Tom Haddon seems to be a really nice guy, but he's a TERRIBLE painter. Our building contractor hired Tom Haddon of "Here Come the Painters" to do a small job at our house. His paint job turned out OK, except for the big splat of paint that was left on a nearby window blind which I didn't notice until several days later when the blind was lowered again. As I tried to remove the paint from the … [Read more...]
Warm Welcome from the Garbage Man… NOT!
We moved our RV onto OUR lake property only 5 days prior to being yelled at by the Progressive Collection Services Ltd garbage man on Sundial Road. Looking out, I saw and heard the guy yelling at Ed to... "MOVE YOUR truck, that's MY turnaround spot"... ... not just once, but THREE times. … [Read more...]
Pho Fails at Saigon on Main in Penticton
I'm pretty passionate about Pho. It's my second favorite food (after Nasi Goreng) and a Friday night staple. We've ordered take-out from the Saigon for 10+ years and it was great until they hired a 2nd cook a few years ago. Then it became a crapshoot as to whether the meal would be excellent or less than mediocre. We continued to order on a 'take your chances' basis and lucked out maybe 50% … [Read more...]
My Beautiful Backyard in Penticton
My neighbours call it 'the park'. I didn't really appreciate my backyard as such until just this year --- when I put the house up for sale after 10 years of landscaping. :-) This is the patio where we spend hot summer afternoons chatting with friends, reading and playing games. This is a partial view towards the south-east from that seating area... This is the view towards … [Read more...]
Missing Plane Found near Apex Mountain
After watching Canadian Search and Rescue Buffaloes do search patterns over the valley for days, we finally learned today that the missing PA-24 with 4 souls aboard has been found on or near Apex mountain. It is unclear yet as to whether the airplane had mechanical problems or whether it simply couldn't reach sufficient altitude to scale the mountain --- a 'boxed canyon' in aviation terms --- … [Read more...]
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