Projects

26 May 18
06:15 hrs

     We have a new project at the Wayward Inn. Due to the orientation of the house we get a fair bit of sun in the afternoon. So much sun strikes the house that the front door expands and contracts with the heat. The game plan is to build a a privacy/shade screen that is not only decorative but functional as well. Of course, I am the only one who knows how to swing a hammer without the use of an intergrated keyboard. I really pity the upcoming generation as they have very little or no household skills. My Couch Monkeys are better than most, they can cook and do their laundry but I've never seen them even change a burned out light bulb or wash out a refrigerator. Here's a task for you Dear Readers, if you are an older adult as I am, write a list of all the household maintenance tasks that you do and check to see how many of them you Loin Fruits can do. I doubt if they can do 50%.

12:00 hrs

     The three holes have been dug for the upright posts. My Better Half is picking up the stain to protect the wood. Of course, I'm using treated lumber to start with.

     While I was in and out of the shop I was listening to CBC. Say what you want but I like it. It seems that someone on the Hugh-Ess has come up with an algorithm that, if you record an audio vclup of your baby crying and send some university an audio clip they can tell you why the baby is crying. They say that this algorithm can determine what the baby is trying to tell you. That's right! Record your screaming kid, send it in and they will get back to tell you feed your kid, play with him or change its dirty nappy. How about you get off your damn phone and take a sniff. Maybe your nose will tell you that the kid has a load on!

     The Sages are on a road trip. They are completing a trip to the Flatlands that had been postponed due to health issues. It's not quite a whirlwind trip but they will be hitting all the high points - family, friends, gophers.

     Have you seen how Ontario PC candidate Doug Ford has been implicated in signing up bogus party memberships? There is an audio recording of the deal going down in an Etobicote Tim Hortons. Canada's poor version the Tangerine Tyrant. Drain the pond. The current Ontario Liberal government under Wynne is doomed but some of the NDO candidates have proven to be real loons - including 9/11 conspiracy theorists (as if matters to us in the Great White North) and some retro peacenik who refuses to wear a poppy on Rememberance Day. I say send her ass to the front lines. Either way you slice it the people of Ontario will have a tough decision ahead.

     There is now a second facility in the works for our local residentially challenged individuals. This one is to be placed near the bottom of the Big Hill. Supposedly, it will be staffed by members of the John Howard Society. Good idea.

     I was babysitting contractors this past week which gave me plenty of time to work on "Who Let the Goats Out". Damn near finished the rough draft for the chapter I've entitled "Nasty". I don't know how many pages the book will be. Maybe 150 pages if I'm lucky. Once it's in the rough draft I may have to talk to the District to get their blessing.  I wouldn't want to lose my job over it because I really like my job and my Better Half Lukes that I have a job. I'm pretty sure that those who purchase "Wood Knocks" will probably buy this one too.

     There was a large accident on the highway near the Capital City. The TCH passes through a winding 16 km pass that 95% of the drivers respect the road. The other 5% are the ones who cause 95% of the accidents most of which involve a fatality abd usually chock off the road. And that's the point. This particular accident stopped all traffic from the Capital City Region to the rest of the Island unless to wanted to sit through a three ferry wait on the Mill Bay -Brentwood Bay run or take a 5 hour detour up the far left Coast of the Island and come out still south of Hub City. This issue has sparked the notion of bridging the gap from Mill Bay to Brentwood Bay with a ...bridge.

     Why not? It's only a couple of miles across the inlet.

     Currently, if you live near the Swartz Bay ferry and want to go to Hub City you have to drive south through the Capital City and then turn north in a big bloody U-turn that leads almost right past where you started. A wast of time and fuel. Put in the damn bridge. Make it a toll bridge. $10 for a car & $25 for a tour bus or a transport truck. It will be paid off in no time.

     There is another location where a bridge may be built and that is on the Sunshine Coast. By extending a road at Saltery Bay and Earls Cove a bridge could be placed across a small stretch of water. This would eliminate another ferry and reducing the cost of travelling up the coast not only for people but for all the goods and services needed for residents along the Sunshine Coast.