call HART crazy

call HART crazy … but

Sometime around Mid-November, I ran out of postage and had a stack of letters to mail. I did. While I was at the local post office, I not only paid for the postage needed for the envelopes I had, but I also got $20.00 plus taxes worth of$0.50 cent stamps - you know the ones .. the peel & stick ones.

Well, since Mid-November, I haven’t really had any letters to post .. but since about early January 2006 I have had at least a few each week and yesterday, had 12 brand new letters to post - one of them a larger envelope, needing lots of postage. So, I figure I may as well mail them all today. I counted them, and had 27 letters to post of which 2 were fair sized and heavy. I wasn’t quite sure if I put enough postage on the letter, but generally I would rather put more postage on than is needed “just in case”.

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We were blessed this week by a visit from the new Governor General, who blew into the heartland to mingle with the peasants. She touched everyone’s heart by kissing babies, waxing vaguely on mom and apple pie issues, and generally putting on a show like she’s just one of us. Madame, you may be a lot of things, but one thing I will guarantee, you are not one of us.

Your entire working life seems to be involved with universities, government or the CBC. Although teaching is a noble profession and working as a reporter for CBC could be and probably is an interesting occupation, I’m afraid that neither position has exposed you to the daily grind of the average Canadian, who struggles to pay the mortgage, educate and raise kids etc, etc.

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