The Hotline turned into Lorne Green's New Wilderness today with so much information on an animal I had barely bothered to think about before - the goose!
Here are a few of factoids we learned:
-geese have teeth
-geese can break a human bone with their wings
-geese are used in Scotland to protect whiskey
-geese have been used by the Canadian military
-certain former military men have been known to run from geese after spending too much time at the Legion (Ernest!)
My question (and Bruce E. asked this too) was what do you do with the geese during the day? Will we be turning the Public Gardens into a fortress? How will the geese differentiate between vandal and tourist? Well, Dawn says you just put the geese back in their cages during the day and entice them there with food. Okay. All the callers on and off the air make these birds seem like the flying equivalent of Jaws. I pity the vandal who tries to take them on! Rick (and I) started out the show thinking Dawn was completely "bonkers", but it looks like she has a point!
I'm trying to think what else we talked about on the show, but the conversation was seriously dominated by talk of the killer, park protecting geese. It might sounds weird, but it was very entertaining!
Did you like Rick's column in the Daily News today? I loved the line about the "moonscape-like roads"!
One caller told me something disturbing off the air. A Canada Post driver chucked a MacDonald's bag full of garbage right out his window today, in a Canada Post truck. It happened on Wright Ave. in Burnside. The caller told me he was disgusted by that and Rick was too. Where is the civic pride asks David Rodenhiser......and stories like this make you shake your head.
The story in the C.H. about the teen being bitten by the dog owned by a police officer is a bit strange eh?
http://www.herald.ns.ca/Metro/834609.html
Rick spoke to a police spokesperson but the story wasn't really cleared up. In fact, police apparently went to a house several times where they thought the officer lived, but then deduced that he didn't live there! It's the most bizarre story and you would think a police officer would step up and do the right thing. Apparently the Chief is looking into it.
Kudos to Mayor Kelly for trying to be pro-active to help the Moir's plant workers. The Mayor got on the horn yesterday to 3 major players in the confectionary industry to see if there is any interest in taking over the Woodside plant. Who knows if he will be successful, but hey, the Province hasn't even been able to get a meeting with Greenbrier in regards to the Trenton Railcar plant. Go get 'em Mayor Kelly! 600 unionized jobs lost would be incrediby devestating.
It turned out to be a very nice day!!! It is Rick's birthday on Monday but he really doesn't like to make a big deal out of it, so feel free to leave your birthday greetings/comments on the blog since Rick reads them religiously!!!!!!!
Have an awesome weekend!
Cheers!
Amber
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The reason the province can't get a meeting with Greenbrier is because they likely don't want to meet in Cape Breton. The summer is the time for kitchen parties and fiddling in Mabou. No matter what is happening in Nova Scotia, Rodney is in Cape Breton. Here's wishing Mayor Kelly the best of luck, should he land a meeting with respect to the Moirs plant in Dartmouth.
Mike
sad but true mike, sad but true.
cheers,
amber
Always interesting how Premier Rod seems to always have time to show off his one and only talent. Playing the fiddle.
On the front page of the CB Post today, Sat the 12th is a pic of the Premier with " once political wannabee" Howie MacDonald(he lost in the provincial election) and Trashie MacIssac.
As I said the Premier always has time for his "night job" playing the fiddle, but he never has time to stop in and talk to citizens of Boularderie Island and address their concerns with strip mining.
Does the provincial government use the taxpayer's helicopter to get the Premier to his "guest appearances" at the Cape Breton "ceiladhs" kitchen parties?
He should stick to his night job playing his sometimes enjoyable music, as his job as a politican isn't working out too well.
He seems to be more available to the public where there are "dim lights, thick smoke and loud, loud music"
Message to the Premier of NS::
We are only about an hour and 15 min drive from Mabou.
10 mins from Sydney. Drop in sometime.
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