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About dfolstad58

I live in the South Okanagan. BC. I enjoy reading, exercise, toastmasters. spending time with my son, my daughter, & her husband , and my patient wife. I try to respond personally to every comment on my blog, and in this way I hope to get to know my readers a little bit and and am able to thank readers for their encouragement on what they liked and suggestions on what they would like to see me try in order to improve.

Yet our useless fascination goes on

Posted on May 28, 2014 by dfolstad58

Food for thought, I think you will agree. Live & Learn In this age of the quantified self, we measure how many hours we slept, steps we took, calories we burned. Yet we know nothing about ourselves. We spend more … Continue reading →

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Pets, the critters get under the skin, lucky us

Posted on May 27, 2014 by dfolstad58

When I was a young tyke, my family lived in a small town, Quesnel, BC.  It seems a kind of Mayberry and that would make me Opie I suppose.  (are you whistling the theme song “the fishing hole yet? ) … Continue reading →

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Parents: Lung capacity is key when choosing an inflatable toy

Posted on May 27, 2014 by dfolstad58

Originally posted on Ned's Blog:
(Because I am still off the grid and out of air from inflating water toys over the weekend, I am offering this re-post from the archives as a warning to parents as they kick…

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Only two words

Posted on May 26, 2014 by dfolstad58

Originally posted on Life and Random Thinking:
This post started in grade 12. I went to Burnaby North High School.  Sitting around talking with my closest friends; we challenged each other to find only two words to describe each other.…

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Fence Sitting hurts, and gets you nowhere

Posted on May 26, 2014 by dfolstad58

Life is daily decision making. Some are easy, like where where to eat lunch, or deciding on what book to read. Some decision are huge, what career should you follow? Where should you live?  Should I get married? I suppose … Continue reading →

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We shouldn’t be surprised when it happens, we should expect it

Posted on May 22, 2014 by dfolstad58

A few minutes ago I was relaxing reading another Stuart Woods novel, I’m going through those books like free drinks at an all inclusive resort.  But I digress,  the phone rings and a polite voice asks for me, and once … Continue reading →

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