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Dave Heron
Dec 31, 20213 min read
*ARE WE THERE YET?*
Forgive me if I’m a tad reluctant to shout from the rooftop *”Thank God we’re bidding farewell to 2021 and I look forward to what 2022...
Dave Heron
Dec 1, 20213 min read
*PICK A CARD-ANY CARD*
Back more years than I want to admit, we had a goofy kid in our neighborhood named Phillip whose goal in life was to become a performing...
Dave Heron
Sep 20, 20212 min read
*** Admit ONE ***
That there is more than a little confusion surrounding today’s roll-out of Alberta’s “almost a vaccine passport but no one’s calling it...
Dave Heron
Sep 10, 20213 min read
*THE MINORITY HAVE SPOKEN*
I’m neither a mathematician nor a science major as a number of educators in my past can attest to. When lectured on PI r squared I argued...
Dave Heron
Sep 3, 20213 min read
*SIMPLE AS PI*
March 11,2020 is a day few will forget as it was on that day that the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 to be a global...
Dave Heron
Aug 16, 20213 min read
*POKE THE BEAR*
Just when we thought it was safe to go back in the woods. Les Feds last week on the eve of their new game show “Let’s Go To The Poles”...
Dave Heron
Jul 29, 20214 min read
*** ON YOUR MARK-GET SET……….. WAIT ***
Social Media is abuzz with reports of travel opening up, pent up demand, full flights, sold out resorts, yadda, yadda, yadda. All of...
Dave Heron
Jun 21, 20213 min read
It’s Official.
It’s easier to enter the hermit kingdom of Kim Jong Un for purposes of tourism than it is for foreigners to vacation in Canada. Like...
Dave Heron
Apr 19, 20212 min read
*** THE GREAT UNWASHED ***
Despite tales coming out of our neighbor to the south of a tsunami of travel bookings, here in the land of the looney we’re……….. not...
Dave Heron
Mar 2, 20213 min read
*THE 5 LITRE TRASH CAN*
Most sensible folks are able to predict the result of attempting to discharge 25 litres of waste into a 5 litre waste receptacle. An ...
Dave Heron
Feb 26, 20213 min read
*** INSANITY ***
Is best defined as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. And of late is seemingly a sought after...
Dave Heron
Feb 18, 20213 min read
*** A WELL KEPT SECRET ***
Masters of the Cadbury Secret – Les Feds, are once again in a race for the bottom position in the area of communicating to the great...
Dave Heron
Feb 3, 20213 min read
*Another Fine Mess*
On the flight deck – there are 3 golden rules to be employed in times of crisis. Aviate -keep the damned aircraft flying. Navigate-plot a...
Dave Heron
Jan 30, 20213 min read
*A HARD STOP*
And there we have it – Caribbean getaways for this Winter are about as likely as winning the lottery. With the stroke of the quill,...
Dave Heron
Jan 18, 20214 min read
*** THE ROAD AHEAD ***
Years ago before Cuba became the favoured destination it is today, I remember renting a vehicle in Santiago de Cuba with the intent of...
Dave Heron
Jan 13, 20213 min read
*** PAN PAN PAN ***
No- it’s not your Friday night pizza order. Pan Pan Pan is an internationally recognized distress call from a pilot indicating that they...
Dave Heron
Jan 9, 20214 min read
*WHEN YOU COME TO A FORK IN THE ROAD -TAKE IT*
On Dec.30th federal Ministers Dominic Leblanc and Bill Blair appeared before the cameras to announce that “coming soon” would be a...
Dave Heron
Jan 4, 20213 min read
*** We The People ***
*WE THE PEOPLE* …………… are not amused! Like many of you, our homestead spent the Christmas break hunkered down restricted to linking up...
Dave Heron
Jan 2, 20213 min read
*** CRM ***
CRM otherwise known as crew resource management, is a procedure that any flight crew member will tell you is one of the most...
Dave Heron
Dec 21, 20204 min read
*WE’VE GOT CRAZY COVERED*
For many of us under the age of 102, this has definitely been a year to remember although not all that fondly. From pandemic to politics,...
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