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Dear Nazareth, You Rule…

Typewriter Tag – Round “Nazareth”

Nazareth - Typewriter Tag

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10 myths from usage-based billing supporters

Definitely worth a read.  Some good points here on internet billing in Canada.  My aircard bill from Bell last month was $270.00.  Ouch.

10 myths from usage-based billing supporters.

 

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“Saskatchewan” The Movie (1954). It’s Old School.

Saskatchewan Movie

Saskatchewan Movie

Where oh where is this movie?  I have to find it, watch it, and comment on how bad and/or good it is. Have you seen it Julie?

EDIT – Some of the comments on IMDB ARE PRICELESS….. check it out at

Saskatchewan @ IMDB

This is from someone who was actually on the set during shooting of “Saskatchewan” in the comment section on IMDB. I have not edited this any way.

Sasketchewan, 16 January 2006
Author: ddroesch from United States
I was there on location for this film and it was filmed mostly in Alberta in the vicinity of Lake Louise and Banff. It rained a lot during the filming and a lot had to be redone at the studio. I was an extra and mostly rode horses and was a dead man in several scenes. As a kid it was a great experience.

Alan Ladd was wonderful as was Carrol, Shelly and Raoul. They fed us well and we stayed in small out buildings, like motel buildings, near the Banff Springs Hotel.

I had to leave early to do a film with Jeff Chandler and I had a commitment at the Pasadena Playhouse at that time also. My last theatre work was in 1960 when I had to give up show business for health reasons — I needed to eat!

Hope this clears up the question of where it was filmed.

Don Alan (Droesch)

Take it Easy,

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Typewriter TAG Inspiration. Round 2.

Typewriter TAG... H.A.F.

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Round Two.

Will Byterman beat Julie to the next TAG?  I’d like to know what kind of journey you are going to take finding a typewriter Byterman!  Take lots of pictures!

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Auto Style Over Safety in 1965

I love the CBC archives. Every once in a while you find a gem that’s funny and shocking at the same time.

The video starts with cars being run into concrete walls at high speed starts this one off and has commentary from members of the big automakers of the day; General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, American Motors, and Studebaker. Very entertaining… But it gets better.

Apparently, industry was the experts on car safety, and some of the public were willing to give up some safety for additional “style”….. If the auto makers were forced to add additional safety features, there would be a public backlash and it would hurt sales.

Once of the funniest things said throughout this whole film was this,

“20% of our cars were ordered without window washers last year” – American Motors Rep.

WTF? What were people thinking back then? Oh wait, seat belts weren’t mandatory until 1966, maybe a few banged their head against a steel dash in a fender bender and it affected their judgment up to that point in history.

Definitely worth watching.

http://archives.cbc.ca/science_technology/transportation/clips/12090/