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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • Ah, Webster – the guy who rewrote American and the Dictionary that first equated Figurative with Literal.

    It’s logically unsound.

    Remembering that Dictionaries don’t tell you what’s right, only what’s popular at best, and that Webster is about the worst there, It’s not a great reference. And if we trusted the mob to decide how to spell and pronounce words, you and I would be MUCH better at the head-wobble – popularity as a mechanism for evolution would have refactored a LOT of pronunciation and spelling a while ago.

    The abbreviation of “until” is " 'til ". I know this because it’s an abbreviation, and “until” doesn’t have two Ls.



  • We spent a few years in Ottawa, experiencing a winter that 8 years in Calgary did NOT prepare me for. We learned the value of seasonal tire swaps and we are so pleased that tire shops will store your spares for you. Since we aren’t handy mechanically and we also prefer to let the professionals do the work properly, this really works out well for us.

    Yes, it’s more expensive than storing and swapping our own tires, but we can always budget for regular maintenance and preventative safety work by pros. I don’t do an appreciable part of the driving, now, and I value the things in the car when it’s moving more than I value spare cash in the bank. A+++, would buy again, every time.

    Yes, we live in the V3, no longer in the Ts or Ks, and we’re pleased and proud we can still avoid the hassle and risk.