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Saturday, June 8, 2013

F*&%ing \slob Still Feeding at the Public Trough (you know the I'm an honest man guy ...Yea Right Stuffy)--- an email circulating these days,I take no credit for the writing.

Ode to Fluffy Duffy
Now Into Poet Laureate Entries
Fluffy Duffy, sat in the House
Fluffy Duffy, was a real louse.
Trying to figure, “Where is his home?”
On taxpayers’ money, he continued to roam.

Wheeling and dealing, like Wallin and Mack
But all of a sudden, he seemed to lose track.
Of how much he took, and where it all went
Said he had no idea, how it got spent.

So back to the trough, to try to get more
Said to his wife, “We’ll never be poor”.
The rules are unclear, and colleagues so dumb
From PEI , I’ll tell them I’m from.

Two principal homes, he claimed to possess
Saying if he gets caught, he’ll never confess.
He feared he might have, a big heart attack
So the money he’ll need, and not give it back
.
Then along came that scoundrel, Robert S. Fife
His nosing around, upset Fluffy’s life.
He blabbed to the world, Fluffy’s nothing but dirt
And God only knows, how much that hurt.

He prodded and poked, and gossip he bought
Fluffy had no idea, he’d ever get caught.
“He’s an honest man”, Harper he claimed
Fluffy’s response to them all, was “He had been defamed”.

When it seemed to them all, that Fluffy was done
The mess he was in, was not really fun.
They thought they had brought him, down to his knees
Till Harper sent Nigel, with his 90 gs.

So off he did run, right up to the bank
Still trying to figure, just who to thank.
Taxpayers, or Harper or Nigel his “friend”
But they all remained silent, right up to the end.

The money he took, has thus been put back
So the auditors now, will cease to attack.
Fluffy’s honesty, integrity, and all he’s stood for
Is now in his cabin, behind a locked door.

They’ll not snoop around, it is plain for to see
As the help he now has, from R-C-M-P.
His Senator friends, may give him a fine
But do as they wish, he’ll never resign.

With an exorbitant salary, which they’ll never freeze
He continues along, and cheats as he please.
Double dipping he’ll show you, can be so easy
When a Senator learns, how to be sleazy.

With taxpayers’ dollars, he’s now off the hook,
And he’ll make some more money, when he publishes a book.
And it’s onward and upward, he’ll never be blue
As he continues his game, and make fools out of you.

You can’t kiss him goodbye, while he’s still alive
Until of course, when he’s seventy-five.
That by then you will see, before he is off,
He’ll continue to feed, till he empties the trough.



Politics as you know, is always so sleazy
And ripping you off, they’ve made all too easy
So really good people, won’t get in the game
As cheating and lying, will ruin their good name.

It has happened before, and never will change
Attracting those people, who really are strange.
They claim working for you, is not really easy,
As the way they succeed, just has to be sleazy.

Friday, June 7, 2013

:The "Point" circa 1978

Here is an NFB  film depicting 1978 Point Saint Charles, whether you agree or not with the films content,it still is a neat film showing us the streets where some of us played.

                                  .Enjoy the film.
           
            http://www.nfb.ca/film/point

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Finally the ship goes down......so much for dumping the social end of things to pursue the more lucrative e-commerce......lol


Multiply Closes Permanently on May 6 After Failing to Re-invent Itself

Author: Adobo Talk PH on Saturday, April 27, 2013 | 2:55 AM



Multiply.com, once one of the most popular social networking sites we had, will close on May 6. In an announcement posted on its site, and via a press statement from its CEO, Stefan Magdalinski, Multiply announced it impending death.

"About a year ago, our local Multiply teams were given the mighty challenge of totally re-inventing the company," explained Magdalinski. "After much effort, we are forced to admit that we were not able to pull it off. I’m proud of my team for their diligence and determination, despite the disappointing outcome." 

Multiply was once only rivaled by Friendster as the most popular social networking sites where members can post messages, pictures and even blogs. But, with the innovations introduced by Facebook, many Multiply and Friendster subscribers left.

Last year, Multiply shifted to a marketplace platform but, unfortunately, the move was not enough to keep it afloat.

Posted below is the announcement as posted on its website:

We regret to announce that Multiply will be closing on May 6, 2013 and ceasing all business operations by May 31, 2013.

Multiply will maintain normal site operations through May 6. We will use the rest of May to make sure the all accounts are settled and that merchants receive full payment for all the transactions they completed on our platform. This will also provide our merchants with time to find and migrate to alternative ecommerce platforms, settle all payments on items bought and delivered, and to minimize disruption to their businesses.

Multiply will ensure that you receive all funds you earned on the platform no later than May 31, 2013. We will close the actual marketplace sooner, on May 6, 2013, to ensure that all orders have sufficient time to complete and be delivered to your customers before the end of the month.

Merchants who have premium subscriptions should contact our customer support and we will ensure that they receive a full refund for the un-used time on your subscription

Sunday, April 21, 2013

link to "In Memoriam" page

http://verdunconnections.blogspot.ca/2012/08/in-memoriam.html

Sadly enough I have had to add a couple more names to this list,& I know there are many I have missed ,if anyone surfs by & would like to add a friend or family member from our Verdun/Montreal background then just contact me & I will do my best to add the name or obit,preferably the actual obit would be good,where possible.  To take you to the In Memoriam page just click on the posted link & that should save you some time from actually going through the sites topics............Cheers !
                                  http://verdunconnections.blogspot.ca/2012/08/in-memoriam.html

Sadly I am adding this latest obit ''''''''''''''''''''



Saturday, January 26, 2013

Ahh just marking time

Again I am just marking time  to bring this blog up to a more recent date.
 I have rather enjoyed 'not' looking stuff up since last August ,when I shut  down the old VC site.
 However in time I still may seek out a new venue,and start posting Montreal stuff again.For now there are other good Montreal sites like Coolopolis,or Vanishing Montreal ,I know I check out a few periodically,.......my thinking is the old ABF train of thought ( Anything But FB) --lol

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Boxing Day 2012 and so on

Well I hope you had a great Christmas,good food,family,friends etc. 
I will try to start working on this blog a little more often in the next few months.However after closing down the Verdun Connections site on Multiply network,I really have appreciated the free time,not searching for montreal or Verdun stuff to post & share.It really frees up time.It gets difficult after a while (or dead boring) posting all the traditional stuff,like Hey Remember these (fill in ) hotdogs ,pizza,boardwalk,natatorium etc etc ...really we covered all that stuff & posted plenty of photos which I do like ,I still see plenty of the stuff we posted years ago being emailed to me from other social networks as if they just stumbled across it...lol 
perhaps a little later on I may have a renewed inspiration to start a new (old) group,but only if I can find a decent venue( I am not a FB fan at all,so that's out;they seem to invasive) that would provide us features like photo/video storage,running blogs which update or bumped to the top whenever a new reply is posted to a that  topic/thread.
In the meantime I have saved as much of the old posts,and pics we shared here on this blog.
I do not actively seek a membership type of blog,but I do see the stats on passers-by,so it is nice that people do still want to read some of the old stuff.
 Ok that's it for now,I really just wanted to update the blog,so I remember it is still here...lol
                                                 Cheers ~  and Have Fun & Remember Verdun
Also have a good New Year and all the best in 2013:

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Minor Update

Nothing to see here folks,move along.......hahahah  I have been too busy to post anything new,but I want to stay somewhat current ,so when I am ready to promote this site or a new venue ,it should be an easier transfer or continuation. Somewhee down the road I will have a new group possibly,something that affords interaction such as FB but with much more user friendly features and options. I will try not to make it just a re-hash of the typical stuff. Time will tell..................