Dog On A Root

 

Wasted Times - jim Young “Time and Tide wait for no man.” - Geoffrey Chaucer “Spend your money however you like,” the wise old man told his son “If you run out of money, you can always make more tomorrow. But spend your time wisely. Time may be infinite… but not for you.” The older I get, the more I value my time. So I don't appreciate it when people waste my time. I find that to be very disrespectful. I recently made an online purchase that required a verification of my credit card. This required an expenditure of my time in an effort to protect my money. I get that. It’s a good thing. But I entered my “validation code” incorrectly, not once, not twice… but three times. “Three strikes and you’re out,” they say. That was my stupidity… my bad. So I accept responsibility for some of the wasted time that was to follow. I had realized my error almost immediately, but seconds too late, and slapped myself on my forehead for it. But before I could “try again” I was instructed to call the ...

- jim Young "Something is rotten in the state of Washington, D.C." - with apologies to William Shakespeare In trying to help do my part in fighting Trump's tariffs, I try to make certain I am purchasing as many "Made In Canada" products as I can. So when I make my shopping list at home I will check out the country of origin of as many products as I can and make a little note in my list to let me know if my usual favourite brands are okay to purchase. This saves me time as I don't have to look for country of origin labels when I shop. Google has a relatively new feature called "AI Overview" which I believe checks several sites against your question and provides you a summary for your answer. I wouldn't rely on it too much for serious fact checking, but it can be very handy when you are just looking for a quick answer. However when I asked the question " Is Prego spaghetti sauce MADE in Canada?" The response from AI Overview was ...

 

 

 - jim Young "What's good for the goose is good for the gander." - anon I applied for my very first credit card when I was still in high school. When my application was approved I received in the mail, a credit card for Canadian Tire that was made out of cardboard and had a credit limit of $100. I suppose it was possible that the cashier might make a clerical error when manually filling in the account number from these cardboard credit cards, voiding the transaction and making it impossible for the oil company or department store to bill the customer, however I was never lucky enough to have that happen to me.  But that possibility was eliminated when plastic cards with embossed numbers and swipe machines that imprinted a carbon copy of the account number onto the credit slips were introduced. The magnetic strip was the next advancement in credit cards which not only improved accuracy and allowed the collection of more data but also significantly reduced processing time. ...

- jim Young ”When did fact-checking and journalism go their separate ways?” - Jon Stewart This… this right here is what’s wrong with the political world today. It’s also what’s wrong with Facebook. Frederick R. Barnard noted that “A picture says a thousand words,” but unfortunately we don’t always know what those words say. Here is a post that is circulating Facebook today simply because it’s so easy just to click and share anything that supports our views no matter how inaccurate or misleading the information may be. Shown in the photo is a picture of Pierre Poilievre with Jeremy MacKenzie, the founder of the group Diagolon. The photo and the accompanying text, questions Poilievre’s capabilities as a leader based on this photo.  It certainly looks like Pierre and Jeremy are best buds and it certainly looks like they are supporting each other on some issue but there is no indication whatsoever that may be. Does that give one the right to make an assumption that Poilievre support...