I seem to recall some years ago a U.S. politician floating the idea that the then federal gov't should offer every Canadian over 18 one million dollars each to sell our sovereignty to them and become part of the U.S. It was laughed off then as a lark. 

I have been stocking my PVR with movies to get me through. CBC just aired ' A Christmas Story " last night , that will be my first watch Christmas Day, a kinda sorta tradition for me. I can never see little Ralphie almost shoot his eye out enough times. 

Welcome to the big yellow board. We used to have a member known as 'The Stickler', a spelling and grammar aficionado. He/she would have loved you. 

Up here in the north, the Sudbury Wolves hockey team commercials for upcoming games has a guy that I think is trying to do a Steve Austin [ the wrestler ] impersonation as he always starts the spot with Helllllllll Yeahhhhhhhhhh. This guys voice is , to me, so irritating to listen to , I immediately hit the preset button. He could be a nice person, I just find those ad's difficult to hear. 

DaCosta wrote:

Hey mic'em!  Fellow S'sider here.  Many a night was spent listening to CJRW waiting to tape my favourite songs!  I had no idea there were such shenanigans going on in that little studio!

My time  there was 1974-75. You likely remember the name Ray Arsonault , if you were around at that time. He replaced me when I moved to Ontario. I also was morning man on Chtn Charlottetown for a year after returning to the Island in 1977-78. 
 

I recall Bruce's hatred of " Robbers" and "Bhell" , and his absolute disdain for both Rob and Doug Ford. Sad news. RIP. 

I hear Under the Influence Thursday mornings at 11.30 am on CBC Radio 1 in Sudbury. Terry continues to produce an interesting half hour broadcast that obviously has alot of research done to create the show. I really enjoyed the segment on the Davey and Goliath show that was part of this weeks episode. 

I bought a Norton motorcycle in the 70's. The repair manual , which I had to refer to quite often, always had spanner in the text, never wrench once. Damn Lucas electrics and it's positive ground. 

Similar story for me. I was volunteering at a small, and I mean small 250 watt station in Summerside PEI , CJRW. The evening announcer was a fellow high school kid , we were both 17 . . I ran the board for him while he sat in the main studio adjacent to the control room, and after a few weeks, he got to the point where he was bringing his buddies in to party and I pretty much just played records with no breaks. One night, the station owner came in to find the place full of smoke, and beer bottles littering the studio. Needless to say, the kid was fired on the spot, the boss said to me can you take over, I said I've been in the chair for weeks already, and voila, I became the night announcer. My first words on air were, I think," this is Mike at night, your listening to 1230 CJRW Summerside". My last radio gig in Brampton, in the mid 80's, I used the moniker Michael Nyte in tribute. 

I'm surprised to read that  NCIS Origins is not doing great. It is really well done from the acting to the storylines in my opinion. The fact that Mark Harmon narrates and has been seen briefly in some episodes just makes it  that much more enticing for fans of the original series. Maybe all of the spin off series have damaged the credibility of the brand, but I'm finding Origins to be my favorite new show in sometime. 

As Dale said, Stephanie, you should seen it what it was like a few years back. But, for the most part, we are all adults here, opinions are going to vary and be written in the spur of the moment. It's a message board on radio, it is what it is. 

I lost my dad to cancer Nov 19, 1997. I wish the young lady ,and all suffering from this scourge, well. 

Marek had to hustle. He used that phrase going into every break during his tenure with Bill Watters. 

Dougie's  got to pay for the tunnel somehow. My sympathy to those who lost their  paycheck. 

She is a good one, smart move by CityNews. Congrats Alessandra.I do wonder what took so long for some outfit to grab her talent up. .