General Blog entries
Hoher Spritpreis, immer mehr steigen auf Fahrrad um
Das ist ja eigentlich ganz gut, denn man tut nicht nur sparen sondern gleichzeitig auch was für die Gesundheit. Das ist angesicht der Hohen Benzin Preise ja ganz in Ordnung. Auch kann man einen Run auf Fahrräder Verzeichen, so dass auch diese Branche wieder einen Aufschwung erlebt.
Also, Alles Gut und Schön, meint man.
MTS will probably never be offering the new iPhone, as it doesn’t have the technology for it. Rogers, well Rogers does offer the handy little mobile phone but for exorbitant prices.
Well if it is any consolation, they aren’t sure it’s the tomatoes! It could be chillies, hot peppers, jalapenos or something else too. So don’t worry about buying those red solanaceous herbs or Paradise Apples as the Germans used to call tomatoes. The peppers you are putting into your salad could be just as contagious!
Well of course it isn’t smart to drink and operate a potentially dangerous machine, but he said you have to pay tribute to the fact that you are out at the cottage somehow.
People from all over North Amerika come to our Little Woodstock on the Prarie. This was the 35th time folky and popular bands from all over Canada played at the summer festival in Birds Hill Park.
Is there anyone who will be going to the Winnipeg Folk Fest this week who would like to write some comments.
Please feel free to write them here. As we cannot go ourselves we would love to hear from someone who has.
Though the festival won’t start till tomorrow, the 10th of July, people are scrambling to get a good place to pitch their tent for the event.
We used to go blueberry picking on Elk Island and along Hwy 59, just south of the turnoff for Belair.
There is even a new phenomenom called ‘row rage’ that has pickers protecting their rows against others trying to sneek-pick berries from rows other than the ones they were assigned to. So far there haven’t been any real phyisikal fights, but apparently it got pretty close a few times.
I just read an article on CBC stating that Manitoba’s main beer distributor says that though there is plenty of beer available they are having problems with the distribution, due to labour problems and weather and illness.
The South Beach Casino Hotel in Scanterbury Manitoba was supposed to be opening at the end of this summer. Delays caused by an ongoing investigation by the province’s workplace safety and health division this date may not be met. Construction has been closed down untill the end of the investigation.
Manitoba Hydro has been ordered to raise the price of electricity by 5 percent! Everybody think again, before you put on that air conditioning before you go to the beach. I know its great to come back and have a place to cool off after a hot day, but this year that could prove to be expensive.
Strong winds brought down the scaffolding and parts of the construction site at South Beach Casino in Scanterbury. The debris fell on some parked vehicles, but there are currently no reports of people being harmed.
Starting now, the Idle Thyme Restaurant at Traverse Bay Corner will be serving a dinner special every day, not only on week-ends. Cheryl Davis regularly sends out emails on thursday evenings with the menu for the week. If you want to be put on her mailing list, contact her at the Idle Thyme Restaurant