We have done it again. Because of upcoming trade legislation between the US and Canada the sales of Pigs will be dropping from Canada. At present time a pig farmer in Manitoba at best gets $50 for a pig that it cost $100 to raise. (Notice how that pork is fairly inexpensive to buy) The Canadian government in its wisdom decided the way to get pork ( Read more... )

I had one of those days which resulted in a trip to Emergency at our top notch neighborhood hospital Orange Coast Memorial. I love and respect them for the exceptional care that they provide. After a couple of hours they admitted me for some testing and possible internal repair the next day. All things went well and I was in fact repaired and ( Read more... )

West by God Virgnia has showed its true colors and Selected Huckabee. This is from a state that has the highest ratios of adults with missing teeth. Oh well !!!!!!!!!

I was sitting at an Applebees in Tracy California, drinking Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Draft, eating assorted bar food and watching the Lakers. I heard across the bar from me a Jeff Foxworthy voice coming from a kind of early version of Jeff (mid twenty's). He was tall and Skinny with a Chevy truck ball cap. He was be-moaning the fact that Tracy did ( Read more... )

At the foot of University Ave in Berkley,California the street goes across a bridge over Interstate 80 and dead ends into San Francisco Bay. Underneath the ( Read more... )

I'm back. I have suffered a almost fatal writers block since the death of my father the leader of our clan. Our uncle Les is now by succession our leader but he is paralyzed from the loss of his older brother, my dad who was his guide and mentor. My sister as well as in a bad state from the loss. To complicate the situation the mother of the clan ( Read more... )

Glad to be back. Since we last spoke. I made it through the Holidays with Minimum Fuss. I've been to. Seattle, Salt Lake City, Denver Twice, Colorado Springs, Pueblo Colorado, Boulder Colorado, Portland, Eugene and Corvalis Oregon, and Buffalo New York. Weather I have seen included, Blizzards in Colorado, Torrential Rain in Northern California, ( Read more... )

There is a small town in The northwest section of California called Lewiston. It is located on the Trinity River at the foot of the Trinity Alps. The population of the Town is about 500 and the whole area has about 4000 folks. We wander up there every year. The trip is 600 miles North by Northwest. If you consider that I live 100 miles north of the ( Read more... )

When we are born we are allocated so many Christmas Celebrations. Each one passed is one less in you Xmas future Bank. It would probably be of some real advantage to make the most of each and every one. Here are 10 somethings to do or think about ( Read more... )

2 and 13 and Run Run Jones dies on Saturday. Al Davis said in a post game chat with reporters on the state of the Raider Nation and the passing of Red Aurabach and Lamar Hunt. " All of this and now Run Run..."