TREES ON 69 STREET

Do you like trees on our streets like I do? Would you like to see trees on our 69 street going north of 34 avenue? We don't have any trees on our section of 69 street at all. Did you know though that we have trees to the south of 34 avenue, and trees on 69 street north of our complex. These areas not only have trees, they are on both sides of the road and on the center median! And we have none!

I have emailed Craig Burrows, I have emailed Joe Connolly, and our current Alderman Pootsman. Sometimes I got a reply, sometimes none, like now with Pootsman. I will be writing him again and asking him why no reply and why no trees.

Recently the Calgary Herald had a piece in the paper pointing out that the city had far too few trees. Here is a golden opportunity to plant some on our boulevard. The Herald also said the city was doing a good job of replacing trees that had died. Well, you couldn't prove it by me. Look along Sierra Morena Blvd th next time you go to Superstore and look at all the dead and missing trees on the center median.

You can add your weight and support by writing your ward 6 alderman by email if you like, and asking him why we don't have trees on our section of 69 street. You can reach your alderman via email at: Ward6@calgary.ca

 

give it a shot, the only thing a politician understands is tonnage. Lots of people writing on th same subject. So lets send him some of that tonnage and maybe we can get some trees on 69 street.

Our ward 6 alderman can be reached at Ward6@calgary.ca

CARIBBEAN CRUISE

Just the thing for these snowy and cold days, a cruise of the Caribbean! These are some of the pictures I took on our cruise in January 2011. It was warm and seldom rained, just a few showers. It was a lot of fun and the food was good. The booze not so much, too expensive. The ship in many of the pictures is the Caribbean Princess a 3100 passenger ship, that is too big, 

Hope you like the photos, there are others but look for the Caribbean Cruise 2011.

http://community.webshots.com/user/gmman55

COMPUTER SCAM

     I got a phone cal the other evening from one of our residents concerning a phone call he received from a Florida location. He was very concerned about it since it was a person who was telling him he had a virus on his computer and that his company could check his computer over and remove the virus or any other problems that the computer may have. The bad guys can do this with your consent by allowing remote access to your computer. You do have to follow a process and permit it. Remember these people are skilled at this kind of thing and prey on the unwary.

St. Lucia, me and a snake!

     The caller was very insistent, and finally the resident told him flatly "No" and hung up on him.
     I have heard about this before, but never got a call myself.
     It is worth noting that this whole thing is designed to gain remote access to your computer so that the bad guy can skim your social insurance number, passport numbers, credit card information, or any other kind of information on you that they consider useful. If you get a call even similar to this, consider just hanging up, or if you feel kind, tell the bad guy NO, then hang up the phone.
     Remember that if you are having a problem with your computer, YOU initiate the call to a local computer repair company, hopefully an honest one, and engage their services. You want to do this only in the event you are having a problem.

Google Chrome.

It's been a while since I posted anything to my blog. Mainly because it was just not working. Links failed, pictures could not be uploaded, it was a failure in so many ways. Then I thought I would try a different browser. Well, what a difference that made!

Internet Explorer was rejecting links all the time. It got worse every time I used it. I thought I had nothing to lose, so I looked at Google Chrome. Wow, it is FAST! It is simple, and no more dead links! You can download tons of extensions, that actually work. This is the best browser I have ever used! Not only that, but the Blog works again!

Even Joanie is getting used to it, and I haven't heard any more of those four letter words from her when she is on the net.

St Thomas US VI. Blackbeard's Castle

If you would like to take a look at it, kind of a try before you buy thing, click the link http://www.google.ca/ and dig down a bit to Google Chrome. It loads quickly, and you don't have to give up your current browser, they can both sit on your computer. No need to uninstall the old browser either. And here is the best part. It's free! And the Blog works again!

In a way this is a test and I am going to add a photo from our Caribbean trip, just to be sure the photo upload works.

So what do you think, care to try Chrome?