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BMQ will come back to haunt you! I was in the Navy in the deep, dark past; when they called us women WRENS, when we didn't double, wore skirts, and white gloves with our summer uniforms. Really, such a time existed, and to set the record straight - I couldn't have survived the current BMQ, even...

We have just held our second annual reunion, this year in Ottawa! It was absolutely wonderful!!! 22 women attended from Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, PEI, New Brunswick, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. We all had a wonderful time, even talking to Capt Ferguson (85 years old and living in...

We have found almost all of the Servicewomen who were on the Canadian Armed Forces Tattoo in 1967! There are 6 left to find: 1 who was Air Force  (Linda M), 3 were Army Reserves (Kit A, Lise R, Louise T) , and 2 were in the Navy (Joanne B, Winnie B-H). We are holding a reunion of just the women...

Now as well as going to the pet supply for "Poopy Sacs" so you can clean up after your dog, you'll have to go to a baby supply to get, perhaps, pink or blue ones for when you take your toddler out. Life's just getting way too crazy - its no wonder I'll never be a grandmother!

My best friend and I blew up an experiment to prepare pure oxygen in the chemistry lab in grade 11. It went off with a huge bang, and the rubber stopper hit the ceiling. Everyone, including our teacher, thought it was funny - even though we got big fat F's on the experiment! Nowadays we'd have...

I'm still more afraid of snakes than asteroids! At least I can avoid snakes.

On the other hand, I noticed several Muslim women at the ceremony in Halifax, wearing hijab, and poppies. Hawk

I went to the ceremony at the Grand Parade here in Halifax, with my son and daughter-in-law.. The Stad Band marched up Barrington St playing Heart of Oak. Brings a tear to my eye every time I hear it. After the ceremony we walked to my son's and daughter-in-law's apartment for coffee, talk of...

I used to pass the mural on Ellice Ave and Valour Rd every day on my way to work. Its beautiful! Hawk

Anyone received this one yet? I'm going to forward it to my brother and ask him what he's doing in Nigeria, and that telling people I'm crazy never did work - even when we were little kids!!!! British High Commission No. 19, Torrens Close, Maitama, PMB 4808 (Garki), Abuja ATTENTION: Your...

I finally knew I belonged, when a new friend told me I wasn't "from away" anymore, after I'd been here a year! It amuses me when we have a workshop coming up at a group I belong to, and they announce that we'll have lots of people here from away, usually meaning from other parts of Atlantic...

Point taken, Occam! Overheard on the bus today. "His new girlfriend's some pretty". I count that sort of thing as dialect. I've been away from the South Shore for more years than I care to tell you, and it sounds great, even if it is strangling the Queen's English! Hint - I was one of the first...

I've been a grammar nazi for years! Telling my son, "Don't say um", "Don't say like". He used to drive me crazy. Worst was an older teen asking me, "Do you gots a pen you can borrow me?". Answer: "No, but I HAVE a pen I can LEND you". Its good to be back in Atlantic Canada where they spell...

Polluting single malt with Dr Pepper or anything else??? Sacrilege! The only thing you mix with Scotch, is more Scotch! Hawk

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