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I cut all the branches and tree top to the edge of the roof. Then I tied the tree to the birch tree and cut below the rope.
I then slid the roof end of the tree to the front of the house and let it go. The rest of the tree came crashing down. The side wall has two major windows and I did not want the top to break any of them. The rest was routine with Marg helping to remove all the branches to the burn pile. We will have two 12 foot logs for the sawmill, another one for posts and rest for fire wood. I guess that tree was over 60 feet tall and 24 inches at the but.
From:
Dan Kenny
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 14:28
Subject: Photos for FARTS
This might fit under the Miscellaneous section.
In fall of 1992 (or perhaps spring 93..the
memory fades), the Canadian High Commission team put many years of futility
behind them and won the US Softball league championship. Two former ELs
on that team.
That’s Pete’s son in the front row
too.
From: Leger Roy [iodinia (at)
shaw.ca]
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 18:34
From: Roly Mailloux
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 21:41
Subject: European Cycling Tour 2011
Dear Family and Friends,
On Wednesday morning, May 25th, I will be leaving for an 8.5 week cycling trip
in Europe. I will be flying to Amsterdam to begin cycling along the Rhine and
the Danube with a sidetrip to Brussels. I hope to cycle as far as the Black Sea.
If successful, my trip will cover over 4000 kms. I will be returning from
Istanbul to Montreal on July 25th.
While I'm away I would ask you to stop sending
any joke and non essential e-mails. Thank you.
I will also be writing a blog at " www.maillord1.blogspot.com
" if you would like to keep abreast of my travels.
Roly
From: Dan Burns
Sent: January-15-11 06:04
Subject: On a roll in 1944 T6
This was truly the highlight of my trip to Florida!
There is nothing (even a Duc!) that sounds better than the gurgle of a
T6. What a treat to fly. Another addition to the bucket list.
All the best in 2011.
Dan
January 5 2011
Ray Fortin has received a message from Jerry Proc announcing a new book published by the Radio Society of Great Britian
"INSIDE ENIGMA: The Secrets of the ENIGMA Machine and other Historic Cipher Machines."
http://www.rsgbshop.org/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_History_7.html for information.
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From: Bill Rabbie
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I would like to
thank the OFARTS website for putting the obit.
For my wife Marthe
on display. ../obituaries/Rabbie/Rabbie.htm
I received notes
from people I have not heard or seen in 30 years!!
I am remaining in
our home in Wellington as long as am able.
I have to try and
stay ahead of the cancer bug which seems to like me!
Again many thanks..
Greetings to all
..William (Bill) Rabbie
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From: Maurice and Donna Rainbow
Donna and I started the week by climbing to the top of the cliff behind our house. We found an easier way than climbing the face of the cliff. The left picture shows our village. The large brown and cream coloured house in the foreground is our place. The long green building just behind it is the school.
The right picture shows Digges Island in the background. When we returned to the village we were talking to the husband of out Centre Director. Matussi said we should take a gun next time because a wolf had been sited on the cliff a few days ago. I said that there were two of us and we made a lot noise. He only answered with two make a bigger meal than one, take a gun next time.
Donna and I were also able to take part in the Nunavik Adventure Challenge pilot program arranged by the Regional Government, it was lots of fun. It was a week long program that included Kayaking, mountain climbing, repelling, and mountain biking across the tundra. I was not able to take part in the activities during the week but did take part in the race on Saturday Sept 11. The race included kayaking, trekking across the tundra, climbing up to the zip line and then taking it across a lake. Then we had to run/walk across the tundra to the next transition point at which to switched to Mountain bikes for the remainder of the race. Donna and I were the oldest to take part and although we did not set any records, we did finished the race.
In the Nunavik Adventure
Challenge each team had two participants and both had to cross the finish
line together. I am sorry I did not take advantage of the practice runs that
happened during the week but the final run was fun. Cost was covered by the
regional government so all we had to do is show up and have fun. The kids
look at us a little differently now that we took part of the adventure like
them and crossed the finish line. We may be slower but we did try and we did
not give up.
The weather is changing now and we may have snow before the end of next
week.
If you are interested, use either of these web addresses to get more information.
www.facebook.com/pages/Nunavik-Adventure-challenge/103129609723843
Maurice
From: Lou Berube
From: Lou Berube
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 10:58 PM
Subject: Today's Earthquake
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Lind
From: Terrance Hayes
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 14:15
Subject: April 1
When I arrived in Paris, it finished what was an almost wholesale turnover of
embassy technical staff. Only Roy Lewis, the Sr EL remained. Leger Roy had
arrived just weeks before me and was still searching for a place to live. Techs
were not very popular around the Comm Centre at that time.
With the passing of time things vastly improved, so much so that we often went
out for Friday lunches with our operator colleagues.
On our first April 1 in Paris Ray Boisvert and several of his colleagues came
into our office and asked me to tell Leger that a Mr. Lyon called and left a
message for him to call; that he was visiting Paris and would like to talk. I
knew immediately, by the interest this group showed, that it was an April first
prank.
I dutifully scribbled a note and left it on Legers desk.
When Leger came in he questioned the note and with curiosity asked what time the
call came in and, more to himself, tried to figure out who Mr Lyon was. He came
up with a name of some he knows with a similar name and asked me if that was
maybe the name. I replied that he had a French accent and that maybe I heard the
name wrong. That the fellow seemed to know him and was interested in getting
together for a drink. CM's continually poked their head in and out of the office
while this played out.
That piqued Leger's interest and he dialled the phone number. The lady who
answered asked who he would like to talk to and he said Monsieur Lyon.
The Lady at the other end of the line said "Mais qui monsieur? Nous
avons eu 6 appels qui demandaient a parler a monsieur lion ce matin."
"Mais non, monsieur, c'est un zoo."
While Leger was on the phone a crowd of CM's worked their way into the office
and were very jubilant at pulling off this prank.
Leger took it very well.
There seemed to be a fully-stocked bar, so each of the men ordered a martini. In short order, the bartender serves up four iced martinis...shaken, not stirred, and says, 'That'll be 10 cents each, please. Help yourselves to the free chicken wings, BBQ'd ribs and salad."
The four men stare at the bartender for a moment. Then look at each other...They can't believe their good luck. They pay the 40 cents, finish their martinis, and order another round.
Again, four excellent martinis are produced with the bartender again
saying, 'That's 40 cents, please." They pay the 40 cents, but
their curiosity is more than they can stand. They have each had two
martinis each and, so far, they have spent less than a dollar in total. Finally
one of the men says, 'How can you afford to serve martinis as good as these
for a dime a piece?"
"I'm a retired tailor from Boston" , the bartender said,
"and I always wanted to own a bar. Last year I hit the Lottery for
$125 million and decided to open this place. Every drink costs a
dime......wine, liquor, beer, it's all the same."
Wow!!!! That's quite a story, says one of the men.
The four of them sipped at their martinis and couldn't help but
notice seven other people at the far end of the bar who didn't have drinks in
front of them while eating the ribs and wings. One
man gestures at the seven at the end of the bar and asks the
bartender, "What's with them?"
The bartender says, 'Oh, they're retired old farts from Foreign Affairs up in
Canada. They come in every Wednesday 'bout noon and wait for happy hour when drinks are half price."
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Hi to everyone!!!!!!
As most of you know by now, we've opened a restaurant "REBARCE"
(means "RIBS"). The specialities of the house are:
ribs, chicken wings, and pork knuckles, plus the regular Serbian
food.
It was lots of work during the renovations and now lots of
hours...(so much for retiring :)))).
Anyway for those of you that will be in the Ottawa area during the
Holidays, I'll be ther between Dec 24 - Jan 15. So if anybody
would like to get together for a pivo or two, send me an email.
Cheers to all..........L
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It is with
great sadness that I report the possible closure forever of the Red Lion
Pub on Waverton Street, London.
From: Lou Berube
Moe Rainbow < sent us an interesting message and pictures Thursday, April 17, 2008 15:04 Read About them.
From: Leger Roy
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 01:37
Subject: Travel
http://www.lorrainesresort.com/ and enjoy@lorrainesresort.com for email
Chuck
From: Lou Berube
From: David Smith
Sent: Thursday, February 23 2008 URL updated June 10, 2010
Subject: CM "Stud Book" photos in Colour
The final group of photos which were
scanned from the CM "Stud Books" are now on the Web.
EL,
CM, CR and “Unknown” photos are now on David Smith’s Webshots page
These
albums are private so you will need these URL’s to return to these albums
in the future.
http://community.webshots.com/album/562225096diFBOx
EL photos on the web
http://community.webshots.com/album/562218538AYQSEz
CM
photos on the web
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/562394110rvEqVq
CR photos on the
web
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