If you don’t now what Friday is, you could be in big trouble!
It’s Sweetheart’s Day, otherwise known as Valentine’s Day. A time where boyfriends and hubbies line up to buy wine, chocolates, flowers, and/or perfumes to spoil their better halves.
Meanwhile, the women buy . . . well, actually, The Page doesn’t know if women buy anything. Seems like this Valentine’s Day is a one-way street. The Page apologizes to all the women who do get a thoughtful gift for their other halves.
The Page’s advice to men. Do not buy a new mop, case of dishwashing soap, or a new meat cleaver for Valentine’s Day. It could get you an extended stay at the deluxe Rover’s Hilton outside. Besides, if Rover is lucky on Feb. 14 he will have Fifi over for a visit and it might get crowded!
Seems like The Page is an unmarried marriage counsellor giving advice to couples. Not much value in that!
This Valentine’s Day finds The Page still unmarried and re-evaluating his goals.
Seems like the perfect future wife just may not be that shapely nymphomaniac who had $10 million in her bank account and owns a chain of liquor stores.
The Page has a rather bad day last week when it hit a frosty -40 C.
First, the truck did not start. Kind of silly not to plug it in, don’t you think? Then the cap broke when checking the tires for air. Then the dipstick broke when checking the oil, and then the cap where you put oil in the truck would not open.
Some days it just does not pay to get out of bed!
Sheesh! The Page needs to take a few courses on basic mechanics!
How about that frosty -40C last week! Brrr!
The Page kind of expects the odd cold snap in December or January, but not early February. Oh well, at least it shut the climate change advocates up for a few days.
And about that groundhog that was brave enough to poke its head out of the burrow on Feb. 2? Rumour has it he put up a sign to wake him in June.
Speaking of animals, The Page asks everyone to care for their pets and animals properly when it gets cold outside.
Or at any time, for that matter!
Did you see that poll in the Troy Media commentary on page 7 this week that says trust in Alberta’s politicians is at a lowly 36 per cent?
Gee, that’s not very good! Perhaps the pollsters only polled NDP supporters!
The Page admits to not be an avid viewer of Alberta’s news, and now that we don’t get city newspapers in High Prairie, doesn’t see much reporting on Alberta politics. The Page is still old school and likes to see and hold an actual newspaper in his hands. Besides, the pop-up ads on the Internet drive him crazy! The Pager has been told it’s not really a drive, it’s more like a putt!
Is the distrust in Premier Danielle Smith really that bad? Wow!
Or is it a general distrust of all politicians? Makes you wonder!
The Treaty 8 First Nations Cup is officially going back to Slave Lake for two more years.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars lost to the local economy. For four years! Very sad!
A local businessman told The Page yesterday he doesn’t understand all the whining about the tariffs. His view was something like this, not to quote him exactly: “Trudeau’s carbon tax is costing Canadians far more money than tariffs will. How come the media and citizens don’t point that out?”
Fair enough!
And, another merchant points out that by the time the product arrives at the store you have paid the carbon tax several times on the product before you reach to buy it off the shelves. The carbon tax is in fact compounded many times, allowing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to rake in extra cash.
And a third person pointed out that the carbon tax rebate they received barely covered the cost of heating their home for one month!
Now we have some Liberal leadership candidates saying they might scrap the carbon tax.
Gee, you think? How long did it take them to realize how unpopular the carbon tax is with Canucks.
And, do you believe the federal Conservatives will get rid of this tax, if elected, or perhaps replace it with a new tax under another name? Probably not, but politicians will say anything to get elected.
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, what do you call a man who is lucky in love?
A bachelor!
What’s the difference between a $20 steak and a $50 steak?
Valentine’s Day!
What do a spider’s web and kiss have in common?
Both end up in the undoing of the fly!
Have a great week!
Stay warm until this cold snap ends!