@titanicluv019 Lives in a world of confusion Agnostic, Humanist, Freethinker Open to meeting men...

Surfpirate comments on Feb 12, 2019:

The Xstian god is a big part of her life and she lives in a world of confusion. Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!

Surfpirate replies on Feb 12, 2019:

@VAL3941 We need to do an Atheist/Agnostic intervention I think - scare the Bejesus out of her, get her to wake the fuck up. :D

When was the last time you saw a group of kids just goofing around with their friends, playing in ...

Cassiopeia comments on Feb 12, 2019:

They are too old to be out ‘playing’. At their age I was experimenting with innocent first kisses and possibly beer. I expect they are the same. I am glad I could equip my daughters with phones so I could keep tabs on them and they could reach me in an emergency. I dislike the propensity...

Surfpirate replies on Feb 12, 2019:

@Cassiopeia the girls appear to be prepubescent so probably 11'ish and I think the average age for N American girls to become sexually active is 13'ish if I recall the training I received as a Scout Leader, so I do hope they are still playing with toys. We rush to grow up into adulthood and then find we missed our childhood, why rush?

When was the last time you saw a group of kids just goofing around with their friends, playing in ...

Cassiopeia comments on Feb 12, 2019:

They are too old to be out ‘playing’. At their age I was experimenting with innocent first kisses and possibly beer. I expect they are the same. I am glad I could equip my daughters with phones so I could keep tabs on them and they could reach me in an emergency. I dislike the propensity...

Surfpirate replies on Feb 12, 2019:

I miss imagining dinosaurs and molding them out of plasticine modeling clay but now you can just play a game where you ride dinosaurs into battle on your phone. The Neanderthals seems to have made a comeback and they have phones too, there's an app for that. ;)

Bread update.

Surfpirate comments on Feb 11, 2019:

Cut off the bits that don't work for you and make croutons of that, crustless slices for the rest or maybe a nice bread pudding.

Surfpirate replies on Feb 11, 2019:

@bigpawbullets I worked as a baker for a year when I was much younger and while it is a science it is also an art, sometimes the art doesn't come out quite the way you planned it using the scientific method. You adapt, it all works out in the end. :)

Ever wonder what the Tooth Fairy looks like? Now you know.

MarvelAnn comments on Feb 10, 2019:

That is terrifying to me.

Surfpirate replies on Feb 10, 2019:

I was thinking it would scare the crap out of some kid who was waiting up to see the tooth fairy stick its hand under his pillow, grab the tooth and leave a quarter.

I know that some of you guys eat venison or deer meat.

Surfpirate comments on Feb 9, 2019:

I've been hearing about it but haven't seen any cases myself.

Surfpirate replies on Feb 9, 2019:

@FrayedBear The big problem around here is Lyme disease which is carried by deer ticks, let's hope the ticks aren't carrying the zombie disease too.

I'm not saying it was aliens because it probably wasn't.

Cutiebeauty comments on Feb 7, 2019:

Aliens seem more fun...

Surfpirate replies on Feb 7, 2019:

Aliens are good for ratings on TV.

A good friend of mine headed up the Emergency Dept at a hospital in Toronto and he would sometimes ...

ProudMerrie comments on Feb 7, 2019:

After reading what you wrote, I don't think I can go to the link. It only gets worse doesn't it?

Surfpirate replies on Feb 7, 2019:

Just a young guy who put a battery up his butt to get more energy, it wouldn't come out without medical assistance. Very strange.

Now this is some scary shit.

Robecology comments on Feb 7, 2019:

LOL! Now imagine no hair and a beard on the Orange one; before you look at this... https://external-preview.redd.it/d21dxow6G6upas4VEqFftWfRbUBU5SkJdnqRPhNQZUc.jpg?auto=webp&s=bc8ceef0e5ead15c8f8094a0f46e225b031f982d

Surfpirate replies on Feb 7, 2019:

Big improvement and bears a closer resemblance to the giant dick that he is. As a sidebar, I shave my head every summer and not a summer goes by that woman doesn't ask me if she can touch my head, some of them give a little shiver when they touch the top of my head.

Perspective: Use it or lose it.

GuyKeith comments on Feb 7, 2019:

Well, that is 2 seconds I'll never get back.

Surfpirate replies on Feb 7, 2019:

Don't sweat it, you'll probably live forever or at least as long as you'll ever remember. :)

Very true. They don't "provide" much.

Surfpirate comments on Feb 6, 2019:

As a Canadian I have to say I just don't understand the U.S. system of medicine for only those that can afford it.

Surfpirate replies on Feb 7, 2019:

@Anonbene Some of the nicest people I have met are Americans but their government sucks.

The problem with ventilation grates isn't just a woman's problem.

AmmaRE007 comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Depends

Surfpirate replies on Feb 7, 2019:

I don't think Depends would help. :)

Perspective: Use it or lose it.

RavenCT comments on Feb 6, 2019:

For those who don't have phones:

Surfpirate replies on Feb 6, 2019:

Now that's using one's head for more than a hat rack. :)

Very true. They don't "provide" much.

Surfpirate comments on Feb 6, 2019:

As a Canadian I have to say I just don't understand the U.S. system of medicine for only those that can afford it.

Surfpirate replies on Feb 6, 2019:

@Mofferatu When you think about it, the US is the only first world nation that does this, it's uncivilized.

Very true. They don't "provide" much.

Surfpirate comments on Feb 6, 2019:

As a Canadian I have to say I just don't understand the U.S. system of medicine for only those that can afford it.

Surfpirate replies on Feb 6, 2019:

@Arouet I've lived in the developing world and they take better care of the medical needs of the people, the 3rd world I don't know enough to say.

Be careful what you ask for, dogs don't come house trained. :)

Wildflower comments on Feb 6, 2019:

I'm not going to say a word. I'll get accused of man bashing again.

Surfpirate replies on Feb 6, 2019:

@Wildflower Although as a man I have to say that I am constantly amazed by that statement from women. Looking at men objectively I have to say there aren't that many redeeming qualities to be attracted to but Women on the other hand are so scrumptious in every way that it is a mystery that they don't find each other more attractive than the males of the species.

Be careful what you ask for, dogs don't come house trained. :)

TheAstroChuck comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Many dogs do come potty trained, but not puppies.

Surfpirate replies on Feb 6, 2019:

Can you really train an old dog new tricks?

Be careful what you ask for, dogs don't come house trained. :)

thinktwice comments on Feb 6, 2019:

No, but they are easily trained...men, not so much...ha ha ha

Surfpirate replies on Feb 6, 2019:

We can learn but I have to agree that we are hard to train.

Be careful what you ask for, dogs don't come house trained. :)

Wildflower comments on Feb 6, 2019:

I'm not going to say a word. I'll get accused of man bashing again.

Surfpirate replies on Feb 6, 2019:

AGAIN? lol

Icy weather has me cooped up in the house but as a kid I loved icy weather for just this reason.

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Feb 6, 2019:

We're stuck inside too.

Surfpirate replies on Feb 6, 2019:

It's just that time of year, no wonder there are no cheap flights going south just now. ;)

Icy weather has me cooped up in the house but as a kid I loved icy weather for just this reason.

Arouet comments on Feb 6, 2019:

-36 Celesius here in Wild Rose Country last couple of nights. The cooping up thing is getting old.

Surfpirate replies on Feb 6, 2019:

I hear you, used to live in Calgary and remember crossing my fingers in hopes that a Chinook would blow in and take that pall of a deep freeze off of the city.

Hello friends.

snikkers comments on Feb 4, 2019:

Hello from a fellow Canuck living in the Orillia area!

Surfpirate replies on Feb 4, 2019:

I used to live in Orillia on Lake Couch north of the old Sundial Inn.

Hello friends.

TheGreatShadow comments on Feb 4, 2019:

Hello from the US. Interesting you put on a dress shirt and pants with running shoes. :P Welcome!

Surfpirate replies on Feb 4, 2019:

Toronto thing, I never see it any place else. It makes sense to use the runners to get to work and then wear the heels while you are at work.

Was this some sort of candle holder, gambling dice, astronomical device or maybe just an ancient ...

Carin comments on Feb 3, 2019:

Dice.

Surfpirate replies on Feb 3, 2019:

dice but with no numbers so how do you know what you rolled?

I just bought myself a new foldable electric bike.

Surfpirate comments on Feb 2, 2019:

My wife and I used two Electric Bikes to do short trips when we were traveling around the US and Mexico, they were really handy and real conversation starters. I hope you have as much fun with your new one as we did with ours.

Surfpirate replies on Feb 3, 2019:

@Shouldbefishing this was a few years ago, I bought a pair of E-Bikes off of Craigslist and they were great, still have one of them but the other I wore out after a few years and a long trip

Bolton admits that the coup in Venezuela is all about the oil. [facebook.com]

btroje comments on Feb 2, 2019:

I dont think he had to say it

Surfpirate replies on Feb 2, 2019:

And yet he went out of his way to do so, very callous.

Bolton admits that the coup in Venezuela is all about the oil. [facebook.com]

BufftonBeotch comments on Feb 2, 2019:

Bolton looks like someone handed a folder that could not find a bathroom on his own, Or unfasten his pants.

Surfpirate replies on Feb 2, 2019:

He has staffers for those things. ;)

Ground hog day in Canada. Holy Shit, it's cold!

glennlab comments on Feb 2, 2019:

spring rains outside, messing up my outdoor plans.

Surfpirate replies on Feb 2, 2019:

Meanwhile in Canada. :D

Bolton admits that the coup in Venezuela is all about the oil. [facebook.com]

PalacinkyPDX comments on Feb 2, 2019:

Newsflash: Water is Wet!

Surfpirate replies on Feb 2, 2019:

They used to have the decency to lie about it, promoting freedom and democracy, blah blah blah. :D

hahahahaha

Surfpirate comments on Jan 26, 2019:

Just imagine what the landlord is going to say when he sees that! This is why I no longer own rental properties. :D

Surfpirate replies on Feb 1, 2019:

@CaroleKay I guess this is a thorny issue for both of us, for the record, I like artists, real artists. I do not like fraudulent, do nothings who pretend to be artists but just make real artists look bad. I've been a landlord, I've been a tenant - good on both counts. Take from it what you will.

hahahahaha

Surfpirate comments on Jan 26, 2019:

Just imagine what the landlord is going to say when he sees that! This is why I no longer own rental properties. :D

Surfpirate replies on Feb 1, 2019:

@AprilFlowers okay, you rent to people that are always behind on the rent and leave a pile of trash behind when you finally have to evict them, clean up the mess and pay the legal bills. I'm a master builder, that involves creativity with a very large and expensive canvas, usually greater than $50M, so I take my profession and my work seriously. My issue is with people who call themselves 'Artists' when in actual fact they are not artistic but people who have no skill or trade or work ethic and just drift along under the guise of being 'artistic'. If you are down on your luck then work through it and if you are a bum then don't drag down artists by calling yourself one.

hahahahaha

Surfpirate comments on Jan 26, 2019:

Just imagine what the landlord is going to say when he sees that! This is why I no longer own rental properties. :D

Surfpirate replies on Feb 1, 2019:

@CaroleKay I also wouldn't classify you as a typical artist in so far as you actually have an artistic trade in comparison to the 'always late with the rent, never have two cents to rub together, living for my art' sort of artist I was envisioning. My own work is artistic but also practical and that's where I notice the difference between functional artist and artists who use the term because they really don't do much of anything.

hahahahaha

Surfpirate comments on Jan 26, 2019:

Just imagine what the landlord is going to say when he sees that! This is why I no longer own rental properties. :D

Surfpirate replies on Feb 1, 2019:

@CaroleKay it's a generalization not a specific comment and it is based upon my experience as a landlord, something I no longer do

How do Americans celebrate the lunar new year, year of the pig?

Pralina1 comments on Jan 31, 2019:

i remember clearly the days that I was crazy about soccer . What a waste of my time and life . My litle chi rescue is named Diego ( after Mr Diego Maradona ) . Man , I was one of the losers that will accommodate life around Sunday games while in Europe . Looking back , I am embarrassed about it ? ...

Surfpirate replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@escapetypist LOL, You have never been a Toronto Maple Leafs fan, they haven't had the Stanley Cup in their arena since 1967 and I was there.

Climate and weather are related but not the same, simple enough to understand, or so you would ...

RavenCT comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Uncle George! ???

Surfpirate replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@RavenCT You could do worse, even one of those guys who likes to dress up as a Klingon would be better than a Trumper.

How do Americans celebrate the lunar new year, year of the pig?

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Most Americans aren't recently arrived from Asia and therefore don't observe the lunar new year.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@escapetypist America could use some culture, most of it is found in the yogurt section of the dairy aisle. ;)

How do Americans celebrate the lunar new year, year of the pig?

Pralina1 comments on Jan 31, 2019:

i remember clearly the days that I was crazy about soccer . What a waste of my time and life . My litle chi rescue is named Diego ( after Mr Diego Maradona ) . Man , I was one of the losers that will accommodate life around Sunday games while in Europe . Looking back , I am embarrassed about it ? ...

Surfpirate replies on Jan 31, 2019:

It was the Roman Emperors that perfected the concept of 'Bread and Circuses'. I'm a Canadian and hockey is like a religion in my country - I would rather watch paint dry anymore but there was a time when it was a ritual to get together with friends and watch the game.

One of these days I will go into one!

Surfpirate comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Be warned, you may never find your way out again, they are designed like a maze.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@Elganned not even a little, 100% Canadian

One of these days I will go into one!

Surfpirate comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Be warned, you may never find your way out again, they are designed like a maze.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@Elganned I could do that job, it's my profession. :) The building, not the shopping.

Climate and weather are related but not the same, simple enough to understand, or so you would ...

RavenCT comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Uncle George! ???

Surfpirate replies on Jan 31, 2019:

A few Trumpers watch Star Trek but they are rooting for the Borg. :D

The polar vortex seems to be on my mind a lot lately, I wonder why?

jondspen comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Those things are really poking out. Must be pretty cold!

Surfpirate replies on Jan 30, 2019:

Somebody could lose an eye.

The polar vortex seems to be on my mind a lot lately, I wonder why?

zorialoki comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Reminds me more of a hippo about to bite your stupid fucking ass

Surfpirate replies on Jan 30, 2019:

Like the ones in Fantasia, only angry. lol The vortex has been biting my ass for the last two weeks.

One of these days I will go into one!

Surfpirate comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Be warned, you may never find your way out again, they are designed like a maze.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 30, 2019:

@Hathacat bring bread crumbs and sprinkle them in your wake ;)

Greetings from the home of the polar vortex.

Mooolah comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Sorry. I can't relate to balls of any kind except as a target for creepy men who try to touch me.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 30, 2019:

If those balls are made of solid brass then don't kick them without your steel toes on. ;)

Greetings from the home of the polar vortex.

powder comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Cannon balls used to be brass and they used to be stacked in a pyramid like shape, called a monkey. When cold, the brass would alter ever so slightly and a cannon ball would roll off eg the expression. From memory, not word perfect but close enough. Should be able to google it.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 30, 2019:

@powder and for a surfpirate that's all it's gotta be to be good. :)

Greetings from the home of the polar vortex.

powder comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Cannon balls used to be brass and they used to be stacked in a pyramid like shape, called a monkey. When cold, the brass would alter ever so slightly and a cannon ball would roll off eg the expression. From memory, not word perfect but close enough. Should be able to google it.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 30, 2019:

I heard a similar story but it had a brass cannonball holder that was used to fire the ball down the barrel and if it got really cold the cannon ball would fall off as the brass shrank. It's a story with cannonballs so how bad can it be? ;)

We'll leave the melting pot to the Americans but here in Canada it will remain a salad bowl full of ...

ToolGuy comments on Jan 30, 2019:

One of the few things he did and said that I admired. But he ruled when the Neoliberal Age of Austerity began in Canada.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 30, 2019:

I have to admit that I was no fan of PET but he does have a good quote or two to his credit.

We'll leave the melting pot to the Americans but here in Canada it will remain a salad bowl full of ...

QuidamOutrepont comments on Jan 30, 2019:

A salad bowl... until Team Canada starts to play hockey!

Surfpirate replies on Jan 30, 2019:

True but Hockey is our national superpower. :)

If you've ever driven "through" TX...on any Interstate...you understand....

Surfpirate comments on Jan 30, 2019:

True story, back in the 80's I was part of a group looking at a golf course project in Wilmington, NC that was seeking financing. The golf course syndicate took us out on the town and we wound up at a honky tonk near Myrtle Beach, full of Carolinians who are some of the nicest people in the US in ...

Surfpirate replies on Jan 30, 2019:

@SkotlandSkye Thank You, I get it from my maternal grandfather. He bequeathed a beer stein to me that he was given from some pals at the Builder's Club he used to frequent and where he would hold the patrons attention for hours with his joke and stories. The inscription reads as follows: “Guter Trunk und guter Witz sind zu vielen Dingen nütz.” (A good drink and good humor are useful for many things.)

Fellow agnostics, how do you feel about believers joining?

Boomtarat03 comments on Jan 29, 2019:

I am a believer but does it matter here? We have freedom for what we believe in, like we have cultures and traditions from where and what country we came from 😊

Surfpirate replies on Jan 30, 2019:

Should I as an Atheist who has taken the time and effort to study many different religions go out of my way to proselytize to Buddhists or Christians or Sikhs or Hindus or Zoroastrians or Wiccans? Should I seek to teach them the error of the delusions? There is no proof of a sky daddy or sky cake but those who believe these inane concepts insist upon trying to drag those of us who have shaken free of such childish concepts, back down into the darkness that is their religion(s).

Fellow agnostics, how do you feel about believers joining?

THEMEDIC comments on Jan 29, 2019:

I feel that Catholic priests should be put to death. Anyone else think they deserve this?

Surfpirate replies on Jan 30, 2019:

I think that nobody should be put to death but that all people should answer to the law equally, whether you have the shield of religious power or political power or financial power should never be a reason to get out of jail free.

Now ain't that some shit?

Pralina1 comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Hey , at least no baby pics or bear pics ! Babies don't use toilet paper , and bears use small bunnies ? ?

Surfpirate replies on Jan 30, 2019:

I remember joke from when I was a kid. :D

I was chatting with a buddy of mine in Florida and he felt that Fundies weren't concerned about ...

Elganned comments on Jan 29, 2019:

They don't worry about climate change because even if the rapture doesn't happen, Jesus will somehow fix it; god won't destroy mankind a second time (remember the rainbow?), and that by extension includes *allowing* it to happen.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 29, 2019:

The rainbow is supposed to represent DOG's promise never to destroy the world with a flood again but the next time he will destroy it by fire. I'm not saying this is credible but merely that this is exactly the sort of juvenile bullshit that passes for logic with the religitards.

Which is worse?

altschmerz comments on Jan 29, 2019:

*Sigh* this was explained to him last year. If it doesn’t fit his worldview, whatever that might be, it goes in one ear and out the other.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 29, 2019:

Not even any resistance to slow down the passage.

Which is worse?

Freedompath comments on Jan 29, 2019:

It is the current major mystery? Why are there more than 30% of Americans, still hanging out in trump’s court! Does that mean that more than 30% have a criminal mind set? Trump has made no secret of his thinking and behaving...in fact he has flaunted all his criminal actions, to the whole world! ...

Surfpirate replies on Jan 29, 2019:

I would say that US foreign policy has long made the assertion that it isn't criminal to do something criminal so long as you are an American, that mindset has trickled down to the no mind segment of the population.

Which is worse?

ATDayHiker comments on Jan 29, 2019:

I remember how shocked I was to find out in Nov-2016 there were 60 million people in this country that voted for Trump, even though I assume that many were simply voting for the party. The video of his rallies is probably most disturbing. Seeing all those people display such mindless ignorance is ...

Surfpirate replies on Jan 29, 2019:

The base that helped bring Trump to power is not going away and I think that will cause the Dems to move ever further to the right to fill the vacuum left in the center by the right wing crazies. Give it a decade or two and I don't think you will see any difference between the Dems and the GOP of only a decade ago. As for the Social Democratic wing of the Dems, it will have to spiral off as its own party or be devoured by the new right wing Dems.

Oh for goodness sake, who doesn't know someone who looks just like that?

VAL3941 comments on Jan 28, 2019:

I look like that !

Surfpirate replies on Jan 29, 2019:

@VAL3941 Apparently it's not in the cards.

Tell us something we don't know, McGenius!

Simmer51 comments on Jan 29, 2019:

I don't know it seems there are a lot of Canadians these days who do not play well with others and just sit around on their computers taking pot shots at others.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 29, 2019:

Isn't it awful, what is the country coming to?

Tell us something we don't know, McGenius!

EllenDale comments on Jan 28, 2019:

I, as a non-Canadian, second that!

Surfpirate replies on Jan 29, 2019:

Thank you for saying so, as a Canadian I will accept it on behalf of those of us who are not too humble to do so, facts are facts. :)

Oh for goodness sake, who doesn't know someone who looks just like that?

Elganned comments on Jan 28, 2019:

Are all of us atheists sad and grouchy and grumpy? Only when we're being "witnessed" to...

Surfpirate replies on Jan 29, 2019:

I grew up in a JW family so I tend to get a kick out of being 'witnessed to' as I know all of their hustles and buzzwords, plus how to twist their religious mumbo jumbo into knots on them. They leave my door with a headache and the faith in tatters. :D

Oh for goodness sake, who doesn't know someone who looks just like that?

VAL3941 comments on Jan 28, 2019:

I look like that !

Surfpirate replies on Jan 29, 2019:

@VAL3941 As I recall there was a court case recently, a psychic was busted for scamming superstitious idiots. You would have thought she would have seen that coming?

The ferry to my island home this morning. I make a point of bringing them coffee and donuts.

VAL3941 comments on Jan 28, 2019:

Looking for votes next time round ?

Surfpirate replies on Jan 29, 2019:

@VAL3941 Bingo! I once saw a child drinking Coca Cola straight up, I was shocked and amazed.

Are Canadians just nicer people than Americans or is it just 10 times more likely that something bad...

Arouet comments on Jan 28, 2019:

You need to know the history of our two countries to understand the difference.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 29, 2019:

@QuidamOutrepont The French lost as far as I can tell and I had ancestors there to prove it but my wife is a Quebecer and insists that it was a draw at worst since both generals died. As with most Franco/Anglo Canadian disputes, we have agreed to disagree. :D

Are Canadians just nicer people than Americans or is it just 10 times more likely that something bad...

Arouet comments on Jan 28, 2019:

You need to know the history of our two countries to understand the difference.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

@Arouet I live in the Township of the Frontenac Islands, Ontario.

Are Canadians just nicer people than Americans or is it just 10 times more likely that something bad...

Arouet comments on Jan 28, 2019:

You need to know the history of our two countries to understand the difference.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

@Arouet Oh those Loyalists, I live on an island that is swarming with them, they are very grumpy and mean spirited people. Maybe they weren't patriots at all but merely assholes that their neighbours used the American Revolution as a pretense to get rid of them?

Not so as to gloat or anything like that.

Surfpirate comments on Jan 28, 2019:

Meanwhile in Ontario, :D

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

@John_Tyrrell I lived in the Comox Valley from 94-98, you didn't have to cut the grass until late February. ;) Although when I lived in Bermuda between 04 and 10 the grass got cut every week.

Oh come now, he'd suck dick for a lot less than a wall, especially if it was Putin's dick.

TheGreatShadow comments on Jan 28, 2019:

He'd eat ass...

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

He does look like a salad tosser, doesn't he? :D

Oh come now, he'd suck dick for a lot less than a wall, especially if it was Putin's dick.

Charlene comments on Jan 28, 2019:

He sucks Putins for free..and swallows too!

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

The difference between like and love is the difference between spit and swallow. I'd say it's love but just one way.

The ferry to my island home this morning. I make a point of bringing them coffee and donuts.

VAL3941 comments on Jan 28, 2019:

Looking for votes next time round ?

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

@VAL3941 Too late, I have moved on to Canadian Rye Whisky and Coca Cola.

Oh for goodness sake, who doesn't know someone who looks just like that?

VAL3941 comments on Jan 28, 2019:

I look like that !

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

Jebus H Christos, I never noticed that before but I do see the resemblance now that you mention it.

Oh for goodness sake, who doesn't know someone who looks just like that?

powder comments on Jan 28, 2019:

That is bordering on discrimitary, defamatory. To tell kids to avoid atheists is disgusting. Someone should sue them.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

Those laws don't apply to Atheists, godless worshipers of Satan the Devil, blah blah blah. :D

Oh for goodness sake, who doesn't know someone who looks just like that?

GuyKeith comments on Jan 28, 2019:

I've got my Goat Coat. Given to me for Christmas by one of my lady friends. Here I am with one of my fellow Goats. Taken this summer.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

So Keith is just an alias, your real name is Billy.

Another week begins and so as we go into the world among the great unwashed, ignorant and ill ...

davknight comments on Jan 28, 2019:

Cognitive dissonance seems to be one of America's "virtues". Ignorance is Bliss. No Sense makes Sense!

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

Explains a great deal.

Spam Alert, there are subliminal messages being used to get people to buy into things they normally ...

freeofgod comments on Jan 28, 2019:

Send nudes.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

Who would you like nudes of? Somebody hot I bet. ;)

Are Canadians just nicer people than Americans or is it just 10 times more likely that something bad...

Arouet comments on Jan 28, 2019:

You need to know the history of our two countries to understand the difference.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

Canada and Quebec? ;) Seriously, my wife has a completely different understanding of Canadian/Canadien history than what I was taught. Apparently, after the French won the battle at the Plains of Abraham they took pity on the Black Dog English and allowed them to stay which was a mistake in hindsight.

Therein lies wisdom. ;)

Elganned comments on Jan 28, 2019:

I like the places with good beer cheap and cheap beer later.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

@Elganned Off sales.

The ferry to my island home this morning. I make a point of bringing them coffee and donuts.

VAL3941 comments on Jan 28, 2019:

Looking for votes next time round ?

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

@VAL3941 and awake now, too :)

Are Canadians just nicer people than Americans or is it just 10 times more likely that something bad...

Ragamuffin comments on Jan 28, 2019:

On a per capita basis we are just as likely to have something bad happen as Americans are. We're just nicer. It's always been like that. They fought a war of independence. We politely asked for permission. It's been that way ever since.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

Personally, I think we just sat back and let winter work it's magic on the British. Eventually they got tired of the frostbite and went home, much like Napoleon and the Russians. ;)

Therein lies wisdom. ;)

Elganned comments on Jan 28, 2019:

I like the places with good beer cheap and cheap beer later.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

Beer to go?

Are Canadians just nicer people than Americans or is it just 10 times more likely that something bad...

DonaldHRoberts comments on Jan 28, 2019:

I am stricken with an unanswerable question that arose about 10 years ago, though the seed was planted in the late 70s. The question is, What is a Canadian. Given recent events the diversity is so great such creatures seem to becoming extinct. How many of you out there are Canadians, second or ...

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

@DonaldHRoberts Canada is a native word, for village, so maybe First Nations tribes are the true Canadians? ;) My people sailed over in 1753 which makes my family roots pretty deep but my wife's roots go back to the original Seigneuries of New France in the 1600's. Old Canadian families are out there, you just have to look for them a little because we are after all a nation of immigrants. Nothing annoys me more than a British Immigrant that feels they aren't emigrating to Canada but touring the colonies. lol Those pompous twats are a surefire target for mockery and derision. :D

Are Canadians just nicer people than Americans or is it just 10 times more likely that something bad...

Civediamo comments on Jan 28, 2019:

Canadians ARE nice! I spend time in Toronto. Love it and the people!

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

My home town and the coldest Canadians there are.

Let's hope he is singing Jailhouse Rock before the year is over.

Freedompath comments on Jan 28, 2019:

Poor thing...but we are not charmed by a lunatic con-man, we just aren’t!!!

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

Many still are.

The ferry to my island home this morning. I make a point of bringing them coffee and donuts.

VAL3941 comments on Jan 28, 2019:

Looking for votes next time round ?

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

@VAL3941 I responded to your post before coffee. :)

Spam Alert, there are subliminal messages being used to get people to buy into things they normally ...

VAL3941 comments on Jan 28, 2019:

Send nude ???

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

just one??

Are Canadians just nicer people than Americans or is it just 10 times more likely that something bad...

DonaldHRoberts comments on Jan 28, 2019:

I am stricken with an unanswerable question that arose about 10 years ago, though the seed was planted in the late 70s. The question is, What is a Canadian. Given recent events the diversity is so great such creatures seem to becoming extinct. How many of you out there are Canadians, second or ...

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

Perhaps you have the basis for a separate post here? I'm a 9th generation Canadian, I've owned several companies over the years and made countless payrolls with the accompanying taxation. I have also been told by more recently arrived Canadians that there is no such thing as a Canadian Canadian, that ALL Canadians must be hyphenated Canadians. Chinese Canadian, Italian Canadian, Russian Canadian, Pakistani Canadian etc. etc. BUT there are a few of us still out there that don't trace our roots to any place else but Canada. I'm one of those. :) I think it is good that Canada is a young country, perhaps we won't make some of the stupid mistakes that the older countries seem to like repeating, ad nauseum.

Another week begins and so as we go into the world among the great unwashed, ignorant and ill ...

AmmaRE007 comments on Jan 28, 2019:

so we should just post things that people will approve of?

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

@AmmaRE007 Yes, a big, open air, insane asylum. :D

Another week begins and so as we go into the world among the great unwashed, ignorant and ill ...

AmmaRE007 comments on Jan 28, 2019:

so we should just post things that people will approve of?

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

Absolutely not, but it is important to remember to put on our asbestos underwear before we go out to face the crazies. :)

Should have guessed there was something dodgy about the deal when the lad only wanted twenty bucks.

AmmaRE007 comments on Jan 28, 2019:

try to get it going with your umbrella..

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

A neighbour tried jumping off the garage roof with a large sun umbrella when we were just kids, doesn't work very well. :D

Therein lies wisdom. ;)

kenriley comments on Jan 28, 2019:

Alcohol on sale is a good thing.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

In vino veritas.

The ferry to my island home this morning. I make a point of bringing them coffee and donuts.

VAL3941 comments on Jan 28, 2019:

Looking for votes next time round ?

Surfpirate replies on Jan 28, 2019:

Those who have done shitty and thankless jobs tend to sympathize with those who do them.

The ferry to my island home this morning. I make a point of bringing them coffee and donuts.

Tommy19 comments on Jan 27, 2019:

Where in Canada is this? Notice the sigñ has a limit in tonnes.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 27, 2019:

@Davekp Pretty much, take the first exit off the 401 east of Kingston and it will take you right to the ferry dock. Unlike the ferry to the neighbouring island, ours is paid for with our local taxes and not by the province, there is a small fee of $6 for visitors so it keeps down the traffic on the ferry and a 15 minute wait is unusual. The provincial ferry is free so there can be long delays during the tourist season, sometimes several hours.

The ferry to my island home this morning. I make a point of bringing them coffee and donuts.

chalupacabre comments on Jan 27, 2019:

There's a ferry off Whidbey Island whose service shuts down if it's windy, foggy, tide's out or a slew of other problems.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 27, 2019:

These are both cable ferries, so while they are quite reliable, they are subject to delays during extreme weather or mechanical failure.

The Old Testament was written in the Bronze Age, the New Testament was written in the Iron Age but ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 27, 2019:

No i do not want any more religious books.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 27, 2019:

Me either.

Transformative!

CallMeDave comments on Jan 27, 2019:

jen-jen?

Surfpirate replies on Jan 27, 2019:

Iggy has a lot mileage behind him. lol

The ferry to my island home this morning. I make a point of bringing them coffee and donuts.

Tommy19 comments on Jan 27, 2019:

Where in Canada is this? Notice the sigñ has a limit in tonnes.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 27, 2019:

I live on an island in the St. Lawrence River where it meet Lake Ontario.

It's another Federal Election Year and already I hear people complaining about Trudeau and how weak ...

Arouet comments on Jan 27, 2019:

Trudeau is an air-head. A pretty bimbo with a lovely wife, his only asset. He possesses his father's arrogance without his father's incredible intellect and vision. He is also just as much a lying prick as the rest of them (cf. PR). The India trip and the current China row show how little he ...

Surfpirate replies on Jan 27, 2019:

At least they have geothermal energy and heated outdoor swimming pools, :)

A bunch of perverted, fundamentalist xstians want to make people pay to watch porn on the internet ...

Science-guy comments on Jan 27, 2019:

It shocks people when I tell them that essentially every internet advancement was first developed or tried out by the porn industry. Online payment, streaming video, etc, etc, etc.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 27, 2019:

Sex Sells and the internet is not free, never has been.

What have you been in facebook jail for?

Surfpirate comments on Jan 27, 2019:

I've moderated discussion groups in the past on FB - surefire way to wind up in FB jail. Even had one crazy expat challenge me to a duel, mano a mano. People tend to freak out a bit on social media so these days I never allow my friends list to get larger than 50 ppl. If it gets to 50 I go ...

Surfpirate replies on Jan 27, 2019:

@Hathacat When it got up over 400 and I couldn't identify more than 200 of them I cut it in half, then in half again and finally down to 50. Some family members got cut too, pissed them off but then they pissed me off too so that's why I cut them. :D

The ferry to my island home this morning. I make a point of bringing them coffee and donuts.

Hathacat comments on Jan 27, 2019:

I would bring them something too! Wow, do they deserve it!

Surfpirate replies on Jan 27, 2019:

It pisses me off when some of the island residents complain that these guys get paid too much and it is such a cushy job. It is mindless work that has to be performed safely, all the while dealing with the elements and the public who are often a big part of the problem. I notice that none of the complainers want to step up and do the work themselves, like being called out of a warm bed when the ferry breaks down or someone doesn't show up for their shift.

It's another Federal Election Year and already I hear people complaining about Trudeau and how weak ...

AltonCheung comments on Jan 27, 2019:

Trudeau is so far so good. The biggest disappointment to me was him stepping back on PR. Other than that, there is not much else he could have done in terms of economy and foreign affairs.

Surfpirate replies on Jan 27, 2019:

Ontario is seeing a backlash against the Liberals with the election of Doug Ford and his Tories. I think we may see even more Tories federally in the next election, particularly in Ontario.