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    > > Us Canadians take pride in peeling out the shorts & tees as early as   
    > > possible after winter.   
    > > I think it's just to scare the US generals doing logistics for an eventual   
    > > invasion of Canada   
      
    >   Hmmm.  Might be easy to invade and conquer a country of half dressed   
    > people in the cold, as they shiver and shake....   
      
   Nah, half of us are doing perfectly fine like that, & the rest can be fully   
   dressed in short time. . .   
      
   We're not all armred -- very few are, but we have tough militias practicing   
   regularly for any need. (I start to think, "cool!" then I remember reading   
   Orwell's "Animal Farm"(on my own--it's been out of the curriculum since before   
   I was born)   
      
    > > Like those wgho pray for their team to win, not understanding that the   
    > > other team's fans aredoing the same for theirs to win, & that the God of   
    > > fairness is just going to sit back & let the best-trained team do what it   
    > > trained for.   
      
    >   Reminds me of a meme where people are praying for their team to win and   
    > Jesus is watching a hockey game on tv.  :)   
      
   I've sesen that one -- I think they're praying for football?   
      
   I think it's originally a Canadian editorial cartoon. . .    
      
    > > below sea level, to be above water all week! Good city council ordering   
    > > work on the dikes recently, & upgrades to the pumps, & staff for getting   
    > > it all done!)   
      
    >   Stay dry.   
      
   Like I say, "The good Lord willing, & the creek don't rise."   
      
   I've done all I can do -- my family has enough supplies to ride thigs out for a   
   while, & some cash reserves, in case we need to order groceries by delivery   
   after then.   
      
   Every time I hear a pol or talking head say, "climate change" I yell at the TV:   
   "It's called weather, ya dummy!"; I amuse my kids in how I coment on ads &   
   other BS nmy tTVtries to feed me.   
      
   Little do they know, I just want them to be able to see how I identify lies &   
   employ critical thinking, since they won't learn this in school.   
      
   My dad expected me to follow the orders at school, but also to think for myself   
   in interpreting what I learn.  My mom was less cynical & questioning, but I am   
   glad to have a balance of both -- I can enjoy the good things, while being   
   aware of life's pitfalls.   
      
   Of course, in the 30+ years since I left hjome at age 12, I've gone far beyond   
   their teachings in both categories.   
      
   I like getting my information from the horse's mouth, not the other end. & I   
   like that I can tell when the old switcheroo has been done & what's coming out   
   of a mouth was born at the other end!   
      
   Can't teach this, I'm sure, or if one can, I've no clue how to begin. . .   
      
      
      
      
   Your friend,   
      
   <+]:{)}   
   Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM   
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