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Radar detectors are illegal here

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A while back one of our friends got pulled over for some kind of driving infraction and the police caught him with a radar detector in the car.

I know that radar detectors are legal in some US States but I don’t believe that they are legal anywhere in Canada.

Well it turns out that he got a big fine. I think it was a couple thousand dollars but don’t quote me on that.

Isn’t that terrible? He was using the radar detector so he could get home a little faster and in the end it turns out that it set him back a few thousand!

It doesn’t seem worth it, does it?






Rose Wrestling

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Tiffany – Hybrid Tea Rose

I did some work in the garden yesterday. Yes I’m still trying to tidy it up and no, I haven’t planted any annuals or new perennials yet.

I did discover that some roses that I’d been hoping would recover from the one winter that I didn’t do winter protection have died. I’m sad to report that the lovely love and Peace is gone. So is the monster rose I talked about a lot last year – Antique 89. Zepherine Drouhn and Adriana didn’t make it either. So sad. I’ll have to see if I can find good replacements for these roses. I definitely want to get love and peace again though!

As I was saying on Tricia’s Musings my yard is full of blooms! Rose blooms. Oh and rose scent, lovely lovely rose perfume.

As I worked under the largest rose – 8 foot tall William Baffin (more like a tree!) it’s petals rained down on me. I was literally covered in rose petals at one point! How often can one say that?

I managed to tidy up and trim a number of roses. Lots of dead tips and dried out branches needed to be removed. The roses of course grew and bloomed around the unsightly dead twigs. My arms are now covered in scratches and I’ve probably still got a few thorns stuck in my fingers, hands and arms!

Oh yes, my back is aching too. I don’t get outside enough these days so I think over doing it just hits my back first when I do get out to the garden to work.

That’s what I get for rose wrestling!

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Free forum for your website or blog

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Have you ever thought about how great it might be to have a forum tied into your website or blog?

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