cometman

My Christmas wish is for my friend with the brain tumor to come through surgery Friday with a positive outcome. Anything else this season would be a bonus.

Sitting in a livingroom with 6 teenagers.......and every one of them has their damned smartphone in their hand and ........silence. LOL

My friend who was just diagnosed with a brain tumor stopped in home yesterday with her hubby and daughter........so effing good to give her a tight hug. She's in Halifax tonight to prepare for meeting with specialists tomorrow to find out what's what. She's so very upbeat........pissed off and ready to do battle. Her motto is "let's get it on". She has so many friends that if the power of positive thinking is real, she'll win. I do hope for the very best outcome.

LOL...excellent!

Only use this gadget in private. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXHUdvvHTkw If you do it in public............. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57IoQcuKPxc

He's getting tired of hearing it, but they tell Tom Selleck he resembles me. Time for one of us to lose the stache.

Coffee and a smoke work for me. If I screw up and get up too early, I'll have 2 coffees and 2 smokes. I save breakfast for when I'm actually hungry........10-11 in the morning.

Good Lord.......I'm from the heart of Christmas tree country. I have a friend that owns a tree farm and he gives me a nice one every year. Even it he didn't, I'd either cut one off my own land or buy one every year. I'm getting older and crankier and am starting to take real perverse delight in being a salmon swimming downstream to spawn. Frack the plastic trees......But that's just me and Bobby Magee.

I swear I will someday be able to post again in the highlights thread, but........ Got a text out of the blue from a dear friend in her mid-forties today. She and her husband are the best friends you could ask for..full of life, honest, and there for their friends. Looks like it's our turn to be there for them. She took a tumble this summer and broke both bones in her right leg and has had a slow, arduous recovery, but since she's in good shape, she healed well. However, she fell because she had a dizzy spell and has had headaches for the past year. You guessed right......diagnosed with a brain tumor yesterday. I have no idea what the near future holds and they live 70 miles away. I have to go visit, but do they want company? Somehow I have to show them how much they both mean to me, but this is going to take some figuring out. Love and support without being intrusive.

Joys of self-employment. 3 employees already have left for greener pastures (that's actually almost a highlight), 2 more laid off, myself and my son and one employee left.......and my son is heading out west in two weeks. Holy moly.....time to start looking for more help.

Nice milestone, bud.....congrats.

Good luck in life, Jade.

It's a big one.........GSP vs. Carlos Condit. I'm rooting for GSP (he's Canadian), but it'll be a good one. The card doesn't start until 10 pm ET, but I'll try to stay up. This is gonna kill me. I'll likely try to catch live stream on http://www.thefirstrow.eu/sport/boxing-wwe-ufc.html

Um.....guys, you're supposed to be watching golf! LOL.........(but I know what you mean).

Damn, damn, damn. Just found a dead heifer calf born 2 weeks early. Mother wasn't ready to calve yet, so I suspect either physical trauma or a fever from something. I cannot be there for every birth, but when one goes wrong, I take it as my failure. :icon_sad:

Why did I read this thread when I'm hungry? LOL......holy fak! Just checked the fridge and I get warmed up donair pizza from Greco.....could be a lot worse.

Well done. scallops.....deep fried or wrapped in bacon and broiled?

Every lady I've been with......for a day or two. I'm not a callous bloke- they just shoot me down, lol. Honestly, my best fantasies are of the ladies I have met on here.

Assuming it's a real first name, the request for help is pretty broad. A quick search for first name "Sylvain" in Ottawa yields.......... 13994 results for Sylvain in Ottawa ON: That's assuming that Ottawa is the home of Sylvain. Perhaps somewhat indiscreet, but still fairly ambiguous.

You knew it was me and you purposely ignored me the 10th time I drove by! LOL Education is power and people do need to educate themselves more. Grow your own or know the grower is a great policy. Progress is not always a reassuring thought. If improved labeling were required, it couldn't add much to costs, i wouldn't think. If we were ever to meet face-face, I think we'd have a heluva conversation....not a bad thing.

I trust the ones I have seen because I've done some research. My wallet with everything in it goes with me. Never a bad experience yet. I have not yet been asked for ID, either, but am prepared to show it if necessary. I actually turned the tables on a lady recently by asking her to show me her ID to prove she was over 18. She advertises as a mature companion and once she looked in my eyes and saw the twinkle, we had a good laugh over it. Priceless and it set the tone for the evening.

I know the area you live in. Until my sister passed away, she lived there as well and I did a bit of running around there on my bike this summer. You didn't see me wave? LOL I saw a lot of small-medium producers in your area and they should be great to deal with and trust. They live there and are your neighbors. Contrary to public opinion, farmers do not routinely use antibiotics. To save an animal, they must sometimes be treated,but there are drug withdrawal times to be followed. GMO.....does anyone completely trust it? However, there is very little choice any more for corn and soybean seed selection. RR.......means less weed pressure for your crops and science says it is safe, so that's all we have to go on for now. It's all to do with making a living and following the rules. GMO and RR quite often means that fewer and safer pesticides are used, so that should be a good thing.However, seed prices (which farmers are captive to)are going through the roof- about $100/ acre for corn seed. It has helped yield and that hopefully means a profit per acre if Mother Nature cooperates. I personally believe organic is over hyped, but dealing with a trustworthy producer will get you fresh, tasty, nutritious, reasonably priced food. As far as free market and choices go, sadly, most consumers are forced by economics to buy strictly on price and that means that they do not always make the most informed choices.

Good points, Christine. The consumer is very demanding about their food supply. It has to be wholesome AND cheap.They do not like factory or industrial farms, but economy of scale is the only way to continue to make a living for farmers. Get bigger or get out is our mantra. However, if we get big to be profitable, they do not like our production practices. Direct sales to consumer rarely work on more than a limited scale. When you look at what it costs a family to live per year, imagine what a small farm's gross sales would have to be in order to support a family. It's a sign of the times. Very few families can live on one income any more in middle class North America. If the consumer can, they should try to buy directly from the producer and see what a difference fresh food makes for their children's palates....no additives or preservatives. Ever had fresh ground beef? Very few people have and they cannot believe the difference.

Macdonalds. Crotch rocket or sport cruiser for a bike?

Do a check on her pictures. I did and will not be booking.