This was September 17th

Fishing stories at Birds pale in comparison to the Legends of our Lawnmower Races.

Less election chatter than expected. Best line may have been Lockhart’s: Harper just seems to be going through the motions.

Members:

Brett Bain. 

Sean Baylis. Birds get free market tips: Buying opportunities range from ‘Money Honey’ (CI Financial) to ‘Very Gassy’ (Methanex), to ’Hunter Harrison’s Pets’ (CP & CN Rail), ‘Satellites & More’ (I think it was MDA), ‘Very Cheesy’ (Saputo), ‘Fun Families’ (Shaw and Magna), ‘Monopoly Wannabes’ (Canadian Utilities and Enbridge), ‘Big Wheels’ (Gibson’s) and even ’Black Face in Drag’ (Teck).

Jim Bladon.  Had a good golfing time in Penticton.

Paul Boucher. Your laptop may not be covered by insurance if you take it off premises. Weird rule worth checking into. Here’s an interesting article on content “co-creation” in its various forms for people struggling with a social media marketing plan:  http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2015/09/tools-cocreate-content/ This second one is a great recent article containing tips to “master” LinkedIn:  http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/23454/The-Ultimate-Cheat-Sheet-for-Mastering-LinkedIn.aspx   Finally, here is a terrific article on tipping information while travelling internationally:  https://www.hipmunk.com/tailwind/the-travelers-guide-to-tipping-internationally/?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=201509M17_Nutshell

Greg Callander .

Ian Campbell.  Sudden hearing loss, especially in one ear, is rare but if it happens, see your doc. If no diagnosis (i.e. no explanation), get to emergency. •  Though hearing has a role to play in balance, vertigo sufferers often have an issue with vestibular crystals that are can be stabilized by a ‘Dizzy Physiotherapist’. It’s not an area that Ian likes to get into.

Don Davis. My, how we Birds have changed: the bottle of Scotch remained unopened at Birds BBQ. • Don and Pat are off to Newfoundland and then to New York where, it seems, they land just before the Pope arrives. The ‘Don•Mobile’ may not be very mobile.

Todd Dean .

George Doherty. What was two is now three. George’s Cream line-up now has a third product. All have a fresh new look with lovely labels. • Speaking of pretty faces, never judge a golfer’s age by how he drives. George was on a foursome of guys, more less around his age. One of the guy’s could drive a mile. Turned out he was 86.

Don Doolan.

Ken Eades.

Tony Fisher.

Gord Forsyth.  Tip: show your wife where the water shutoff valve is. And show her how to use it.

Mel Gibson.  Read the fine print.

Henry Heuver.

David Hicks.  Has a sense that building permits are down. Ah well, he enjoys the Sage Bistro.

Bill Hoogstratten.

Dan Kennelly. Reminded us of the debate.

Randy Kott. On the matter of replacement insurance, you may have to dance to whatever tune your mortgage company is humming.

Keith Kozak. Had guests in town so wandered over to the Grey Eagle. He was impressed by the hotel and gave the restaurant four Kozaks.

Matt Litke. 

Andy Lockhart.  SAWS had a good exhibition at South Centre this year.

J.D. MacDonald. 

Michael McLennan.

Ross Mikkelsen. 

Mike Mikkelson.  Knows how to bbq all sizes and kinds of steaks.

Gerry Parcells. Had water meter cupboard built to satisfy city. Seemed kind of overfill. But that’s just the government, eh. • Gerry is soon to have a knee operation .

Bruce Roblin .

Dwayne Vinck.

Bob Wiggins. Wants some trees and bushes repositioned before next lawnmower race. (Or no pecan pie.)

Chris Wright .

George Roberts.   Words work when written well .