I'm also voting ABC. Because they changed the riding boundaries it's hard to know the best strategic vote. Best sources say it is the incumbent, who is a good guy and we'd vote for anyway.

C51, cutting the CBC, and muzzling the scientists. Sheesh.

I treated us to the dvd of Alban Berg's Lulu done by the Glyndebourne Opera-- Starring Christine Schafer. It is fantastic.

Well, this has been a couple of years of a whole lot of changes, so I'm not sure who I am! Keeping with the Buddhist idea of start where you are ... here I am. :D I'm 60, married to the best man in the world--38th anniversary coming up. We live on five acres of mostly bush west of a small town on th...

Oh, Rockabilly, I'm so sorry. Hugs to you.

Love it.

And yours sure isn't the only story like that, Crisscreek. In my riding they changed the election boundaries so that they now make no sense at all (combining three very different communities with very different needs), and confused the heck out of people. I am loath to say "gerrymandering"...

Ah, thanks digi for the info.

Alex: " It was very weird to suddenly have that UGGGGGLLLY BB appear as if Nigerian scammers had taken over"

I think that means the domain name has been sold?

ETA: My DH explained that the name might have been about to expire, and a "squatter" picked it up the minute it did.

It's Thanksgiving here. We'll be going to neighbours. I suspect turkey!

(IMO, I like having topics like this all bundled into the Obs lounge, rather than separate areas of the board.)

Yes, Chief Elf reporting for duty.

You are brave, Chancellor. And I am so grateful ...

Wow! Something on a horse board that I'm an expert at. :lol: Let's assume your after-work creakiness is the usual combination of sore joints and sore muscles. Maybe some arthritis lurking in the joints. Thing is, if you are sore you instinctively move less. Then you stiffen up, and things get worse....