All posts by George Walters

George Walters is a Canadian columnist and author with more than forty years of writing experience. For over twenty years he has written a weekly column for Postmedia Network — Canada's largest newspaper chain — never missing a single week, publishing fifty-two stories a year. Combined with his work in Reader's Digest Community Voices, World News, Country Living, The Country Register, and farm and rural lifestyle magazines across Canada, he has published well over two thousand stories drawn from everyday life. He writes about farm work, fishing, old trucks, and the kind of people you only find in small towns — but just as likely he'll hand a voice to a weathered telephone pole, or turn his eye on something happening in the world today and tell you exactly what he thinks about it. No subject is off limits. If there's a story in it, George will find it. He has been called a philosopher of everyday life, a description that came up more than once during his television appearances over the years — and it's not hard to see why. His writing has a way of making the ordinary feel worth sitting with. He is the author of eleven books, including yearly short story collections and the Clay Moretti Files mystery series. Clay is a fifty-year-old private investigator who drives a 1967 Ford Galaxie, smokes cigars, and operates by a code the modern world gave up on a long time ago. The cases are present day. The man handling them is not. All titles are available in paperback and eBook on Amazon. Together, George and his wife Ruth have also created Elmer Finds His Way, the first in what he hopes will be a long series of children's books. Ruth did all the illustrations, as she has for every one of George's books — and beyond that she designed and painted the covers as well. Her work is woven into every page of everything he has published. A few words from readers: "I pulled up a kitchen chair and read your story three times." "You have a way of making a person homesick for a place they haven't been to." "Thank you for writing things that make old people and kids feel the same way at the same time." All my titles are available in paperback and eBook on Amazon.ca here.

PREGNANT AT 71???

A little humour that was sent to me by a friend.  Seems to me this younger doctor has a bit on the ball here.  Good Stuff.

PREGNANT AT 71

A woman went to the doctor’s office where she was seen by one of the younger doctors.

After about four minutes in the examination room, she burst out screaming as she ran down the hall.

An older doctor stopped her and asked what the problem was, and she told him her story.

After listening, he had her sit down and relax in another room.

The older doctor marched down the hallway back to where the young doctor was writing on his clipboard.

“What the hell is the matter with you?!”the older doctor demanded.”

Mrs. Terry is 71 years old, has four grown children and seven grandchildren, and you told her she was pregnant?”

The younger doctor continued writing and without looking up said,

 

“Does she still have the hiccups?”

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Beef, Chickens, Fish Versus Vegetables

Alright, I was asked and I will write what I feel to be correct.  What I was asked was how come some folks today feel that they will become more healthy if they switch from a meat diet to a veggie diet.  First off I don’t really believe in my mind, through years of experience, that a veggie diet is any better than, say a beef or chicken diet.   What I believe to be true is, that the beef and chickens isn’t the problem, it is what is going into these critters through the food they are fed.  That being said, is the problem.  Years ago cancer and things were unheard of in men or women pretty much and if you take a look at their diets it was pretty well 75% meat.  Beef cattle were brought from the west to the cities by the millions and every night that was the main course to say the least.  How come the meat didn’t hurt us?  As I just said, years ago the beef cattle, were free range fed.  They ate nothing and mean nothing but good healthy free of chemical grass and things.  As the old saying goes, you are what you eat and that statement you can take to the bank.  Today our foods are so full of poisons, hormones, antibiotics, well to many to even comprehend, that it is no wonder why so many folks are fallin’ ill these days.  The hard thing to come to grips with is, it is almost impossible to get away from it and eat right.  The only way would be to find a farmer, that you know and can trust that doesn’t feed his beef with chemically treated feed or spray his crops.  If you can do that and have a butcher you can trust you are in business.  Then you go out and plant your own garden and you are all set.  Ones health will then come to them in abundance.  Also if your a hunter you have one step up on some folks, as there is no better food than directly from nature to your plate.  I know some say, hey, I can’t go out and eat something that was once running around free in the bush.  I say well it’s a matter of survival and we as one species high in the food chain has to do what he has to do, to stay fit.   Myself I prefer venison over beef and grouse or pheasant or quail over chicken or turkey.  It’s all in how you cook them.  Again cruel some say to the critters out there.  Well in some ways you are right, but remember this too.  That if you were to look at how our beef cattle, chickens or what ever in some places are being treated you would soon realize that my theory is not so bad.  Actually it is more humane if the truth be known.   So there you go my feelings on the subject.   My Opinion Only.

 

 

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No More Dull Knives

Well for years folks have been striving how to learn to sharpen their butcher knives or carving knives with out taking them into a professional to get it done.  So that got me to thinking,  here is a short video for you to watch, which will amaze you of just how easy it is to get a good edge on your knives.  So….get yourself an old coffee cup.  Make sure it is porcelain and rough at the bottom not glazed over .  Try your knife first on a piece of paper making sure you see that it is dull.  Now do as the video shows and, hey that’s it.  Pretty amazing really.  No more dull knives.

Click Link Below To Watch

http://www.dump.com/2010/12/08/how-to-sharpen-your-knife-with-a-cup-video/

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MARIJUANA FILLED FIREWOOD IN SASKATCHEWAN

My Sister Barb in Saskatchewan sent me this bit of humor.  As you can tell, she is  a chip off the old block. Enjoy.

 

‘Hello, is this the Police Office?’
‘Yes. What can I do for you?’
‘I’m calling to report ’bout my neighbour Jack Murphy…He’s hidin’ marijuana inside his firewood! Don’t quite know how he gets it inside them logs, but he’s hidin’ it there..’
‘Thank you very much for the call, sir.’
The next day, twelve RCMP Officers descend on Jack’s house. They search the shed where the firewood is kept.
Using axes, they bust open every piece of wood, but find no marijuana.
They sneer at Jack and leave.
Shortly after, the phone rings at Jack’s house.
‘Hey, Jack! This here’s Floyd….Did the Police come?’
‘Yeah!’
‘Did they chop your firewood?’
‘Yep!’
‘Happy Birthday, buddy!’

Saskatchewan people know how to Git ‘er Done!

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Alzheimer’s & What To Do

For many a years now I have always said that the more one uses the brain the less chance you will have of developing Alzheimer’s.   Stands to reason too, as the brain is made to think and if you ease off of your thinking or not giving it new things to do, it figures it isn’t needed, and well, problems arise.  My recommendation is writing poetry or cross word puzzles and things like that and do it every day for at least an hour or so, more if possible.  Also get outside and do things in the garden, get your mind to thinking about growing things and all the health benefits that goes along with gardening.   The more you make your mind work the better you are going to be and that is a fact.  I also believe though that you need to ease up on all the garbage food we are eating and start eating right. I can’t talk myself as being so busy all my life food came second on my list of good things to do. Now I have to pay the price a bit but I will say this, it is never to late to change your diet, as I am doing myself.   I see in the news today that the fix for Alzheimer’s is learning a different language like Italian, German or what ever.  In my mind living in Canada I suppose that would be a good thing but for myself I would think that my recommendations above would be more helpful.  But, hey to each their own, main thing is, do something, as when we get older the memories are there to be shared, not to be just let go and lost forever.  My Opinion Only.

 

 

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