New Personal Best

Leg Press 390lb. Now if only I could get my bench press moving up like that.

It was on CBC, so it must be true

Singing in the shower adds 9.08 minutes on average to your shower time.

Only in Grey County

Man fined for impaired driving of lawn mower; Police called after he tries to run down neighbours

A 57-year-old Bognor man who drove his lawn mower at his neighbours while drunk pleaded guilty Thursday to impaired driving and was fined $600 and banned from driving any motor vehicle for one year - including his mower.
Arthur Carefoot had repeatedly pulled out his neighbours' survey stakes in an ongoing dispute. On May 25, after the latest confrontation, he drove his riding mower at the woman living next door, Crown attorney David Hay said.
The woman's husband pushed her out of the way to safety.
She later told police Carefoot's attitude was "belligerent."
When police visited Carefoot at his home, "he could barely stand up," Hay said.
Police charged him with impaired driving, refusing to provide a breath sample, assault with the mower and removing wooden survey stakes.
The Crown only proceeded with impaired driving.
A riding mower is considered a motor vehicle and driving it anywhere while impaired is illegal.
Hay said Carefoot had at least six prior drinking and driving convictions between 1968 and 1988, but none since.
Defence lawyer Brian Renken said the neighbours no longer live next to Carefoot.
Justice Julia Morneau's sentence also included a one year of probation during which Carefoot must not contact or associate with his former neighbours.

And the award for Stupid Person of the Week goes to . . .

Prosecutor: Mother used baby to beat boyfriend

ERIE, Pa. (AP) - A woman used her four-week-old baby as a weapon in a domestic dispute, swinging the infant through the air and striking her boyfriend with the child, authorities said.
The boy was in serious but stable condition Monday at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh, police said.
"Never, never, never. I can never remember anything like this," District Attorney Bradley Foulk told the Erie Times-News.
Chytoria Graham, 27, of Erie, was charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and simple assault. She was held Monday in the Erie County Jail in lieu of US$75,000 bail.
The infant, whose name was not released, suffered a fractured skull and some bleeding in the brain, authorities said. His head hit Graham's boyfriend, the baby's father, police Lt. Dan Spizarny said.
Authorities removed four other children from Graham's home and placed them with the Erie County Office of Children and Youth, Foulk said.

World Oil verses the Pump Price

World Oil is trading at it's lowest since Dec 26 last year, continuing a downward trend in prices that started back in late August. Yet the average pump price went up, continuing gains being made since Sept 23.

It's been a while

Ok, so I haven't posted for a while, but things have been very busy. Work has been a bit stressful, mostly because our inventory system is not tracking as it should be. Plus, when the plant staff tells me we're out of something at 4 on a Friday doesn't give me a lot of reaction time. It was really stressful and left me considering a career switch. But things are going better now, so I guess it can't be all bad. Playing church again is really enjoyable. The people in the choir are good and easy to work with, and point me along when I don't know what I'm doing! Plus, playing an organ that is actually a full organ (rather than the mini electronic beat boxes with half a pedal board) is quite enjoyable. I don't think their last organist played the organ to it's full potential, so we're knocking some dust out of it too. The harvest is wrapping up on the farm too. We're brining in the last of the hay and getting the fields prepped for winter. The apiary is doing well too. Les, John and Julie are busy with the last harvest of honey and getting the colonies ready for winter. This should be a busy weekend. And my last good news: It only cost $85 to fix my truck as opposed to $400. Always a good thing. So, what's new with you?