Minutes of Birds’ breakfast: May 28, 2015

Black Death is stalking the trees in your neighbourhood. See Henry H’s comments below.

Our website is at  https://yycearlybirds.club

June 4th is Google Day at Birds.

Bring a guest for Google day (but pay 10 bucks for their breakfast).   If bringing one, please let Bob know so he can alert the kitchen staff. ( wigginsbob@telus.net )

On June 11th, we’ll be voting on Dwayne Vinck.

By George, Birds’ Golf Tourney tees off on Thursday, August, 27th.

Members:

Brett Bain.  Brett is busy and happy to be so.

Sean Baylis.

Jim Bladon.  Remember the joke about going to college to learn how to drink? Well, it’s not a joke anymore. Olds College now offers a brewmaster program.• Haska, haska, haskaberry alert! Tho few Birds need another reason to head out to Mackay’s Ice Cream parlour in Cochrane, they now offer Haskaberry sundays. This award-winning treat will improve your eyesight and help you live longer. Or I am not reading Japanese as well as I think I do.

Paul Boucher. Gets over allergy to networking and attends ‘beer & wings’ event. Meets some interesting entrepreneurs in craft beer, HR and other enterprises.

Greg Callander .

Ian Campbell. 

Don Davis.  Camera opens on Don wearing a Therapy baseball cap and of course, one of his white shirts. It is somewhat now wine stained, as this is his 14th take. Don holds up his empty wine glass and calls out: “Red Leader. Red leader.” (Or is it: Red Litre, red litre?) No matter. Pretty little thing in Therapy T-shirt leans into frame and splashes red wine into Don’s glass. He uses it to salute the camera, takes a sip, hiccups politely and pronounces: “I will buy no wine before … I’m flyin’.” Camera pulls back to reveal that Don’s in a helicopter, emblazoned with “Come to Kelowna and get high on a Therapy Wine Tour.” Copter flies up, out of frame. Super: No fraud aloud.(hic). To black.

Todd Dean . Brought his son Mathew (Matt) along to preview our setting for next weeks Google event.

George Doherty.  He’s liking Charlie Rose’s TV show.

Don Doolan. Got grass on his mind. This dry year, grass fires are an issue on the acreage.

Ken Eades . 

Tony Fisher.  Just drive down the road from Sycamore, BC and you’ll enter a world of lazy maple pancakes, double cured bacon sizzling slowly in the pan and barely brewed coffee. You may never want to leave. • Tony is going to arrange a breakfast tour of the SML cathedral in Cross Iron Mills.

Gord Forsyth.  Mixed messages. Not sure if his tip was to buy a new golf bag or take Blades golfing but both sound pretty good to me. • Should you ever lose your wedding ring and then find it 10 years later, do not expect any brownie points from your wife (if still married) • Gord warns that the health-wrist-bracelets, that tell your Smart Phone how little you’re actually doing, are a pretty good exercise in guilt. (Ergo: not recommended for Jews or Catholics.)

Mel Gibson.

Henry Heuver.  This year is favouring aphids and caterpillars, both of which can ravage your greenery. If needed, you can get someone to spray for caterpillars. • The black growth on tree limbs – especially on May Days, Schuberts and choke cherries – is called black knot disease and it is a tree killer. Cut the limb off and destroy it. If really bad, do the tree in and dispose of it properly. Encourage your neighbours to do similarly.

David Hicks.  Is in a hiring mode and finding quite a response from electricians. Jobs are obviously scarce.

Bill Hoogstratten.

Roger Jarvis.   Original Early Bird

Dan Kennelly.  Business is getting complicated. Even weird in ways.

Randy Kott. 

Keith Kozak.  You might want to be suspicious of any apparent call from your bank IF they ask for you for any kind of data. If they ask you one of your security questions (i.e. what’s you mother-in-law’s name?) that’s probably okay. Maybe.

Matt Litke. 

Andy Lockhart. He has a Federal-style coffee table nearing completion – hopes to enter it in an exhibition. Watch for it under the moniker: 4 Legs 4 Harper.

J.D. MacDonald. 

Michael McLennan.

Ross Mikkelsen.  “Shanghaiing” used to be a bad thing. But now, it’s a good way to save money on freight. A 40-foot container full from Shanghai costs $3600. From Phoenix, it’d be over $5 grand.

Mike Mikkelson. Coal prices are slipping and that’s slowing down purchasing activity in some of Mike’s territory.

Tom Olson.

Gerry Parcells.

Bruce Roblin .

Dwayne Vinck. 

Bob Wiggins.  The health insurance you buy for your out of country travel is getting more complicated.

Chris Wright .

George Roberts.   Words work when written well .