Friday, February 16, 2024

Post Secret- Valentine's Day (Part 4)/ Post Secret (29)/ "Shoppers turn to 'imperfect produce' as grocery prices rise"

I'm posting this in honor of Valentines' Day.

Feb. 4, 2024:




Feb. 11, 2024:






























PS: He was the best lover I ever had. [on back]













PostSecret Proposal

—email—
Subject: **proposal** secret

Hi Frank, 
Three years ago I met the most amazing, sweet, generous and kind souled girl. She is actual sunshine.
She had sent you a secret a couple years earlier about how she was worried that real love wouldn’t stack up.


She makes sure that every week, without fail, we sit down together – or even over the phone, to read PostSecret together.
Could you please post my secret?


—email—

Thanks for including us in your surprise proposal Dave. I hope we can create a memorable story for you. 
I’ll post your “Can’t wait to ask” secret as the very last one on Valentine’s Day.
Good Luck!
-Frank

—email—

Hey Frank!
She didn’t hesitate at all!! It was a big yes!!!!!


—email—

Brilliant story Dave, well done!
I think that video will be an heirloom passed down for generations.
I don’t plan on hearing from you ever again because you appear to have found the person you can share all of your secrets with. 
Cheers!
-Frank

Weekend Away by Dave Vet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1NZsm95k6A&t=101s


Classic secrets:





This week's theme is about dating: 


Significant 1 Professional Matchmaking Service Company (Part 1)



Significant 1 Professional Matchmaking Service Company (Part 2)




My week: 


Mon. Feb. 12, 2024 "Shoppers turn to 'imperfect produce' as grocery prices rise": Today I found this article by Christopher Reynolds on BNN Bloomberg.  I like this article because it's about saving money and preventing food waste:

On the outskirts of Barrie, Ont., sunlight washes over the outcast cucumber and parsley stacked on skids at Eat Impact's warehouse.

Workers at the online grocer sort and pack containers with these rejects and misfits — tentacled carrots, scarred bananas, bulbous potatoes — for home deliveries across southern Ontario.

With prices soaring and budgets stretched, consumers are turning increasingly to so-called imperfect food to save on produce that a fresh crop of online grocers says is just as tasty — if a little gnarled.

Billions of pounds of Canadian produce go to waste every year, much of it because it fails to live up to the strict cosmetic criteria adhered to by the retail industry.




"What time is the Super Bowl? Not the right time for workers": Today I found this article by Charlotte Hampton on BNN Bloomberg:

Maybe America should just make the Super Bowl a national holiday.

Well, not the actual game, but the day after. As the Super Bowl spectacle shines ever brighter, so have reports of people not showing up for work on the Monday after the NFL crowns its champion.

So-called Super Bowl Monday is routinely named as one of the least productive days on the calendar. About 16 million people are expected to skip this year after the Kansas City Chiefs took on the San Francisco 49ers, according to an estimate based on a survey by UKG Workforce Institute.


One solution pitched in a bill last year by two Tennessee lawmakers was to have the Monday after the Super Bowl be a holiday. 

There’s also been speculation about the matchup being moved a week later to President's Day weekend. 

That would mean millions of workers would have Super Bowl Monday off as a scheduled holiday.




Feb. 13, 2024 "A Montreal program is saving people from homelessness — with the help of a cash 'boost'": Today I found this article by Mouhamad Rachini on CBC. This is good news: 

A program run by a Montreal-based charity is trying to help Canadians avoid homelessness at an average cost of $11,000 per person. That's money well spent, according to Samuel Watts.

"What we're doing is we're trying to capture and accompany people before they end up in the depths of homelessness," said Watts, CEO of Welcome Hall Mission.

The program, called Rapid Entry to Housing, is focused on helping Montrealers who need what Watts called a cash "boost" to get them into a home and avoid homelessness.

"We've got people who walk alongside them for a couple of months, and then they're on their own," he told The Current's Matt Galloway.

The program was born mid-2021, after intervention workers noticed many people falling into homelessness since the beginning of the pandemic didn't fit the usual profile.

"[They're] somebody who's just struggling and a few dollars away from homelessness, unable to pay their rent, or they're part of maybe a classic rental eviction," he said.

"The other group is people who are relatively new arrivals to the city, who fall through the cracks of the refugee and asylum seeker programs that are here in Quebec."

Through funding from both the federal and provincial governments, Watts says they've been able to house 344 people since 2021 — with 84 per cent of them still thriving in housing.



"Nearly half of Canadians still expect to make an RRSP contribution: survey": Today I found this article by Daniel Johnson on BNN Bloomberg: 

“RRSPs are a valuable retirement savings tool. In fact, they can be used for saving for more than just retirement,” Petrera said.

“I find it promising that a high portion of young Canadians are making choices to save for long-term goals and trust they fully understand the benefits of RRSPs, which can be used for a first home purchase, returning to school, and retirement.” 




Thurs. Feb. 15, 2024 Osmow's Shawarma's Hope Fund: This is a fast food place that serves East Indian food.  They also do some charity work: 

Osmow’s believes in making a difference in the world, one meal at a time. It is this belief that inspired the establishment of the Osmow’s Hope Fund in 2020 to help developing communities locally and abroad.

The initiative’s work has included providing daily meals to children in places of learning in countries such as Zambia & India.

We have also worked with homeless shelters and food banks throughout the Greater Toronto Area. Please donate today so together we can help feed more Hope.




Sat. Feb. 10, 2024 Joshua Van Tassel - "Smiles Displaced":

This is a beautiful and classical song. I heard this on CBC's After Dark. If you read the comments, someone said they also heard it on CBC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMpvXn2nwe0


Self- discipline: 

Job search: I was passing out resumes to stores and restaurants.  After an hour and a half, I saw the bus was there and got on it.  I sat for 5 min while it was at the bus stop.  It turns and then I made myself get off it and passed my remaining resumes.  There were 20 resumes in total.

Shopping: I went to Wal- mart to pass my resume.  I checked the snack cakes.  I was tempted to buy it, but I still had a box from last month.  I also had 2 big bags of chips (200 grams).  I didn't buy it.

Last month I saw this plastic money tree that's painted gold at Wal- mart.  It was like $4.  I liked it, but I stopped myself because I'm not allowed to buy things to own.  It's very rare that I buy things to own.

Don't watch TV on the weekdays: I watched a TV show on Sun. and Mon.  I then decided to only watch TV on the weekends for the rest of the week.

Feb. 11, 2024 Tracker: I saw the pilot and it was good.  There's good action like Colter (Justin Hartley) who is holding onto a blanket on a truck as it's driving. It was in the trailer.

I will record the series and watch this all in a couple of weeks.




Feb. 13, 2024 Job search: I passed more resumes out in- person.

Structube: This furniture store closed down on 112 St.

Dairy Queen: This is on 112 St.  It used to be one building and then it expanded to 2nd building.




Hi, I'm looking for a job as a food counter attendant at a restaurant.  

I'm willing to work as a sale associate/ cashier at a store.

I want to work in downtown, Capilano, and Bonnie Doon.

I applied on Job Bank and Kiijiji.  

Do you know of any places that are hiring?

Thanks.


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