BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (51811)

St. Catharines, Ontario • Age 74

Joined myLot 19 years ago

"If not I, then who?"

Discussions (1700)

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I met a family

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 20 May

A fine feathered family, on my way to the Centre this morning... Mr & Mrs C. Goose, and their little ryan... I mean, gosling. They were standing on the sidewalk along where the old hospital once was. The 25 acre (I think) site...

geese

branta canadensis

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Nice surprise

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 16 May

Way back when, I signed on to the Canadian Packaged Bread Class Action (price fixing). And when I signed on to my email this morning, I saw that I got a notice from them. My share of the settlement: $49.11 Canadian. Not bad, as I...

money

bread

settlement

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Who is Rosalinda...

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 12 May

And why did that song about her eyes keep running through my head while I was trying to do some gardening today? The day started out sunny, so I put on my shorts and a sweat shirt and went out to the backyard. But the breeze was...

gardening

earworms

earthworms

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Here's a question...

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 6 May

I don't drive, so I don't kow if it's true or not... Does driving on snow tires in the summer use more gas than driving on summer tires in the summer? I do know that the snow tires make more noise when there's no snow (or maybe...

tires

tyres

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Would you believe?

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 30 Apr

So, I told you that I lost my keys... I had a spare house key but not a spare for the shed. So I went to Canadian Tire today and checked out padlocks. There was quite a selection to choose from: big ones, little ones, ones with...

keys

padlocks

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Woe is me

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 28 Apr

I've lost my keys! All two of them. I have a spare house key, but not one for the padlock on my shed. Usually, I just have to say, "Keys, where are you?" and they show up in a few minutes, but not this time. I've looked and...

keys

loss

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Sometimes

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 22 Apr

The oddest things run through my head upon waking... Today's head scratcher is: "He has oilpans for hands." Make of that what you will. It's 4°C at 7:47 am, mostly sunny, and should get to 18°C today. I'll take it.

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Shocking!

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 20 Apr

We had 3 days in a row of 20°C, then 17°C, followed by another 20°C day, then yesterday it cooled down to 7°C and the furnace kicked in a few times, but today! It was 0°C when I got up at 7am. I saw some ice in a flower pot that...

weather

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Did you feel that?

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 15 Apr

"A 3.9-magnitude earthquake shook the Ottawa Valley and was felt as far as Toronto on Tuesday, April 14." I didn't feel it here in St Catharines, but I did hear a loud thud. I thought something landed on my roof (it was extremely...

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Today's report

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 13 Apr

I went to the Centre today, battling a strong headwind (50 km/hr), praying that the forecast rain didn't come until after I got inside there. Only a few drops at the end. Thank you. Coming home, it was sunny and warm (20°C). I...

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Annoying ads

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 9 Mar

There are always ads that annoy us but they're missing the point if they think we'll buy their product if they subject us to the same ad a million times a day. There's one in particular, right here on this page even as I type, for...

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Blue moon?

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 4 Mar

Nope. It was rosy this morning at 6:30. And quite large, too. Nice to see, almost looked like the sun. And it is sorta sunny this morning, 1°C expected to rise to 6°C. Nice!

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dammitttt

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 27 Feb

Why don't batteries last for more than one use? I took a trip around my backyard and found a dandelion, in half-bloom. I took a photo of it. I hooked up my camera to download it to my laptop... Do you see it here? Of course not!...

batteries

photos

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It must be spring

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 8 Feb

When I was counting out my meds this morning, I looked out the window and saw some squirrels playing tag. Then the black one caught the brindled grey one and did the fifteen-second shimmy... right there on the side of the fence.

squirrels

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Groundhog Day is Cancelled!

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 2 Feb

Well, at least for Shubenacadie Sam, due to weather... a forecast that calls for yet another winter storm in her home province, Nova Scotia. Wiarton Willie in Bruce County, Ontario, and Fred la Marmotte in Quebec’s Gaspésie...

this just in

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Do I sound like a 'broken record'?

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 29 Jan

Guess what? It's snowing... again. This is the view from one of my =NEW!= front windows.

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It didn't snow yesterday!

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 28 Jan

Well, there was a brief "snow shower" later in the afternoon, and the wind blew around some of the dry fluffy stuff that had fallen before, but basically it didn't snow. The sun even came out. But it was still cold. That didn't...

doors

windows

working in the cold

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Paraphrasing the Ancient Mariner...

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 24 Jan

Snow, snow everywhere and oh the boards do shrink... All night long, the house was creaking and snapping and generally complaining about the arctic weather. I'm not sure how low the mercury dipped last night, but this...

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How did you start your day?

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 19 Jan

I woke up about 6:30, went to the washroom, peed, and then went back to bed... When I got up for real at 8, I looked out the window and wailed in despair: it was snowing again. A lot... There was...

weather

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Today's forecast

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 15 Jan

"Snow this morning will become lighter this afternoon. High -9°C. Winds NW at 15 to 30 km/h. Chance of snow 90%. 7-12cm of snow expected." Translated: High 16°F, winds 10 to 15 mph, and 4 to 5 inches of snow... Chance of snow is...

snowmageddon

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