Parking -by-law officer

Ottawa parking.

On March the 9th at approx. 1:30 pm I had to go to Rogers wireless and tv store on the corner of Gilmore and bank street in Ottawa to return some equipment.

My friend parked around the corner of the store east on Gilmore.  There are parking meters there, but since there were no other cars around and I was only going in to return some equipment, we figured I wouldn’t be that long. I was in there for about five minutes and when I came out there was a parking by-law officer with my friend and my friend had to put in 3 dollars in the meter even though he explained to the officer why he was waiting.

Apparently he was told to insert $3.00 in the meter or he would have a $60.00 parking ticket.  My friend put the $3.00 in. He was just walking away when I came out.  It cost him $3.00 for about 5 minutes of parking. My friend was mad. I asked God to forgive my friend for not recognizing a robot when he sees one.

Here in Gatineau if we are not on the Internet and we have to pay our bill we have to run to Ottawa to pay our bill because Rogers is too cheap to open a place here in Gatineau sector of Hull.

I don’t know why they don’t because they have plenty of clients here and the balance of Gatineau

That’s my rant for today.

Have a good day.

Province of Ontario

For those who read my rants, I must give the impression that I hate the province of Ontario. Actually, I like Ontario and its people but its provincial government I don’t like.

The way I see it, that government is always looking at different ways to pick the pockets of its citizens, while making sure that the citizens don’t get any thing back for what they pay in increases.

My back is back

A while ago I mentioned that I was having some back problems and it would slow my posting on my blog.  It did, but it didn't slow my brain.  I'll be posting again regularly starting today.  My back is not fully recovered but it is feeling better enough now that I can sit at my computer again and and not have it bother me.  Not surprisingly, there are still as many things to rant about as before I took a break.

So I'm back and as ranty as ever.

Iran

According to the reports, Iran has said that they will let the UN Inspectors into their secret nuclear site. My question would be, are they to be trusted? Because of all the suspicion they've brought on themselves, for refusing to let the UN Inspectors in the last time they went there, they don't deserve a lot of our trust. It's more likely they were they just looking for more time to hide what they were doing, if they had started in doing what they weren’t suppose to do.

Could it be that they finally figured out that they had made too many threats and that they are feeling the tension building up against them? Do they now realize that they had pushed their luck too far and now it was time to back down before action is taken against them?

If Ahmedinejad just wants to generate electricity, what was the other stuff about radioactive isotopes (source missing)? If it is used for cancer treatment as he's suggested, why would they have to have it in a secret place and not let the inspectors in?

With all the threats that he has made and all the tension, that he has brought against his nation, all of a sudden he changes his mind. This sounds a little suspicious to me.

That’s my beef for today. 

Out of Commission

It may be a while before I can post again. Not years or months, but perhaps a couple of weeks.  I've hurt my back and it hurts to sit at the computer for more than 5 or 10 minutes or even to move around too much. It bothers me from time to time, and it sure isn't fun when it happens.

But it does go away after a while.  I'm not going away though.

I will post again as soon as I can, but I'm not sure how soon it will be.  But I'll be back when I have a better back.

Yet more stupid by-laws

By-laws are sometimes beyond stupid.

I thought the City of Ottawa, the Capital of Canada, had some stupid by-laws. From what I read this morning on Fox News,  in Louisiana the parishioners were ordered to stop giving water and coffee away because they did not have the proper permits. One permit for failing to secure an occupational license and the other for failing to register for a sales tax.

I can’t speak about the occupational license, but failing to register for a sales tax? This is kind of stupid, because they were not selling anything but giving it away.           

That’s my short rant of the day but I would like to leave you with some good advice. If you decide to go to Louisiana, don’t you dare giving anything away because you might be breaking some stupid law. You be the judge.

Have a good day.

What is this World coming to?

What is this world coming to when some nations will let a nation murder its own citizens by the thousands? This is exactly what is happening in Syria and it seems like the fat cat has friends that do not want any nation to go and take him out. I guess that these nations like Iran, Russia and China are willing to let people get murdered just because they are getting what ever they need at a good price.  Or perhaps what they need from this nation they can’t get anywhere else. It's not oil. It's got to be ideological or political camaraderie.  But I guess in that part of the world that's what matters, and life is cheap.