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Sunday greetings, everyone!

I received a very interesting letter in the mail this week from the federal government. They contacted me to let me know that I could start to collect my Canada Pension Plan as early as November, when I turn 60. What fun: it was a confirmation that I am in fact getting that much older! I am not 100% sure if I will start collecting it because the longer I wait the more my monthly cheque will be when I do decide to lock in, but as they say in Hollywood, "It's an honour to be nominated!"

Speaking of Grandpas, back in the day my Grandfather was an iceman. He and his brother would cut ice off of the lake in the winter and store it in an icehouse to sell to people for refrigeration in the summer time. Today's video share is a fun reminder of that work he did. However, he was an ice harvester but the people in this video are ice "havesters."  If you watch the video you will probably catch what the difference is!
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~ Pastor Tim 

Oh look, Chicken Thursday!

Well, that was a day that left me too tired to type any news!

Today's video share features some pretty fun wordplay - in either direction!
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~ Pastor Tim 

Sunday greetings, everyone!

My efforts to get to a zero inbox have bogged down. I've hit some emails that require a bunch of work to clear and so as I handle those my total number has risen. I am at 54 (I was as low as 29 a few weeks ago) so it's not too bad, but perseverance and persistence definitely need to be ordered from the self-discipline menu!

Today's video share is one that interests me not only because of the images in the video, but also because of the backstory of this private bathhouse that was found in Pompeii. As archaeologists were excavating it, they found the skeletons of a woman and a man in the house, the woman clutching a bag of coins and jewelry. They had barricaded themselves into a small room but were killed as the superheated volcanic gas and ash, known as a pyroclastic flow, ripped through the town. It's a sad illustration of how you truly can't take it with you.
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~ Pastor Tim 

Oh look, Chicken Thursday!

One of my New Year's resolutions was to throw out one thing a day and I happy to report that after two weeks, I am on track! I am interested to see if I run out of things to toss before I run out of days in the year to toss them. Between my office cupboard and my little shop under our back deck, I think I am going to be fine.

Today's video share features something I would like to have. It's not the USD169,000 Portugieser Tourbillon Rétrograde Chronograph watch - I want the electric loupe!
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~ Pastor Tim