Someone was asking about patios.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 22, 2018:

Lots of people talk about doing something similar by themselves, it's just talk though, you actually did it. Kudos to you, it looks very nice.

You get to a age or point where you just don't seem to fit in with people you've known a long time ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 22, 2018:

When you find those rare diamonds, you treasure them and it makes wading through all the chaff and dross worth it. There are times when it gets slim, especially as we get older and many people cave into the false security of an imaginary friend or just stop reaching out to the world, cocooning instead. The choice becomes between staying awake and alive or going back to sleep and the peaceful dreams that are the delusions of religion. Either you rage against it or you succumb to it, we all have choices to make.

I am looking for some suggestions on making a small water fountain where I don't need to pump water ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 22, 2018:

If you want it to run intermittently then you could use a reservoir with a bell siphon that is slowly filled with a small pump that runs continuously but slowly, when the reservoir is full the bell siphon is activated and the water is dropped fairly quickly until the siphon kicks off and the reservoir begins to fill again until it is full, then repeat. If you want a fountain that jets water upwards rather than dropping it downwards then a pump on a time is your best solution and the most affordable. I'm will be installing two waterfalls for our new house, one inside and one outside, the inside one will be run on a three way switch so people can pass through the water curtain and the outside waterfall will run on a timer both will be built out of copper sheathing.

What would you think if a religious person said they did not believe in magic ?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 22, 2018:

To believe in Religion is to believe in Magic, the Bible is their magic book and it is filled with stories of magical beings doing magical things. Her statement is a contradiction.

This is from my last home in Florida.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 22, 2018:

I have one in a pot that was doing well but I noticed yesterday that it wasn't looking the best, probably time to transplant it.

Happy Solstice! What song will always mean Summer to you? [youtu.be]

Surfpirate comments on Jun 22, 2018:

Reminds me of being a teenager and just hanging out with my friends all summer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8IcW5TtP0E

So, a few weeks back, I was diagnosed with Stage 4, Peripheral Artery Disease.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 21, 2018:

You sure have a powerful motivation to quit smoking, stick with it, you only get one time around in this life so enjoy every second. (y)

Are there any women hikers or backpackers out there?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 21, 2018:

Human beings are the most dangerous animal on the planet, both sexes. Something I taught my Scouts when I was a Scout Leader was to rely upon the buddy system, not a guarantee of safety but your odds of survival and enjoying a safe hike go way up. If you twist an ankle or get sick or have an accident or have a run in with a bad person, you have an option B. Always have an Option B.

We picked up a dragon fruit from Walmart think it was just the normal white ones we always get.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 21, 2018:

Plant them all and hope for the best, you may have good luck even if it did come from Wally World. (y)

Quick poll how does everyone feel about GMOs?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 21, 2018:

Maybe it's because I studied genetics and microbiology for 3 years that I don't trust GMO's and I am NOT saying that there is anything dangerous about GMO's just that I don't trust them because I don't trust the Agribusiness players behind almost all of the GMO foods. The FDA used to be a check against abuses by industry but that hasn't been the case for at least a couple of decades now, most of the top people have direct ties to the big Agribusiness players so we really don't know what genes are being manipulated and what the knock on effects may be. I grow with heirloom seeds even though many of the heritage seed banks have been bought up by the same corporations that are producing the GMO's, many of the seeds I plant I trade for and I replant from previous year's harvests as well. We are what we eat and until I can be sure I know what I am putting in my mouth I will minimize my intake of GMO's, the same goes for the meat we eat, I shop locally for the most part and I am pretty confident about the amount of steroids, growth hormones and antibiotics that are being used but I am fortunate and live in a rural area.

According to the book of fairy tales (bible), a man without religion is a fool.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 21, 2018:

A fool without religion is a very rare thing indeed.

Chipmunk in the wire!!!!! We really like our chipmunks.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 21, 2018:

They breed like the striped, cute rats that they are, borrow a dog for a week and if it is worth its salt your chipmunk problem will be resolved or at least knocked down to a manageable level. ;) Good thing you know your way around a soldering gun and electronics, most people would still be waiting on the A/C repairman and a bill much higher than $25.

When my union pays for us to attend conferences, we are expected to write an article about our ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 21, 2018:

Very well written and a topic that is near and dear to me. A lot of the guys who used to work for me have passed on and it tends to happen pretty quickly for the electricians and the plumbers especially, they suddenly have nothing to do and fall into a depression spiral that they rarely recover from.

What books should all atheists read?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 21, 2018:

The road to Atheism is paved with well read Bibles, Korans and other Holy books. If these books don't make you see the inanity of religion then you are probably too stupid to make it as an Atheist. It's an acid test for Atheism.

They Worked With The Nazis!! Sold Passports To Fleeing Nazis.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 21, 2018:

Evil knows itself in all its forms.

Socialist Equality Party leader Julie Hyland speaks at London vigil for Julian Assange - YouTube

Surfpirate comments on Jun 20, 2018:

Absolutely spot on, very powerful assholes had their precious egos bruised and want petty revenge on Assange. The change in leaders in Ecuador does not bode well for Assange's security, extradition to the US to face more trumped up charges are just a matter of time if things don't change and soon.

My mother had D.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 20, 2018:

My younger brother and my nephew both have schizophrenia but my older brother and my mother are JW's and don't believe in mental illness, just demonic possession. It makes a difficult issue even more difficult to deal with because of medieval ideas perpetuated by religion.

FFS! Both arms, both legs.... News flash: There is a new patch of Poison Ivy in the garden.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 20, 2018:

I picked some up on my legs, sharing your pain. Break out the Calomine lotion.

Part 2 - Aliens: Are we alone?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 20, 2018:

Should an alien being that is technologically advanced enough that it can engage in interstellar travel come to this planet would it not be tantamount to a god? There are certainly plenty of theories of exactly that occurring in the distant past, maybe they are true and maybe not but it would take such an arrival to make up my mind.

Religious Homosexuals

Surfpirate comments on Jun 20, 2018:

The Church has been one of the few safe places in society for centuries, pedophiles are also welcome and bastards of the wealthy of course.

USCIRF's Annual Report Misses the Mark on Bangladesh - TheHumanist.com

Surfpirate comments on Jun 20, 2018:

I can't imagine Trump being interested in the death of a Bangladeshi Atheist, except maybe to crack a little smile. It's tragic and disturbing but I wouldn't count on America coming to the rescue anytime soon, more likely they will be engaging in similar behavior if the xstion fundamentalist secure their hold on power.

In the last eighteen months we’ve grown used to government policies decided on a whim, family ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 20, 2018:

There have got to be at least a million Americans living illegally in Mexico, from tourists who have overstayed their visas to people who have been living down there for years without proper documentation. What happens if the Mexican government sinks to the same low, immoral state as this Trump government? Round all those Americans up and stick them in cages? Send them back in cattle cars without anything but the clothes on their back and let Trump sort it out? As usual, this POS POTUS has not thought things through, just went off on a whim that he thought would make him look like a big man instead of the boy in short pants that he is.

1.90 inches of rain yesterday.... this morning the first Calla lily bloom appears:

Surfpirate comments on Jun 20, 2018:

What a Beauty. We had a bunch of rain on Monday, you should see the bumper crop of weeds I was hoeing this morning. :D

What if Mexico and USA simply become one country?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 20, 2018:

Why not invade Canada as well as Mexico? That way the USofA would not only gain a work ethic but a conscience as well. :)

My laugh for the day, thanks to Donald Trump and Lily Sandoz on Google+.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 19, 2018:

Reminds me of when the US was all in a tizzy about the shoe bomber and then the underwear bomber, who makes this shit up? failed Hollywood writers? I guess Canadians will be accused of smuggling underwear next, TSA will be patting our crotches to make sure we aren't wearing two pairs of underwear when we cross the border. ;)

Living in a Catholic country where being heterosexual and hyper-cisgendered is the aesthetic and ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 19, 2018:

Take some lessons and learn some street spanish, you will get by until you learn more Espanol. Lots of people are interested in practicing their English on you in Mexico, so learn to give and take, you help them and they help you - Presto, you're communicating. :)

Whats the ok age difference to date?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 19, 2018:

If she is young enough to be your daughter then that makes you a creeper, don't do this. It doesn't matter how hot she is or how many daddy issues she has, this will end badly.

Recent talk with an acquaintance.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 19, 2018:

I just love it when idiots want me to live according to their limitations on life, these aren't my constraints, they're theirs.

Grammar niggles.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 19, 2018:

WOWSERS!

Pretty straightforward and it would solve so many problems if more people thought this way.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 19, 2018:

If all there was to religion was Love then even I wouldn't have a problem with religion. :)

Roadrunner at job site

Surfpirate comments on Jun 19, 2018:

I'd be looking around for snakes, a roadrunner is always on the lookout for his next meal.

How to vacation, in 6 easy steps: 1.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 18, 2018:

After a couple of weeks of that you're gonna want to mix it up a bit. Just sayin.

For all of us 50 +

Surfpirate comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Dude, like that's just your opinion, Man.

What is going on!?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 18, 2018:

I think it's going to be a while before anyone at your work complains about how boring it is around there. Glad that they were able to get the emergency back generators running.

Trump orders creation of space-focused U.S. military branch

Surfpirate comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Somebody needs to lead the colonization of Mars and I bet that Elon Musk would be willing to provide the rocket to send Trump to Mars. One Way. :D

What is your response when people sneeze ( if any)?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 18, 2018:

I say cover your mouth you germ spreading dope, were you raised in a barn. (no not really but I sure would like to sometimes when people just let fly with their germs, many countries we traveled in the people would wear surgical masks if they even thought they were sick)

Prominent atheists Dawkins Sam Harris dill hunty ayaan hersi Ali and many others goes on tour ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Sam Harris and Brian Greene will be in Toronto on Sept 8th, tickets start at $73 Canadian and top out at $270 Canadian. Are you going to scalpers to get your tickets? A lot of Sam Harris' shows are sold out already.

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 18, 2018:

It's not well known but Goebbels eventually had a great grand daughter. ;)

We can blame ourselves for all the crime and violence today .

Surfpirate comments on Jun 18, 2018:

We have a phone booth on the island, it's right beside the ferry dock.

Happy Monday! I hope you have a very productive week. (L)

Surfpirate comments on Jun 18, 2018:

To plant a garden is to believe that you will still be around to eat all those tasty veggies and enjoy all those beautiful flowers. If I die before harvest then they can throw my empty husk on the compost heap. :)

Which one is your favorite breakfast? My favorite is eggs but also love oatmeal.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Eggs are good, especially in breakfast burritos but I prefer smoked salmon on a croissant fresh from the oven with a bit of cream cheese and all of it is available at Costco. :)

Who agrees?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 18, 2018:

I tried giving up coffee once, back when I was a 2 packs of cigarettes and 2 pots of coffee a day man. Quit the ciggies no problem so thought what the heck, give up the coffee too. Day 3 I walked into my office and found 5 large cups of coffee from Tim Horton's on my desk, just the way I like them, each of my department heads had brought me a coffee, apparently I am a much nicer boss with coffee than without. :D

To piggy back on my earwig post; I was just about to take a nap, comfy side sleepy pose.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Could be worse, could be one of those huge Palmetto Bugs we had in South America. My wife wanted to check out of our hotel in the middle of the night because she got up for a glass of water and saw a particularly big one, I said no way, wait until morning, then there was gunfire in the park across from the hotel and I said absolutely not moving until the sun comes up and that settled it. If you have never been to Cali, Colombia then you should count yourself lucky.

I lived a life full of people.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 18, 2018:

I have what one person called a 'high burn rate' in my life, basically I burn the candle at both ends and in the middle too. So I outgrew all of my friends from high school and university a long time ago; tried hooking up with a few of them a few decades ago and it was a disaster. You do the whole how are things going? Q&A and while my life had changed several times theirs was just the same as when I last saw them, after 10 minutes you could hear the crickets chirping. Most of my relationships with people were task based because as the boss you have to have a certain level of isolation in order to be objective but it also means you interact with a lot of people every day. Since I retired 9 years ago that social interaction is gone but I did pick up a lot of new friends in our travels, the only problem is that they are scattered all over the world so we stay in touch via social media. Locally, we have met few people that are interesting enough to make us want to become close friends with them, once again, crickets. You just have to be comfortable in your own skin as a lot of people are stuck in a rut and aren't going to let new people into their lives.

Sexual desires and being a introvert.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 17, 2018:

The palm sisters are always there for you. Toxic sperm build up can be a problem at 20, drop some of the hormonal tension and your chances of being able to interact with the opposite sex in a civilized manner will increase dramatically.

You can do it, Kansas..

Surfpirate comments on Jun 17, 2018:

Better hurry up, all of Canada will be legal by the end of the summer.

Anti-Trump Rally! People everywhere are asking, and i have been wondering, what more can we do ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 17, 2018:

It would be helpful if people brought lengths of rope. Plenty of trees with strong branches that will hold the weight of a man, even an obese one.

Autism Pride Day tomorrow Mon 18th June Be loud and proud :-)

Surfpirate comments on Jun 17, 2018:

I don't know many people with Autism that like it loud but whatever works.

This is my Fathers Day gift to myself. My first veggie out of the garden Italian striped zucchini

Surfpirate comments on Jun 17, 2018:

Nice!

Thanks dad; For teaching me all those important "man" things.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 17, 2018:

You can always spot the guys that have no idea how to wear a hat. :D Somebody needs to teach them or they should just stop wearing hats.

Every garden needs a pond. One of my favorite projects :)

Surfpirate comments on Jun 17, 2018:

I agree. (y)

Two parter; 1) Your Top 5 "loves" (with specifics.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 17, 2018:

1) My Freedom 2) My Wife 3) My Mom 4) My Kids 5) Myself I wouldn't be able to love anyone or anything if I wasn't free within myself so that's number One. My wife is my best friend so that's what makes number One important, so that's 2. My mom because I wouldn't be here without her or be who I am in large part because she's the one who put up with all my bullshit in the early years and wonder against wonders didn't smother me with a pillow. Except for the nurturing instinct that made her love regardless I'd guess she would be number One but I think she'd be okay with number 3.

The mother lode!!! I'll just set here with my bucket until the raspberries are ready.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 17, 2018:

I mowed down about an acre of wild raspberry canes at the back of our property, not to worry because there are at least a dozen more acres of them behind that on the absentee land owners property. I take a few but leave the lion's share for the birds who need the energy. :)

My dinner plate Hibiscus is blooming for the first time this season and it’s on father’s day.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 17, 2018:

A Beautiful flower, only the brave grow Hibiscus in Canada. They grew like weeds where we lived in Bermuda, so nice to see this one. Fond Memories. :)

Israeli lawmaker proclaims supremacy of 'Jewish race' | The Times of Israel

Surfpirate comments on Jun 16, 2018:

What a douchebag, put him in an SS uniform and he would feel right at home. He is a perfect example of what is not superior about the Jewish religious group because they most certainly not a race unless they want to include themselves in the human race., The Jewish claim to racial purity is negated by the constant raping of their culture by every christian and muslim army that ever passed through the lands they were exiled to after losing their tiny little piece of dirt in the middle east.

Bad things happen but we will be OK

Surfpirate comments on Jun 16, 2018:

Brilliant! :D

Habitat garden is starting to attract our favorite creatures:

Surfpirate comments on Jun 16, 2018:

Maybe add a bee hive in the back corner? :)

Recent accident where my 73 year old wife fell into a river off a high bank.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 16, 2018:

You Sir are what is called a Good Man and there are damn few of us left so my hat is off to you for doing what is right and decent and the ultimate symbol of true love. As an atheist we realize that death is the ultimate closing of the book on our lives so I expect your wife would be frightened as you were no doubt yourself. No rosy fairy tales of heaven, just the darkness and the big dirt nap. So as an atheist you risked far more than a theist who believes they would be off to heaven and a choir of harpsichordists. I am very glad to hear that it worked out for you and wish that you and you wife have a swift recovery and many more happy years together. God Speed! ;) (just kidding but you know what I mean)

Is anyone here into Westworld?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 16, 2018:

I think that people find it a bit disjointed because it keeps switching back and forth between the android outlook and the human outlook which at first glance appear to be the same but really aren't so it can be a bit confusing. I loved the original movie back in the 70's with Yule Brenner as the gun fighter, basically reprising his roll from The Magnificent Seven.

Arggh.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 16, 2018:

That's exactly the sort of thing that makes me have doubts about opening a BnB. Sorry to hear that you had a couple of stinkers for guests, lets hope they don't murder you in the Reviews section of Air BnB as icing on the cake.

Daily exercise

Surfpirate comments on Jun 16, 2018:

Oh ow I hate to do exercise that doesn't produce actual work being accomplished. A girlfriend once talked me into going to her gym which she religiously attended 5 times a week. An hour of that was enough for me and when the girl at the desk asked me if I would like to sign up for for the 3 month special for $299 I told her that I get paid $200/hr to do the same sort of thing on the job, thanks but no thanks. Now I am older and retired I am actually considering joining a gym but still can't pull the trigger.

A really fat happy ground hog has found my tomato plants. Anyone know of any repellents that work?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 16, 2018:

I've planted 600 bulbs of garlic as a perimeter around my garden and 2 dozen lavender plants in the middle as deterrents to garden pests, plus a 6 foot high fence. Last evening my wife called me to come have a look at what was going on in the garden. Standing in the middle of the carrot patch was a deer eating away happily, I chased it off and it easily cleared the fence from a standing position, this morning 3 more were back and I went out to ask them to leave the area, they reluctantly edged away from me when I got within 20 ft., I think the only thing that will work is to get a dog. Our last dog was an accomplished groundhog killer, she loved to bring back her presents to me, usually without a head.

They must have great literature

Surfpirate comments on Jun 15, 2018:

Win, place or show are all losers, go with the dark horse. :D

Ah drugs Lsd, pcp, cocaine, meth, heroin, ex, shrooms.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 15, 2018:

There have been positive test results on people suffering from mental illnesses like schizophrenia, PTSD and chronic depression using psyllicybin and THC.

Certainty in a belief seems to me a trait of a theist.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 15, 2018:

I would say that an Atheist is 99% sure that there is no god and 1% open to the possibility that there is one if someone would just provide hard evidence, However, since the fundamentalists are 1,000% certain in their delusion it is impractical to allow for even that 1% of doubt because the missionary zeal immediately comes out. Like any lunatic they want you to share their delusion and will stop at nothing to do it so you just can't allow them a foot in the door. If you don't believe it then the next time the Jehovahs Witnesses or the Mormons drop by and knock on your door, let them in and put on a pot of coffee so you can have a nice long chat, they'll be back, guaranteed.

Do you and your significant other have song that is "yours"?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 15, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQnAxOQxQIU

My new specs arrived, hence profile pic change! I'm letting my inner geek out!

Surfpirate comments on Jun 15, 2018:

That's not geeky that's FUNKY! Very Cool, almost Curtis Mayfield cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cmo6MRYf5g

This looks like a great idea.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 15, 2018:

You can get a sealer paint that is used for sealing gutters but it is pretty expensive, cheap just to line each drawer with a clear garbage bag and punch a hole in each corner to let the water continue down to the next level. A decent alkyd paint would give enough protection for a season or two, marine paint would last even longer. Check the mistints shelf at the building supply store and see if you can score a deal, the dresser drawers you should be able to pick up at the Habitat for Humanity Store or one of the charity stores.

What's the weirdest thing that our EX ever said to you after you were divorced?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 15, 2018:

The last words I heard from my Ex were at the courthouse where she was after me for even more money, after taking the kids out of the country, changing their surnames to her new husband's surname and denying me any contact with the children. She walked up to me in the hallway in front of the courtroom where I was talking to my lawyer, my wife and my mother and yelled **'Why did you have to fuck me like a whore?'** spun around on her heel and walked off in a huff. I was gob smacked but my wife wasn't and she quickly retorted** 'You need to get professional help'. **

True Facts About The Owl - YouTube

Surfpirate comments on Jun 15, 2018:

I haven't seen this for a while but it is still a hoot to watch. :D

My kids ask me some questions that the answer is obvious so they never know how I am going to ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 14, 2018:

I had a boss when I was quite young and green who played a game with all of the junior managers, it went like this. If you walked into his office and said you wanted to ask him a question he would stop you right there and ask you if you had a dollar bill (this was a while ago when a dollar would actually buy you something). You would of course say yes and then he would ask to see it, so you'd pull a dollar out of your pocket and he would say something along the lines of 'Yes, that's a dollar, just set it on my desk in front of me'. Then he would lay out the rules: If your question was not very bright and if you could have come up with the answer by using your head for more than a hat rack - he kept your dollar but would answer your question. If your question was a good question but you had asked him this question before and had just been too lazy to bother to remember the answer he had already given you - he kept the dollar and reminded you of his previous answer. If your question was a good question and his superior experience and knowledge were now called into play, experience and knowledge that he had paid dearly for over the course of his career - the he would give you the answer and you kept your dollar. Knowledge is not free, it is hard earned and should be valued as such.

Well as far as "real" I'm none of those in this meme.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 14, 2018:

Are the boobs in the background pic 'real', if so they are exceptional.

How close are you to your Ex?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 14, 2018:

I was friends with a couple who after more than a decade decided that they had simply grown apart after marrying quite young. They liked each other but they didn't want to be married to each other any more so they got a fair divorce and with the money they saved by not having to hire lawyers they invited everyone from their wedding reception to their divorce party. It was a blast and they both went on to marry other people but still remained friends. It would really depend upon the people involved. As for me, I find that I am too close to my Ex because she is still on the same planet and the possibility that I might breathe in a lungful of air that she had in her lungs is disturbing to me.

Yikes! I had to take cover, get out of the garden today.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 14, 2018:

I take it a side effect of the antibiotics is photo sensitivity.

Yikes! I had to take cover, get out of the garden today.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 14, 2018:

I use a Ranchero hat that I picked up from Mexico 4.5 wide brim and the weave breathes while blocking out the sun, works like a charm.

Nuclear power in the current US electrical infrastructure

Surfpirate comments on Jun 14, 2018:

Nuclear is not a carbon neutral energy source when looked at as a whole process. Plenty of green house gases get pumped into the atmosphere through the process of building the plant, sourcing and mining the uranium, processing the uranium into usable fuel rods and most importantly in the production of the heavy water which is necessary for the reactor. The carbon footprint is much great than that of renewable energy sources which do not require fuel to generate electric power. Renewables have a carbon footprint but it is a one time item, who can say just how high the cost will be to safely store and maintain all those spent fuel rods?

Do you believe in ex lovers getting back together ?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Do people really change? Somehow I doubt it, we evolve but our core personality is there by the time we reach early adulthood most of what we are is fixed. So whatever didn't work before still won't work if we give it a second chance. Sometimes we just want the familiar even though we know it isn't good for us.

Do you like being outside?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 13, 2018:

I have been outside most of my life, that's why I went into construction management instead of lab work as a microbiologist.

Not only the view in Canada - the world is watching the USA with concern.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Everyone that I know on 5 continents is very concerned.

Okay guys, I've got 17 more points to get to level 8 (and a tee-shirt) so I'm going to shamelessly ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 13, 2018:

From Green to Crimson, very nice.

Ding dong the witch is dead..... [msn.com]

Surfpirate comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Will miss that smokey eyeliner.

Okay guys, I've got 17 more points to get to level 8 (and a tee-shirt) so I'm going to shamelessly ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Oh the power that awaits. :D

In the back of my mind.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 13, 2018:

I think the North Koreans got everything they wanted and gave up nothing but a photo op. They will wait out the Trumpster as they have every other American president.

Girl Scouts

Surfpirate comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Love It! :D

July 1st is Canada Day, trade tariffs against the US will kick in on that day if Trump continues ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 13, 2018:

How much of an asshole does a guy have to be in order to unite most of the Canadians against him? I don't think this has occurred since we boarded transport ships for Germany in 1939.

Do You know Your Ancestry?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 13, 2018:

I did the 23andMe test recently because my father was adopted and it is a blank for me on his side of the family. My mother's side goes back to 1753 in Canada, English, Irish and French but surprisingly not native blood which is pretty common in the older Canadian families. I had always assumed that there was some Northern Cree in the bloodline because of the strong native features in my family; jet black, straight hair, dark eyes, dark skin and there walk like a bear gait that is typically associated with native peoples. Turns out it's not so, not a drop of native DNA in me. Interesting to check these things out and I still see myself as a full blood Canadian Canadian after 9 generations here. In a nation of immigrants everyone identifies as a type of Canadian - French Canadian, Italian Canadian, German Canadian, Indian Canadian, Chinese Canadian etc. etc. but I have always identified as a Canadian Canadian, something that other Canadians don't always understand because of their own immigrant backgrounds.

So, my wife and I have six sons.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Haters gonna hate, Baby.

So, I spent the last 10 minutes in a discussion on what constitutes appropriate boobage, and in what...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Appropriate Boobage? Where? Is there such a thing as too much? I thought it was all about the nipples, show as much boob as you like but so long as there is no nipple then no problem. Humans are weird little mammals. BTW - it is perfectly legal for men and women to walk around topless in my Province of Ontario, Canada.

Hoping this is the ultimate outcome.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 13, 2018:

I hope he goes too far and instead of just blindly holding him back she whacks him hard with the sword of justice.

Swords of angels.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Beautiful

Hello People! I try various forms of gardening each year in an effort to improve my methods and ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Have you considered Aquaponics? It would eliminate the soil issue completely.

My little slow Canadian garden is a month or more behind all the other nice postings I see here from...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 13, 2018:

It's tough being a Northern Gardener, you never know when that last frost is going to hit and wipe out all the hard prep work you put into a garden each year. I started inside in March just to get ready for planting from seed, it'll come.

Thought I would share this, if I had a place to put one I would build it.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Home Depot sells the top one, my wife wants me to build her one.

I just read that in the USA, Water became the most consumed bottled product in 2017.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 13, 2018:

While watering the garden yesterday I had a drink out of the hose which is from my well, still alive this morning. ;) This is what Canadians drink, you just drive right up and get some Tims, too bad they don't serve beer :D.

So now the Americans have gone too far! And even though we can feel secure having those 88 trillion ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Add one of these at every border crossing and we can use the donation tray to pay for the wall. ;)

Not that we're always on the same page as the police or even with guns (we do after all have some ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 13, 2018:

A friend of mine who used to sit on the RCMP public complaints committee said she could always tell when the Mounties had beat the crap out of someone for being belligerent to them because it always read the same way in the report - A Scuffle Ensued. Better a punch to the head than a bullet but that's Canada for you, alcohol was usually a factor.

Interesting.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 12, 2018:

The 2 page report from 2007 does not cite physical addiction to marijuana but psychological issues related to giving up a habit. This is nothing at all like physical withdrawal symptoms from a chemical dependency although the wording in the report tries to blur the lines on this. I wonder which of the big corporations paid to have this study done. Tobacco? Alcohol? Pharma? All stand to lose from the decriminalization of marijuana.

How many of you remember the Height of the cold war - the period when Russia had superior rocket ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 12, 2018:

The US has dropped nuclear bombs on its own soil at least twice. Once in 1958 in North Carolina and again in 1961 in South Carolina.

Trump's trade adviser says he's sorry for saying Canada's prime minister deserved a "special place ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 12, 2018:

I just heard his 'Apology' from his interview on FoxNews, he seems to apologize to his boss Trump for screwing up his ad hominem attack on the Canadian Prime Minister but he never actually says the words I apologize Prime Minister Trudeau or even that he is sorry except for the fact that it made him look like the unprofessional buffoon that he is. Mostly he just talks about his mission to do a hatchet job on Canada in order to set the tone for Trump's meeting with North Korea. What a pathetic joke for a diplomat.

Did you see the ridiculous propaganda video that the white house produced for Kim?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 12, 2018:

My wife showed it to me, her degree is in political science and she could not believe how condescending and blatantly threatening it was. I doubt that North Korea will ever truly give up its nukes but it will go through the motions for a while at least.