03-10-2015, 09:51
There a funny bunch them there Cananananadians; they keep the correct spelling of colour but use the merkin* version for other stuff.
On the sixth day God turned to Archangel Gabriel and said: "Today I am going to create a land called Canada, it will be a land of outstanding natural beauty. It shall have tall majestic mountains full of mountain goats and eagles, beautiful sparkling lakes bountiful with bass and trout, forests full of elk and moose, high cliffs over-looking sandy beaches with an abundance of sea life, and rivers stocked with salmon."
God continued, "I shall make the land rich in oil so as to make the inhabitants prosper, I shall call these inhabitants Canadians, and they shall be known as the most friendly people on the earth."
"But Lord," asked Gabriel, "don't you think you are being too generous to these Canadians?"
"Not really," replied God, "just wait and see the neighbours I am going to give them."
On the car front I gave my hood* a good going over yesterday; milton fluid to kill the incipient moss, shampoo to wash all the muck out and fabsil to make the water bead off. All set for winter now. I ned to put in a new condenser and get an air-con recharge and swap one of the "tuning fork" control arms to cure a knock in the rear suspension, but I'll do them when I'm back in London when I don't need the car.
* As the President addresses the people: "My fellow 'merkins" - look it up in a dictionary!
* Hood, that's what you might call a cabriolet roof, PEI.
On the sixth day God turned to Archangel Gabriel and said: "Today I am going to create a land called Canada, it will be a land of outstanding natural beauty. It shall have tall majestic mountains full of mountain goats and eagles, beautiful sparkling lakes bountiful with bass and trout, forests full of elk and moose, high cliffs over-looking sandy beaches with an abundance of sea life, and rivers stocked with salmon."
God continued, "I shall make the land rich in oil so as to make the inhabitants prosper, I shall call these inhabitants Canadians, and they shall be known as the most friendly people on the earth."
"But Lord," asked Gabriel, "don't you think you are being too generous to these Canadians?"
"Not really," replied God, "just wait and see the neighbours I am going to give them."
On the car front I gave my hood* a good going over yesterday; milton fluid to kill the incipient moss, shampoo to wash all the muck out and fabsil to make the water bead off. All set for winter now. I ned to put in a new condenser and get an air-con recharge and swap one of the "tuning fork" control arms to cure a knock in the rear suspension, but I'll do them when I'm back in London when I don't need the car.
* As the President addresses the people: "My fellow 'merkins" - look it up in a dictionary!
* Hood, that's what you might call a cabriolet roof, PEI.