Well went to the meat store the other day on our way to town and picked up a large package of suet.   Most meat stores carry it if one asks and have to say the birds just love it.  I hang it on a big old pine just outside our front door and can sit and watch them having a great old time while I have a tea now and then.  Simple things these days seem to make my day it seems, which in reality is a good thing.  All kinds of birds come to it, the huge Pileated  woodpeckers, Downy and the good old Hairy Woodpecker.  They are all quite different once you get to looking at them especially the Pileated LOL as it is five times the size.  When that old feller gets to knocking on trees around our place it sounds like a jack hammer.  Kind of figure he must have a sore head at the end of each day.  Lots of others come also,  Nuthatches, Blue Jays, Black Birds and Sparrows.  Also get some others but haven’t looked them up in my book as of yet. Wife knows more than I do as she is always spotting new ones.  Breaks up ones day you  might say watching them.  Well guess go got some shop work to do, so will say hello a bit later.

Tech’s Poem for those Linux folks like me and my son Karl.

Twas the night before Christmas
And all round the house
the only things stirring
Were me and my mouse.

I was working with windows
It was making me fractious,
And I knew that quite soon
I would have to take actions.

It slowed and it stuttered
And finally froze
Then showed a blue screen at the end of my nose,
My anger was rising and thoughts turned quite bad,
“PC through the window, was one that I had”

But my genetics and lineage ensured my calm;
And decided, the computer should come to no harm.
The O/S is to blame, and will never improve
I was conned by Bill Gates and this upgraded move.

Then I had an idea as I sat in my muse,
I have other options like Mandrake or Suse;
Or Debian, Red Hat, or Fedora Core,
PClinux, Ubuntu and so many more..

So I set to downloading a distro named Suse;
And burned a CD for this data to use,
It all went so smoothly,”I waited for hitches”,
As my mind was attuned to the Microsoft glitches!

I entered the disc in my CD Rom drive
And sat back, and watched my PC come alive,
As it smoothly installed the O/S Suse 10
I know I will never use windows again.

So to all you users of Microsoft software,
With its viruses, Trojans, and various Malware,
Blue screens, and freezes, and drivers to find,
Registry problems that muddle the mind
Take a leaf out of my book, “give Linux a try”,
Its all free of charge, with no programs to buy,
With so many versions of this excellent kernel
The choices you have are almost eternal

So download a distro that won’t cost a penny,
The flavours of linux are varied and many
You’ll find one to suit, I’m sure of this;
And using your PC, will once more be bliss.

Merry Christmas Linux Click Picture To Enlarge.

Well been awhile since I have been on here. Not that I didn’t want to just some things has come up that has kept me away.  Coping with them now and will try and say hello more often/  Thought this might get a laugh out of you this morning .  Did me, my son Karl sent it to me.  Click Picture below to enlarge.

A poll was done on what towns would hand out the most candy in Canada.  Surprisingly here is the list.  Happy Halloween.

Toronto

Ottawa–Gatineau and Guelph

Victoria

Vancouver

Kitchener

Calgary

Oshawa

Montreal

Hamilton

Edmonton

Halifax

Barrie

London

Windsor

Regina

Winnipeg

Kingston

Saskatoon

A police officer in Penticton stops at a local ranch to talk with an old rancher. He tells the rancher, “I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs.” The rancher says, “Okay, but don’t go in that field over there.”
The Police officer verbally  explodes saying, “Mister, I have the authority of the  Federal Government with me.”
Reaching into his rear  pants pocket, he removes his badge and proudly displays it to the rancher. “See this badge old man? This badge means I am allowed to go wherever I wish… On any land. No questions asked or answers given. Have I made myself clear? Do you understand?”
The  rancher nods politely, apologizes, and goes about his  chores.

A short time later, the old rancher hears  loud screams and sees the Police officer running for his  life chased by the rancher’s big Santa Gertrudis  bull……

With every step the bull is  gaining ground on the officer, and it seems likely that he”he’ll get gored before he reaches safety. The officer is  clearly terrified. The rancher throws down his tools, runs to  the fence and yells at the top of his  lungs……

“Your badge!…… Show him your Darn BADGE!”