Bill Smith

Husband, father and grandfather. I love life.

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

This is quite wonderful

And I have to admit, I'd forgotten all about it !

Old age...

[Bill Smith @BillSmithB]

@ThrillaRilla369 I didn't appreciate it back then. If only there were one more time.

[Bill Smith @BillSmithB]

@TORailwayMuseum I made that trip many times in the 70's .

[Bill Smith @BillSmithB]

@ThrillaRilla369 43

[Bill Smith @BillSmithB]

@landofthe80s Every payday.

[Bill Smith @BillSmithB]

@21_50by Dad had a new 1974 Grand Prix SJ with a 455. It was a very nice car. Dad said it was a good highway cruiser but gutless off the line.

[Bill Smith @BillSmithB]

@Super70sSports I still do it. I may be getting older, but I refuse to grow up.

[Nathan James @Paul26443656]

1964 Oldsmobile Starfire

[Bill Smith @BillSmithB]

@Paul26443656 Dad had 64 Starfire convertible. It was a beautiful car. I wish I had it today.

[John DePetro Show @JohnDePetroshow]

I keep getting messages from Lindsay Clancy supporters telling me to stop posting pictures of the three Clancy children.

[Bill Smith @BillSmithB]

@Martyupnorth I was part of that group until I saw how the truckers were treated. It scared me how easy it was for the authorities to get one group to turn on another.

[Bill Smith @BillSmithB]

@atensnut The Volvo I just rented has a pop up message to remind you to check the back for kids and pets before leaving.

[Bill Smith @BillSmithB]

@LangmanVince &87. As m$hzid*

[Danielle Smith @ABDanielleSmith]

Free Speech is a foundational Alberta value. We don’t believe in policing unpopular or religious-based statements even if they are controversial. That’s a slippery slope other countries have fallen into and we can’t go down that road.

Our Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services, Mike Ellis, will be writing to our provincial and municipal policing providers to ensure they understand Albertans’ policing priorities should focus on violent crimes, illegal drugs, theft and vandalism…not people’s free speech.

[Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 @ezralevant]

It gets worse.

Without approval from Parliament, the @edmontonpolice have invented UK-style “non-criminal hate incidents” that they intend to police. Examples include “offensive jokes”.

The Edmonton Police themselves are an offensive joke.

[Eva Chipiuk, BSc, LLB, LLM @echipiuk]

In case you missed it, this is what the Edmonton Police posted, and then deleted.

The fact that an organization like the Edmonton Police published this and included a link encouraging people to report mean tweets, and then deleted it is deeply concerning.

It demonstrates a troubling misunderstanding of the law by the very institution entrusted with enforcing it. Police are expected to understand the legal distinction between offensive or unpopular expression and criminal conduct before asking the public to report it.

Police resources should be focused on investigating real crime and protecting public safety, not inventing new standard or creating confusion about the line between offensive speech and criminal conduct.

In a free and democratic society, offensive or unpopular opinions should not become the subject of police reports simply because someone disagrees with them. We must educate people, elevate the conversation, and encourage respectful dialogue, but that responsibility begins with those in positions of leadership and public trust.

If we want a better conversation, it must start at the top, not the bottom.

[Bill Smith @BillSmithB]

@Martyupnorth I had a 1971 Z50A, in the early 70s. I spent hours on it. A few drunk uncles would take it for a spin, full throttle, in first gear. I loved that mini bike. I wish I still had it.

[Bill Smith @BillSmithB]

@dbongino I lost one of my grandfathers 55 yrs ago and I still think of him regularly.