Bill Flewelling

Kindhearted skeptic. Often politically incorrect.Classical & hard rock music fanatic, bilingual literature & film lover, good cook, lifelong baseball fan #Linux

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Twitter.

Where I can go off on almost any humorous, intellectual or emotional tangent and SOMEONE will relate.

Try doing THAT in RL.

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Having lived in #Toronto nearly 42 years, I've mostly been fairly fortunate in the people I've met and experiences I've had.

Until this morning. While out for a walk on the Danforth, I was relieved of my wallet and ID by a pickpocket on a bike.

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Judging by the number of posters by religious zealots that I'm seeing around #Toronto lately, I think there should be a new commandment that says "Thou shalt not commit vandalism in the name of thy god.”

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The only thing worse than a dumb pop song

Is a dumb pop song being belted out like an operatic aria.

I hate opera.

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Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary Hoping there is no fatal Musk-stake before the next one.

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One more proof of that old chestnut “It's a small world”: At the gym I just ran into an acquaintance I last saw in the old hometown—45 years ago.

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you’re literally sitting on the evidence

your coccyx is evidence of evolution

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When an angry twenty-something passing by on the sidewalk and talking a mile a minute into her phone drops enough F-bombs to blow up the whole neighbourhood.

That.

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'You should never be at home': This 58-year-old NYU professor went viral for telling young folks that they need to be out of the house for success — but his advice was blasted https://t.co/Ihs9KILaN1

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All this enthusiastic--and alarming--chatter lately about AI is seriously concerning. There's too much Artificial and not nearly enough Intelligence; in some key respects we don't seem to have advanced very far since ED-209 in Robocop.

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When life gives me lemons—a #TTC service suspension this time—I try to make lemonade, in this case an impromptu dinner at @insomniarestaurant while I wait for the delay to eventually clear so I can go home.

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Having turned in my teleworking equipment and employee ID today and received my last paycheque, I am now officially retired, after 40 years in the workforce and 17 1/2 as a civil servant.

Fingers crossed that retirement is a new adventure rather than an ordeal.

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My first visit to @fiorentinaresto. Good coffee, delicious croissant and tart, friendly service. I'll be back! Am definitely curious to try their brunch.

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The #TTC boasts of providing service for 100 years

And yet it still doesn't know how to deal with routine "security incidents” on the subway without causing massive disruptions.

God help us if terrorists ever target the system.

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Well, that was unusual.

My very first phone solicitation from—a Jehovah's Witness.

At least it took less time to hang up the phone on him than it would have to slam the door.

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The joys of being 61 and seriously out of shape following hip surgery.

Even schlepping to a favourite hangout while pushing my wheeled walker is like running a marathon.

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@mozthunderbird Why is your Spam folder called that, when the right-click menu entry for emptying it says "Empty Junk" ?? You shouldn't assume that all users know spam and junk are the same thing, especially if they also eat Spam luncheon meat.

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Well...Merry McChristmas. I would've preferred to go to a favourite hangout for breakfast, but during #COVID19 I grudgingly settled for DoorDash delivery of a McGriddle combo.
And counted my blessings.

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Finally, a taste of normality amid #COVID19: breakfast at @insomniatoronto for the first time in exactly six months. I'm so glad to be back!

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Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

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@JeannieG40 Meh, here in Ontario it's Saturday of a 3-day weekend, but even with Toronto slooowly coming out of COVID-19 lockdown, getting out and about is no fun. Too many restrictions....