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Stupid Canadians, Spring melt-offs and Random Thoughts

Are Canadians stupid monetarily? I didn’t get too many replies to my query in my post yesterday, but I will stick by the statement that Canadians are mostly uneducated about money (and should seek out places to learn about money). Stupid has connotations of folks who know they are doing it wrong and don’t care, I think folks don’t understand (but if they did, they would try not to “financially run in the hallway with sharp scissors”).

In Ottawa, Spring appeared for a while, and thus, there is water everywhere, and everything is melting. This will cause folks to find out whether their foundations leak and cause the Ottawa sewer system to flush millions of litres of effluence into the Ottawa River (if you live downriver from Ottawa, you might want to keep that in mind if you want to swim or go fishing).

Financially, Ontario and Quebec will be bringing down budgets for the current year, and the “Harper Government” will also be bringing a budget (I wonder if they will be robo-calling to find out my opinion on their programs). Yes, the robocall scandal continues to heat up, it should be interesting to see who in the Tories is going to have to fall on their sword to make this one go away.

Je continue mes etudes en francais aussi.

Weekly Recap

It’s another interesting week with some odd reactive posts from me, but hey, that is what makes reading this site so interesting:

And thanks to those who added me on Twitter I am now over 1000 folks who follow me, holy cow! Check out my facebook page as well (but no I won’t be buying Facebook stock because of this either).

This week there have been a lot more giveaways, and with our Greek friends causing more financial grief, there was a lot to write about:

Is Spring Springing?

One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk of March thaw, is the Spring.

  • Aldo Leopold (seems to have a lovely turn of phrase here)

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    1. As a Canadiens fan, it is even funnier to see the blue team fans get excited about ruining other teams playoff chances. Yes the Habs stink right now, but at least I am not a “blue team” fan.

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