Slices of life on the golf course
The twisted logic of golf:
• You hit down to make the ball go up. You swing left and the ball goes right. The lowest score wins.
• Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by ...
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Archive : August 2011
Names on the weather map
The Sun has acquired a sometime columnist named Christina Blizzard. With a name like Blizzard, you’d think she must be Canadian-born. Not so. She comes from England.
Interestingly, the surname Blizzard pre-dates the moniker f...
Remembering “Smilin’ Jack”
When reporting the passing of Jack Layton, the Los Angeles Times called him a “folksy Canadian political leader,” adding the word “charismatic” later in the article.
“Folksy” somehow ...
New residential offer to purchase — three recommendations made following review by real estate lawyer
by Janet Clarkson
On August 1, a new version of the residential offer to purchase became effective. It is important to note that these changes affect only the residential offer to purchase form and not the condominium offer to purc...
Buffalo hunt — early aboriginal hunters used jumps, pounds and traps to harvest bison’s bounty
by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
The presence of buffalo was the primary reason early aboriginal hunters came to the Assiniboine and Souris river valleys of Manitoba. In the summer, vast herds of buffalo aggregated on the Northern Plains,...
Report calls for clarification of knob and tube issue by insurers
A homeowner on Oxford Street received a letter from his insurer stating that his home insurance was up for review pending an electrician’s report. Two electricians actually supplied reports stating that the home contained knob and tube ...
Trivia quiz
If you’re a trivia expert, you’ll probably know the answers to all these questions. Or, maybe not! (Answers at the end of the column.)
1. What was the name of the first U.S. manned space program?
2. In ...
Newspeak, bureaucracies or just jargon?
Some time ago, one David Tonizzo of Toronto sounded off in a Globe and Mail letter about that city’s waste and recycling receptacles or, as he termed them, “the new street furniture.”
He wrote, “I took part ...
Restoration of “royal” prefix
With announcement of Defence Minister Peter McKay that the prefix “royal” would again be added to Canada’s naval and air forces, I decided it might be appropriate to ask my father, who served in the “Royal” Canad...
Winnipeg in Bloom contest — Curb Appeal award went to entry on Masson Street
WinnipegREALTORS® director Claudette Griffin presented the WinnipegREALTORS® Curb Appeal award to Lillian Prud’homme of 134 Masson Street during a special ceremony at Rainbow Stage. Over 450 people attended the August 13...