Dealing with plastic

The events of last week suggest our prime minister has no understanding of the environment. The UK  is proceeding with the eventual elimination of one use plastic. When asked Justin would not commit to anything, and gave the impression it was not a worthy topic. For me this was the first time he crossed my line in the sand. It is my opinion that plastic is the # 1 problem we have.
But counting on government mandates solving this issue is pie in the sky imagination. The UK put a timeline of 2040 to put an end to this. In other words it’s on the back burner on low heat. No what needs to be done is to make all the manufactures recycle what they produce. All of it. The one use stuff will disappear on its own without legislation. I swear there are people in this world that dream all day of ways to make even more plastic things. A person could say we have a serious addiction to this stuff. A world wide epidemic if you ask me.
Seven billion, all addicted, and counting.

Facebook Politics

Is it me or has everyone lost their ability to judge things for themselves. They could bombard me with political stuff and it still wouldn’t change my mind about what I think. Maybe it’s because no one really cares anymore. That all the lying and deceit we have heard for all these years has made us numb to the point of indifference.
Of coarse FaceBook is a prime place to target ads, heck there is a billion people on it daily. But I’ve noticed that most people don’t seem to care much about issues as much as the latest baby pictures. I find that it’s he pictures that gets everyone’s attention, not some political ad. And this is the thing that attracts people to FB, calm casual social interaction.
I won’t be quitting the FB, it has a place in my life and the lives of my friends and family.
One more thing, it’s a sad day to say farewell to Rick Mercer and all the lives he touched. He will be missed.

Flat Earthers

Please tell me why this is a trend. I’ve tried my best to understand what it is that consumes these poor souls. Recently a man built his own rocket to launch himself up in the air, to somehow prove the earth is flat. Spent a lot of money doing so. Wouldn’t a ride in an airplane do the same thing? Is this a genetic disorder we haven’t discovered yet? Crazy shit if you ask me!

Shopping Malls

Not unlike cars we have hit the saturation point in malls. I never liked them, it seemed to me they all were selling the same thing with a different name. Massive land development and parking for everyone. How is that a good thing? Christmas time was always insane. Had to go there to get it done. Push push push, buy buy buy! For what? In their heyday you had to know someone just to get into these places. The owner of the mall took at least a 10% cut of all sales, not to mention the exorbitant price per square foot of space. I for one am not sad to see them die, we don’t need them.
Below is an interesting statistic.

The country boasts 94 square metres of retail space for every 100 people, according to data from the Shopping Centre Council of Australia, far more than the United Kingdom — at 44 square metres — and Germany — at 22 square metres.

Seven billion, looking for a place to live and counting 

Olympic Canadian men’s hockey

Oh my god, they lost to the Germans!! Don’t get you’re nickers in a knot, there are many Canadians on that team. We can’t win all the time otherwise it would be boring. But here’s a thought, rather then send our pros why don’t we send our best juniors. I think they would represent our country well and maybe even win! What a thrill it would be for these players to go to the Olympics. I never liked the way the NHL schedule was made in order to accommodate this event. And the pros don’t need this, they make millions playing the game.
Send our best juniors is in my mind the right thing to do.
One of seven billion and counting

Tim Hortons Rant

For three days this week the “blank” roll up the rim cups were in my Canadian news feed. Really? Is this important news? Are people running into glass walls not knowing what to do with a blank roll up the rim?
Then it was the franchise owners who stopped paying for breaks, my goodness, where do these employees go for a break? Well what I saw when I was a customer was employees hiding behind the garbage bins, and to smoke there as well so I guess the non smokers had to be endure extra foul smells. Seams to me if you don’t provide a lunch room for employees then you must pay them to “hang around “ in uniform.
I find it so hard to believe that an “institution “ like Timies has lowered itself to this bottom pit of gloom. Not sure what it’s like back east but out west there is a serious shortage of workers to fill these positions, many 24 hour Tim’s have had to scale back hours because of a shortage of people to fill these rolls. And now they are punishing what loyal workers they have over a little ity bitty raise. I guess the profits just aren’t what they were in the good old days.
I no longer go to this restaurant as I’ve had to quit drinking coffee, and really there is little else they serve that would draw me in.
Wake up Canada, this greedy chain of franchises needs a good slap in the face. And only you can do this. Roll up the rims fill our landfills with unnecessary garbage, totally disgusting environmental behaviour from this company that was once a Canadian institution!
Blaaaaaaa humbug from this one of seven billion and counting.

Olympic trade deadline

I’m starting to feel that Olympic teams are more and more like professional teams, a good athlete that doesn’t qualify for his or her country then joins a country that needs him or her. Sometimes these athletes win a medal for the country. Many of Canada’s athletes come from other countries, because  we are a smaller nation and in order to be competitive we bring these people in and grant citizenship.
Why not make it like pro sports, have a trade deadline and shuffle the players around a bit. No need to pretend they’re from our country but that they’re part of our team. Cash payments, buyouts and future considerations plus draft picks! Haha that would be fun.
One thing is for certain, the games are not as meaningful as they once were. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoy watching the competition but don’t really care what country they play for. That, I think is the right spirit to have, not this win at any costs, or funding only for results.
Deeper I often wonder just how long the games will even exist, the costs are crazy high, of coarse I’m not a participant just one of seven billion with an observation.