Re: Today ...
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 7:27 pm
And he was getting dragged around. I wonder what the photo of the Dragger would look like? LOLWade wrote:Sleeping in Sleigh2.jpg
Relaxing...
And he was getting dragged around. I wonder what the photo of the Dragger would look like? LOLWade wrote:Sleeping in Sleigh2.jpg
Relaxing...
Sounds like the "gas shortage" here in the US, back in the 70s. The price jumped from 32 cents a gallon to 75 cents and suddenly the gas shortage came to an end...Peregrino wrote:Today Mexico is in the second day of protests over a gasoline price increase. People are blocking highways and railroads, occupying toll plazas and government buildings. There was no gasoline for a while in our local town due to panic buying last week before the price increase went into effect. Today I noticed the gas station was busy again so they must have gotten some more in somehow.
Our new carbon tax came into force on January 1/17. Gas in town was $1.139 a liter today. Last gas I got was maybe $0.929? In the 90's cent range, anyway.Peregrino wrote:Today Mexico is in the second day of protests over a gasoline price increase. People are blocking highways and railroads, occupying toll plazas and government buildings. There was no gasoline for a while in our local town due to panic buying last week before the price increase went into effect. Today I noticed the gas station was busy again so they must have gotten some more in somehow.
When I was in college in Minnesota the different classes (Freshmen, Sophomores, etc) competed in building snow sculptures every year. The snow was so dry there that we had to add a bunch of water to it in 5 gallon buckets in order to get it to stick together. One year we made Snoopy on a snowmobile - larger than life (the snowmobile, I mean; Snoopy was a LOT bigger). We were allowed to use food coloring to 'paint' our creations as well.Robert wrote:The start of my igloo.
The snow is not packing well, so I am using the snow blower and making circles around it to pile up the snow and letting it pack down a bit. I suspect I will have it finished right when spring hits and it melts.
I'm glad they were able to do that. I know my wife would really like to visit your wife as well. And I'd enjoy sitting down with you again for an afternoon.Wade wrote:Couple Mennonite woman braved the treacherous mountain passes to come visit us. They brought us a bunch of casserole dishes and other frozen foods. A lot of frozen vegetables from one family's garden whose wife hasn't been completely healthy and so I believe this took sacrifice on their part.
There were a few gifts as well and one bag had the last name of a regular poster on MN. Thank you!
I started to "translate" this book into a form easier for non-intellects to process. Got through about three or four chapters. It was an interesting project, but I ran out of steam and impetus. The book is still available through print on demand. Bender presented the content in all of the Mennonite colleges in 1960. I think each chapter was a separate lecture.Wade wrote:A minister that I have shared my heart to more than anyone gave me the book: THESE ARE MY PEOPLE, The Nature of the Church and Its Disciples According to the New Testament by Harold S. Bender. Not sure I can describe how much I appreciate his thoughtfulness and prayers for us. Look forward to reading it.