Dianne Chapman🇨🇦
deemich.bsky.social
Dianne Chapman🇨🇦
@deemich.bsky.social
SW Manitoba, I'm a little orange-tinted red Island in a sea of Con blue.
Welcome back to your stomping grounds. I think you're the best human to come out of U of M, with my favourite prof in Ag/ Plant Sci scooting up behind your tail in second place. 😊
November 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Hmmmm....I have observed a lot, working at a Port...
November 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
After living in Winnipeg and working for the City at the start of covid, compared to living in a rural environment, not long after covid reached it's height, I agree. A lot less people per capita contracted covid here because retail shopping is limited, and the only sports complex was closed.
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Every guy I dated, except one. He is a tough dude.
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Well honestly, there may be a genetic component, but it's possible that a life of pain makes one tougher. It is, after all, just pain.
(Of course when I destroyed 2 cervical nerves,tore a rotator cuff, then broke a rib and developed a frozen shoulder, I learned my limit and was grateful for meds. 🤪
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Haha thanks, I'm doing okay. I have the pain threshold of a mule, and I keep very fit, within my bubble. A good kind of shrinking. 💪I love my flowers AND the rain. Bring it on!
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Viruses are smarter than us. The earth is overcrowded with so much global activity. As soon as these little guys figure out how to combine the virulence of SARS- CoV-1 with the transmission of SARS-CoV-2/ Covid 19, we are cooked. Suddenly...glad to be a boomer.
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The cushion is for my spine but is 4" thick. My thighs barely squeeze under the wheel. 🤣 I was 5'3 but I'm supposed to be 5'6. Scoliosis. And now I am 5'1 from multiple fractures and a rare form of osteo. Without weight training I lose another inch. And I likely have, thanks to the damn shoulder.
November 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I would be looking through the steering wheel of a Buick! 🤣 Standards were cheaper in price and on fuel. I'll say one thing for my truck--when I moved, I did several trips towing a trailer and the last load was way over weight. Did 90 in 5th. No prob.
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Lol! I hear ya. The dealership actually called me, asking if I wanted to upgrade to a Tacoma they had in stock--it was loaded, but a stick, and they couldn't get rid of it. I've only had one automatic and it was a right hand drive. 😂😂😂
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
She sounds wonderful. I'm a complete rock when it comes to my mental health, despite what Winnipeg was doing to it. Moving to a small town in 2021 was the best decision I've ever made. But...no NPs nearby. I've never had proper care for the conditions I was born with, I research. A lot.
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
You're a better person than me. I almost decked a pimply-faced intake kid at my former dealership, when he called me, "ma'am" and was sooo condescending, like my Tacoma 6-speed 4x4 Off-Road TRD was my husband's truck. I almost decked him. I'm single for a good reason. 🤣
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Oh, I would love to have one. I feel they are more holistic, somehow. My doc just zeros in on one issue, not understanding underlying conditions that can cause that issue. Luckily (?) I'm going through my second frozen shoulder in 10 years, and he's leaving me to it with meds. 😂
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I took a couple of courses on genetics and anatomy in Arts before settling on a degree in plant science. My interest continues because my body...wow. I wouldn't wish this mess on anyone. Lol. I'm in a small town, now...so I do my own research. My doc is clueless.
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Yes it is interesting, but unfortunately, the varying reactions, some small percentage of those being severe, enables those wearing tinfoil caps.
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Yeah it was Pfizer that knocked me out the first time. I didn't make the connection until a friend asked me if I got the shot. I was in the throes of garage renos, so I dragged my sorry self to the work.
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I'm just going to go with avoiding humanity. Covid shots kick my ass, too. I don't know if it's my Mastocytosis that does it, but...ugh.
November 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
They are fairly common in Manitoba but yes, this is by far the most red I've ever seen in 60 years.
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
SW Manitoba
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Great lighting and depth 🤍
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Yes...my father was a gentle soul, and he didn't talk much about the North Atlantic. I made him this collage from restored photos, and found this model, that he spent hours glueing together, 35 years ago. Those ships were something else..
November 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
My daddy served on Corvettes, mainly HMSC Sherbrooke. I learned so much about them, thanks to the internet.
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I believe you are correct and I remember the city being abuzz. Those were the days...I remember being so happy to be back home.
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Well, based on what you peeps have said, I will watch it when it's streaming for free, not on Disney. The whole idea is escapism and to just go with it, along with a huge bowl of very unhealthy popcorn. 🍿
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM