Appalbarry
@appalbarry.com
Writer, Nova Scotia, France, Vancouver. and now Cambridge UK, Barry’s writing is focused on how people live, and how the environment around them influences their choices.
Clips at: https://appalbarry.com/
Blog at : https://www.threesquirrels.ca/
Clips at: https://appalbarry.com/
Blog at : https://www.threesquirrels.ca/
And trust me, you want a REAL EdiTall, not one of the knock-offs.
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
And trust me, you want a REAL EdiTall, not one of the knock-offs.
Facebook sucks, but somehow they keep popping up good counter-cultural content.
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Facebook sucks, but somehow they keep popping up good counter-cultural content.
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Time was, if you were cheap, or poor, and needed car tires, you could buy "recaps", a tire that had lost all of it's tread and had a new one bonded on.
Radial tires ended the practice.
Radial tires ended the practice.
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Time was, if you were cheap, or poor, and needed car tires, you could buy "recaps", a tire that had lost all of it's tread and had a new one bonded on.
Radial tires ended the practice.
Radial tires ended the practice.
Sweet mother of God. Is THIS what I booked for? I've had COVID three times, and really want the vaccination, but this is insane!
November 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Sweet mother of God. Is THIS what I booked for? I've had COVID three times, and really want the vaccination, but this is insane!
Today I will continue to read Thomas Mann's "Doktor Faustus" (translation of course); listen to Beethoven (now that I'm fascinated); and learn how to properly write a British pound sign.
November 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Today I will continue to read Thomas Mann's "Doktor Faustus" (translation of course); listen to Beethoven (now that I'm fascinated); and learn how to properly write a British pound sign.
Still my favourite Liverpool NS bar. The Cellar.
October 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Still my favourite Liverpool NS bar. The Cellar.
Finally! What I missed most in our UK kitchens!
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Finally! What I missed most in our UK kitchens!
Via Facebook: Use Ai to make your essay not look like it was written by AI.....
October 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Via Facebook: Use Ai to make your essay not look like it was written by AI.....
New Nova Scotia Power survey: now they're suggesting that in order to use less electricity we should turn down our heat pumps and revert to burning oil...
#NSpoli
#NSpoli
October 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
New Nova Scotia Power survey: now they're suggesting that in order to use less electricity we should turn down our heat pumps and revert to burning oil...
#NSpoli
#NSpoli
Somewhere this sign from the former Trump Vancouver is in storage...
October 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Somewhere this sign from the former Trump Vancouver is in storage...
Whoa! Kraft and Armstrong are DEAD to me!
October 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Whoa! Kraft and Armstrong are DEAD to me!
After an hour and a half, an emailed-to-me User Manual, and two YouTube videos, I have to say that Dimplex Creda 79151C storage heater has about the most bizarre operating procedures I've ever seen. And in some ways defies explanation of just how it works.
(Heater dates back to 90s I believe)
(Heater dates back to 90s I believe)
October 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
After an hour and a half, an emailed-to-me User Manual, and two YouTube videos, I have to say that Dimplex Creda 79151C storage heater has about the most bizarre operating procedures I've ever seen. And in some ways defies explanation of just how it works.
(Heater dates back to 90s I believe)
(Heater dates back to 90s I believe)
Oh wow. Try this survey question from Nova Scotia Power.
Are they really planning to charge extra to provide uninterrupted power to your home?
Are they really planning to charge extra to provide uninterrupted power to your home?
October 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Oh wow. Try this survey question from Nova Scotia Power.
Are they really planning to charge extra to provide uninterrupted power to your home?
Are they really planning to charge extra to provide uninterrupted power to your home?
Most Oxbridge colleges have a Master and a Vice-Master, but Girton College, as the first in the UK to allow women to take degree courses, is unique among all Oxbridge colleges in having a Mistress.
Girton's Mistress, Dr. Elisabeth Kendall, and beside her is Girton's Vice-Mistress, Dr. James Wade.
Girton's Mistress, Dr. Elisabeth Kendall, and beside her is Girton's Vice-Mistress, Dr. James Wade.
October 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Most Oxbridge colleges have a Master and a Vice-Master, but Girton College, as the first in the UK to allow women to take degree courses, is unique among all Oxbridge colleges in having a Mistress.
Girton's Mistress, Dr. Elisabeth Kendall, and beside her is Girton's Vice-Mistress, Dr. James Wade.
Girton's Mistress, Dr. Elisabeth Kendall, and beside her is Girton's Vice-Mistress, Dr. James Wade.
The view from the patio in front of our pub, The Blue Ball.
Vancouver can't match it.
Vancouver can't match it.
October 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The view from the patio in front of our pub, The Blue Ball.
Vancouver can't match it.
Vancouver can't match it.
Bicycle parking at just ONE of the 30+ colleges at Cambridge University.
This is a town that lives and breathes bikes. Other places could do the same.
This is a town that lives and breathes bikes. Other places could do the same.
October 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Bicycle parking at just ONE of the 30+ colleges at Cambridge University.
This is a town that lives and breathes bikes. Other places could do the same.
This is a town that lives and breathes bikes. Other places could do the same.
@jonnelledge.bsky.social First book reserved at the Cambridge public library. FWIW, we're loving Grantchester, except that we haven't seen a single murder yet.
October 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
@jonnelledge.bsky.social First book reserved at the Cambridge public library. FWIW, we're loving Grantchester, except that we haven't seen a single murder yet.
