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Diary of Alice Martha Rebecca Young nee Maneer

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NOTE: Click on the arrow  in the top right hand corner of the documents below to enlarge to full screen to read, download or print the documents. Alice (Maneer) Young Diary 1902-1906 - Transcripts    Alice (Maneer) Young Diary           Alice (Maneer) Young Diary 1902-1906 - Original                1902-1906 - Poems North West Quarter of Lot 21 Concession 9, Innisfil Township. (Craigvale) Home of Alice Young & Family when she first kept her Diary from 1902 to 1905. Painted by William's cousin May Palmer. This photo was taken in 1910. In the early 1900s it was the home of Alice Young's in-laws. Alice and her family moved there from across the road in September 1905. She died in this house in December 1907. Later, Alice's son William Young inherited the farm. Two of William's 3 children were born here, one of them being my My father was born on the kitchen table in this house and several years late...
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How Quickly They Forget

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- jim Young “It has been said that the sin of ingratitude is worse than the sin of revenge. With revenge we return evil for evil. But with ingratitude we return evil for good.” - W. Eugen Hansen Is anyone else getting tired of Trump’s constant whining about how no one will help the U.S. in their war with Iran?  This isn’t the first time Trump has threatened to leave NATO, complaining that no other countries would come to the aid of the U.S. if they ever needed it.  Trump seems to forget how often the whole world has been there for the U.S. in their hour of need. Trump feels that NATO countries' support in his war with Iran should have been automatic.  But Trump isn’t very well informed. And neither are his MAGA supporters who believe everything Trump tells them. What Trump doesn’t seem to understand is, the mandate of NATO is to come to the aid of any NATO country that is under attack, not to support them in wars that they start. The U.S. is NOT under attack. They are th...
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Published In The Great North Arrow, April 1, 2025: Toilet Seats

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Toilet Seats - jim young The flush toilet, more than any other single invention has ‘civilized’ us in a way that religion and law could never accomplish. - Thomas Lynch Of all the conflicts in the so-called Battle of the Sexes, the dispute of the toilet seat has got to be the most ridiculous. And at the risk of  alienating myself from my fellow peers (pun intended) I will say this only once, "Come on guys - if it's that important to the ladies - PUT THE SEAT DOWN!" It's not that big of a deal for the guys to put the toilet seat back down after, but then in all fairness, why is it such a big deal for the ladies to put it down before? “Have you ever sat down on the toilet and fallen through because the seat wasn't down?" I have been asked, and I have to admit I have not. And this is a key point. Guys sometimes have to sit down too and there must be times when either he or someone else has left the seat up. But does he complain? No. Does he fall through? No. So ...
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