Education

What is the plural of “Moose”?

[Original image “Moose against the evening nature” © figura13/Dollar Photo Club]

In 1946 I was at the Artillery School in Camp Shilo, Manitoba. I was in University COTC and taking my training for a Commission in the Artillery.

Captain Jerry Keeler was my instructor on the day in question and we were to learn the art and skill of directing artillery shell fire as Forward Observers.

We were on a high bluff overlooking Sewell Lake at the north edge of the training ...

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Education, History Lessons, humour, Military, Nostalgia, Wildlife

The Pregnancy of an Innocent

[Original image “Stork with Baby” © Anastasia Popova/Dollar Photo Club]

When, as an Advanced Care Paramedic, I was working in Labour & Delivery in a Maritime Hospital, I had an experience that surpassed all others!

A 36 year old single girl came in who was nine months and twenty minutes pregnant! She was accompanied by her boyfriend, mother and aunt.

Right off the bat she declared that she would not have a sedative – not now and not ever!

At the very first ...

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Education, humour, Life in General, Medical, Nostalgia

[“Ink Spots Billboard 3” by Unknown – Ad on page 138 of Billboard 1944 Music Yearbook; also published in ad on page 3 of the Billboard 1943 Music Yearbook. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons; Musical Notes Illustration original image © nmarques74/Dollar Photo Club]

In 1943, when I was 16 years old, I was living in St. Thomas where my father was stationed in the RCAF.

That Spring I had an opportunity to go to London, Ontario, to a concert ...

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Education, In The News, Life in General, Nostalgia, Opinion

Chester School

[Original image “Abandoned schoolhouse with red apple” © pictureguy32/Dollar Photo Club]

The day of the one-room country school has long gone.
What a shame!
From the time I was born in 1927 until I was 7 years old I lived on a prairie farm. I started Grade One in a one-room country school when I was four years old, and remained there for 3 and a half years.
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Education, Family, History Lessons, Life in General, Nostalgia, Opinion

Our Colonial Status

As a part of the British Empire we, like all others submitting to the Monarch, were referred to as “Colonials”. And so long as we were under the protection of Great Britain and bound to her both politically and economically, we held that subservient status.

Had it not been for the obstinacy of such as Sir Sam Hughes in 1914 and General AGL McNaughton in 1939, our forces would have been piecemeal absorbed ...

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Education, History Lessons, Military, Nostalgia, Opinion, Politics

What is the plural of “Moose”?

The Pregnancy of an Innocent

Bill Kenny & The Ink Spots

Chester School

Our Colonial Status