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Saerd

@saerd.bsky.social

Part Owner of Canada. Long distance walker. Monarchist and frequent visitor to the UK. To quote our sublime Joni Mitchell "and now old friends are acting strange". And yes USA, I’m talking about you.

created November 13, 2024

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Profile picture Saerd (@saerd.bsky.social) reply parent

Because she is! As a Canadian, love our girl Leylah - but Venus is the QUEEN

1/9/2025, 11:08:08 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wonderful eulogy. Thank you.

1/9/2025, 11:02:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Me too!

31/8/2025, 8:03:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No worries, just enjoying FAA’s ride so far!

31/8/2025, 2:28:14 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Andreescu won the US open.

31/8/2025, 4:20:47 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I don't remember having to give a urine sample, although I bet the guy next to you hasn't forgotten! I've no idea why mine was on my right arm and curious to know if anyone else's is there.

30/8/2025, 3:31:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Me too but it’s on my right arm. Everyone else seems to have it on their left arm.

30/8/2025, 2:23:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's only the Ed School Board who are a bit too zealous. Smith came out against banning these classics. I loathe her but let's not start blaming her for everything

30/8/2025, 2:19:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Actually i'ts not the Alberta govt, Danielle Smith is against banning Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World, amongst others. it now appears as if someone in the Edmonton Public School board was a bit too over zealous. Stay tuned

30/8/2025, 2:17:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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XNY556 A for apple, come in please.

29/8/2025, 9:06:03 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We do. Everyone I know has signed.

29/8/2025, 3:43:33 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yes. You. Do.

26/8/2025, 4:21:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Every single time I see her name in print I feel intense joy just before being overwhelmed with sadness.

26/8/2025, 2:56:15 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm most excited to see Diallo and hope he goes far!

23/8/2025, 7:08:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Brilliant.

23/8/2025, 3:46:32 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1st movie I ever watched...and it was with my dad.

22/8/2025, 8:12:46 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Cheers!

21/8/2025, 10:22:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm Canadian but I seriously miss my California Chardonnay called Bread and Butter. Hoping to restock in 3 1/2years. Maybe.

21/8/2025, 12:30:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Well done, good luck!

20/8/2025, 4:05:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And music!

19/8/2025, 9:33:23 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I don't understand???

18/8/2025, 6:50:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Adorable! Name?

17/8/2025, 5:48:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Saerd (@saerd.bsky.social) reply parent

A flag, positive. But Alaska voted overwhelmingly for Trump and Republicans.

15/8/2025, 6:24:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No we don't. Your hyperbole doesn't help those of us struggling against the provincial govt.

15/8/2025, 3:27:15 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not sure if believe this. Alaskan vote Republican. Source please.

15/8/2025, 3:22:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No, it really won't

15/8/2025, 3:20:41 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nope. No relation at all.

10/8/2025, 10:47:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Speaking personally, I love Americans, I despise the American administration and its Maga cult.

9/8/2025, 1:12:51 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And the rest of the world is watching.

9/8/2025, 12:47:44 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you to, and proud of Victoria #Mboko and Summer #MacIntosh. #Canadianwomen

9/8/2025, 12:31:32 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Together with their sisters and daughters.

8/8/2025, 5:42:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You don’t speak for this Albertan. Sorry, Alberton.

8/8/2025, 5:38:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Where the hell is Alberto?

8/8/2025, 5:34:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Do Americans not do that for one of their own at home?

7/8/2025, 12:51:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I concur.

4/8/2025, 12:43:21 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That can't be real...

4/8/2025, 12:15:13 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Anyone have a screenshot?

1/8/2025, 10:37:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And only after they were directly attacked at Pearl Harbour.

31/7/2025, 9:51:37 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Throw him, bodily, out of our country. Shame on those who are cheering him on.

29/7/2025, 8:38:42 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That's a baby! Throw him out of our country.

29/7/2025, 8:36:48 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I don't have tiktok, what happened?

29/7/2025, 8:34:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In 3 1/2 years maybe!

27/7/2025, 4:57:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You're right. Here's hoping more of my fellow Canadians stay home (or go to Mexico) next winter.

26/7/2025, 7:17:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hard to beat De Santis's Florida.

26/7/2025, 5:50:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And isn’t it telling that Bumba doesn’t know her sex but the man she is defending claims to know his sex is female.

16/7/2025, 8:35:26 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And still waiting for results of the other case.

16/7/2025, 6:09:59 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lovely!

15/7/2025, 5:00:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Saerd (@saerd.bsky.social) reply parent

Nailed it.

13/7/2025, 6:57:06 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Saerd (@saerd.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you!

12/7/2025, 7:26:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Saerd (@saerd.bsky.social) reply parent

Still trying to annex us I see…

10/7/2025, 8:18:26 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Saerd (@saerd.bsky.social) reply parent

Didn’t know that was an option! Thanks, I’ll look into that.

10/7/2025, 8:14:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Count on it.

10/7/2025, 4:47:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Saerd (@saerd.bsky.social) reply parent

I hope so, Alcaraz is a complete joy to watch.

10/7/2025, 4:46:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Saerd (@saerd.bsky.social) reply parent

Almost as annoying as McEnroe's commentary!

9/7/2025, 7:49:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sinner of course. And then he loses to Alcaraz in the final.

9/7/2025, 7:47:44 PM | 8 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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This whole thread made me laugh! Here's to a Canadian Dictionary. (But where's the double double entry?)

9/7/2025, 2:19:46 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Saerd (@saerd.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh thank God, I was a bit worried!

9/7/2025, 2:18:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Saerd (@saerd.bsky.social) reply parent

What's double fisting?

9/7/2025, 1:19:55 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Always here for fox content.

8/7/2025, 9:30:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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thank you. followed

8/7/2025, 4:47:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Still waiting for the criteria...

6/7/2025, 11:00:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Cda has 9 native species but most all of them are threatened. I'm in Alberta where the Little Brown Bat is endangered due to white-nose syndrome. Actually makes my heart hurt...

6/7/2025, 10:58:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Amazing! Thanks Marsha. I have a thing for bats but the closest I’ve ever come was a 300 year old cottage in Cornwall that came with a warning not to disturb the bats in the porch ceiling. Sadly, they never appeared.

5/7/2025, 7:05:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'd love to see some photos

5/7/2025, 12:38:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And proud of it.

4/7/2025, 7:16:49 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Saerd (@saerd.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you and followed back. A vast majority of us distinguish between Americans and the American administration. Hoping for good news with your mid-terms!

2/7/2025, 8:11:57 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Saerd (@saerd.bsky.social) reply parent

Canadian here. While we are genuinely angry about the 51st state nonsense, I apologize for the smugness from some of my fellow citizens. Be safe.

2/7/2025, 7:57:04 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"Spews coffee all over her library book"

1/7/2025, 4:36:25 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you. And a (soon) Happy 4th of July to you!

1/7/2025, 4:22:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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True, but I can dream...

1/7/2025, 4:16:06 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just back from Edinburgh (my nephew obtained his master's degree from the uni there) and stayed in a lovely boutique hotel on the royal mile. I'm a Canadian anglophile and are no sooner home than planning the next visit l!

1/7/2025, 4:15:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Me: just north of the border, cracking up at your wonderful reference!

30/6/2025, 4:21:09 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It helps that we avoid the cities. We most often stay in smallish towns like Rye, Hebden Bridge or Stratton. We always rent a car and as long as the room is clean and bright it’s acceptable. We spend little time in it anyways!

30/6/2025, 1:40:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It needs a red maple leaf.

29/6/2025, 7:23:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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After 6 months of this Canadians be like...MEH

29/6/2025, 7:10:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I've become far more conscious of this. We are just back from Scotland and for the 1st time in about 10 years we stayed in a hotel rather than AirBnB or VRBO.

29/6/2025, 6:57:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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One of the great opening lines in English literature. Why would anyone tweak it?

23/6/2025, 8:59:49 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Automatic follow for someone who posts Caroline Aherne content.

22/6/2025, 2:31:52 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Saerd (@saerd.bsky.social) reply parent

Israel does have the right of self-defense, not questioning that. I don't believe that PM Carney will specifically come out in support of US bombing (especially w/o congressional approval) similar to Starmer....but I've been wrong before!

22/6/2025, 1:27:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I agree that all Nato countries have obligations under article 5 but I think that's for circumstances where a member country is attacked first. But I agree, being sanctimonious is a bad look.

22/6/2025, 10:00:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Saerd (@saerd.bsky.social) reply parent

Not arguing with your main point :) but I'm not at all sure that our PM will officially or otherwise, support the bombing. Nothing yet.

22/6/2025, 7:49:31 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Canada’s New Nationalism - macleans.ca/society/cana.... Canada - we’ve been muddling along peaceably since 1867.

21/6/2025, 3:08:47 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I love it when they start to eat each other.

20/6/2025, 10:40:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’d love to include California. I’d be able to hike in #JoshuaTree once again.

17/6/2025, 9:11:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Kind of you!

16/6/2025, 6:47:08 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We mostly say chips.

15/6/2025, 7:14:01 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Canada, Australia, New Zealand

15/6/2025, 2:14:44 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Much better. Especially with a lite beer.

15/6/2025, 2:09:57 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But delicious as long as you eat them early in the day. Otherwise, heartburn

15/6/2025, 9:33:59 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But you HAVE to try our Ketchup potato chips!

15/6/2025, 9:32:48 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I wish!

15/6/2025, 7:32:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Annoying. But told me you were worth following.

14/6/2025, 6:41:37 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Shameful. I guess DEI policies are sound when seat fillers are needed to give the right perception.

14/6/2025, 10:28:04 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Or they are simply ignoring it.

14/6/2025, 9:37:42 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As a citizen, aren’t you part owner of USA?

14/6/2025, 6:47:45 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Saerd (@saerd.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, that is exactly what our Prime Minister told the American President on 1st meeting, that he had consulted with the owners of Canada as to our wishes on becoming the 51st state during the election campaign.

14/6/2025, 6:47:11 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Saerd (@saerd.bsky.social) reply parent

Well done you, I think you've convinced more than just Amy.

13/6/2025, 7:07:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ah, just looked at your profile. Silly of me to engage with a bot.

13/6/2025, 1:25:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Why do you have science bracketed? Are you a member of the alternative facts club? If you don’t have a basic understanding, I can’t help you.

13/6/2025, 1:24:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yawn

13/6/2025, 8:02:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view