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Jun. 24th, 2009 08:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tvordljThat's interesting. Seems Prince Edward Island, famed for it's lovely ocean beaches, is *buying* tons and tons of sand from Nova Scotia. Apparently they are hosting the beach volleyball for the Canada Games this summer and their red clay sand isn't the proper sort demanded by the International Beach Volleyball whosits. PEI sand compacts and the proper sand must be more "fluffy", so that when you jump and land, your foot sort of sinks into the sand instead of thudding on the top of it like normal dirt, i guess. It's a safety thing, less likely to cause injury.
In Canada, people hunt. There are usually regulated hunting seasons for most people though the First Nations people, i *think* are exempted due to historical treaties. Moose are much rarer than deer so our province only issues about 330 moose hunting licenses each year. If you want one your names goes in the hat and it's drawn like a lottery. This one fellow has never applied before but decided to this year. Officials drew the first few names, but i don't know how he was in the position to draw names unless they just asked some people at random in the crowd. Thing is, he drew his own name out of the hat/bucket/barrel! He was being watched so there's no question of cheating.
God, there are some grisly things in today's paper. A man accused of killing his girlfriend's little girl, a man killed his girlfriend in a drugged jealousy fit and chopped her up, someone else starved their child, all sorts. I just don't understand how people can do these horrible things to each other, i really don't, especially to children. I know these people have some serious mental issues and in a couple of the cases, drugs seem to be involved but even so! The starving child case, the parents were convicted, the mother of murder and the father of manslaughter. The mother testified that she didn't notice the weight loss (44 pound 7 year old down to about 20 pounds and you don't notice?) The father may not have been living with them and says he only saw the child a couple of times after they moved to a new city and he never noticed either?? "During the trial, the mother told the jury that the idea that her daughter could die “never entered my head." " That just blows my mind.
It's been dreary and rainy since last Friday and it's forecast to be the same right through the weekend. Welcome Nova Scotia summer. Blah. It's not cold so all the humidity makes it kind of sticky. I suppose i shouldn't complain. The worst is yet to come. The temps are still only in the high teens and very low 20s. Just wait until it's 30 and humid. *sigh*
In Canada, people hunt. There are usually regulated hunting seasons for most people though the First Nations people, i *think* are exempted due to historical treaties. Moose are much rarer than deer so our province only issues about 330 moose hunting licenses each year. If you want one your names goes in the hat and it's drawn like a lottery. This one fellow has never applied before but decided to this year. Officials drew the first few names, but i don't know how he was in the position to draw names unless they just asked some people at random in the crowd. Thing is, he drew his own name out of the hat/bucket/barrel! He was being watched so there's no question of cheating.
God, there are some grisly things in today's paper. A man accused of killing his girlfriend's little girl, a man killed his girlfriend in a drugged jealousy fit and chopped her up, someone else starved their child, all sorts. I just don't understand how people can do these horrible things to each other, i really don't, especially to children. I know these people have some serious mental issues and in a couple of the cases, drugs seem to be involved but even so! The starving child case, the parents were convicted, the mother of murder and the father of manslaughter. The mother testified that she didn't notice the weight loss (44 pound 7 year old down to about 20 pounds and you don't notice?) The father may not have been living with them and says he only saw the child a couple of times after they moved to a new city and he never noticed either?? "During the trial, the mother told the jury that the idea that her daughter could die “never entered my head." " That just blows my mind.
It's been dreary and rainy since last Friday and it's forecast to be the same right through the weekend. Welcome Nova Scotia summer. Blah. It's not cold so all the humidity makes it kind of sticky. I suppose i shouldn't complain. The worst is yet to come. The temps are still only in the high teens and very low 20s. Just wait until it's 30 and humid. *sigh*
