Let’s wallow in nostalgia
Do you remember:
• When Pepsodent toothpaste seemed to be the only brand available, and we hadn’t even heard of fluoride?
• When no one ever talked about pollution? Either there wasn...
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Archive : September 2012
Opinion polls, poll taxes, voting polls
It’s impossible these days to read a newspaper without encountering the word “poll.”
On September 9, the Sun’s token Liberal, Warren Kinsella, demonstrated two different meanings of poll ...
Nostradamus — 16th-century Frenchman popularized on television and in books as able to predict future events
Many of us take a dim view of fortune-tellers, astrologers, clairvoyants and the like. I guess we tend to lump them together with our skepticism about UFOs, mystics and the supernatural.
Certainly, we&rsqu...
Let’s turn our hand to hand
Perhaps you wondered why “hands” went unmentioned in our discussions of body language. Idioms about hands are so numerous they merit a column of their own.
Here are a few such expressions: lend a han...
Why not resurrect the Avro Arrow
Years ago while working as an editor for a technical publication firm then preparing overhaul and maintenance manuals for Canadian Forces jets, I happened to mention to one of the head writers that it was somewhat ironic tha...
Parade of homes begins Saturday
Besides leaves falling from trees, a local sign of autumn’s arrival is the annual Fall Parade of Homes sponsored by the Manitoba Home Builders Association (MHBA).
It’s the second major event of...
Battle of the Wolseley Elm — stately tree planted in 1860 was fought over for many decades
by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
For 26 minutes, a raucous debate pitted those who supported saving a lone tree on a single street against those who believed that their mission was to have it hacked down in the name of...
Report contains good news for the provincial economy
A significant turnaround in Manitoba’s agricultural sector this year will provide a boost to provincial economic growth that was missing in 2011, according to the latest RBC Economics Provincial Outlook.
A bit about everything you wanted to know
Here’s everything you ever wanted to know about everything. Uh, well, that might be a slight exaggeration. We may not cover everything in this column, but we can get started.
The flying-V — Wha...
More body-part language
Not all expressions referring to the human body relate to weakness or disability. Many are descriptive. Some are about admirable traits. Others depict not-so-benign behaviour.
Alice is up to her neck (or ...