Practicing safe boating

You would just hate to lose a fine bottle of rum overboard......or in a flooded out basement in southern Alberta!

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Pre-Christmas Sale....in July

Which could just as easily be a post-Christmas Sale.....with minimal sign changes!

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Learning to speak Trini....by driving around

Stag is a popular brand of beer here in Trinidad.

 

Like any country, beer ads here are big and creative.

 

 

And this campaign is educational as well. 

 

 

While living in Argentina, I needed a Spanish teacher.

 

 

Here, I just go for a drive and I am learning a whole new language!

 

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Sunset looking east

Yes, the sun sets in the west.

Occasionally, you get a nice reflection of the setting sun off the clouds in the east.

 

Nice.

 

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Sunday at the races

While we are (still) out of our apartment, I watched some boat racing from the balcony of where we are staying.

An Air Guard helicopter was watching as well....

Here they are at the first turn...

Mr Solo  (two 850 HP engines) and his support boat....vrooom vrooom!

 

Going a touch slower than race speed....

 Assembling at the dock...

 

Mr Solo, with the throttle wide open...

 

Another boat, Monster...

 

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Spellcheck trivia

I did not know that spellcheck could not differentiate between an upper case and lower case letter.

This was in today's Guardian...

 

Or it may have nothing to do with spellcheck. LOL

 

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Hell or high water

From here in Trinidad, I watched how Calgary got hammered by the Elbow & Bow River flooding. I was very proud of how my kids jumped in to help others with cleaning mud & gunk out of their basements.

Katie tracked down one of the much sought after Calgary Stampede 'Hell or High Water' t-shirts for me.

 

I proudly wore it out in the field today.

YYC - so proud of your never quit attitude!

 

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