Dave Nicholson

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No Name Dark Roast Coffee is not the worst coffee I ever had, but It's not all that great. I was looking for coffee that would be acceptable and way less money than the Lavazza that I normally got. I use a lot of coffee in the Moka Pot, for just one mug of coffee (24oz). So I got this instead with my grocery order. The taste is slightly burnt, slightly woody, and a faint hint of nuts. There is a bitter aftertaste that lasts a hell of a long time after you drink this stuff. It also leaves your mouth feeling oily. For the price of it however, it's acceptable ($15.99 for 925g) a months supply of Lavazza was close to $40 - so it's a big saving. You do give up quality and taste for a saving. It's like most truck stop coffee. Nothing special, just something to give you a kick start. Well it did have a kick to it, I'll give it that. But the taste is not great. I honestly think I'll just drink tea from now on, as I can get a lot of tea for less money than this one bag o...

I am only aware this show exists because a friend mentioned that he thought it was creeps AF. Well there it was on BBC (I had cable TV at the time). So I watched it. To be honest this show is made for toddlers and maybe slightly older kids - it's not meant to be entertainment for adults. But I was immediately out off by it. I admit I had a preconceived notion that it was creepy. The more I watched of it, the more disturbed I felt. I can't really put my finger on it, but it seriously put me off. I can't possibly think like a child, so I don't know what they found fun about this show. I have to say, re-watching kids shows from the 1970's does the same thing to me and I loved them back then. To sum it up, I'll probably never be able to put a label on why I find these shows creepy as hell - but I do. For a kid, this is probably an 8/10 - for me it's a 3/10.

How can you give yourself a break today? (Mentally, physically, or emotionally) Physically, not possible. I rely on only myself to do things around the apartment, and there will be no help ever. But mentally and/or emotionally, I can order a pizza (it's half priced day) and have some pain meds, and watch a few movies. I don't have the stress of a job, and am in a way thankful for this, as my life is a constant source of stress anyway. With the physical pain I'm in all of the time, and the emotional worry of living on very little money, it's kind of a bother to say the least. A few hours escape thanks to streaming services, is a welcome thing in my life. A pizza as well, is a treat I don't often have money for, so may be 2 or 3 times a month I can get one. I really do enjoy them.

Presidents Choice Coffee Ice Cream from Superstore has a very rich coffee taste to it and was very pleasant to consume. The price is a bit much however, as this tiny carton is over $6. It would make a nice after dinner treat for two people. But I consumed it all, being there was no room in the freezer for it. It was a very nice treat and I seriously enjoyed it. Id rate it an 8/10.

What is something you wish someone would say to you? I'm going to clean your apartment.

What do you like about your job? I don't work at all right now. I'm on disability. But I very much enjoyed being a cook. The place I cooked at, served a restaurant and a banquet hall. So at times it was busy as hell. To plate for a banquet, there would be 3 on each side of a table and we would put the meals together easy and have them out on the cars with the serving staff. One day 2 where away and I was alone on one side and kept up to the other 3 perfectly. Chef got me a bottle of whiskey for that (yes that's spelled correct).

1. What is the best and worst food you have tried? Best was a lemon cheese cake at a place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The worst was Lion Meat in Vancouver, B.C. - But… A smoked meat sandwich in Montreal was a close second to the cheese cake. 2. What is something that no one believed about you? I passed the entry exam for a very well known think tank. 3. What is a surprisingly deep moment you saw in a children's cartoon or movie? When I saw Bambi as a child with my Dad. The moment the mother was shot by the hunter. At the time I cried my eyes out but did not grasp the significance of the scene until I saw it again as an adult. 4. What’s the lowest you’ve ever been in life? Having to be hospitalized for depression. I was unable to function for the most part at the time. 5. Do you still think older movies are cool? Yes and no. Some older movies just suck, but some are very cool. It’s just like new movies in that way. 6. What is the most legal trouble you’ve ever been in? Well, I and ...

Little things you're grateful for? My Pusheen the Cat stuffed toy collection. Some people think it's silly for a grown man to collect stuffed toys, but I get a great deal of joy out of them. They make me happy to look at them, or to hold them. One in particular (not shown) had made my day go from total hell to happiness many times. I'm deeply grateful for them.

What service are you grateful for? I'm going to have to say publicly funded health care. I've had to rely on the health care system hundreds of times in the last 25 years and if I lived in the USA, I'd be crippled in debt from it. Co-pays would not be affordable to a person on as low an income as I have on disability in Saskatchewan. There have been some incidents of note, like spending 23 bloody hours in the ER and not being fed or offered a drink of any kind. But for the most part, it's been of great help to me in as timely a fission as can be expected. I rely on my family doctor, a heart specialist and the nice folks at the ER in my local hospital. Without these people, I'd have died many years ago. Not even joking, I'd literally have been dead if it where not for a medication I'm on and the help of a heart doctor. In my many years of having to go to the hospital, and seeing mom in a care home, I've only encountered one medical professional I thought ...

This movie starts with a family of three going to the Midwest for a family reunion. They are from California, and the mother is warning her son not to tell his secret to them. At no time do they actually say he's Gay, but the implication is very strong. Once at the reunion the kids are enamored with him and want him to draw pictures for them. The one girl is very into him for some reason. This leads to trouble when the teen boy and the girl end up in the barn and she comes running out with blood on the front of her dress between her legs. Everyone is thinking the worst at this point. The fact that they are wrong is not relevant to them it seems. The father of the girl is very aggressive and upset with the teen boy. This is when you find out he is an abusive person who likes to control others, with a deep desire to keep women under his control and there is an implied threat of violence if they don’t listen. The man later on seems to be a bit more than aggressive, but over the top me...

So there is a place in town I use now and then for items I don't actually need, but sometimes want to consume. Well it's been 3 months since I could log into their page to order stuff. They do not take orders on the phone, just on the web page. It logged me out 3 months ago for no valid reason, and I can't log back in at bloody all. When I type in my user name, password, and the math question (verify you are human) it just goes back to the login screen and never lets you in. Now I'm copy pasting the info from an encrypted text file, so it is 100% correct. The math problem is stuff like 10-8 so it's not hard to bloody do. Now I tried to reset the password on it, just incase it was messed up for no valid reason, but the link it sends me to my email says that the key is invalid. So no can reset the bloody thing. So I tried to make a new account with a new email (I have 4 that I use and 1 for shit I'm going to use once). Well, you do that, and back to the login scre...

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Well finally we get actual summer temperatures here in Moose Jaw. The entire province of Saskatchewan has been cold as heck the last long while. Now instead of hovering around freezing, it's actually nice outside - and to top it off, the sun came out for a while. We can't be having an entire day of sun light however, but there it was for a while. Last night there was a warning for possible large hail to fall, but it never happened that God. Now there might be rain later by the look of the clouds moving in, but I rather doubt it. It's been dry here for the most part - very dry. If this keeps up, the crops are not going to be great this year. I hope it's nice tomorrow, as I'm going out (even if it kills me). I missed last weeks coffee outing, and the hell if I'm missing this one. I want to be with my friends badly and I am going to enjoy my time with them, even though my fibromyalgia is flaring like crazy and I'm in level 6 pain right now. I don't care, I...

Who do you consider family? Since my family that cared about me is all dead now, I consider my close group of friends to be family. They support me when I need it, and I do the same for them. They make my life a lot better and I care for them deeply. What is left of my family (cousins and so on) all treat me like I'm dead. I was down to one cousin who sent out a Christmas letter once a year and nothing else. Then all the sudden that stopped. I'd sent her letters in the past and no reply was ever sent. I included my phone number (I could not find theirs, it must be unlisted) and no one ever called. Even cousins in my city won't talk to me. If they see me when I'm out, they go out of their way to not come close to me and avoid me altogether. My friends on the other hand treat me like a brother and I appreciate them a lot.

Checked the phone when I got up and saw a bunch of 5's. It's not 11:11, but it got my attention. It's now noon and 16c outside. Probably 10c in the bloody apartment however. Just got to think, is it ever going to be bloody summer weather here at all? It's been super cold and it's killing my joints and my fibromyalgia. My hands are the worst of it, they hurt badly from this cold, and it's getting in my way of doing things. If I put gloves on, it would be hard to do stuff with them on, so here I am freezing.

What is an item of clothing you're grateful for? I would have to say my winter jacket that's just right for when I need to go out with a friend. I have a bigger one for if I need to be out in the cold for a while, but it's bulky as heck and I'd bake in it in the car. So the lighter winter jacket is just the thing I need most of the time. Cold weather gives me a lot of troubles medically. It causes a lot of pain, and this is just the right amount of warm to go to a car, then into some place, then into the car, and back into my building. This being said, I'm grateful for everything I own, and all the people who love me. So many people lack gratitude in todays world. They appreciate nothing and no one at all.

Renegade by Styx Barracuda by Heart The Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden Sweet Emotion by Aerosmith Unfinished by Icar Alejandro Kickstart My Heart by Mötley Crüe Bark at the Moon by Ozzy Osbourne You've Got Another Thing Coming by Judas Priest Paradise City by Guns n' roses Carry on Wayward Son by Kansas Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen Rock You Like A Hurricane by Scorpions Godzilla by Blue Öyster Cult Poison by Alice Cooper Ace of Spades by Motörhead

Personality trait Check In. Talk about the 5 major personality traits in relevance to yourself: *Note: I have arranged them in order of how much I align with each trait. Agreeableness - This measures kindness, helpfulness, and willingness to cooperate. {95%} (I'm full on into this trait. I have made it my task in life to be kind to others, and to be as helpful as I can in any circumstance. I am always willing to cooperate unless it's for a bad purposes, then I'm out.) Openness - This measures creativity, curiosity, and willingness to entertain new ideas. {75%} (Curiosity and wanting to be exposed to new ideas is all me. I'm rather creative, and my curiosity is about average.) Neuroticism - This measures depression, irritability, and moodiness. {60%} (I get depressed easy, but it never lasts that long. As well, I get irritated easy, but again, only for a short time. I'm really not all that moody I think. I'm rather level most of the time.) Conscientiousness -...

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...

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To make a list of a directory's files in windows, open PowerShell, then navigate to the directory. Next enter the command dir > list.txt making sure the spaces are in there. Change the name from list to whatever you want if list is not right for you, but remember that names in PowerShell can't have spaces. This text file will look exactly like the directory list in PowerShell. The text file will be in the directory you are navigated to (example C:\Users\Name\videos)

What is a passion or hobby that refreshes you? Art in general. I love to look at art and I love to create art. These days it's mostly fractals that I generate for art. But I am always looking at videos of classical artists and contemporary artists work as well as feeds on social media with all manner of digital art.

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