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Don Cherry - Little Man, Big Mouth
- jim Young (191112)
When someone says, “He’s a good guy once you get to know him,” what they’re really saying is “He’s an asshole, but you’ll get used to it.” - anon
When Don Cherry referred to immigrants as “you people”, suggesting they should be wearing a poppy in support of the “these guys” that “paid for your way of life” what he was overlooking was “these guys” were actually defending the way of life that allows the “you people” as well as every other Canadian to choose if they would like to wear a poppy or not.
Let’s be honest here. Not every Canadian, whether immigrant or natural born, wear poppies in support of veterans.
“These guys” paid for every one of us to choose which causes we would like to support. Or not.
However it should also be remembered that “these guys” also paid for Don Cherry’s right to voice his opinion; at least as Don Cherry if not a spokesman for Sportsnet.
Afterall, “these guys” likewise paid for Sportsnet’s right to determine how their spokesmen should re…
When someone says, “He’s a good guy once you get to know him,” what they’re really saying is “He’s an asshole, but you’ll get used to it.” - anon
When Don Cherry referred to immigrants as “you people”, suggesting they should be wearing a poppy in support of the “these guys” that “paid for your way of life” what he was overlooking was “these guys” were actually defending the way of life that allows the “you people” as well as every other Canadian to choose if they would like to wear a poppy or not.
Let’s be honest here. Not every Canadian, whether immigrant or natural born, wear poppies in support of veterans.
“These guys” paid for every one of us to choose which causes we would like to support. Or not.
However it should also be remembered that “these guys” also paid for Don Cherry’s right to voice his opinion; at least as Don Cherry if not a spokesman for Sportsnet.
Afterall, “these guys” likewise paid for Sportsnet’s right to determine how their spokesmen should re…
Christmas Decorations Do Not Disrespect Our Vets
- jim Young 191106
“In my home, Christmas and its decorations do not diminish the memory of our vets, it enhances them. Christmas and its decorations do not disrespect the memory of our vets, it honours them.” - jim Young
I would like to know who started the notion that it is disrespectful to decorate for Christmas before Remembrance Day.
This was not something I remember growing up with and it seems to be a recent concept.
I suspect it evolved from those people who are annoyed that stores start displaying Christmas decorations even before Hallowe’en.
Here’s a little known secret. The reality is EVERY business only sells their Christmas decorations during one brief time of the year. It begins when the majority of their customers START buying them and ends when the majority of their customers STOP buying them.
How do they determine when this time is? Their computerized cash register receipts tell them so.
If the public quits buying them early in the season, the stores will quit displayi…
“In my home, Christmas and its decorations do not diminish the memory of our vets, it enhances them. Christmas and its decorations do not disrespect the memory of our vets, it honours them.” - jim Young
I would like to know who started the notion that it is disrespectful to decorate for Christmas before Remembrance Day.
This was not something I remember growing up with and it seems to be a recent concept.
I suspect it evolved from those people who are annoyed that stores start displaying Christmas decorations even before Hallowe’en.
Here’s a little known secret. The reality is EVERY business only sells their Christmas decorations during one brief time of the year. It begins when the majority of their customers START buying them and ends when the majority of their customers STOP buying them.
How do they determine when this time is? Their computerized cash register receipts tell them so.
If the public quits buying them early in the season, the stores will quit displayi…
The Scariest Night Of The Year
- jim Young 20191025
It's Hallowe'en, the lamp is lit,
And 'round the fire, we children sit,
'Til sister Susie says "Hushhhhhh!"
What's that peeking 'round the kitchen door?
What's that creeping ‘cross the bedroom floor?
What's that screeching like it’s throat is sore?
It's a GOBLIN!
- anon
I remember sitting in the darkened living room in Gramma Young’s house in Stroud on Hallowe’en night singing this song with my 3 sisters. By the end of the first verse, I was so terrified that I would not dare venture into the dining room without the protection of one of my older sisters by my side, her hand held tightly in mine.
That was the fun of Hallowe’en - scaring ourselves silly. It was scarier than the wooden roller coaster at the CNE.
The darkness of night had already arrived when Dad got home from work to help us carve the pumpkin. Lit with a candle and placed in the front bay window the Jack O’ Lantern would protect us from evil spirits and things t…
It's Hallowe'en, the lamp is lit,
And 'round the fire, we children sit,
'Til sister Susie says "Hushhhhhh!"
What's that peeking 'round the kitchen door?
What's that creeping ‘cross the bedroom floor?
What's that screeching like it’s throat is sore?
It's a GOBLIN!
- anon
I remember sitting in the darkened living room in Gramma Young’s house in Stroud on Hallowe’en night singing this song with my 3 sisters. By the end of the first verse, I was so terrified that I would not dare venture into the dining room without the protection of one of my older sisters by my side, her hand held tightly in mine.
That was the fun of Hallowe’en - scaring ourselves silly. It was scarier than the wooden roller coaster at the CNE.
The darkness of night had already arrived when Dad got home from work to help us carve the pumpkin. Lit with a candle and placed in the front bay window the Jack O’ Lantern would protect us from evil spirits and things t…
Beyond Meat Is Beyond Me
- jim Young 190912
“Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.” - Edward de Bono
I remember the Yogurt craze of the 1970s when those we generally referred to as “health food nuts” began touting the beneficial value of yogurt.
Suddenly yogurt was available everywhere and it wasn’t long before it began appearing in the forms of ice cream and candy.
“It’s yogurt candy!” I would hear people exclaim and I cringed when they inevitably jumped to the erroneous conclusion, “it must be good for you.”
People are funny like that. And when I say “people are funny like that,” what I really mean is “people are stupid.”
Or to put it in a nicer way, perhaps they are just “naive.”
“How sweet is the perception of a new natural fact!” - Henry David Thoreau
Fast forward almost 50 years and people are still proving to be “naive” with the latest craze of “Beyond Meat.”
If you’re choosing Beyond Meat as a healthy alternative and ethical option as opposed to …
“Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.” - Edward de Bono
I remember the Yogurt craze of the 1970s when those we generally referred to as “health food nuts” began touting the beneficial value of yogurt.
Suddenly yogurt was available everywhere and it wasn’t long before it began appearing in the forms of ice cream and candy.
“It’s yogurt candy!” I would hear people exclaim and I cringed when they inevitably jumped to the erroneous conclusion, “it must be good for you.”
People are funny like that. And when I say “people are funny like that,” what I really mean is “people are stupid.”
Or to put it in a nicer way, perhaps they are just “naive.”
“How sweet is the perception of a new natural fact!” - Henry David Thoreau
Fast forward almost 50 years and people are still proving to be “naive” with the latest craze of “Beyond Meat.”
If you’re choosing Beyond Meat as a healthy alternative and ethical option as opposed to …
The 5 Year Aging Scale
- jim Young
“I was never obligated to growing UP, but I had no choice in growing OLD.” - Steve Greeley
I don't know about you, but I literally have to stop and do the calculations whenever someone asks me how old I am. And even then, because I was born at the end of the year, I usually have to deduct 1 anyway. Minus-ing even 1 in my head is sometimes a mental challenge these days.
Maybe it wouldn't be so hard if the number didn't change every year.
Why can't we celebrate birthdays just every 5 years instead? Sure, our age would then be recorded in 5 year increments, but it might be easier to remember.
We’re 60 for 5 years, then 65 for 5 years and so on.
To let people know we are using the “5 year aging scale” we could qualify that by adding a plus sign to it. Let’s face it, if you want to be technical, even one day after our 65th birthday we are really 65.0028 years old (rounded to 5 digits).
Telling someone we are 65+ is really more accurate than just telling them we a…
“I was never obligated to growing UP, but I had no choice in growing OLD.” - Steve Greeley
I don't know about you, but I literally have to stop and do the calculations whenever someone asks me how old I am. And even then, because I was born at the end of the year, I usually have to deduct 1 anyway. Minus-ing even 1 in my head is sometimes a mental challenge these days.
Maybe it wouldn't be so hard if the number didn't change every year.
Why can't we celebrate birthdays just every 5 years instead? Sure, our age would then be recorded in 5 year increments, but it might be easier to remember.
We’re 60 for 5 years, then 65 for 5 years and so on.
To let people know we are using the “5 year aging scale” we could qualify that by adding a plus sign to it. Let’s face it, if you want to be technical, even one day after our 65th birthday we are really 65.0028 years old (rounded to 5 digits).
Telling someone we are 65+ is really more accurate than just telling them we a…