Canadians – don’t panic, think long-term
After staying fairly stable for much of the Wall Street crisis, my RSP funds have suffered staggering losses this week as people panic and bail out of the markets. Depending on what you’ve invested in, that may be a good idea, but probably not. My former financial advisor gave...
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Where wealthy men meet beautiful women
The modern world is full of paradoxical situations, and sex and dating is one of the oddest. In North America and Europe in particular, sex in the media is getting more and more blatant – the new TV series Californication being one of the best examples of how far...
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Online postal mail forwarding for travellers
When you travel, what happens to your postal mail? I expect that most of you do what we do – just let it pile up somewhere, whether at the post office or in a box at a neighbour’s. But what if you’re going to be gone for a long...
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Adding life to your world – just add birdseed
Feeding birds through the winter was one of the things I loved about the Carcross cabin. On a particularly cold day I’d have several dozen birds feeding at once, on a platform feeder and on the ground. As hard as I tried, I was never able to attract more...
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Canada needs the death penalty
Many of you saw this scene on your television screen last night – the funeral of another murdered Mountie. We are far past the time when Canadians have to stand up and say in a concrete way that this cannot happen again. Bringing back the death penalty is that...
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Virus Warning!
Luckily, I’m immune to this one due to prior installation of the recommended antidote: —————– There is a dangerous virus being passed electronically, orally and by hand. This virus is called Worm-Overload-Recreational-Killer (WORK). If you receive WORK from any of your colleagues, your boss or anyone else via any...
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Winter Flashback
The garage sale on Saturday was a success. We have lots more room in the house and garage, and had a few hundred bucks in my pocket. “Had” because we spent it all on Sunday (and a lot more), on a new bike for Cathy, a bike rack for...
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