Fuck... I'm just totally getting into working 4 on 4 off, and they are changing my schedule. Monday to Friday. Does that eat my ass or what? What the fuck, over?

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FUCK YOU AIR CANADA.

It is tax time again. I feel ripped off. I pay TONS of taxes. I suspect I'll pay even more in the future. I paid for my education myself, and yet I was not able to write off it as an expense. I still paid almost $40 G's for a little piece of paper that says I can fly a plane, but I cannot deduct it because I did not attend a formal school. Rip off.

Enough of all this. I think the government should institute a "user pay" schedule for everything. Kinda like they have with the entire aviation industry in Canada. Now the airlines pay to use navigation equipment, fees for landing and departing at airports, etc etc. And now the passengers have to pay extra on their tickets instead of the govenrment taxing everyone in the country to pay for services not everyone uses.

So by that logic. I've never had to use welfare... why should I pay for it. I've paid my whole life for unemployment / employment insurance, and only ever collected for about 1 month. ( a reduced ammount because I was still working part time. ) I think I've paid my share, I don't want to pay any more. PST... when I am visiting a province that pays PST, I should be exempt. I don't live there, why should I have to pay? When foriegn travellers come to Canada and spend their much welcome money, they get a GST rebate when they go home! Can I get a rebate the next time I pay PST in Saskatchewan? Health care... I am relatively fit.. I am not a smoker. I figure that since I don't need a doctor very often, I'll just stop paying for health care up front, and when I go to the doctor, I'll just take a big wad of cash with me. Hmmmm.... maybe the doctor and I can arrange some sort of fair trading agreement. He might need a flight to Australia, and I might be able to hook him up at a reasonable price....

Here is an idea. The banks and oil companies are making record profits. Tax the hell out of them. The reason they are making record profits is because they are screwing us! Lets take something back from those bastards.

Tax tobacco companies, and tax cigarettes more. This is how it must work. Tax the tobacco companies so much they stop selling in Canada. Tax cigarettes so much that people quit smoking right about the time the tobacco comapnies leave. Put the money recieved into some sort of investment so it can make some money, and support the health care costs incurred by all the smokers who didn't quit soon enough.

Legalise and tax gambling. It shouldn't be for churches and native groups anymore. Viva Lost Wages. If you are dumb enough to gamble and loose your money, you are dumb enough. I'll take your cash, thank you!

Legalise prostitution.... tax it too. Call it a flat tax.

Tax churches.

No more tax breaks for anybody. (ouch I just bit my tounge.)

Fuck it. As soon as I get enough flying time under my belt. I'm outta here. I hear Air Rourotonga is looking for pilots.

So, after posting the rant about "your" and "you're". I've recieved some negative feedback about my attitude. If I was incorrect, the negative feedback would be understandable. But, since I'm not... (not to put too much of a fine edge on my response ) ...screw off.

To all the people who gave a positive response, thanks for your support. I hope you're feeling better now too!

So... before I left Calgary with the car, the oil change guy (luber) told me I had a broken spring. I thought that sucks, because I have neither the time or the money to fix it. I hit the road the very next day. On the way to Smithers, I discovered that the water pump was leaking. So since then I've been buying the cheapest antifreeze I could find, Zellers $6, and I've been filling it up every few days to a week. Lately, the car has been making quite an ugly grinding noise when I make left turns. Last night, we went over a bump and the car made a loud clunk and lurched to the right, and the grinding became constant. Luckily we were only 2 houses from home, so we made it to the driveway. Today I went out to have a look, and I couldn't see anything more than the broken spring. But since the car was sounding waayyy to bad to drive to the shop. I called a tow truck. Since the front of the car had to be lifted to get it to the shop, I had to back the car out of the driveway. I made it about 10 feet, and the right side of the car collapsed. The right ball joint had failed. So we managed to get the car picked up and tow it to the shop, which cost me $45 just for the tow. It is a 10 minute walk to the shop, but a $45 tow. Ouch. Wether it was a block, 10 blocks, or 10 miles, really makes no difference. The car was unserviceable in the condition it was in, and the tow truck got the car to the shop without any more damage. I guess it was worth $45.

So we get to the shop, the only shop that would take us on the long weekend, get it up on the lift, and all I see underneath is uglyness. I can see visions of $100's with wings on them flying out of my wallet. Here is what I've asked them to do.

Fix the broken springs, both sides, no sense doing one side and not the other.
Fix the broken ball joint, which will have to include the way bar bushings, but that is good because the car isn't going anywhere withot this getting fixed.
Fix the leaky water pump, which hopefully is just the gasket. Kevin Louis you are an asshole. He fixed it a few years back, and he probably fucked up the gasket putting it in. That is OK, I've gotten plenty of revenge on him in advance. ( How is that windshield doing? )
And since they are also a tire shop, I ordered 2 new front tires, cause these were screwed.
And my insurance / plates expire at the end of this month? Did they expire already? Hmmm, another $600.

So everyone that I owe money to... Bear with me, it will be another month or so. I need my car to get to work. I would take my bike, but when I start work at 03:45, I am not riding my bike.

Did I mention that I am broke?

I was going to change the name of "My Opinion" to "My Therapy", but I was watching a movie the other day, and on the special edition DVD, there was a crazy lady preaching that I was going to go to hell for watching said movie. Her 15 seconds of fame was entitled "My Opinion".. I'm keeping my opinion. Maybe this way I won't burn in hell.

Well here it is... Version 3! What do you think? I seem to do a new version every year or so. And every year seems to translate to about one thousand page views. Pretty cool. Drop me a line, I want to know what you think of the new website, and I would love to see who is looking again. It used to be easy, when I only had a few regular viewers, but now I can't always figure out who is looking. Who of you was looking from the domain mjcatholic.ca ? It is for a Moose Jaw, Sk, school! Al is that you??

On another subject.... english to be exact. This has been bugging me for a while... The use of the word "your" instead of "you're".

Pay attention now.. I just copied this from a buddies website...

"your eighteen, your in 7-11, you don't know sh#t about sh#t, and pull up your f*ckin' pants." - Dennis Leary

Right idea, wrong word.

Your is possesive, as in... "Those are your shoes, they belong to you."

You're is used when you are describing something that someone is. As in "You're an asshole, give me my shoes."

So when someone says "your eighteen..."... I think, your 18 what? 18 year old scotch? 18 year old daughter? 18 cans of beer?

"You're" is a contraction for "You are", do you see it? you're = you are.

If you don't uderstand, you're in need of some english classes... Like the ones your 18 eighteen year old daugher is in.

pull up your f*ckin' pants!

Ya know? There are some days a guy just can't win. You try to do stuff the right fucking way, only to find out the rules have changed.. Ever heard of the term "MANGRY"? Can't shoot 'em, can't leave 'em on the side of the road when you're done with them. And NO I'm not talking about Kathy.

How do you like that? A guy spends his whole life looking for certain things, some thing he gets, some he doesn't. Some things come at exactly the worst time, and he has to turn them away. That sucks, but the long term reward is worth the sacrifice! Thanks for the smile!

Ya know what? This flying thing is fucked. Looking back on everything now, I should have just gone back to school and got a degree. The fucking bullshit that pilots have to put up with to get anywhere, is retarted. The next time you are sitting back complaining about how much money pilots make, think about all the sacrifices they had to make to get to where they are. One of our pilots has moved 7 times in the last 5 years. How stable is that. How can anyone lead a normal life with that kind of bullshit. How much does that hat really cost?

When you are complaining about how much they get paid, remember, when you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. How would you like a monkey flying your 747, with 400 people onboard. Nuff said.

Air Canada files for bankrupcy protection! Today! You fucking dumb fucks. The allmighty Air Canada has fallen. All the arrogance in the world can't save you now. You're going down sucker. The beer must be flowing at WestJet, the fags. And the government, has already declared it will help Air Canada, where the hell were you when Canada's finest airline was struggling? Canadian Airlines, was the best airline this country has ever seen, and ever will see. All hail Canadi>n. All hail Canadi>n. All hail Canadi>n.