Second Gen (2003-2016, 2016- )
I like my job. I get to work with firemen, police, sewer builders and others I collectively call the Tonkas because there is big neato component to what they do. They do big. The other day I noticed this great, almost medieval, bit of book rack design in one of their buildings. Beefy.
The non-NHL pool 2005 rules.
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Sad to see the farmers of PEI suffering from the market glut and low prices for potatoes. Here are some acreage stats on the reality of the North American market from this agricultural consultancy firm:
And speaking of potatoes…
- Slight dip in US potato acreage since 2003
- This year, total potato acreage across the United States is down 7% – or 88,300 acres. This year’s total is 1,184,300 vs. 1,272,600 last year.
- Dramatic 5-year shift in potato acreage distribution in Canada
- since 1999, P.E.I.’s potato acreage has shrunk by 7000 acres.
- All other provinces’ potato acreage has increased by 68,000 acres.
How introducing only a cap at the present 106,000 acres in addition to the practice of crop destruction in such a small part of the total continental market will effect the desired change is not clear to me – but it is not like there is really an answer to the whole situation.
The appeal period will have to run out before any decisions are made but this statement by the son of one of those lost in the Air India disaster is entirely correct:
“This was not an aviation accident. This was not an in-flight accident,” said Susheel Gupta, an Ottawa lawyer who was 12 when his mother died on board Air India Flight 182 on a June morning in 1985. “This was murder, pure and simple,” said Gupta. “Murder in any system of justice demands just that – justice. And if the murder of 329 innocent people … doesn’t deserve a public inquiry, then we ask: what does?”
Here is Hitachi’s entry into the robot WARS!!! race and one that points out an actual use for the Segway concept. Why have all those chunky walking technology worries like nightmarish future soldier Honda’s Asimo.
Hitachi had a press conference introducing them yesterday:
Two wheel-based Emiews, Pal and Chum, introduced themselves to reporters at a press conference in Japan.
How nice. It kind of looks like Pal…or Chum…is holding a flamethrower Swiffer-brand duster to get at those difficult areas.
OK – I couldn’t get up any interest for an all-hockey pool either. So we are going to go with a mixed sports pool this year. Have your picks in by Friday 18 March 2005 at 5 pm EST – that is this week.
A. US College Basketball – CBS Sports should provide all you need.
1. Name the final four teams in the mens NCAA championship. 5 points for each correct pick.
2. Ten points for the NCAA mens basketball champion.
B. Hockey – check TSN.ca for helpful household hints.
3. Name the winner of the Memorial Cup, Canada’s Jr A Men’s hockey championship. 10 points.
4. Pick four scorers in the Memorial Cup. One point for each goal or assist.
5. Pick the winner of the AHL’s Calder Cup. Ten points.
C. Fitba – try BBC Sports for information.
6. Pick the two teams in the English FA Cup Final. Five points each.
7. Pick the winner of the FA Cup. 10 points.
8. Pick the winner of the Scottish Premier League – not a Cup, #1 in the league table. [Ed.: Hint – it will likely rhyme with “Brangers” or “Beltic”.] Ten points.
D. Baseball –
Try the home web sites for Boston and the Yankees.
9. Who wins when the Red Sox and Yankees play on 11 April 2005? Ten points.
10. Who wins when the Red Sox and Yankees play on 13 April 2005? Ten points.
11. Who starts as pitcher for each team when the Red Sox and Yankees play on 14 April 2005? Ten points for each correct pick.
Comments? Other questions – other than my weight – you are interested in?