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Monthly Archives: May 2012
The Poker Gods
Played Texas Hold’em last evening. There were 7 of us. We started at around 8pm as people were rather late in showing up. I won a couple of close hands early and quickly tripled my chip stack to about 750,000. … Continue reading
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Ouch – just a bit
I brought the Jeep into Courtesy Chrysler yesterday at 7am. Got the shuttle ride back home and did some stuff around the house, you know, domestic chores. I hadn’t heard from them by 10:30 or so, so I called them. … Continue reading
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Becoming an Albertan
Becoming an Albertan is sort of expensive. Since I am bringing a vehicle from out of province, I have to pay for an out of province vehicle inspection – essentially a “safety check”. I suppose I see the logic in … Continue reading
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Calgary Stampede and other stuff
I spoke with BP this afternoon on my way back to work. He has decided to come out to Calgary for the Stampede week so that’s great. I have requested the time off of work. His flight isn’t going to … Continue reading
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Who names these diamonds?
OK, I mentioned yesterday that I showed up at “Deerfoot Park” to umpire a double header and that there were no teams present. Well, I discovered that the diamond is called “Deerfoot” BUT, it’s not at Deerfoot Park, it’s at … Continue reading
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Hiking in the Rockies
I was supposed to umpire a double header this morning. I left the house shortly after 8am for a 9am start. The ball diamond was pretty close and I got there by 8:15. There were a number of diamonds in … Continue reading
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Back to the field of dreams
I start umpiring today. Was supposed to be tomorrow but I got a call from another scheduler and am heading to Strathmore today. It is somewhere east of Calgary, 1/2 hour drive by the looks of it. I enjoy umpiring, … Continue reading
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Umpiring
I return to the world of umpiring this weekend. I didn’t figure that I would umpire at all, not sure why, so, I left my equipment back in St. Catharines. JB has looked into pricing for shipping stuff out here. … Continue reading
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Loving the prices in Alberta
I had to switch my auto insurance yesterday. I was using TD Insurance. They provide insurance in Ontario and they provide insurance in Alberta. The two don’t necessarily inter-mingle. So, my policy in Alberta in around $100 per month for … Continue reading
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