey, it's not all bad. You could have been one of the lucky 40 individuals who had the windshield or the roof of their car smashed in from ice bombs falling from great dizzying heights on the bridges over the Fraser river. And ICBC is covering the cost of this!

     BULLSHIT!

     The cost should be covered by the designers and builders of the bridges. It's their fault. Or how about the moron bureaucrats who approved them. First the nail you for a toll to cross over and then they launch projectiles in the hope of smashing your car. Who's going to pay for the funeral when someone dies from this stupidity?