Category: Personal

Conservation people!

10 am Wednesday July 1st 2020

And already I have had to pump out four units … that’s less than 36 hours!

I will give one the benefit of the doubt, because I was not there for his last pump out, but the other three were done Sunday afternoon around two o’clock. And this is just black tanks, they are weeping their grey water, so I’m just trying to imagine how huge their water consumption must’ve in a house.

I can’t even start to explain water consumption to even make sense to myself on just a black water tank. Normally I would explain army showers, not running the water while brushing your teeth, washing and rinsing dishes, and we even catch the cold water in the shower before it gets warm in a pitcher to use in the toilet. But less than 36 hrs to fill a black tank there is no place to start an explanation.

A marine toilet, if you are totally out of control and using a gallon per use (we use a litre), in Appthis size of a trailer they have to have a 40 gallon tank, that’s over one use every hour, both day and night … pretty much just leaves me scratching my head wonder how and why.

I’m going to make an assumption that they have never really camped in their lives, they would spend most of their time in line up at the dump station, or learn pretty fast how to conserve, either way it would be a good lesson. And after seeing this we wonder why some of the older septic systems can’t keep up with this kind of water waste.

I can really see the need for some education on both water and electric conservation … maybe a yearly class in the recreation hall or maybe just some handouts to remind everyone that we are not hooked to city water and sewers, and that a well and septic are a different world altogether … just saying

Canada 🇨🇦 Day 2020

Wednesday July 1st 2020

Well let me start by saying I really don’t like this day of celebration. Oh please understand I am a proud Canadian and rest reassured I like days off, long weekends and the such, but what I don’t like are summer celebrations on Wednesday’s. Like seriously can’t some one move this celebration to a weekend?

Now you might ask why don’t you want to celebrate Canada Day on Wednesday well it’s because this year especially, and whoa what a year it has been so far and it’s looking like it could be a very long year. No this year we need to celebrate being Canadian for at least the whole month of July if not the remainder of the whole darn year.

Like seriously Canada is right about now is pretty much the only place that I want to be. With the world still caught in the grips of a pandemic and the infection rate on the rise, it’s good to know that our leaders like them or not have just for the most part put politics aside and worked shoulder to shoulder to battle this virus. And that makes me very proud to be a Canadian, and in reality it just one of many.

Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the world’s second-largest country by area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching 8,891 kilometres (5,525 mi), is the world’s longest bi-national land border. Canada’s capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. As pulled from Wikipedia … but in truth we live in an amazing country, in fact I will go on record as saying the best.

Oh we may not have white beaches like the Florida panhandle, but we have crystal clear lake like no where else in the world infact Canada has more than 31,750 lakes. All that is really missing is that January warmth that the southern states can offer, we have no shortage of warmth and humidity during the summertime. Canadians are as talented as anybody, with many inventions, medical discoveries, actors, musicians, pretty much every thing possible. We are in most cases modest, courteous, compassionate, fun loving, hardworking, but usually a little less intense that our friends to the south.

As a very dear friend used to always say “it’s a great day to be a Canadian” and truer words have never been spoken, but to take Gunner’s saying one step further every day is a great day to be Canadian!

So while we celebrate being part of the best country in the world, on this Wednesday, let’s act maybe just a little more proud of being Canadian and be a little more patriotic, show our colours and our pride and be thankful for being where we are safe and sound here in CANADA … just saying.