10Dec 2009 by R&O 1 Comment

Human garbage

Assholes, Rants
Two more deserving recipients of the AprilRoad.com Rants and Observations AOTW Award... Jill from Chelco Farms Rescue recently reminded me about the case of David Whiffin and Clayton Cunningham, two people that give new meaning to the word scumbag. These miscreants allowed a 27-year-old Appaloosa gelding named Jalupae to starve then tied its neck to the bucket of an excavator, raising it so the horse was off the ground. It died from strangulation. Try to imagine that event for a moment. Try to imagine the pain and suffering these two bastards inflicted on that innocent animal and for no other reason than they couldn't be bothered to take care of it. Then imagine the outrage if they had done this to a human being. How long would it have taken…
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24Nov 2009 by R&O 2 Comments

Technological Torture

Rants, Technology
Our expensive, European, state-of-the-art clothes dryer has an interesting button labeled Extra Dry. I'm confused. Why do we need this setting when the assumption is the clothes DRYER will dry our clothes until all the moisture is removed ? The dryer demands we use the extra dry setting to ensure the clothes are completely dry as opposed to the optimistically labeled normal setting which leaves socks, shirts and sheets a bit damp and guaranteed to be exceedingly uncomfortable if worn directly from the dryer. That's not normal. Not like our old and much cheaper dryer which just dried everything completely without a number of variation selections to mystify and confuse. It only had two knobs and one button and I loved it. Our new dryer has a back-lit touch pad…
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20Nov 2009 by R&O No Comments

Tax Pirates

Olympics, Politics, Rants
In our modern world there are still Pirates that pillage from innocent victims, using their ill-gotten gains for nefarious and questionable deeds. I'm not talking about Somalian warlords plucking hapless victims from boats and demanding huge ransoms. I'm talking about our provincial government and their practice of pirating funds and keeping the lowly taxpayer in the dark when it comes to the 2010 Winter Olympic. These guys are the worst. Last Wednesday the NDP secured a letter from VANOC sent to the provincial government pleading for more cash. Here's what it said: "Re: Ceremony, Torch Relay and other funding. I am writing to request funding for the 2010 Opening Ceremonies and other projects. These are areas where we believe that additional funds would create further mutually beneficial outcomes as outlined…
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10Nov 2009 by R&O No Comments

The Good Ship Pays-A-Lot

Of Interest, Politics, Rants
The B.C.'s comptroller general released a report on Friday which listed the salaries of B.C. Ferries executives and board members. It's a doozy. Last July, ferries boss David Hahn received the astounding salary of $1,034,680! That's over one million dollars for the head of a public/private company that's really just an extension of our highway system. The B.C. Ferries part-time board chair makes $154,000 and part-time directors make up to $91,000 each. They must have answered one of those Make Big Money Part Time ads I guess. So how do a bunch of trough-feeders get to call the shots when it comes to their own salaries? Here's how... The Liberals gave the B.C. Ferries board the authority to approve their own raises then this same board decided to increase their…
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