Dave Nicholson

Got to wonder if the person from Moose Jaw Housing that decides the boiler should be BLOODY OFF in the building has the heat in their home turned off right now, or if they are comfortable and warm - while about 90 people freeze in here. Phoning in and/or emailing does about nothing it seems. This has happened many times and only once did they turn the bloody heat on. This is literally not legal - it's not allowed to be under 16C, or THEY are responsible for giving you an electric heater to use until it warms up. But here I sit being in terrible pain, because I have fibromyalgia and the cold causes me a hell of a lot of pain. I know I'm disabled and on the system to survive, but I'm a bloody human and if people treated animals like this, they law would come down on them - yet here we are humans freezing in our apartments. I've lived in some doggy places in my time, but this is the only one where it's been extremely cold in the place. I do have to note, they they kee...

Samsung One UI 7 has a hell of a lot wrong with it, but for me, the battery percentage is one of the worst of these problems. On my phone, it's impossible for me to read the battery percentage on the home screen or the lock screen at all. Even with my glasses on it’s next to impossible for me. To think that the number one problem reported in the Beta Testing was that no one can read the bloody battery percentage, you would think this would get fixed, but NOPE. They put a graphic representation of the percentage behind the number. This graphic is utterly meaningless to me and most people. It causes the number that 98% of us want to be unreadable. This is a massive failure in design. How could no one have ever noticed how fecking hard it is to read, and that almost every person on earth using your bloody phone wants just the number. I would go on for 250 sections below this if I was to mention all that I think is completely wrong with it. I have to also say that the icon pack is the ...

Who helped you during a trying time? My friends in general. They are always there for me. I love them like family. In fact, all the family I have that are still alive, treat me like I'm dead, so I've replaced family with friends. There is always someone I can talk it out with. They also know I'm here to listen to them when they need it as well. It's what good friends do. If your friends don't want to listen to you when you are troubled, they are people you know, not friends. On a side note, it took me one hell of a long time for the AI to give me what I wanted for the thumbnail. Like wowsers, everything but what I asked for on 3 AI sites and multiple tries.

What is a little gesture that made your day? A friend messaged me to tell me how much they appreciate me and that I can depend on them when I need to talk. There are many people who will say they are there if you need to talk these days, but most of them don't answer for days if at all, when you message your troubles to them. I have a small group of good friends who are very close to me, and they make me feel loved, and special. I appreciate them deeply. I would gladly be there for them if they needed as well. I have in the past spent hours messaging with a friend when they needed it. It's what a good person does. I am reminded of how many people I thought where friends in the past that where not there for me when I needed, and I was there for them many times. One case, I did a hell of a lot of fixing his computer, setting stuff up for him, fixing his car and more - the one single time I needed his help he said I had to pay him - that ended that relationship right there. So to ...

1. Trying to please everyone. It’s not a possibility, so just be you and to hell with those who don’t like it. 2. Giving people a second chance after they hurt me. I will forgive them in a very short time, but I’m never going to let them back in my life, I’m done with them right away. 3. Looking for a better tomorrow. This sounds horrible, but I am not going to look for and or hope for a better tomorrow. Instead, I’m going to see today as all I have and enjoy it as much as I can in my limited capacity. 4. Looking for a life partner. I tried three times to find a true love in this world. All three times they turned out to be abusive controlling and manipulative women. They literally laid hands on me. I gave up on that dream, as I’m obviously only going to be attracted to the same kind over and over. 5. Driving. I am no longer safe to drive, I don’t think. I not only get blinded by oncoming headlights, but I blank out at times for a couple of minutes – that just is not good when you are ...

Who is the teacher you're most grateful for? Mrs. Carrack. This might be cheating, because she was the librarian. But she gave me an amazing love for reading, that I probably would not have had if it was not for her. Because of her, I got an award for reading 100 books in a school year. I also did a book report on every last one of them. That is a book every 1.9 days (190 days in a school year here in Canada). I like to think of her as my literary teacher. Sure these books where kids books, but they where an adventure to me. I got the first read of a lot of books from her - when they came in, I got to read them first. Like the next person I will mention, I would spend time after school was over and talk with this wonderful lady. I also helped with putting books on the shelves and opening boxes for her. She had an issue with her fingers and the boxes that had those locking tabs on them where impossible for her to open. Many years later I saw her at the Co-op cafeteria and she mentio...

What are you grateful for doing? I'm grateful for all the times my friends and I sat around a fire pit and had a few beer and talked to 3 am. This will most likely never happen again in my life. The joking, and all the pouring out of our souls to each other was an amazing experience. It would be great to be able to do it with the friends I have now to say the least. As well, I miss those people from back then, but they have all gone away or we drifted apart. Nothing is forever, but the memories of those Friday nights will last the rest of my life.

What is a moment that you're grateful for? I was driving home in the evening from a farm I was visiting back in the mid 1990's. The sun was setting a golden color, and there was a field of golden wheat flowing in the wind. A single tree was in the field. I had to stop my car and just get out and watch the sun go down. I was deeply moved by the awesome beauty of nature and it was the most amazing feeling. I felt blessed to be alive and I also felt so very small compared to this wonderful world of ours. It was one of the most moving moments of my entire life. I was filled with a warm feeling inside. It was magical and spiritual.

A learning experience that you're grateful for? Back in the old days when I was young and healthy, I had the opportunity to work in an old style print shop for about a month and a half. I learned a lot about the old ways of printing. I learned how to make a printing plate, and how to set type in the press. The type setter that was used was over 100 years old at the time. The one press was the oldest working cylinder bed press in Canada. I hate the fact that the people that took over the place when it was sold, got rid of that historic press for scrap - it was one of a kind. The press was used to print an underground news paper of sorts that pushed back against the local government. There was also a set of  Learning experience that you're grateful for? There was also a set of platen presses there used for smaller jobs and to cut things like cards out of the paper it was printed on. I learned to use a machine that trimmed the edges off of printed sheets and to cut out the individ...