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Look out for those Fokkers! – Veteran’s Day

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Chris Cane

A World War II Spitfire pilot is speaking in a church and reminiscing about his war experiences. “In 1942,” he says, “the situation was really tough. The Germans had a very strong air force. I remember,” he continues, “one day I was protecting the bombers and suddenly, out of the clouds, these Fokkers appeared.”

Posted in Might be true!, My Life, True Stuff | Tags: battle of britain, bottle of britain, fokker, fokkers, messerschmitt, spitfire |

The Perfect Storm – Empathy and Logophile.

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Chris Cane

It was the perfect storm. I’m laying in bed, heading for sleep and I think about a seventy-seven-year-old veteran who is being helped by the VA. Help, being the operative word. I had just been thanked for going the extra mile by a buyer at the VA, I had been helping the veteran by ensuring

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Posted in My Life, Rare Miscellany, True Stuff | Tags: lethologica, litany, liturgy, logophile, memory, tip of the tongue, word nerd |

The words and phrases of my youth.

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Chris Cane

I can’t find the original source of this piece of mirth and truth. On Jan 7, 2016 I found it! See Found It I’m at the ripe old age of 68 and I don’t feel that old. When my parents were 68, they were old but somehow as the world ages, the aged just don’t want

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Posted in Humor, My Life, Rare Miscellany, True Stuff, Useful Stuff | Tags: Cooties, fiddlesticjs, Jalopy, Leave it to beaver, Millennials, nincompoop, wooden nickels |

The Death of Common Sense and Profiles of Those Who Knew Him

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Chris Cane

I spent some time trying to find the source of this incredible piece of writing and first I found it it on a BBC Website <LINK> which eventually led me to a blog named www.loriborgman.com (She wrote the source document in 1998 <LINK> ) It turns out that she also published her original blog post in

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Posted in Humor, My Life, Rare Miscellany, True Stuff, Useful Stuff | Tags: Common Sense, Lori Borgman, Obituary |

The Beach Was Too Sandy!

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Chris Cane

SOME OF THESE THEY SAY ARE ACTUAL COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY “THOMAS COOK VACATIONS” FROM DISSATISFIED CUSTOMERS. Where do these people hide when they’re not on vacation? The Beach was too sandy

Posted in Humor, Rare Miscellany, True Stuff | Tags: Beach, Holiday, Sand, Sandy, Vacation |

Finding food in Winterpeg, Manitoba. Yes, this is a true story!

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Chris Cane

  … and before I continue, that’s not the correct way to spell honorary, even in Canada, ‘Eh!” Many, many years ago, I was at an industry trade show, maybe it was a sales meeting or maybe something else entirely in Winnipeg Manitoba. I don’t recall the show, meeting or the subject matter but I

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Posted in Humor, My Life, True Stuff | Tags: Manitoba, Winnipeg, Winterpeg |

The Power of the Song or “Don’t Fuck with a Canadian Musician!”

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Chris Cane

PLEASE SCROLL PAST THE PHOTO DISGRUNTLED PASSENGER’S REVENGE A Canadian musician from Halifax named Dave Carroll recently had difficulty with United Airlines. Dave spent over 9 months trying to get United to pay for damages caused by baggage handlers to his custom Taylor guitar.

Posted in Humor, My Life, True Stuff | Tags: Dave Carroll, Taylor Guitar, United Airlines |

Who knew that a swan could be this sexy? What’s next? Perhaps a Goose, Now that’s sexy!

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Chris Cane

Who knew that swans could be this damned sexy! While looking on the interweb for pictures of  swan to decorate a post, I came across a sculpture that can be seen at the Scindia Palace in Gwalior, India. The identity of the sculptor is unknown. The images were stumbled on by me at THIS LINK. See

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Posted in My Life, Rare Miscellany, True Stuff | Tags: Horny Swan, Sexy Swan, Swan |

Did the Jews really have problems with their genitals?

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Chris Cane

The following Bible stories were apparently written by real students and are genuine, authentic and unedited. Richard Lederer assembled them; they appeared in National Review magazine on 1995-DEC-31. In the first book of the Bible, Guinness’s, God got tired of creating the world, so He took the Sabbath off. Adam and Eve were created from

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Posted in Humor, Might be true!, Rare Miscellany, True Stuff | Tags: apple, DEC, Golden Rule, Mount Cyanide, National Review, Richard Lederer |

Amy, my daughter, the budding archaeologist.

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Chris Cane

In the early eighties when the Cane family was living in Utah, Amy was about 8 years of age. She was inquisitive and was determined to be an archeologist when she grew up. Since learning to read and perhaps before, she showed a remarkable aptitude for things prehistoric. She knew the names of all the

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