No one can say The Page did not warn you!
There it was! In black and white four weeks ago. The Page fearlessly predicted Edmonton over Tampa Bay in the Stanley Cup final. Both teams went out with a resounding thud in the first round! The first round! Sheesh!
However, The Page did warn fans entering playoff hockey pools
“That way, people entering hockey pools will know which players not to take,” I wrote.
The Page hopes many people took that sage advice!
The Page entered one pool where five people picked teams to win each series. Five points for picking the winning team and exact number of games, and three points for picking the winner.
Dennis (last name held due to modesty!) picked four exact series (winners and games) and winners in three other series. Pretty darn impressive! Seven out of eight winners!
Dennis is already planning ways to spend his winnings!
Nice to see all that snow gone! Except near tree lines and in the bush. Four weeks ago we were still climbing over snowbanks and waiting for spring.
Reports most of the snow has disappeared in the ground is also good news. Water tables were low and needed replenishing.
But . . . reports of mosquito sightings are occurring. We’ve been pretty lucky the last few years. Dry weather has hampered efforts by the little bug-biters to breed. They need standing water to lay their eggs and hatch. Should be lots of puddles around and more mosquitos this year.
Isn’t that something to look forward to!
The Page did not attend the open house in High Prairie May 6 held to allow citizens to review a proposed land-use bylaw amendment by Big Lakes County to allow data-processing centres in the county’s new energy corridor north of the town of Swan Hills.
But he did hear about it from a few people!
The Page has not researched this but learned from multiple sources huge amounts of water are needed for cooling purposes. Apparently, these centres create massive amounts of heat. Imagine if the heat could be recycled to heat our homes!
Anyway, one such location proposed is the current waste treatment plant site. It is basically on top of a hill. Not much water there, unless you pipe it in or access groundwater, if it exists.
One resident was fearful water would be piped in from Lesser Slave Lake. If that is the case, there will be considerable opposition to that plan.
Anyways, that is a long way off. It will be interesting to see how this all evolves.
We see the Americans and Iranians are firing at each other in the Strait of Hormuz.
It is shocking to hear each side accusing the other of firing the first shot! Note the heavy sarcasm! The first rule of war is to blame the other side.
“We had to shoot back to defend ourselves!” is the common battle cry!
We will never know the truth.
Speaking of war, there was a major malfunction with one of the Canadian military’s propulsion devices.
The rubber band broke!
And . . . one of the submarines is in trouble.
The screen door ripped!
A happy rabbit is a hop-timist!
A bald man put a rabbit on his head because he wanted a head of hare!
A coach calls one of his young players over to the bench.
“Do you understand what cooperation is? What it is to be part of a team?”
“Yes,” says the boy.
“Do you understand that what matters most is we win together as a team?”
“Yes,” says the boy.
“Do you understand that you never argue with the referees, even if he makes a bad call?” says the coach.
“Yes,” says the boy.
“Good,” says the coach. “Now please go over there and explain that to your mother!”
A mother is taking her children to Sunday school.
“Why is it necessary to be quiet in church and listen?” she asks.
“Because people are sleeping!” says her little girl.
Did you hear about the first fight in the Garden of Eden?
Adam stayed out late a few nights and Eve became upset.
“You’re running around with other women!” she accused Adam.
“Eve, honey, you’re being unreasonable,” Adam replied. “You know you’re the only woman on Earth!”
Later, Adam fell asleep but was awakened by a strange pain in his chest. It was Eve poking him rather hard.
“What are you doing?” Adam demanded.
Eve replied, “Counting ribs!”
Two boys were arguing over which of their fathers scared the most.
“My dad gets so scared, when lightning hits, he hides under the bed,” says the first boy.
“That’s nothing!” says the second boy. “My dad is so scared that when my mom works the nightshift he sleeps with the lady next door!”
Have a great week!