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Saturday, October 29, 2005

Catching up - Ink Blog entries

Every two or three weeks, I publish a column in the daily paper here, The London Free Press. It appears on the op-ed page, and from Tuesday through Saturday I comment - in 170 words or so - on whatever newsy stuff I think matters to our readers.

Since one of the reasons I keep this blog is to archive and distribute the work that I publish, I try to post page scans and text versions of everything that gets into print. I don't always do this as quickly as I would like (life's busy these days.) So what I've done is back-post the entries for my most recent "on" week - October 18 through 22 - and have included the links here.

I hope you'll go back and read 'em. These short snappers are designed to elicit reader response, so I hope you'll also take the time to drop a comment and let me know what you think.

Tue Oct 18 – Flu shots, please

Wed Oct 19 – Yummy pesticides

Thu Oct 20 – Bad Customs attitude

Fri Oct 21 – Capital budget follies

Sat Oct 22 – Tobacco plant closure

19 comments:

  1. Great stories, Carmi. We could all do with flu shots.

    Michele sent me here.

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  2. and how are you this fine fall afternoon?
    ~u know the drill, michele sent me~

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  3. I'll have to check them out.

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  4. Ikeep forgetting to say Michele sent me!

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  5. I like the flu shot one, I SO agree. My hubby is highly susceptible and always gets his, but other people get colds and all kinds of junk and don't bother to consider that coming to our house or going in to where he works and touching all his stuff is really rude. I'm always trying to keep sick people away from him.

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  6. Carmi, this is just a quickie visit from Michele. I love your writing and will come by tomorrow and read the other 3. As far as your flu shot entry, I think you hit the nail on the head. I'm not afraid to get one, I'm just too young! They aren't giving out shots to anyone under 60!
    Hope you are having a great weekend!

    Last Girl On Earth

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  7. Great articles Carmi...I like your writing!

    I try to get the flu shot, but I get sicker every year I get it...go figure. LOL

    Here via Michele's!

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  8. Great articles Carmi. I agree that people need to get a flu shot.

    I am not the tree hugging type either but we do not use any pesticides.

    Oh yeah here via Michele's today...:)

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  9. Hi Carmi! Michele sent me, I'm happy to say. I'm going to read some of your posts, right now! What a terrific idea!

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  10. I agree with you concerning the tobacco plant closures...I feel sorry for the people lossing theirs jobs, but it had to come sooner or later.

    Btw, Michele sent me.

    (And I hope to read more when I have a few more minutes)

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  11. Hi Carmi - send some of that flu stuff over here....

    We'll give it to the birds :-O

    Michele sent me

    cq

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  12. Carmi, Dahling :)

    I will come back and read them later when I have more time to appreciate them.

    Hi from Michele!

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  13. Very intersting Carmi! I'll have to come back when i'm not writing an assignment and have a proper read of them. :o)
    Michele sent me this time.

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  14. Great columns and thanks for sharing. Isn't customs just a trip and a half? I often wonder where they get those people. It seems like such a power trip for some of them.

    Michele sent me...

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  15. Carni You are quite handsome!
    Ok I've never had a flu shot before until last year. At work they did it for free. Lor and behold 10 days later I got the flu and it turns into pneumonia (SP?)
    I endup spending 3 days in the hospital.
    I do believe it was cuz of the flu shot I got sick so quickly and I've never had the flu for the past 17 years.
    I know it's hard to believe, I'm one of those that eat lots of vitamins in veggies etc..
    I luv u'r aticles btw
    Michele sent me

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  16. I enjoy reading your articles and posts. I have to check about the availability of flu shots around here, won't be eating "birds" for a while.

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  17. Where I live, the elderly are lucky to get a flu shot let alone the rest of us.

    Btw, Michele sent me again!

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