Sunday November 16, 2025 Grey Cup

 

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Sunday November 16, 2025

Today was all about waiting for the All-Canadian football sporting event of the year, the 112th Grey Cup, which was played in Winnipeg Stadium between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Montreal Alouettes.

I was alone, ate supper at the beginning of the game, and actually enjoyed the half-time show with the band Machine Gun Kelly.  And then there were the great commercials......

I did take more photos of the football game , really... but my download of the photos fouled up somehow and now I have to figure out why, before I have to trust my camera in 11 days to take photos of many of the residents....  I would be mortified if the download fouled up for that!  I think I need to toss my existing memory card... 

 Anyway, the game was a happy one for us Westerners as Saskatchewan built a nice lead and hung on to win 25-17.  Montreal gave a great battle and it was in doubt right until the last minute, so that is what the Grey Cup should be like... pure enjoyment!

I had spent $15 on 2 different Grey Cup pools, but I have to wait until tomorrow for them to post the winners. 

A St Vincent de Paul volunteer contacted me about my donation and they will pick up my office chair and monitor on Monday.

I hope you enjoy the pictures.  That was the day’s excitement.

Al

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LOVE the moose commercial!

Yeah for the moose!

Machine Gun Kelly lead singer is good!

Backup musician is photogenic

and she obviously can play well

The winning quarterback

A long throw for a big gain

Another commercial

Also includes this...

 

 

Saturday November 15, 2025 Chairs

 

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Saturday November 15, 2025

 Bob informed me that another friend, Roy, did indeed manage to help him repair the flat on his new Gio and all the other tires were registering low pressures as well.  Our mechanic friend, Bernie, was indisposed.

I was very pleased with the quick FedEx delivery of my new office chair today.  I put it together properly and now I am getting accustomed to the new flexibility and support it offers.

I have contacted St Vincent de Paul Society to try to donate my old chair and computer monitor  to clear some space in the apartment. 

Then I contacted IPTV Passport to get a new updated receiver for my set-up here, with the intention of taking my old familiar system to Cristina in Colombia.  I will have to begin a tutorial in Spanish for her I guess...

Now, back to watching sports and preparing for Grey Cup Sunday tomorrow... 

I hope you enjoy the pictures.  That was the day’s excitement.

Al

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Old curved monitor to donate

Old gaming chair to donate

New chair

Very ergonomic!

 

Friday November 14, 2025 Prep

 

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Friday November 14, 2025

Monday, the water was off again for another 3 hours due to suite renovations, so I made a quick trip to the Library to pick up the latest Mark Greaney book, "Midnight Black" in large print.

Our friend Don had found a large salad on sale so I did the preparations my way and he came down to split it.

Tuesday I spent a lot of time on Temu, ordering a new ergonomic mesh office chair that I have been planning for months!  It was better than 1/2 price of anything similar on sale at Staples, so I finally went for it.  I ordered some Christmas presents as well for Cristina and some friends.

Wednesday, I went to try to help Bob with a flat tire on his Gio, even running back home for more tools, but I did not have a socket big enough to do the task.  He will get our friend Bernie, the former mechanic, to do the honours.

Thursday, we began actual preparations for having a "photo booth" at the Tenant Appreciation gathering in 2 weeks.  Like the silly fool that I am, I had volunteered to do the photography and the printing.  The Building Manager, Roch, wanted our set-up to be in the dining area but the lighting and shadows were too bad when I took some test shots, so Lorraine was to talk to Roch that we had a better location with a nice brick background in the "puzzle room" near the door.  

At 5:30 I was glued to the TV to watch Canada vs Ecuador in "World Friendlies" soccer match.  Canada got short-handed early and the game was hardly friendly, ending in a 0-0 draw.  Canada has been having a horrible time, scoring nothing in the last four games...

This morning, I was shocked to see that Temu said that one of my 3 parcels had been delivered by Canada Post!  There was nothing at my door, or the main door, or in my mailbox, so I checked the tracking with Canada Post and they started a "ticket" to find my parcel.  Then, minutes later, I get a notification from Temu that they had given me a wrong tracking number, and my package is still in Toronto.... so I had to advise Canada Post to cancel the ticket....  What a way to waste the morning....!!!

At 1pm I drove my Elks seatmate, Lorraine, to a nearby bar named Teddy's who had possession of her giant Teddy bear named Tie-Dye.  We had to contact the owner while there, but they did manage to deliver the bear to us to bring home.

Tie-Dye is to be used as a prop for the "photo booth" in 2 weeks.  The big guy is badly flopped over so we found a way to hang him from the wall so people can just stand next to him so we can snap two quick pictures, and move on to the next person.  We showed the Manager our proposed shooting spot and he agreed to help us out by having the maintenance man, Yves, to put an extra wall anchor in the brick wall to hang Tie-Dye in the right place.   Then I showed Yves where we needed the wall anchor.

Roch was worried about congestion near the doorway, but we proposed calling tenants by floor number to alleviate that concern.

Tie-Dye is now resting in my suite, until the proper time...

Today is the Celebration of Life in Calgary for our old friend Keith Keers.  RIP Keith, ....we had a good ride together. 

I hope you enjoy the pictures.  That was the day’s excitement.

Al

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Tie-Dye looks tired, flopped over

Test shot with Lorriane

This is the expected outcome, more or less

Hanging will be better...

Resting in my suite