blackhole

OK, hasn't TSN/CTV been hiring all the brightest and best away from CBC? Do they not have a ton of talent there now? So why then am I stuck listening to Rod Black's dribble for every game I want to watch? I hope figure skating starts early this year so Rod will be to busy for the CFL.

not again!

The only time ten turnovers are OK are when you are at A&W. Even then by the time you are eating number ten, your stomach is pretty queezy. Basically the Stamps have had 100 points scored against them in the last two games. Yeah they're playing on the road and yeah they had a short week (the only team to have 3 short weeks this season I might add), but still that does not give you the right to play like a high school team (and a bad one at that). They even made the Argos look good and they had 5 turnovers.

What does it take to lose a game by less than 30 points? We have not even played BC yet. I hope the scoreboard will go that high when they meet later this summer. Maybe they will have to tape a 1 on the scoreboard (like all the gas stations did when the prices hit a buck). At least next week we can stink at home; maybe we injured enough Argos to make the score respectable.

question

If by some chance the Canucks are able to make it to the Stanley Cup, do you think Bob Cole will actually learn how to say Bieksa? Or will we still have to listen to him say BeeEska? The one nice thing about the second round of the playoffs is there is less Don Whittman; I still see him as the host of the Western Express Lottery when I was a kid.

ICBC & BC NDP Halftruths

Over the past few years every 9 months or so I used to hear the dire warnings from the BC NDP and ICBC stating that the consumers cost for private insurance in the other provinces are growing exponentially. Only the public insurers of BC and Sask can keep insurance rates from growing rapidly. It is always doom and gloom for those poor citizens of provinces with private insurance.

What ICBC and the NDP forgot to say is that if the private insurance rates doubled they still wouldn't be close to the ICBC rate!

Today we had all the necessary out of province paperwork done and went into get our insurance. Being good drivers ICBC (& a private insurer for our comprehensive) gave us an exceptional rate for both our vehicles of $444/month and our private tenant insurance was $41/month. Well, for both our vehicles and tenant insurance we are now paying $157/month. That is a savings of $328/month or $3936/year!!!! And both of our vehicle now have business insurance instead of just one.

The best part is that our broker is still trying to get us some more discounts.

Same people
Same vehicles
Same claims history
Same driving records
Four Grand less!