Recent Comments

1. 13 days ago on The Other Coast

   F.Y.I. Canada has the “Charter of Rights and Freedoms”". A Google search explains the differences between the two. “The Charter is a much broader human rights law. It also has greater power because it applies to both federal and provincial laws and actions. And unlike the Bill of Rights, the Charter is part of the Constitution — the highest law of the land.”. So, yes you are right, Canada does not have a “Bill of Rights”, it has something much better! I did not write this comment to offend, merely to exercise my right to freedom of speech.

2. 20 days ago on The Argyle Sweater

   Both explanations above (from Wongo and Aussie65) end up basically with the same result, but I find the explanation of, “the knight moves three squares in an ‘L’ shape” to be the most concise and covers any direction; forward, back, left or right. Wongo’s seems like a short explanation, but is not complete. First, it gives the impression that the knight can only move forward and therefore would be stuck once it reaches the other side of the board. Second, following those instructions, if one moves the knight back (because the knight can move backwards) diagonally and then forward one, you will end up beside the square it started from. So if you expand the explanation to cover all the correct possibilities, it will get long and convoluted.

   I don’t want to step on any toes, just my two cents worth.

3. 22 days ago on Andy Capp

   I guess he could try looking for it in the house of four doors. Or if he runs into Dr. Livingston I presume he could ask if he has seen it.

4. about 1 month ago on B.C.

   No, this is abuse, you want room 12A next door. (Stupid git)

5. 3 months ago on In the Bleachers

   It is not unusual to have a word that is both a noun and a verb. There are about 500 words in the English language that are commonly used as both. Here is an example of a few…

   access, dump, mail, shelter, ache, dust, make, shock, act, dye, man, shop, address, echo, march, show, aim, email, mark, sign.

6. 3 months ago on The Other Coast

   Our previous dog, a Siberian husky, would just be lying on his bed as I vacuumed around him, literally an inch or two away from his head and he would continue to lay there looking bored. The dog we have now isn’t really afraid of it, but once I get within a couple of feet of him, he will get up, very cautiously walk away giving a wide berth and then head off to another room until I am done with the area.

7. 3 months ago on Pearls Before Swine

   So you’re saying that the lawn mower cut your grass?

   Many people probably won’t get the reference, but I don’t care, I think it’s funny. ☺
8. 3 months ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   Ripley does not know how to spell the name of one of the Great Lakes, believe it or not. ☺

9. 3 months ago on For Better or For Worse

   Of course, it’s a real word, you just gots to believe it to make it true. /s ☺

10. 4 months ago on B.C.

    That was an interesting article, thank you for the link. After doing a bit more research though, it became very confusing, very quickly. On some car maker’s sites, I discovered that they used the two terms interchangeably. I also found more than one site where they stated that if the moonroof covers the entire roof, it is referred to as a sunroof. I also recall seeing car advertisements that refer to them as sunroofs.

    I do not disagree with you or the article, it just seems that the industry itself doesn’t always go by the set definition. What else is new? ☺