Circa 1990-2000 Sense and Nonsense- published Tri-Town News I was down at the Coast during the “big blow” on Easter Sunday 1997. A big wind in the country is merely an interruption between the snow or rain and the ever-popular sunshine. The important thing to remember is to stay off the lakes in your rowboat…

1979 Sense and Nonsense Lately I have been into collecting news oddities. This week I would like to share some of the recent absurdities that have me firmly convinced that “People arc the strangest of chickens”. That quote I believe is from Daffy Duck – or was it Reginald Rooster? The death of Pegleg the…

Nov 6, 1980  Sense and Nonsense There is often a bit of humour in even the most serious statements uttered by seemingly earnest individuals. The English language is a natural vehicle for expressing ambiguous opinions and phraseologies. How about the silver-penned newsman who reported on the spectacular rescue of six American ambassadors from Iran last…

1976 Sense and Nonsense Weddings are fun. They are also a big hassle for almost everyone involved. I know one mother who sewed every stitch for the girls in her daughter’s wedding party. She was still sewing madly a few hours before the wedding was supposed to begin. When I commented that she was working…

1974-75 Sense and Nonsense At a recent female gabfest the conversation changed from “what’s the matter with kids today” to “weird things we did when we were children.” One woman related how she would sometimes make chocolate fudge in her mother’s absense, clean the kitchen thoroughly to destroy the evidence, and stuff the candy in…

Sense and Nonsense: The Endako Mine Strike- 1979 Once upon a time Mother Goose laid an egg On a hill, near a tiny hamlet which nestled Beside a beautiful lake. The egg was not golden, (In fact it was a dirty grey in colour) but the people Were happy because the egg was valuable, And…

08 04 1977  Sense and Nonsense Most family magazines seem to have at least one page devoted to I.Q. tests. These tests contain a list of questions for the reader to evaluate his knowledge of, or aptitude for, certain things. Each I.Q. test is related to a topic, whether it be marriage, nutrition, the energy…

Sept 16, 1976 Sense and Nonsense Dear Mom: I hear on the weather news that it has been raining down there too. The weather man says this has been the wettest summer since 1955. The forecast has been so repetitious lately that they have been inventing new phrases to describe it. Did you hear the…

1974 10 17 Being poor is “in” now or at least the semblance of this condition, Not too long ago big cars, colour T.V., and expensive clothes were status symbols. The all Canadian dream was to have a nice house in the suburbs and the ultimate was a swimming pool in the backyard. The Jones,…

1974 10 10 Sense and Nonsense It Is now October which brings to mind that this is the month for two big days, Thanksgiving and Halloween. Some months have no special days in them but October is better than most with two. Anyway both occasions call for a pumpkin. The inside pulp to be made…