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GM Announces Factory Closures

Closures Announced This past November, General Motors announced that it would be closing 5 plants in North America to shift focus to electric and autonomous vehicles. The announcement came as a shock to many, including employees of the plants now scheduled to close, and the union that supports those employees. Such an announcement can be […]

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Happy New Year

Ringing in The New Year Well, 2019 has finally arrived and it’s time to get back to work and get things going again. This past holiday season, we decided to drive up to Timmins, Ontario where our daughter is now living. It was the first long trip we made with our dog Sunny and we […]

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Back at It

Once again, I slacked off and haven’t written anything in a couple of weeks. I have been down with the flu for the last week and haven’t had the energy to tackle much of the daily tasks, let alone getting in a few hours of writing. I did spend some time working on a website […]

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Another Monday Afternoon

Always do your research before starting a computer upgrade.

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Getting Rid of Panhandlers

Crime in Ottawa No doubt if you live here in the nation’s capital of Ottawa, you have seen them on the main thoroughfares throughout the city. They walk up and down the medians and when the light turns red, they step out onto the roadway and walk from car to car with their Tim Horton’s […]

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Another Election Over

Municipal Elections in Ontario This past Monday was election day in Ontario where cities and towns chose their mayors, councillors and school board trustees. It was the first election in many years that I did not vote in. Strangely, this municipal election did not seem to get much coverage through the media or even with […]

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The Day After

Legalization is Finally Here Well, here we are the day after marijuana became legal in Canada. We have been inundated for the last several months on how the legalization of marijuana was going to make Canada the much better place it was always meant to be. Personally, I think that is a major load of […]

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NAFTA Deal Reached at the Last Hour

11th Hour Deal Well here we are at the beginning of a new month. It’s hard to believe that it is October already and this coming weekend is a Canadian Thanksgiving. I had a post all written and ready to publish last night concerning the North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations and that Canada had […]

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My New Floating Backyard Fence

Floating Fence I know that there will be some who will be wondering how one would build a floating fence, or even state outright that such a fence cannot be built. So I will explain how and why I built such a fence. My wife and I live in a coop housing community that consists […]

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Does Voice Dictation Work?

Voice Dictation So, I’m trying something different today. I’m actually using voice dictation to create this post. I’ve had Dragon NaturallySpeaking installed on my desktop computer for some time, but I’m never actually used it. I’m working at getting several websites up and running, and I need to find a way to increase my productivity […]

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