Remember the great times you both enjoyed when dating and during your early days of marriage. Discovering your sexuality. Dining out. Setting up a home. Yes those were the days. She was the beautiful apple of your eye. He was your handsome prince. You cou...

For the sake of simplicity, I will simply group caretakers, building managers, resident managers under the umbrella name, “superintendent“. As a building superintendent you will be responsible for the house you and the rest of the occupants live i...

When you begin to look for work as a Superintendent it is natural to look at the money side. Wages can be as low as free rent only for a small older building. The company may only want someone to be home on the weekend while the super is off. On t...

We worked managing buildings until we finally retired at sixty seven. We traveled with our RV for a year. The price of fuel went up. We moved to another part of Canada and the price of fuel continued to climb. We sold the RV and moved into an apartment ou...

We have lived in the cities of Vancouver and Toronto where we have worked over the last ten years. So do many millions of people who live in a fantastic variety of condominium (strata) buildings and rental buildings. We have been superintendents in both. ...

Welcome to the recession/depression of 2008. You may be one of the millions who are worried to death. How will you pay the mortgage? The automobile? The food? The kids education? The Health Insurance? Those in the know tell us we should go out and tak...

Wheelchair curling is a sport for paraplegics. It is a sport that combines a lot of skill and it takes a ton of strategy to be a winner. Wheelchair curling is the only Paralympics sport that comprises teams made up of both men and women on the same te...

When choosing a snowboard you need to know what to look for. Why does one brand work better than another. Why do prices differ from one board shop than another? Should I let price matter? What if I buy and not like the board? Unless you have money to ...

Sledge hockey is a sport that was introduced during the 1994 Lillehammer Games in Norway. The game is very similar to ice hockey in that each team has a goalie, two defensemen and three forwards. Players maneuver themselves around the ice by the use of t...

Yes, when Irma and I tied the knot over 50 years ago we never gave it a thought that we would not stay married. That was away back in the late fifties when divorce was something only those odd balls in Hollywood did. In fact, at that time, if a couple wan...

Over 50% of today’s marriages end in divorce. What a sad statistic. What a shame that so many people choose divorce rather than communication. All of that hard work of trying to make it work. Setting up the household. Possibly starting a family. Dealing...

In 1973 the BabyBjorn baby carrier was launched. At first it was called “Hjartenara” which meant (close to the heart). In the early 1970s, almost every doctor out there was expounding on the importance of mother and daddy having close contact wit...

I am not a doctor. Please understand this. What I am going to relate to you is simply what happened to me in a lay person’s own words. I may be a little off in the technical terms but this is how I now understand what nearly killed me. No doubt you ...

The Whisperlite stove is a backpackers dream. It’s tough, simply made, very light weight and with some TLC will last for many years. It may be used to make a simple cup of brew during a short hike in the desert or an extended expedition in the moun...

The unpredictable Grizzly Bear is a resident of the mountains and valleys of the Whistler Corridor. These great wild animals are true survivors. The population is quite scarce but that doesn’t mean you will never meet up with one. The area around Bi...