So now, I have my Fitbit

app are all synched up with my iPad pro and my iPhone 11 to my Versa 3 watch. However, my iPhone step counter is not lined up with my watch. 

Lizanne Wilmot climbed her Victorian-style bicycle in Burnie, Tasmania, and broke the Guinness World Records for the fastest speed on a penny farthing (female) and fastest 1 kilometer on a penny farthing (female). Wilmot rode the 1 kilometer (. 62 mile) distance in a time of 52.75 seconds.

We've got a couple of warm days this week but nothing to be concerned of so far its been a nice summer. Lots of rain. Anyway, that's all for now.

Not a lot going on right

now. Anne is about to head out to No Frills Saturday night), get some milk, and a Lotto Max (extra) for me and some cash back including 5 toonies so I can go to the "coffee club" during the week. $2 gets a coffee and a donut/muffin, and mingle with the other seniors. As a resident here, one needs to be carefull what one says because there is a lot of gossip going around. Us old people you know😎Not me. I don't participate in gosip. I don't really want to make friends around here because as soon as you meet and get to know somebody, they die off. Nature of the beast as it were. We had a yard sale but I got caught up in other things.

On this date in 1931, farmers in the American Midwest saw their crops destroyed by a massive swarm of grasshoppers. The insect collective was so big that it allegedly blocked out the sun and devoured entire fields of crops. In a related incident, in Saint Albert has a grasshopper infestation. You can read about it here.

Speaking about the Lotto Max ticket, when at Capital Place, we never won anything more then $10 bucks at a time oor a free ticket to play again.. Now that we're in a seniors residents, I doubt that will change. Not that I'd make announcement about it though. Anyway, that's all for now. 

 

About 1:30 this morning we had

an impressive light show. Lots of thunder lightning and rain. It got so bad our power was shut off for a few minutes before it was restored. It was a brief blackout. Previous to that yesterday afternoon a woman in the Callingwood area got struck by lightning. She's recovering in the hospital. I haven't heard of any serious issues around the city and area.

There could be more details during city news later. 

Last night the Elks were at Mosiac Stadium playing the 6-1 Riders in Saskatchewan. For a bit the score was tied at 1 for almost the first quarter. Then we pulled ahead 4-1 and the 2nd quarter it was 10-4 Riders into the half. It was 24-4 Riders at the end of the 3rd Quarter. I said "screw this," and went onto the computer and followed the game in another tab. In the 4th Quarter we scored 2 majors. 14 points. We got a game I can watch. It was 18-21 with just under 2 minutes to spare. The Riders sacked Fajaro (qb) twice in the 4th Q as the Home team just ate up the clock for the win. Close but no cigar. Anyway, that's all for now. 

If you have been following my Facebook

page you might have noticed I'm a wrestling fan. It was sad news hearing about the death of Hulk Hogan. I grew up watching wresting at 18 years old. In 1971, BC (BCTV) TV Studios in Burnaby was indeed the production location for the wrestling show, NWA All-Star Wrestling. Ron Morrier was the original host of the show, which began airing in 1962 and continued until 1989. The show was a popular fixture in Canadian television, showcasing various wrestling personalities and matches. The studio was lucky if they had 100 people watching. The shows were like Cad $2. Hulk Hogan to the best of my knowledge never wrestled for NWA He did, however, wrestle in Canada for promotions like Maple Leaf Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling, which were affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). While he wasn't part of NWA All-Star Wrestling specifically, he did compete in other NWA territories in Canada. I never noticed Hulk Hogan until WWE. 

I seem to vaugly remember this as this was the yar after Black Friday here in Edmonton. From Coast to Coast: The largest ice cream sundae in the Milky Way weighed in at 54,914 lbs (9,688 in syrup) at Edmonton, Canada (1988). 

Female pilot Joann Osterud set the inverted flight record on this date with an upside-down flight of 4 hours and 38 minutes (1991). Hopefully this link works.

I usually create these posts the day before and publish them after midnight the next day. Thursday, I'm just chillin and relaxing. Not much going on. 

It's 1:30am here Friday. Huge thunder. lighning. Lots of rainAnyway, that's all for now.

Yesterday I got 3

nuisance calls, then the Telus installer calls, saying his ETA is ~ 10 miniutes. Then the fire alarm drill goes off for the whole building. This is the annual practice drill the office mentioned when we signed our lease. Perfect timeing as we're expecting Telus. I thought this was going to be like Wyndham alarm goes off on a whim 2.0. I'm following Anne out the side exit to the front and dozens of seniors were. No fire trucks stand by ambulances, nothig. Office staff were taking names against suites. Later Anne said the checking of suites against the list were because for those not participating, they'd get a note under the door.

Telus finally showed up. The gave us a new PVR and Anne was able to keep her recorded shows etc. Also we had the splitter connecter in the wrong outlet. We got that working now.

Also, we had the dual phone splitter in the wrong outlet. Every time when we recieved an incoming call after we pick up my TV show gets dissconnected for about 10 minutes. The work around would be to scroll to find an active channel Get that then go back to my show. Thank God I don't need to do that anymore.

Also, when Telus was here he had to go to the truck to get something. He used the intercom (now working) It says Providers name. Press 6 on the phone, lets them in. Cool. The other place would have charged us a monthly fee. Anyway, that's all for now. 

Telus never showed up and the worst is

they never followed up to rebook the appointment. No email, nothing. We had to do it ourselves. So we have them between 1-3 tomorrow. I hope.

From Coast to Coast: The Reverend William Archibald Spooner was born on today's date in 1844. The lecturer became known for what are now called 'spoonerisms,' slips of the tongue where the consonants of words are reversed. One of his flubs was issued as he officiated at a wedding: "Son, it is now kisstomary to cuss the bride."

Infill housing is a hot topic in here. Redidents don't like it because the units are too tall and there could be 8 families in one unit. Critics don't like infill housing because the units are not in character with the neiborhood. Where are 8 families supposed to park vehicals? Also, to

many people in the neiborhood can cause infrustructure integraty and over crowding. So City council has proposed 6 families and reduced the height of infill housing units. I agree Edmonton needs to build up but not in residential established neiborhoods. We have (as of this writing) lots of locations in the downtown core, that have been empty lots for decades. The Arlington location has been empty for years. City council is supposed to revist the infill housing situation before the municiple election. Ooops. video wont play. Anyway, that's all for now.

At about noon today

it was +11°c yesterday afternoon on a cold mid month day in July. We had spotted showers all da

Today we're having a service call from our Internet Service Provider. Anne's having trouble with our PVR as it won't record my wifes shows. Hopefuly we'll get this resolved today and an issue with our phone. Anway, that's all for now.