Okay, Sure!

    This popped up in my "junk" email folder this morning. I have no idea at all what to make of it. I've blacked out the senders name (a chap I worked with a long, long time ago in Regina). The only thing I can think of is someone's cat lay on the keyboard.

   At least it was good for s chuckle:

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TTFN

This Is Ridiculous

    Bit if a rant here, so sorry. Got into our building today, and when I walked into out newsroom it was (and still is) cold. Not chilly, cold. Walk into the master control suite, and it's hot. Not just warm, hot. There has to be a 15 degree Celsius difference in temperature between the 2, which are less than 50 feet apart.

   I'm having to wear my big parka as I sit keyboarding this in, even though I've got the thermostat cranked to 34 C. Why? Why is there such a big difference in temperature? Turns out, 3 of the motors in the heating plant are shot, and they have to order new ones (it's an old building). How long it's going to take to get them replaced is anyone's guess. Compounding everything, I have a heating/cooling vent almost right over my head, which is now pumping cold air.

   What to do? Well, with a few exceptions of websites, I'm moving into the news booth for the rest of my shift. Not ideal, but certainly a damn-sight warmer than it is in the newsroom. I just hope they got this sorted out sooner, rather than later.

Rant over: TTFN

Happy Holidays

    Here's hoping you all had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Our household held a traditional low-key holiday once again, with our son coming up from Regina for Christmas dinner. With just the 3 of us, there was no big turkey dinner again this year. We simply opted for a roast chicken for my wife and myself, and a vegan entre for our son.

   New Years Eve was spent in front of my computer, and I called it a night just after 9:30. We don't bother ringing in the new year, and truthfully, we rarely do. Old age and weird hours are part of the reason. The other is we just don't care that much.

   About the only excitement over the past week was making sure my car would start. We had some bitterly cold temperatures (-37C0 and windchills of -47 to deal with. It meant I was out warming up the beast at least twice a day. She'd start the next morning, but didn't want to. And no, I don't have remote start, though I wish at times like this I did.

   I was also off last week, meaning there were no posts to wrap up 2021.

I wish everyone a safe, happy and healthy 2022.

TTFN