Friday, August 09, 2024

Things I learned lately 9 Aug

  • During Calgary’s last big hail storm on 5 Aug, 10% of WestJet’s aircraft were damaged.
  • Calgary just had its warmest month (July) since records began (mean temperature).
  • Canadians cleaned up on hammer throw at the Olympics. Men & women!
  • Not only did the UCP cut firefighting funding, they cut firefighter training funds too.
  • Once upon a time, David Bowie & Marianne Faithfull did a live duo "I Got You, Babe". Yeah, THAT I got you babe. Classic beautiful weirdness.
  • Two Canadian kids, aged 16 and 20, found out in 2010 that their parents Donald Heathfield and Tracey Foley were in fact KGB spies. Their story is the basis of the TV series The Americans.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Interesting stuff.
Smith cutting forest fire fighter training and the fire fighting budget is beyond my understanding.UPC not climate change believers.