1965 Corsa Turbo New Tires
14 years ago
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Hey I Can't Feel My Legs!
Rick Hansen bungee jumping at Whistler Bungee with Rick Mercer on CBC, video is uplifting with some good humour, some good Canadian TV.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Truck Restoration
Me, The Old Man and the really old man(grandpa), are restoring his 1972 GMC 2500 longbox with 50000 original miles, a sought after model becasue in 1973 massive cost cutting measures at GM lowered quality of their entire truck division. Pretty much stripped everything down off the truck except the cab. Truck is going to get bodywork and new paint (two toned cherry red and white) fresh interior and fresh power hopefully coming from a big block gm performance parts engine matted to a three speed auto which is original. Was out at the farm sandblasting the frame, suspension components, axles, wheels and drivetrain in advance of it heading into paint and body. Rigged up a "mechanized lift" using a 1967 Massey Ferguson backhoe and some chain...it worked out. truck should be done mid summer and she'll look good!
Behind, look at the coil springs rather than leaf springs, That JUST came out on new model Dodge trucks
Up Front
Behind, look at the coil springs rather than leaf springs, That JUST came out on new model Dodge trucks
Up Front
Friday, April 2, 2010
John Mayer
Went to John Mayer last night at GM Place,
Micheal Franti and his band spearhead opened quite favourably. The 6 foot 6 Franti and Spearhead took to the stage at 8 and delivered a very crowd pleasing and crowd involving performance that saw Franti all over the garage in the crowd even inviting all the kids in GM Place up on the stage for a song. They delivered their happy go lucky reggae hip-hop fusion music for about an hour, Franti was able to involve the audience and acted as a perfect warm up for Mayer.
Then 7 time Grammy winner John Mayer and his band took to the stage at about 9:25PM, kicking off an electric set that touched on all four albums including songs from Continuum and Battle Studies. His musicianship and live performance was second to none, producing tones and sounds out of his instrument of choice, a Fender Stratocaster, which defy all measures of music. During the show he involved the audience and had some funny comedic relief. He also played very worthy covers of Bill Withers, Ain't No Sunshine and Don't Stop Believing by Journey, Incorporating guitar work that make him arguably the best player of his generation using subtle but noticeable, pull offs slides and hammers on top of already complicated guitar. Another highlight was grammy winning drummer, Steve Jordan, who’s toured with Eric Clapton and the Stones, doing a 5 minute drum solo that included funkadelic beats and wicked quickness. Next, the band took a break and Mayer remained on stage performing a 6 song acoustic set showcasing his talent on beautiful Taylor acoustic guitars breaking into experimental solo acoustic work that sounded amazing. After the Acoustic set the band returned and finished up a set that included Gravity, and Why Georgia. Mayer and the band then finished to a roaring crowd of 12,000. The band returned for an encore including Who Says and fantastic version of Gravity using a few Hendrix tricks for kicks.
Overall the show was one of the best I’ve ever been too, Mayer seemed funny and easy going, not what you might expect from a hugely famous rock star that tabloids have an infatuation with, he played for over two hours straight and the crowd loved it. Would have liked to see him cover some Hendrix, which other than Stevie Ray Vaughan(RIP), Mayer is about the only one who can do it properly.
Micheal Franti and his band spearhead opened quite favourably. The 6 foot 6 Franti and Spearhead took to the stage at 8 and delivered a very crowd pleasing and crowd involving performance that saw Franti all over the garage in the crowd even inviting all the kids in GM Place up on the stage for a song. They delivered their happy go lucky reggae hip-hop fusion music for about an hour, Franti was able to involve the audience and acted as a perfect warm up for Mayer.
Then 7 time Grammy winner John Mayer and his band took to the stage at about 9:25PM, kicking off an electric set that touched on all four albums including songs from Continuum and Battle Studies. His musicianship and live performance was second to none, producing tones and sounds out of his instrument of choice, a Fender Stratocaster, which defy all measures of music. During the show he involved the audience and had some funny comedic relief. He also played very worthy covers of Bill Withers, Ain't No Sunshine and Don't Stop Believing by Journey, Incorporating guitar work that make him arguably the best player of his generation using subtle but noticeable, pull offs slides and hammers on top of already complicated guitar. Another highlight was grammy winning drummer, Steve Jordan, who’s toured with Eric Clapton and the Stones, doing a 5 minute drum solo that included funkadelic beats and wicked quickness. Next, the band took a break and Mayer remained on stage performing a 6 song acoustic set showcasing his talent on beautiful Taylor acoustic guitars breaking into experimental solo acoustic work that sounded amazing. After the Acoustic set the band returned and finished up a set that included Gravity, and Why Georgia. Mayer and the band then finished to a roaring crowd of 12,000. The band returned for an encore including Who Says and fantastic version of Gravity using a few Hendrix tricks for kicks.
Overall the show was one of the best I’ve ever been too, Mayer seemed funny and easy going, not what you might expect from a hugely famous rock star that tabloids have an infatuation with, he played for over two hours straight and the crowd loved it. Would have liked to see him cover some Hendrix, which other than Stevie Ray Vaughan(RIP), Mayer is about the only one who can do it properly.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Death Penalty
Up Until July 1976 Canada, Had the use of the Death Penalty written into law, the last executions taking place in Canada were in 1962, In Toronto for separate convicted murderers. For all of Canada's capital punishment history, the method was by hanging, and for military offenders by firing squads. In Canada’s history 1481 people were sentenced to death, with 710 being executed. During the 1960s and 1970's opposition began to grow towards the law, over concerns of wrongful convictions and the penalty not really being a good deterrent for crimes of that magnitude. The Death Penalty was abolished by a narrow margin in a vote of confidence, 130-124 in 1976 and the death penalty still remained in military law but not practiced in Canada until 1998.
John Radclive was Canada’s first executioner starting in 1892, on the federal payroll as a hangman, he died in Toronto in 1911 from alcohol related disease. In the military the death penalty was administered by a firing squad, and if the victim was not killed on the first attempt they would receive an automatic life sentence and not be put to death. Many developed nations have abolished this form of punishment in recent history. Most Nations that still use the death penalty mostly utilize the lethal injection, sodium thiopental to make the condemned unconscious, pancuronium bromide to stop breathing, potassium chloride to stop the heart. Developed nations still employing this form of punishment include The United States, Japan, South Korea, China, Singapore, Taiwan, Cuba and Jamaica. In The United States over 60% of the populations still supports Capital punishment, However the United States has dropped its rate of Death penalty convictions dramatically in recent years
China tops out on the list with using the death penalty which has come under increasing worldwide public scrutiny in recent years, China has executed more than four times as many convicts as the rest of the world combined in the last year. China's Official numbers for execution are a State Secret, Amnesty International says the number could be as high as 8000 people per year compared with 60 in the U.S. There is also significant evidence the Chinese government is desecrating the bodies of victims and selling organs out of the bodies due to their high value, which is a sickening practice. In China 68 different crimes are punishable by death, with over half being non violent offences such as tax evasion, Theft, and piracy.
1962
1987
continued
Mobile Death Vans Used all over china to excecute people because it is cheaper to use these than build facilities to excecute people
John Radclive was Canada’s first executioner starting in 1892, on the federal payroll as a hangman, he died in Toronto in 1911 from alcohol related disease. In the military the death penalty was administered by a firing squad, and if the victim was not killed on the first attempt they would receive an automatic life sentence and not be put to death. Many developed nations have abolished this form of punishment in recent history. Most Nations that still use the death penalty mostly utilize the lethal injection, sodium thiopental to make the condemned unconscious, pancuronium bromide to stop breathing, potassium chloride to stop the heart. Developed nations still employing this form of punishment include The United States, Japan, South Korea, China, Singapore, Taiwan, Cuba and Jamaica. In The United States over 60% of the populations still supports Capital punishment, However the United States has dropped its rate of Death penalty convictions dramatically in recent years
China tops out on the list with using the death penalty which has come under increasing worldwide public scrutiny in recent years, China has executed more than four times as many convicts as the rest of the world combined in the last year. China's Official numbers for execution are a State Secret, Amnesty International says the number could be as high as 8000 people per year compared with 60 in the U.S. There is also significant evidence the Chinese government is desecrating the bodies of victims and selling organs out of the bodies due to their high value, which is a sickening practice. In China 68 different crimes are punishable by death, with over half being non violent offences such as tax evasion, Theft, and piracy.
1962
1987
continued
Mobile Death Vans Used all over china to excecute people because it is cheaper to use these than build facilities to excecute people
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
