CeeLee2

Happy Birthday

We buy our coffee from Kafia. My favourite is Indian Monsoon.

Covered the air conditioner yesterday. Windows still open. Switching to more blankets.

The image is a black-and-white political cartoon depicting a man in a suit standing behind a counter labeled "Republican Platform." He is holding a bottle labeled "Untaxed Whiskey, 20¢ Gal." in one hand and a piece of cloth labeled "War-Taxed Common Cloth, Tariff 84%" in the other. Above the counter, a sign reads, "If you don’t see what you want, ask for it." The cartoon, signed by W.A. Rogers, appears to satirize the Republican Party's economic policies, highlighting the disparity in taxation between luxury items like whiskey and essential goods like cloth.

In 1890, the Tariff Act came into place in the United States. It placed tariffs on imports of up to 50%.
While touted as a way to build American industry, there was also the hope it would force an annexation of Canada. It backfired.
Let's learn more.

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and Advanced Voting is not over. You can vote at your riding's Returning Office until 6 pm on February 26th.

Same. No voter registration card yet in Friday's mail and tomorrow is the last of 3 advanced voting days.

When asked about if he speaks French, he kind of laughed it off and said it was not necessary. Talked about his own accent. What is he doing? Elected in 2015 and done nothing remarkable. And he has $ 350 k to continue in the leadership race? Where is he getting his money? He is wasting our time.

Have never heard of him before he got on CBC Ottawa radio to say Trudeau should not resign. Then 2 wks later he is glad Trudeau has resigned. He is running to be the Lib party leader. He wants the Libs to move back to the centre, smaller government, make Canada a republic and free Palestine.

Happy you are here.

Do your neighbours go out on their porch at 8 pm on New Years Eve and sing with sparklers and bang pots to celebrate the New Year with their 3 year old ? Walkable neighbourhood in Ottawa here.

Here in Ontario, as well as floods we had golf ball sized hail denting cars and ripping window screens. High winds causing trees and limbs to fall and hitting the roof and denting the gutters.

Janey 👍

City of Ottawa does not allow you using container gardens on your own driveway. Cannot block car parking. A neighbour can complain to Bylaw to get the homeowner ticketed. My driveway is only place I can get enough sun for my tomato garden.

And he wipes the edges of the plate just like on Masterchef. No gravy dripping over the edge. Very impressive.

Did the feds team up with a company tied with the tobacco industry to make a Covid vaccine and then were told they could not sell the vaccine because it had connections to the tobacco industry. Do I remember this correctly ?

Have they dug out the bus stop so you do not have a climb over a snow bank to get on the bus ?

Let Inca get her space back right next to the Aga. Her children and the cats have been pushing her to the back.of the crowd.

I was just thinking this weekend I should get an ancestry subscription. I really enjoy the BBC program "Who Do You Think You Are" even when I do not recognize the person. Amazing info in censuses and church records. As long as they do not want your blood to get a subscription !

Ottawa Tourism is pushing this rink as a destination for international tourists. For the City of Ottawa this is yet another embarrassment.

Toby is a very good boy learning to trade for a tasty treat. Do you use a particularly high value treat only used for these transactions ? Many dogs find dried chicken hearts very high value.

I remember our neighbour would give our family this as a Christmas present. We loved it as kids. Now I am old enough to pair it with a cocktail.

As a Fed worker in a building on Brookfield, we were told do not go to the office because striking workers at the Canada Post HQ might be picketing around the parking lots.

First time I tried @bsky.app there was not much happening here so I left. But I am back. It is so much more lively here now. Lots of conversations. I will be staying this time.