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Saturday morning I was awakened by a call from Dylan Leduc, and, as soon as I saw the name I knew that I would be kicking myself forever for not seeing Bob on Friday as I had promised... Yes, Bob had died at 4am and I cannot forgive myself... Bob's last words to me were "I love you", which is strange for 2 guys, but you would have to understand our relationship, ... he counted on me for so much, and I let him down on his last day..... Dammit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then I got a surprise email from Air Canada saying they were sending me a cheque for $200 for my $169 luggage purchase, which amazed me, plus 20% off the base fare for my next trip within a year! Yeah for Air Canada coming through!!!
That evening, I was browsing Facebook Marketplace on purpose looking for a cheap but decent lens for my spare Nikon D5600 and came across a DX AF55-200mm for $60, like new, so I drove to the west end near WEM and bought it! It works fantastic!
On the way back, I asked Google for the nearest best fast food and ended up at a place called Wayburger. It wasn't cheap, but it sure was darn good!!
Sunday, I took the LRT to the Library to pick up 3 books, including "Exit Strategy", the last of the Jack Reacher series.
Once home, I was in contact with my friendly Calgary accountant and emailed her all my scanned tax slips and charitable receipts. Hopefully no more come late like last year.
I finally saw my niece Dawn's apartment 3 floors up from mine... Her friend, Marilyn from Leduc, was driving her around. Marilyn had recently lost her husband, Joe, and divested of most her stuff because she is in a much smaller apartment than ours.. She is looking to have a Celebration of Life for Joe and was upset that her photographs are small and come up pixellated from a projector... Naturally Dawn said that I probably could assist, so I offered my help.
Monday morning, Dawn was at my door with a memory stick from Marilyn with 272 photos and one movie.... I had told them it might take 3 days... I started around noon on the photos.
Shortly thereafter, our maintenance man, Yves, showed up with plumbers to fix the kitchen sink leak and to replace the toilet. I let them work while I put the photos through Topaz AI to enlarge and sharpen what I could.
The kitchen sink leak was from a corroded pipe and that was fixed quickly. The new toilet is a marvel with a super fast flush from very little water.... I love it! AND, it has an elongated bowl and sits about 1" higher, which is easier for us old geezers....!!! I had successfully saved the sticker of the shark in the porthole for applying to the new cover.
I then took the 272 photos through PhotoShop for colour and clarity, refusing to stop until I was done, which was 13 hours later, at 1am... I was still so keyed up that I watched TV and devoured a bag of chips until 2:30am...
Oh, Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone....
This morning, it was sunny, going to 11C for warmth, water everywhere, and I decided that I had better see my old friend Ken Johnston (KJ) out in Gibbons and enjoy the drive.
Tuesday is Bingo day at his home and he just loves the activities. The cards were free today but no room at the table for me to play, so I just watched and chatted. Everybody at the table won something from the prize basket of green things, from Ginger Ale to green chocolate Aero bars.
Then entertainment showed up, and it turned out to be fiddler Braden Gates from the Commercial Hotel along with his Dad Troy and another fellow. The resident sure enjoyed the music and Troy's corny jokes, such as "Did you hear about the hole in the fence at the nudist colony?? Well the police are looking into it... lol".
I took a short video that I sent to Cristina too. Ken is at the very end.
I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.
Al
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| Removing the old toilet |
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| Old and new toilet |
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| Kitchen sink pipe repair |
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| New toilet is GREAT! |
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| Happy celebrant |
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| St. Patrick's Day |
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| Internet bingo program |
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| KJ and his table of players |
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| Nice mural in the dining hall |
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| Ken wins the full card, takes a chocolate bar |
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| ?, Troy and Braden Gates |
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| KJ |
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| Resident art on the wall |
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| and another |
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| Re-entering Edmonton from the east |
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| A lovely downtown skyline... |
