On (11 Mar 05) James Bradley wrote to George Pope...
 JB>  GP> Yes, just south of Vancouver, on a delta, home of Vancouver
 JB>  GP> International Airport.
 JB>
 JB> Visited a cousin there once IIR. Nice place, but some rowdy wildlife.

Not now -- it's all been developed now!

 JB>  GP> What's "Cal. Alta."?
 JB>
 JB>  GP> California Alberta?
 JB>
 JB> Ya, right!  I worked 'under' a manager once that gleefully
 JB> proclaimed, I'm
 JB> going to L.A. Then we found out he was off to Lethbridge AB.

So what IS "Cal. Alta."?

 JB>  GP> No, I can't -- just know mine's a North Indian Curry, because
 JB>  GP> my homemaker is from the north and taught me her family recipe!
 JB>  GP> *G*
 JB>
 JB> Ah...  I can scratch together a curie, and occasionally luck out
 JB> and it'll
 JB> be edible. Truth is, I'll eat it anyway, and deal with the
 JB> consequences the
 JB> next day. O-8=

Do you want the recipe she taught me?

 JB> I qualify for subsidy, so each 'meal' would cost $5. As I was eating

That's what they are here, too, or there's the meal program here in my
building for the same price, but still too rich for my blood, when I can
do better buying ingredients & cooking for myself!

 JB> Chairs are a real, um... Sore spot for me. /-:

Not me -- I bring my own! *G*

 JB>  GP> Sure, it's a society that provides training/job search
 JB>  GP> services/support for disabled adults.
 JB>
 JB> Is that Nation-wide? I'd never heard of them here.

They have an office in Ontario somewhere, and I think another in the
Maritimes, as well as head office here in Burnaby.

 JB> ...And you used to run a pretty popular BBS, didn't you?

Not I -- called a number of them, cosysopped a couple, but never yetgad
my own *sigh* (it's still on the Dreams list! *G*)

 JB> It sounds like you are an adaptive, and flexible sort to me, so I
 JB> suspect
 JB> you'll do better than you proclaim. Chances are you'll do just fine
 JB> without
 JB> much malleability. You should have results by now, no?

Another 2-3 weeks, I think -- I'm not worried -- I'll hear from them
when it's time!

 JB> Cheers! I think the same job/retraining service is offered through our
 JB> University, but the one-stop feature sounds enticing.

They're all over -- contact HRDC (formerly Manpower) to ask who/where in
your area provides such services under their sponsorship)

 JB> Trying to
 JB> wake up my own endorphin system was an *interesting* if not taxing
 JB> time.

Sex is a great natural endorphin-producer!

So, apparently, is laughter!  (guess which MY preference is! heh)

 JB> <-; I guess I could classify myself as co-dependant on auctions. Need
 JB> I say
 JB> more? 

Yeah, you do, if I'm to understand what you're saying! *G*

 JB>  JB> Do you *really* want to know? 
 JB>  GP> Go for it!
 JB>
 JB> Careful what you wish for! 

still waiting. . .

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