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Treasure Hunts


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

I'm getting close to flicking the switch to "serious" with Thesaurus Canada treasure hunt book.
 
 

There is a dedicated website being constructed here.


 
 

There are three encouraging factors:
 
1. There is currently a nationalist, perhaps inward-looking mood in the nation.
2. Canada has "gold" coins that are just the right value and size.
3. The maritimes is dicey for getting designers. But if we


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Games


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

coyote and chickens / play online :-|

From Mexico. Another one of those similar hunt games. Don't bet on the coyote. Best played with a person, a kid.

If you are curious about this type of game, try rimau with its interesting capture rules or cows and leopards with its interesting board.
 
 
 
 

doberman vs. turkeys


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Food and Drink


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Canadian drinks and sweets
 
 
 
 


 
 

Kvas is a peculiar drink from eastern Europe. Not everyone is going to like it. I love it. This version from Ontario is better than the other bottled ones.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Language and Culture


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

How should I spell aluminum?
 
 

The North American standard is to spell it as aluminum. So that's how I spell it.
 
 

British people say aluminium, as do Australians. Europeans say that or something similar, the extra i.

Canadians bend toward the British way of spelling. I bend even farther than that - a story for another day.

But I won't spell it as aluminium. That's too needlessly weird, even for me.
 
 

Why do people spell it as aluminium? Chemical elements include chromium, sodium, titanium, calcium, cadmium and, well, aluminium.

So there is a logic to it. Huh. But I will still spell it as aluminum.
 
 

We're not quite done here. Who are Canadians? Canada includes Francophone Quebec, and they pronounce it as aluminium.

Hmm ..

(I think there was some confusion here).
 
 

I might use a bit of both.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Here is how to pronounce Saab Gripen, the fighter plane from Sweden. more


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Deprecated means this


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

So what's the story with Saint Pierre and Miquelon?
 

tourism / Français

An informative reddit conversation.

W5 program


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Military


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Canada will get as many as twelve new submarines.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Intelligence and related shenanigans


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Inside Ukraine's secretive hacker group helping track down children abducted by Russia in Putin's war


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 

You don't have to watch it; you know what it is. For a more professional signals intelligence perspective, you can listen to Malcolm Nance's ceaseless yapping at " Trump's 'attitude is going to kill people' | Why Mike Waltz's Signal chat leak threatens US security ". Was Colossus cracked at Bletchley Park?
 
 
 
 

Senator Menendez bribery and corruption trial  /   cnn


 
 
 
 

The daughter of Senator Menendez is MSNBC lady Alicia Menendez. Not her fault, the same way you are not your parents, or at least you're not responsible for the faults of your parents.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

History


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

What Alexander Graham Bell Did When He Put Down the Phone?
 

That Scottish fellow should work on his English.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Canada's link to the man who burned the White House
 
 
People on the Internet like to point out that Canadians burned down the White House. Well,
 
A) It was quite some time ago
B) It was British, not Canadians
C) I'm not sure burning down your neighbour's house is something to be proud of.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Things You Know


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Whoopi Goldberg's name is Whoopi Goldberg.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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