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Re: Things not so rosy in Alberta ....

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From: beg2differ
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:45
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On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 03:38:19 GMT, John Fleming <nospam@sprynet.com>
wrote:


In the summer I still grow my own garden. It is not huge but I can
even plant about 9 or 10 potatoes at the end and so far they have
lasted about two months. I have a yard filled with fruit trees and
bushes and when people offer me their extra apples I take them. I
freeze my zucchinni and beans and carrots. My tomatoes will usually
carry me for most of the winter in my cold room. The best thing this
city ever did was to allow those individuals on really low incomes to
use the land that was not being used to have their own gardens. I do
not know what this super program was stopped but I remember all the
seniors loving it. 






>In days gone by, we could have suggested sharx lived in an
>Igloo--kept warm by copious layers of blubber resulting from
>the annual consumption of eggnog.
>
>However, since sharx now has a pacemaker and is no doubt
>under strict doctor's orders to keep his weight under
>control, so we have to find another suggestion.  Perhaps
>curling up in a king sized bed under three quilts in the
>company of a nice, warm, Mrs. Sharx.
>
>As to food, well, we'll have to come up with another theory.
>Maybe a specially formulated nutritional drink that sharx
>imbies six times a day, and is best described as a thin,
>greenish-yellow liquid with a taste like butyl rubber.
>
> 
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