Rob Mellow
@robmellow.bsky.social
Retired nuclear plant operator.
Saw these at Walmart today. Yes, they are the big evil US retailer, but I was there for the much better selection of Canadian grocery items. Brine & Co pickles and Canada Red spaghetti sauce for a couple of examples.
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Saw these at Walmart today. Yes, they are the big evil US retailer, but I was there for the much better selection of Canadian grocery items. Brine & Co pickles and Canada Red spaghetti sauce for a couple of examples.
Bruce Mckinnon cartoon
November 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Bruce Mckinnon cartoon
Canada is just doing what every developed country, except one, is doing.
November 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Canada is just doing what every developed country, except one, is doing.
Then, their Trump voters (typically 40% in so-called blue states") get to vote to change those laws. This belief that a state is a perfect match for Canada because it voted 51% voted Democrat is astounding daft. Dem Oregon is an open carry state.
October 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Then, their Trump voters (typically 40% in so-called blue states") get to vote to change those laws. This belief that a state is a perfect match for Canada because it voted 51% voted Democrat is astounding daft. Dem Oregon is an open carry state.
And it is live data. See Ontario shift to yellow as the gas generators spin up for the dinner time surge.
October 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
And it is live data. See Ontario shift to yellow as the gas generators spin up for the dinner time surge.
Here's a favourite site of mine. Now with battery storage.
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October 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Here's a favourite site of mine. Now with battery storage.
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Another way to look at it is that your president is being out-maneuvered by Rob Ford's brother.
October 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Another way to look at it is that your president is being out-maneuvered by Rob Ford's brother.
I think this will look even better.
October 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I think this will look even better.
Maybe someday you can do this with it.
October 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Maybe someday you can do this with it.
Not only can you, you desperately need to. A one-off just looks weak.
October 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Not only can you, you desperately need to. A one-off just looks weak.
The "kids" ranged from 24-40.
October 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The "kids" ranged from 24-40.
Which resulted in this gem the next week.
October 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Which resulted in this gem the next week.
Everyone stop saying that Canadians get free health care. We pay for it through taxes. It's just much more efficient when the system isn't designed to buy mega-yachts as part of the process.
October 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Everyone stop saying that Canadians get free health care. We pay for it through taxes. It's just much more efficient when the system isn't designed to buy mega-yachts as part of the process.
Yours does seem consistent with my local wooly bears. Harsh beginning and mild end.
They're very common around here. They seem like to over-winter in the corners of my window sills. One was near my front door all last winter.
They're very common around here. They seem like to over-winter in the corners of my window sills. One was near my front door all last winter.
October 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Yours does seem consistent with my local wooly bears. Harsh beginning and mild end.
They're very common around here. They seem like to over-winter in the corners of my window sills. One was near my front door all last winter.
They're very common around here. They seem like to over-winter in the corners of my window sills. One was near my front door all last winter.
The American retailer has far more Canadian products than the two Canadian grocers I shop at.
Canada Red pasta sauce by Highbury Canco* of Leamington
* operating in the old Heinz plant
Canada Red pasta sauce by Highbury Canco* of Leamington
* operating in the old Heinz plant
September 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The American retailer has far more Canadian products than the two Canadian grocers I shop at.
Canada Red pasta sauce by Highbury Canco* of Leamington
* operating in the old Heinz plant
Canada Red pasta sauce by Highbury Canco* of Leamington
* operating in the old Heinz plant
Why does @kincardine-on.bsky.social torment pendants?
BTW, there is no Princess St.
BTW, there is no Princess St.
September 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Why does @kincardine-on.bsky.social torment pendants?
BTW, there is no Princess St.
BTW, there is no Princess St.
Bynars announce leadership bid.
August 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Bynars announce leadership bid.
You need to find one of these for your macro photography @johnroscoe.bsky.social . Google image search tells me that it's a clavate tortoise beetle. I don't know where the planet Clavate is located.
August 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
You need to find one of these for your macro photography @johnroscoe.bsky.social . Google image search tells me that it's a clavate tortoise beetle. I don't know where the planet Clavate is located.
President's Choice pickles are clearly labeled "product of Hungary" and "product of India".
August 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
President's Choice pickles are clearly labeled "product of Hungary" and "product of India".