I remember something about the taxes on alcohol, gasoline and cigarettes all going to partially fund healthcare in Canada.
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Whats your weather right now?
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...and don't forget booze....
About the only thing they don’t tax is nooky - but I’m sure they’re working on it.
Well, maybe the gov. don't....... but she certainly does....
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That shot of the highway to Ridgetown reminded me of a trip to Quebec City. It was 10 pm and we were on 25 nord? We came out of the Adirondacks onto a highway that looked just like that. We were in heavy snow squalls in my '67 Beatle. They were great in snow, rear engine, high skinny tires and not too much horse power, but not enough heat to stop the windows from frosting on the inside. There was 2 " of fresh powder on the highway and I remember going 48 mph. Any more and I would start to hydroplane on the snow. Well, this big old white '65 Cadillac comes up in the fast land and tries to pass me. He lost it right next to me spinning two 360's. (In snow boarding that's a 720) Headlights, tail lights, headlights, tail lights, then a big plume of snow as he safely slid into the median. Later, the sky cleared and we saw the aurora.
...i rub it in...famous saying...sooks to be u...
...sunny and 65°f today...
...sunny and 65°f today...
Last night was 34°F.
Now it's 73°F.
Butterfly hunting.
S'posed to get to 84°F after tomorrow...
Now it's 73°F.
Butterfly hunting.
S'posed to get to 84°F after tomorrow...
60 degrees with 50 mph gusts as a nor'easter rolls up the coast well offshore. Took a hike up Anthony's Nose.
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Followed Revolutionary War cannon trails over glacial chutes, where Rip Van Winkle slept for forty years. From 600 ft up, looking down on the Bear Mountain Bridge over the Hudson three miles south of West Point Military Academy, and Iona Island where early experiments were done on farm animals. There were Black Eagles wielding over the Hudson and there's an eyrie on the cliffs. An eagle's eyrie is sort of like a hornet's nest. A large family of Black Eagles congregate in one area. Several will fly out of the nesting area and fly overhead as a sort of guard duty, then others come out and the first group return to the nests. I was in Weldon, North Carolina, right next to Virginia at Roanoke Falls, last year at this time and they claim it's the Striped Bass capital of the world as a large body of Stripers spawn there every year. Black Eagles were in the trees watching the fishermen and flying over, here. This is the time when the Striped Bass and Shad spawn in the Hudson, also, so it must be a similar active feeding time for the Black Eagles. The woods were warm and there were little brown Mealie moths everywhere. I was concerned about the Rattle Snakes in all the ledge rock, but didn't see any. Sunday, I did see Garter snakes on a bike path about 25 miles from here.
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That is really pretty country, and a cool story, thanks!
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There was a whole train of just black tankers going by. On the western shore of the Hudson, it's all freight, constantly, trains of 250 to 350 cars and on the eastern side are the commuter "Silver Bullets" ducking into tunnels through the mountain sides.
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Forecast just now
Dangit - the USPS messed up again - THAT is the weather I ordered for Surprise AZ - not Vancouver WA!
How could they make such a silly mistake? Fer cryin' in a bucket - what next!
How could they make such a silly mistake? Fer cryin' in a bucket - what next!
Grill says it's cold outside. And its right. If the grill will cooperate going to do brats on it.
Yup - it is danged cold outside.
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80 degrees F today and rode to work today! YEE HAA!!!
Beautiful day, 60 degrees WSW 5 mph, gusts to 20. Walked 1/2 mile out into the Hudson on the pier in Piermont ,NY. Fishermen fishing for striped bass. Saw one caught, only 18" (barely legal). The best bait is blood worms from Maine. They are now up to $14.00/dozen. The stripers will be here for two more weeks. Then you will get silver perch, bull head cat fish, eels, and the occasional sturgeon. Shad are in the channel, and were netted under the Tappanzee for many years, until the new bridge construction put the kibash on that fishery. And large carp spawn with quite a commotion in shallow bays and tributaries come May and June.
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