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🇨🇦Kelownagurl @kelownagurl.bsky.social · 1h

To be fair though, I sometimes have to show ID to get the senior discount now.

🇨🇦Kelownagurl @kelownagurl.bsky.social · 1h

I haven't been IDed with 1989.

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🇨🇦Kelownagurl @kelownagurl.bsky.social · 1h

*snort*

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

Cracks are showing in the resistance

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 6h

Here for the "emergency" naked bike ride in Portland

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🇨🇦Kelownagurl @kelownagurl.bsky.social · 4h

Just caught up with your wrist pain/infection story - scary stuff. Glad you trusted your gut and got it checked out.

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🇨🇦Kelownagurl @kelownagurl.bsky.social · 10h

I am bored. #TheArchers

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bigbenchrob 🍁🇨🇦 @bigbenchrob.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Henderson’s goal and what everyone else said.

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publiclandwonk.bsky.social @publiclandwonk.bsky.social · 1d

1. JFK’s assassination
2. John Glenn’s space flight
3. The Beatles’ 1st appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show
4. The Vietnam War
5. 1968 Democratic Convention riot in Chicago

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Dave Keon's Cousin 🏒 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @davekeonscousin.bsky.social · 1d

What five events defined your childhood?

1. Expo 67.
2. FLQ Crisis.
3. Bermuda Triangle.
4. Montreal '76 Olympics.
5. Mississauga Train Derailment.

🇨🇦Kelownagurl @kelownagurl.bsky.social · 1d

What five events defined your childhood?

1. Vietnam War
2. First lunar landing
3. Watergate
4. Jonestown Massacre
5. First Apple computer

Mark Dykeman 🇨🇦 @markdykeman.bsky.social · 1d

What five events defined your childhood?

1. Introduction of the metric system
2. Wrath of Khan
3. 1st Space Shuttle launch
4. Challenger explosion
5. MuchMusic debut

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

Estonia has closed the Saatse border crossing with Russia due to an unusually large Russian military presence on the other side. The Estonian Police and Border Guard (PPA) noted increased patrols and military movements that were much higher than normal, which were deemed beyond routine activities.

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🇨🇦Kelownagurl @kelownagurl.bsky.social · 1d

It takes 8 1/2 hours to drive across BC from Vancouver to the Rockies. If you wanted to drive from the south to the north of BC it would take you about 22 hours.

🇨🇦Kelownagurl @kelownagurl.bsky.social · 1d

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Karen Lord 🇨🇦 (Jochumsen) @karenjlord.bsky.social · 1d

❄️ #YYCwx #Calgary #YYC #snow #wind #October #ThanksgivingWeekend #ABstorm

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🇨🇦Kelownagurl @kelownagurl.bsky.social · 1d

Cranbrook is the south east corner of BC, Kelowna is south central, just north of Spokane, Vancouver is south west corner. Cranbrook is about a 6 hour drive from me.

🇨🇦Kelownagurl @kelownagurl.bsky.social · 1d

Love it!

🇨🇦Kelownagurl @kelownagurl.bsky.social · 1d

Our most common natural disaster is a wildfire and drought. Less frequently is flooding and snowstorms.

🇨🇦Kelownagurl @kelownagurl.bsky.social · 1d

On the coast, yes. Not much in the interior where I live.

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Bradley James Cooper @bjamescooper.bsky.social · 1d

I propose that Ghislaine Maxwell’s names be respelled to remove all unnecessary letters and that the Epstein files be released.

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Danielle @as-per-danielle.bsky.social · 1d

This is so fucked

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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🇨🇦Kelownagurl @kelownagurl.bsky.social · 1d

Some very memorable events there!

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smcginnis.bsky.social @smcginnis.bsky.social · 1d

1) Clinton-Lewinsky scandal and impeachment
2) Columbine High shootings
3) Bush-Gore Florida recount
4) 9/11
5) Iraq War

🇨🇦Kelownagurl @kelownagurl.bsky.social · 1d

What five events defined your childhood?

1. Vietnam War
2. First lunar landing
3. Watergate
4. Jonestown Massacre
5. First Apple computer

Mark Dykeman 🇨🇦 @markdykeman.bsky.social · 1d

What five events defined your childhood?

1. Introduction of the metric system
2. Wrath of Khan
3. 1st Space Shuttle launch
4. Challenger explosion
5. MuchMusic debut

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Michael Pacholek @michaelpacholek.bsky.social · 1d

1. The New York crime wave symbolized by the blackout riot and the Son of Same
2. The death of Thurman Munson
3. Reagan's election
4. The assassination of John Lennon
5. Reagan making a fucking joke about starting World War III

🇨🇦Kelownagurl @kelownagurl.bsky.social · 1d

What five events defined your childhood?

1. Vietnam War
2. First lunar landing
3. Watergate
4. Jonestown Massacre
5. First Apple computer

Mark Dykeman 🇨🇦 @markdykeman.bsky.social · 1d

What five events defined your childhood?

1. Introduction of the metric system
2. Wrath of Khan
3. 1st Space Shuttle launch
4. Challenger explosion
5. MuchMusic debut

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🇨🇦Kelownagurl @kelownagurl.bsky.social · 1d

Oooh I remember Three Mile Island, but it was pretty far from me. I DO remember Mount St Helen's erupting though, ash all over our cars

🇨🇦Kelownagurl @kelownagurl.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh mostly the states then eh? We did all the provinces except Newfoundland because both times the ferry wasn't running. We also drove through Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

🇨🇦Kelownagurl @kelownagurl.bsky.social · 1d

Oooh Monday night -1° I guess I'll have to pick my Dahlias and that one last canteloupe.