Monday, January 26, 2009

In opposite ends of the globe people are bitching about the weather, down under on the beaches of Victoria of course it is about the heat and what to expect this week.
Up here it is the fact we are back into the winds and bloody awful chills, -42 here this morning, colder in other communities.
Planes are on hold, classes cancelled and the like. It is true blowing snow conditions, clear sky’s down to about 500feet then visibility is limited.

Another buddy from Oz sent me this under the subject "probably" [without comment] by e mail this morning:

"Owners of capital will stimulate the working class to buy more and
more of expensive goods, houses and technology, pushing them to take
more and more expensive credits, until their debt becomes unbearable.
The unpaid debt will lead to bankruptcy of banks, which will have to
be nationalized, and the State will have to take the road which will
eventually lead to communism"
Karl Marx, Das Kapital, 1867



Old buddy used to be a card carrying union member and organizer who regularly hit the streets in support of the working man.
He has since has had an epiphany on the way to the bank. Now he is a rabid free marketer, let the unfortunate eat cake [if the food bank has any], he is anti union and more right wing and intolerant than Harper or old GWB.
But we still communicate and I am hopeful he will have another epiphany as the bank door swings shut in his face.

Any way it amuses me, all these greedy large corporations and banks who thought it OK to bad mouth anyone who had a conscious and advocated for the under and unemployed and less fortunate, and are now going groveling for tax payers money to bail them out of the hole they dug for themselves. Then gain they would not have gotten this far if the proletariat were not in cahoots and lapped up all the credit, some of the blame has to be taken by the consumer.

Later: First of the spin on the delay of the smelter at Long Pond.

Actually it more angers me than amuses, but what the hell, what goes around comes around and history always repeats itself, welcome brothers and sisters may be just around the corner.

Later later: " glory be" and "Heavens to Murgatroyd!", the weather office has issued a blizzard and wind chill warning for our area.

Now maybe they could tell us something we don't know.

2 comments:

Shammickite said...

When the weather's that cold and blizzardous, do you simply stay home and try to keep warm? And if you do go outside, what sort of protective clothing do you wear? Do the local paople still wear clothing made of skins or have they succumbed to merchandising of winter jackets made in China, like the rest of the world?

Brian said...

In weather like this most only go out when they have to, though we have been known to walk the dog just for the exercise, others just like to get out for some ‘air’ as well.
Yesterday even Siutik was in a hurry to get back; she is not fond of walking into winds of 75 and chills -44 either.

As to clothing, most have succumbed to the high tech stuff or the cheaper stuff from Sears, but it is all from overseas.

There is still a sprinkling of traditional hand made clothing being worn; some only wear it when going off for trips into the country. Grenfell cloth and duffel for the parkas, seal skin and some times moose hide for boots, caribou and seal skin for mitts, the traditional lining is usually duffel. If you layer it it works well. But skins for clothing is a rarity these days.
The art of making these things is slowly dying off, there are regular attempts at keeping it alive but modern diversions are hard to resist.

The best thing in these winds is to have a fur trimmed hood on your parka, saves the face from frost bite no end.