August 15th
August 15
Andy asked about Brett Bain. He just had a back operation; they fused a few vertebrae together. And now he’s walking tall and not dragging his one leg. With his titanium insert and all those pins and screws, Brett could be called ComputerMan. He may not leap over buildings and scale mountains but he can again network Alberta School systems, defend against hackers and scammers and snap his fingers to bring hard drives back to life … for the fairest of maidens and even, dullish guys like you and me.
Members:
Brett Bain.
Sean Baylis. Smiling Sean sees progress and profit where others see only signs of recession. Trump has whittled tariffs off consumer goods from China. The Fed has made a small cut in interest rates (a rare act). Yes, Germany is experiencing shrinkage and there is a negative yield curve (for what that curve means will not be found in my scribbles; sorry.). He is a bit leery of bank stocks for the next while – especially the B of M and BNS. • Seems there are 6 usual signs of an impending recession and since Sean can only see one, he’s … watching Crave and looking forward to the Chernobyl story.
Jim Bladon. T
Paul Boucher.
Ian Campbell: ( He was at Breakfast but I was late so missed comments from a couple of Birds.)
Matt Dart .
Don Davis . Don is marvelling at how different things have become. His son is buying his first home for about a million. Back in the early 60’s, Don bought is first home for $6500.00. It had a 20 year mortgage at a punishing 3%. Ch-ch-ch-changes (as David Bowie liked to sing).
Todd Dean: Todd is about to torment his body – particularly his calves, quads and glutes – in the 2-day Ride to conquer Cancer. Our weather and all the travel he’s been doing this summer has not tuned Todd up for such a bike ride. But duty calls.
George Doherty.
Don Doolan .
Tony Fisher. Crop gazing, he is. While pool tables and hot tubs stream out of his stores, Tony marvels at the healthy look of the local canola crops
Gord Forsyth. Nada. Not a tip to offer. But lotsa amusing quips for our amusement.
Mel Gibson.
Henry Heuver. Henry is not as busy as he’d like. He has time to notice how much work the City is supporting and can’t help but feel that some of that money would be well spent on landscaping. He’s probably right.
David Hicks. Great summer so far. He’s been to the Celtic Lodge (a timeless place); Halifax and all over Cape Breton and PEI. Dave has had almost enough lobster for one year.
Dan Kennelly. Canada could borrow a page from the US and make pipelines work for the good of the country. But when will we ever learn? Meanwhile, you might want to try your hand at Skydiving. There’s a great facility at Deerfoot City. You could tell by Dan’s grin and that shine in his eyes, he’s going to do it.
Matt Litke. Banking is never boring. Mortgages are an interesting part of the business right now and more customers than ever are actually visiting the branch.
Andy Lockhart. He’s renovating his woodworking shop and has one of his nephew’s firms doing the painting. It’s under the College Pro banner – Andy’ll let us know if his relative is recommendable. • Meanwhile, Andy wants us to know that the Indigenous folks have dubbed Justin Trudeau, ‘Walking Eagle’. (Which, in Ojibway, means he’s too full of crap to fly.)
J.D. MacDonald. It’s time for seasonal projects so your home is ready for winter. Hot water tanks need attention and JD has a specially priced package for same.
Michael McLennan.
Ross Mikkelsen.
Mike Mikkelson.
Brad Pachal. ( He was at Breakfast but I was late so missed comments from a couple of Birds.)
Gerry Parcells. He has visions of churches, poutine and lobsters in his mind’s eye as he heads off to Quebec to see his son.
Dwayne Vinck.
Bob Wiggins.
George Roberts.
Associates:
Gregg Callander.
Alumni:
Ken Eades.
Bill Hoogstratten.
Bruce Roblin.
Chris Wright
