Richard W. Woodley 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️

Retired Parliamentary Indexer. Socialist, political observer and sometime activist with HBA in Political Science, Laurentian University, 1973. Outdoorsperson, environmentalist, cyclist and former mountain biker. Amateur photographer and mapmaker.
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My Blog (5th Column): https://the5thc.blogspot.com/
My GPS Maps Site: https://gpstrailmaps.blogspot.com/
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2026-10-24 12:47:53 UTC

Who remembers when you could take your inkjet printer ink cartridges into you local computer store and get them refiled and even buy do it yourself refill kits. is that still a thing ?

2026-10-17 14:11:20 UTC

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So when you use it does it tell you you are not doing it properly. That is what dental hygienists are for. AI taking jobs away again.

2026-08-27 14:11:27 UTC

US to Canada
We are withdrawing those things we said that we said we didn't say, you can believe us now
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/dominic-leblanc-greer-culture-language-9.7322393

2026-08-21 12:09:14 UTC

We can give #Trump a symbolic win on alcohol sales by allowing it's return for sale in Canada and then not buying it.

2026-08-19 22:53:36 UTC

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lovely

2026-07-30 14:13:56 UTC

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That's a lot of work when AI can just create a friend for you on demand.
(I wonder how many people read this and nod in agreement as if it was meant to be taken seriously)

2026-07-21 14:55:50 UTC

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cool shot

2026-07-18 13:39:14 UTC

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Is this EXACT phrase from Nazi propaganda or does the creator literally not understand what "literally" means ?

2026-07-03 14:45:39 UTC

Genocide is now 'humanitarian purgatory'
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-ceasefire-millions-in-humanitarian-limbo-9.7255970

2026-06-27 01:10:58 UTC

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"some ebike riders could soon new a licence and insurance to ride"
NO, some people driving electric vehicles that they call ebikes will be treated appropriately for the vehicles they are driving.
http://the5thc.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-problem-with-e-bikes-and-ontarios.html

2026-06-26 02:29:01 UTC

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nuclear and oil and as and of course coal, obsolete because more costly and more environmentally damaging.

2026-06-25 23:03:29 UTC

RE: https://flipboard.com/@natobserver/canada-s-national-observer-3fli7fiuz/-/a-fnJ1gqdfT5KaOUfKj02wQA%3Aa%3A2723035079-%2F0
Canada building it's future on the best obsolete technology available.
#note1dx4…x25s

2026-06-15 18:24:33 UTC

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You are more likely to be right, I have more of a band than orchestra background.

2026-06-15 16:49:24 UTC

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I also believe trumpets and cornets and french horns and e flat horns and other similar instruments are call the horn section in an orchestra, not sure if they include trombones.

2026-06-01 22:11:31 UTC

When the announcement was first made we were not expecting them to be mostly #Swasticars
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/chinese-made-evs-arrive-canada-9.7219356

2026-05-31 16:51:12 UTC

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Actually the UK uses FPTP
https://electoral-reform.org.uk/voting-systems/types-of-voting-system/first-past-the-post/

2026-05-30 23:51:04 UTC

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great capture

2026-05-30 14:42:38 UTC

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Some of the first push button touch tone phones could be set to "Pulse" (I think it was called) so it worked like a rotary phone and could be used by people that did not have touch tone service.

2026-05-29 14:09:31 UTC

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and the UK only feels regret while Canada wants in

2026-05-23 02:08:44 UTC

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We have reached peal idiocy so of course "Mr. Wonderful" must be behind it. Please stay south of the line Kevin.

2026-05-19 01:06:06 UTC

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lovely capture

2026-05-14 15:10:57 UTC

Carney: ""The path to affordability is electrification; the path to competitiveness is electrification; the path to net zero is electrification," Carney said in Ottawa. "Electrification underpins everything, our emissions, our environment, our economy."
Meanwhile from the other side of his mouth <<Let's build more pipelines and dig for oil>>
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-clean-energy-regulations-announcement-9.7198953

2026-05-11 19:15:53 UTC

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Juno Beach, where the Canadians landed in Normandy, WWII
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/juno-beach

2026-05-11 17:29:26 UTC

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Wondering if it's called Juno Beach because Canadian snowbirds (used to) storm it every winter ?

2026-05-08 01:16:18 UTC

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Wasn't/Isn't he trying to do this in Alberta ?

2026-05-07 15:00:22 UTC

Do you call posts here toots.

2026-05-02 17:23:15 UTC

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Most are cars but one is a person ?

2026-04-19 01:01:40 UTC

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It was more of a rhetorical question. Why are they paying for something but otherwise totally ignoring it. Is that what they cal prvate sector efficiency.