2019 has lots of interesting anniversaries coming up – one for Maria I won’t elaborate on. There are also Teddy’s 10th birthday, 40 years since we moved to Georgetown from Montreal, 50 years since...
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Month: December 2018
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But it doesn’t look like we shall have snow. No indeed. In fact, with the warmest December 28 on record, most of our white Christmas snow has melted away. Now it’s getting colder with...
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We have had 3 cats in 36 years. The first two lived well into their teens and had a great life. We are hoping to be around to see Mr Oates do the same....
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Mr. Oates isn’t really a Christmas party animal. He was getting along fine when Maria’s mother came up the week before, but when 13 other people arrived on Christmas Day he had enough of...
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I spent over 10 years working on Unilever’s fats and oils business. And now I’d be working for Upfield, if at all. Unilever sold the margarine division to KKR in late 2017. The new...
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It’s been a while since I wrote a technical post. My apologies if I do. This one might appeal to those propellerheads who read it – or maybe not. Feel free to skip it...
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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, one of my favorite times of year was the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day. I saved a few holiday days so that I could leave...
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No, I don’t expect the Almonte waterfall to look like Fort Lauderdale on Christmas Day, but we may be about to have a rare event here in the Valley – a green Christmas. That...
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The days continue to get shorter as we approach the Winter Solstice. By now the sun doesn’t come up until 7:45 AM and it’s setting by 4:20 PM. We have a little snow out there,...
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I know, I know. Walmart has been playing “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” and “Holly Jolly Christmas” since November 1. But I haven’t. In the car, I dodge most of this dreck with...