New words

17 Jul 19
17:45 hrs

     Often when you meet someone from a different culture there are a lot of words that get lost in translation from one side to the other. This cultural difference may be between two different countries or even from opposite sides of the same country for example think of the differences between opposite ends of the Great White North.

     With the Onion being from the sub-continent there are a great number of words and colloquial phrases that she has no clue as to their meaning. It's not that we are trying confuse her or belittle her lack of the English taxonomy it's more about speaking words that are fun to say even if you are a grownup.

     Here's part of the list: shenanigans, fuddle duddle, bamboozled, flabbergasted, discombobulated, cattywompus, lollygag, malarkey, hooey, owley, brouhaha, nincompoop.

20 Jul 19
06:45 hrs

     Yesterday I went fishing with my friend from Over the Hump. We headed out to the bug lake in the Valley. If you enjoy fishing, you'll be happy to learn that the gear restrictions on this lake have been removed. The only restriction left is that all wild rainbow trout over 50 cm in length must be released. So, if you catch a large trout and the adipose fin is still intact you must let it go.

     "Send them/her home!"
     These are the new words coming out of the Tangerine Tyrant's base. These highly ignorant people are unwittingly marching themselves to repeating the fascist history of WWII. Heaven help the Hugh-ess citizens. By the time they realize what they have done it will be too late to turn back. Then again, years after the end of the Second World War, there are still people who believe that the Nazi Final Solution never took place and there are also people who believe the Final Solution did not go far enough. Both of these groups, the Holocaust deniers and proponents, are publicly active in the Hugh-ess. What's the saying? Those who fail to remember history are doomed to repeat it.

21 Jul 19
20:45 hrs

     Today we celebrated the Onion's birthday. It's not until next week but the timing was right. My Lobster and I made numerous dishes that covered the Veggie Only people and those with other dietary concerns. Elric the Stalwart and his Lobster as well as The Sensei and his Better Half came over to celebrate. It was a great time. Dinner, drinks, card games and a bunch of laughs amongst friends.

     I also completed the rebuild of "Book Town". While I was on my road trip some little shit pushed the old book house over onto the lawn. The new one is constructed of 4x4 posts in a log cabin style. Each layer of the base is glued with construction adhesive and lag bolted to the layer below. The posts are held in place with steel post holders that are bolted to the platform with two keys screws added on each post. While working on the project a dozen neighbours stopped on their walks an comment on how much they missed it. Well now there are two book houses on the same mount. Enjoy.