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  1. DaSleeper

    Big news for the old curmudgeons......

    A big raise in O.A.S payments this morning....... A big twelve Bucks........should keep me in coffee money for a couple of days
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    Another school shooting.....

    Jaylen Fryberg (Source: Facebook) Two students are dead after one of them opened fire Friday morning in the Marysville-Pilchuck High School cafeteria before turning the gun on himself, according to law-enforcement sources. Police said four other people were wounded in the 10:45 a.m. shooting...
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    Windows 8.1

    I managed to put windows 7 on my old XP box in the basement without having to register it, don't ask me how, its a mystery to me lol... But it would need extra memory to speed it up for my wife to play her games when she does the washing and ironing. So I was thinking of putting this old...
  4. DaSleeper

    Harper kicks off Parliament’s return with election-style rally

    Stephen Harper marked the return of Parliament with an election-style rally for Conservative MPs and partisan supporters, a signal the campaign to win the Prime Minister’s Office in 2015 has begun in earnest. He sold himself as a good economic steward and a stronger, more forceful player on the...
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    Mike Duffy trial timing seen as problem for Harper, Conservatives

    Sorry folks.....Just trying to upstage Flossy......:lol: Mike Duffy trial timing seen as problem for Harper, Conservatives Stephen Harper and the Conservatives should be worried about the pending trial of suspended Senator Mike Duffy because of "what Mike might have up his sleeve," a former...
  6. DaSleeper

    End of the Line for Bearskins.....

    And the politically correct are caving in again............... For two centuries it has stood tall and proud as a British military tradition. But the bearskin could be about to be toppled after protests from animal rights activists. The Ministry of Defence is trying to find a fake fur...
  7. DaSleeper

    Firefox Cloud

    For those that use Firefox,...Cloud is the only way that I could find to transfer my Firefox bookmarks from my notebook to my Firefox app on my tablet... Yesterday I tried for several hours in several different ways to do it, and it wouldn't take. Finally gave up around ten PM This morning I...
  8. DaSleeper

    Middle school principal fired in texas......

    A Texas principal who sparked national controversy after she told students at her heavily-Hispanic middle school to speak English in class claims she is being persecuted for following state education rules. Amy Lacey, who was fired as principal of Hempstead Middle School outside Houston in...
  9. DaSleeper

    Caribana 2014...

    One event I would like to attend not the pride parade.... Anyone going?? Ford will probably be there.....
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    Why does a woman need......

    Last night, wife comes home from visiting a friend, and after a while of watching TV, she's rummaging among the cushions on the sofa, the drawers on the end tables... I finally ask....What are you looking for?.......my phone she says... When did you use it last?.......when I called my friend...
  11. DaSleeper

    More shirtless Bullshyte....

    Shirtless protesters crash Rob Ford news conference, heckle Toronto mayor TORONTO - A group of shirtless protesters crashed a news conference by Rob Ford today, heckling the Toronto mayor by shouting for him to resign. Ford was...
  12. DaSleeper

    Normal Behaviour.....

    I'm not one to philosophise, but I do like asking questions and make my own mind on the answers I get..... We often hear in life and on this forum, that something must be normal, well, just because some animals do it, and since we are animals it must be OK. And certain behaviour that was...
  13. DaSleeper

    Anyone Remember?

    Doing a long overdue clean-up in my workshop this morning, I came across this old gadget I had purchased in '75 I believe.... Haven't used it in at least 15 years Anyone who is not a trucker remember this?
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    Obama appointments Violate Constitution.....

    High court rules against Obama on recess appointments WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court dealt a blow to the powers of the presidency Thursday, ruling decisively that President Obama violated the Constitution by going around the Senate to name key labor relations watchdogs. Resolving a...
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    Bell express-Vu

    Another Problem fixed..........almost. Got my bill the other day ....$68 overcharge for pay per view which I never use.... So I called them....and of course I get someone whose English is her second language since maybe last week....after trying in vain to make her understand and trying to...
  16. DaSleeper

    Tip of the Day.....

    Where you post a computer fix, that you think might help somebody else................. This morning, the monthly windows updates, and even after the configurations were done, computer took forever to reboot.. Since I had recently updated adobe, I went to msconfig system configuration...
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    Police Shooting in Las Vegas.....

    Las Vegas shooting leaves 5 dead, including police officers Shooting suspects open fire in pizza parlour before shooting selves in nearby Wal-Mart The Associated Press Posted: Jun 08, 2014 4:25 PM ET Last Updated: Jun 08, 2014 8:19 PM ET...
  18. DaSleeper

    Posting nude photos from ex-girlfriend's laptop

    Posting nude photos from ex-girlfriend's laptop not a crime — yet, judge says A Saskatoon man who posted nude photos of an ex-girlfriend to the internet has been found not guilty of theft and mischief, a provincial court judge has decided, because a new Criminal Code provision has not yet...
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    Bloomberg Condemns Narowing views on college campuses

    Former New York City Mayor Voices Frustration With Growing Hardheadedness, Blames Liberals Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg took sharp aim Thursday at what he called a growing intolerance of dissenting views on college campuses, while urging a crowd at Harvard University to fight...
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    The word "girl" not acceptable anymore?.........

    BBC Ban The Use of The Word 'Girl', But Is It A Sexist Term? When we're at school, we expect to be described as 'girls' - but is the term an acceptable way to address adult women? The BBC took the decision to censor the word 'girl' in a recent broadcast on the grounds that it could be...