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Thursday, December 31, 2015

Happy New Year!



To make the New Years celebrations more of a celebration I went to the wine store and bought some of the right stuff. They had a good selection, if pricey, compared to the US.

A Typical Canadian Shop

When I paid the bill I used a piece of plastic without a chip in it, which confused the young baby-faced wine salesperson. "No chip, eh?" he asked, warily. "No," I replied, "We don't have those at the 1st Inconvenience Bank of Texas. We're a bit backward that way." The saleschild looked at me and said, "That's not the only way, over there, eh?"

I grinned and gave him a cheery, "Oh yeah. Except for gun rights, we're ahead of the pack there. Happy New Year, man."


A Bison Head

And with that, I wish you all a happy, blessed and joyous New Year.

Cheers,

LSP
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12 comments:

  1. jennyDecember 31, 2015 at 7:40 PM

    2 hours and 20 minutes left until open carry takes effect. Happy New Year, LSP!

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  2. LLDecember 31, 2015 at 7:54 PM

    I'll wager that some Canuck killed that buffalo with a firearm.

    Same is true of every polar bear rug in the cold and distant north.

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  3. BrigDecember 31, 2015 at 8:52 PM

    Happy New Year Padre! Bring home the buffalo, the manse needs a mount in it.

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  4. AdrienneJanuary 1, 2016 at 4:24 AM

    Happy New Year, LSP

    Here's something cute for you to read:

    http://www.ncregister.com/blog/matthew-archbold/the-so-called-wise-men

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  5. LSPJanuary 1, 2016 at 8:03 AM

    I was thinking exactly that, Jenny. Happy New Year!

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  6. LSPJanuary 1, 2016 at 8:05 AM

    I think a polar bear rug would come in pretty handy, LL, along with the monkey.

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  7. LSPJanuary 1, 2016 at 8:05 AM

    i want that buffalo, Brighid.

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  8. LSPJanuary 1, 2016 at 8:06 AM

    Thanks, Adrienne, I'll have a look.

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  9. AdrienneJanuary 1, 2016 at 8:18 AM

    Matt had me with his first sentence about the neighbor moving his plastic wise men every day a bit closer to the Nativity. That just cracked me up - but I'm silly that way.

    Both Matt, and his brother Pat are really very funny guys.

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  10. LLJanuary 1, 2016 at 10:06 AM

    Clearly the monkey has precedence because of generic usefulness (as discussed).

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  11. AnonymousJanuary 1, 2016 at 12:00 PM


    My long deceased Great Uncle Albert lived in Calgary as a young man. It was an open carry frontier town in those days. And he carried.

    You'll appreciate this URL: http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2015/12/21


    Best wishes,
    Dhimmi

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  12. LSPJanuary 2, 2016 at 12:20 PM

    Calgary was right on the frontier, for sure. They had to be tough, no doubt about it...

    Thanks for the link.

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