Monthly Archives: December 2009

How fights start…

This week I received yet another email from my twisted friend with an interesting list of reasons that fights get started. It began >>>> How Fights Start…….   

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Southbound on The Coastal Boat 1971

After loading Taffy and Newf on the boat, our southbound trip began. Once again, it’s the summer of 1971. Our VW camper is lashed down to the top of one of two hatch covers on the coastal boat. The trip … Continue reading

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Boarding the Coastal Boat – The Vacation!

Our wedded bliss began immediately following our wedding in September ’69 when Cheryl and I moved to Goose Bay in the territory of Labrador in the province of Newfoundland. With that much description, you’d think it was a very big … Continue reading

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The Wildest Christmas Dinner

A friend who calls me “Twisted” emailed me this a couple of days ago. I thought it might be a good thing to share with my friends. This is an article submitted to a 1999 Louisville Sentinel contest to find … Continue reading

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Wassailing – Happy Valley Style

Happy Valley was the local residential area that is where most of the civilians live in the Goose Bay area. After the first year we bought our first home. It was on Palisser Crescent in Happy Valley. Our new home … Continue reading

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Hot Ass Gillard or The Propane Toilet Story

In the early seventies, we lived in Goose Bay Labrador and I worked for Canadian Marconi maintaining Tropospheric Scatter Radio systems linking Goose Bay with the rest of the country. Tropospheric Scatter systems allowed relatively wideband communications between sites several … Continue reading

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The Pearly Gates (A Christmas Story)

Three men died on Christmas Eve and were met by Saint Peter at the Pearly Gates. “In honor of this Holy season” Saint Peter said, “You must each possess something that symbolizes Christmas to get into heaven.” The first man … Continue reading

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The Hot Pepper Story!

How naive can a person be? I was in my early twenties living in Goose Bay. One of my friends was a sergeant in the US Air Force. I’ll call him Sergeant Ralph. Two or three years earlier he had … Continue reading

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Flowers for Christmas

My younger daughter posted these images on FaceBook. I just felt a burning need to pass them on! Page One Page Two

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Merry Christmas – Jingle Bells – Punjab Style

Merry Punjab Christmas

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