Sunday and this past week has flown by. I have forgotten to send my letter to my older sister and will get that done today. A very very busy week has passed but the summer just by its nature is always very busy with going in and out.
I did complete the Pincombe/Pinkham Newsletter and it needs to go in for review and hope to complete that early in the week. Not much content other than the Bishops Nympton baptisms and marriages. The priests who maintained these registers through the years did a wonderful amount of entry for individual marriages which is very helpful for those searching back in time.
In the spirit of the moment I am contemplating buying my favourite cookies (made in the United States) as they are still for sale at the store (I do not drink so whether or not alcohol is on the shelves makes no difference). I love very crisp cookies about my palm size; my teeth still work very well and have no problem chewing as I also love crusty bread! I used to buy a box a week. I will not buy cheese that is made with anything other than fresh milk. If I cannot tell then I do not buy it. Our Prime Minister said that Canada could help to "Make America Great Again" although personally I have always seen the United States as a great nation and we are a middle sized nation next to them. The individual companies in the United States that went off shore for production are responsible for any loss in jobs in the United States. The economies of all three countries (the United States, Mexico and Canada) have grown over these past decades and the powerhouse of North America is huge and benefits hundreds of thousands in all three countries. We have been at peace on this continent for a very long time and trade flows readily between the three countries. When large corporations chose to take their production off shore they are hurting their country and the people in it. The prices may be cheaper and generally they only destroy local smaller businesses (and are not the good quality that I remember from my youth so do not buy them unless I can not find something made here) and no one truly benefits in North America from companies going off shore only the companies' owners and their shareholders.
Today I would like to nip into the Blake book and contemplate the starting of the Generational Tree using Legacy as my feeder text. I do have a lot of this information in individual trees. There is a little work hanging - looking at new matches and seeing if I need to add anything to the Great Grandparent Excel file before I set AI loose on it so to speak. I will use a copy of the original file just to protect that file since I will be extracting information from it in a particular fashion but want to preserve the original setup.
I like the idea of expanding our air force and especially having both the F-35s and the Gripen as our aircraft. The Gripen are perfect in the Arctic where they were created in Sweden for that terrain and temperature variance. The F-35s will be the larger force as they will be covering the land area from the border with the United States up to the Arctic. Looking once again at the map from the other day:
This is a good map of the Arctic area that is on the Geology.com website ( https://geology.com/world/arctic-ocean-map.shtml ). Although one can only see down to the 60th parallel north the size of Canada in the Islands of the Arctic is smaller than the Northwest Territories. A second map below shows the usual image of Canada and I think perhaps Nunavut is larger than any other province/territory (interesting to see that and if Quebec ever does separate it will become even larger as the First Nations in the top half and more of Quebec wish to be part of Nunavut and not a separate Quebec!).
This map is also from the Geology.com website (https://geology.com/world/canada-satellite-image.shtml). One can readily see why we would need many more F-35s as the land mass of Canada (second largest country in the world) is huge. Each plane offers its unique abilities particularly well to the Canadian archipelago. In total agreement with the Prime Minister on this purchase.
Conrad Black's editorial yesterday was very interesting. His overall view of Canada is well written.
The map doesn't nearly show all the water in Manitoba as the lakes are not quite correct but the Nelson River is immense and the Red River coming north from Dakota is left off but interesting none the less. The South Saskatchewan River is missing as well (only the North Saskatchewan River is shown). Canada has huge fresh water resources. None of the large rivers in Ontario or Quebec are on the map. Should find a better one and will have a look later today.
Solitaire puzzles are next and then back to work for a bit before Church.
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