The Countdown has begun!

03 Nov 19

07:45 hrs.

     By the end of this week the Oma-nator will be here at the Wayward Inn. Her new residence has been completely remodeled by my Better Half - with the assistance of myself and our Sr. Couch Monkey. New paint, window shutters were replaced with curtains, two comfy chairs, two small tables, an adjustable bed, big number button phone, a 43 wall mounted flat screen, dimmable floor lamp, etc. It has been quite the transformation.

04 Nov 19

04:00 hrs

     I am watching the news - I know that I'm up way too fricken early - and I'm seeing that 10% of the students at twelve alternative schools in the Golden Horseshoe are exempt from being vaccinated for measles for religious or other reasons. Maybe the parents are anti-vaxxer Whackadoos. Whatever the reason these people have to be educated that they are threatening the health of others. Some jurisdictions insist that all students be inoculated or they cannot attend the school. Or maybe, have one big school for all the unvaccinated so they can infect only themselves. 

     We drove Over the Hump on Saturday to see our friends. It was a good drive. It's been quite a while since we had been there. Their town is always a conundrum. The main industry for the area is all but dead and many others have been reinvented over and over again. The fact that it is Still Standing is a testament to their tenacity.

     Something to watch for in the news is the term Wexit. This is the reference for members from the four western provinces who are tired of the Easterners leeching off of the benefits of the West. One such benefit is the unequal distribution of the federal equalization payments. This programme was designed to take monies from have provinces and given to have not provinces. So for years monies were funneled from the two provinces to our east only to be handed over unconditionally to two provinces holding the largest population. However, when the western provinces needed financial assistance not only were monies not provided they continued to be bled off for the east. When a pipeline needed to be built to deliver oil to the refineries on the Right Coast the Sticky Province became a bunch of NIMBY's. Oh, they're still receiving oil but instead of it being oil from the Great White North it's oil subsidized by the Feds from the Mid-East Sandbox.

05 Nov 19

06:00 hrs

     And one last thing before I dash off to the Salt Mines. In the province on the other side of the rocks 500 individuals have signed a petition to form a new federal political party. Dubbed Wexit Alberta its purpose is to promote (read demand) better treatment for its citizens and if necessary the separation from the Great White North. Hey, if the Blockheads can do it why not them?