tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50048573104267650162026-03-15T17:59:52.424-04:00PersectiveA sometimes humorus look at everyday life and living, politics, religion and anything else that makes me go "Hmmmm!" Not fro the overly political, overly religious or overly stupid!Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.comBlogger7258125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-367152705875627272023-01-07T00:30:00.007-05:002023-01-07T00:30:00.198-05:00Saturday Morning Confusion: Get Benedict!The country of Jamaica gained its independence this year and is no longer in the British Commonwealth... So, they have been racking their brains trying to figure out new ways of making money!Then some 'not-too-bright-guy' noted that Benedict Cumberbatch, a big, rich movie star, had a grandfather seven generations ago who owned slaves in Jamaica! (He was the seventh son of a seventh son!)So Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-1617313489705651192023-01-06T10:55:00.003-05:002023-01-06T11:21:48.062-05:00This too shall pass!You could call them the 'Rolling Beatles,' or the 'Stoned Beatles!'(just sayin') ***Oh, by the way:Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-9571604206771771322023-01-06T09:11:00.002-05:002023-01-06T09:11:08.052-05:00Winter in Australia!Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-91222360771944202092022-07-18T12:09:00.003-04:002022-07-18T12:10:19.573-04:00Is it wise for an American to move to Canada?Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-45213212839289156992021-02-08T02:30:00.004-05:002021-02-08T02:30:02.050-05:00BIDEN! Here's a picture of Biden NOT playing golf today:Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-27175062281715873242021-01-27T08:30:00.001-05:002021-01-29T15:46:45.264-05:00The hardest things to do in CanadaAllan: I think many Canadians will agree with me on this one. These days, one of the hardest things to do in Canada is simply getting a well-paying job with benefits and forging a future for yourself.I suppose I’m lucky in that I have a decent job — not the greatest job ever, but it works for me and provides me with what I need. But two things have happened in Canada during the past 35-or-soAllan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-75093864589730521992021-01-06T15:28:00.001-05:002021-01-06T15:28:26.693-05:00OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN! This is NOT how you take a tour of the Capital!Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-80383320129251892012021-01-06T14:18:00.002-05:002021-01-06T14:18:38.785-05:00Name That Tune! Working as a radio consultant I am currently working on a playlist of songs that will appeal to a 35+ audience (Boomers and Gen X) and there are a lot of songs that I have to listen to in order to either..., refresh my memory..., or categorize them as a certain type of song..., so needless to say I run into a whole mess of stuff that is unacceptable to my target audience!About an hour ago IAllan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-48651994940795662362021-01-04T17:29:00.002-05:002021-01-04T17:29:21.914-05:00Winners of the Day! Today's prize goes to two people..., first of all, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger who artfully resisted efforts by President Donald Drumpf on Saturday to overturn the results of the November election in an hour-long phone conversation that sounded more like a mafia Don telling one of his underlings to toe the line!During the telephone conversation, Raffensperger kept Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-38907420175329558142020-12-26T10:25:00.000-05:002020-12-26T10:25:31.637-05:00Saturday Morning Confusion: Why do some people like Canada more than the U.S? I got this question sometime over the last few days and on top of Mr. Smith's reasons some people prefer Canada to 'The States' I have a few thoughts of my own that occurred to me as I was reading his answer! I will put these at the bottom!Here are some of the reasons why:Canada places more emphasis on quality of life than the U.S. does. For instance, Canadians get more paid holiday/Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-48906563015113578682020-12-25T01:00:00.002-05:002020-12-25T01:00:03.389-05:00Plain and simple folks! MERRY CHRISTMAS! No big deal or anything..., just wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas..., and let's hope that 2021 is a lot better than that piece of shit we just went through!Allan W JanssenAllan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-10753329744194377742020-12-21T14:13:00.003-05:002020-12-21T14:13:44.974-05:00Oh to sink so low! This is one of the reasons I am so glad I'm a Canadian and not an American.Those fuckers in the Republican Party, as one of their MANY sins, kept downplaying the severity of the COVID pandemic and the necessity of getting a vaccination... yet when it came time to get their own shots they were like Trump when he pushed Montenegro Prime Minister Dusko Markovic out of the way:Over the Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-7565706635515563622020-12-17T11:32:00.004-05:002020-12-17T11:47:06.349-05:00TIME FOR THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY With the current state of polarization between the Democrats and Republicans... along with the far-left trying to bankrupt the country and the far-right trying to blow up democracy (among other things), it's about time for the Libertarian Party to get serious about the game. The United States needs three political parties to adjust the playing field. Instead of politics Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-32912041417633484132020-09-22T11:51:00.001-04:002020-09-22T11:51:07.480-04:00ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: To Mask, or Not To Mask!ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: To Mask, or Not To Mask!: They held a big rally in Montreal today and all sorts of people were protesting the fact that they had to wear surgical masks when they wen...Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-31454071994669206342020-09-22T11:50:00.005-04:002020-09-22T11:50:57.381-04:00ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: Sunday Morning Funnies!ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: Sunday Morning Funnies!: Two Canadians die and end up in Hell. Satan decides to pay them a visit, so he walks into their room and sees them talking and laughing. C...Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-47608339417809236562020-09-22T11:50:00.003-04:002020-09-22T11:50:45.406-04:00ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: Oh Canada!ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: Oh Canada!: As we all know the United States is divided into several distinct regions: Well, after careful consideration I think we should do the same...Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-23142597159370730082020-09-22T11:50:00.001-04:002020-09-22T11:50:03.396-04:00ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: Second Wave of COVID-19?ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: Second Wave of COVID-19?: Here we are smack dab in the middle of September and our local health unit is reporting a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases that resulted fr...Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-48630285891228296742020-09-22T11:49:00.007-04:002020-09-22T11:49:51.702-04:00ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: Wear some flowers in your hair!ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: Wear some flowers in your hair!: I had this question sent in to me over the weekend! Which US city is closest to Toronto in size and population and culture? Well, in size ...Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-16669987508683612652020-09-22T11:49:00.005-04:002020-09-22T11:49:27.165-04:00ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: Deer Crossing?ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: Deer Crossing?: Could somebody please explain to my how the deer know that this is where they are supposed to cross the road?Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-42474839414905349992020-09-22T11:49:00.003-04:002020-09-22T11:49:15.374-04:00ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: Cough, Cough!ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: Cough, Cough!: All that nasty smoke from American wildfires is being blown north and right into the B.C. mainland folks. Vancouver ranked as having the...Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-4440613608975651582020-09-22T11:49:00.001-04:002020-09-22T11:49:03.766-04:00ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: Moving Day!ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: Moving Day!Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-4213586203803430322020-09-22T11:48:00.005-04:002020-09-22T11:48:50.004-04:00ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: Canada, an Apology!ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: Canada, an Apology!: Subject: Canada/USA.........an apology. This is an open letter written by a Florida judge about the CANADA / USA relationships & history...Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-66008720010071611582020-09-22T11:48:00.003-04:002020-09-22T11:48:31.072-04:00ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: Stop or I'll shoot!ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: Stop or I'll shoot!: Allan: I saw a friend online on FaceBook about 11:30 PM. He lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Knowing that he is an early sleeper I aske...Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-86753008821595110832020-09-22T11:48:00.001-04:002020-09-22T11:48:15.317-04:00ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: Just how smart are Trump supporters?ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: Just how smart are Trump supporters?: I was watching a program about conspiracy theories among Trump supporters and all of them claimed to have inside knowledge and/or proof of ...Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004857310426765016.post-70591752502527102542020-09-22T11:47:00.009-04:002020-09-22T11:47:57.516-04:00ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: For the Birds!ALLAN'S CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE!: For the Birds!: Never stay somewhere boring ever again. There's a treehouse rental near Vancouver and even though it's up in the trees it'...Allan W Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168659604725040986noreply@blogger.com0