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Winter, Go the F**k Away (An Eastern Canadian Poem)

By //  by Anne Radcliffe 2 Comments

The darkness is long, and it lingers. The ice is hard on the bay. It's so damn cold out it freezes my nose-hairs. Winter, go the f**k away. The ground is hard and it's frozen. My grass is dead where it lays. Mr. Groundhog's a corpse-icle down there. Please. Go the f**k away. Leaving bed every morning is torture. The blankets where I wish I could stay. But the kid has to get ready for school now. And winter's not f**king going away. I'm so thankful I'm married to …

Filed Under: Humour, Living Tagged With: Canada, cold, frozen, humour, poem, poetry, Winter

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How To Boost A Car Battery – Sisters are Doing it for Themselves

By //  by Kelly Given Williams 1 Comment

Last Tuesday there was quite a sight to behold in the parking lot of my kids’ school. There was a lot of hooting and hollering, a lady doing the moonwalk, and two others with their fists in the air and looks of victorious satisfaction on their faces. This is what happens when three women brave the winter elements - it was -22C degrees here - break out their knowledge of how to boost a dead car battery and hear an engine come to life. My dad was an automobile aficionado and knew everything …

Filed Under: DIY, Living, Tips & Advice, Travel Tagged With: booster cables, boosting a car battery, car battery, cold, extreme temperatures, how to boost a car battery, Winter, women boosting car batteries

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