Author Archives: John McNeil

The first time I took Little Bill Christmas shoppin’ he was about six years old. I remember after supper one night, me and Minnie were havin’ our tea at the kitchen table when he comes racin’ in and says to his mother – Go in the room for a minute. [Read more]

It’s not that I don’t like Christmas – I do. But even if you’re so into the holidays you’re runnin’ around singin’ your head off like Bing Crosby on crack, ya gotta admit, it’s a whole lotta work. [Full story]

Well, I had a big feed of Minnie’s world famous fish chowder last weekend, which means Christmas Daddies musta been on TV. We didn’t really see much of it since they changed the way it works, but it got me thinkin’ – Christmas must be right around the corner. So I thought I’d let yis …

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Minnie got back from gettin’ the groceries the other day and I helped her haul them in from the truck and then she had to run back out again because she was goin’ over Joan’s to help her make pies for some kind of Christmas fundraiser for Joan’s ladies’ auxiliary group. [Read more]

I got my mornin’ routine and I don’t like anybody messin’ with it. Every weekday I get up, have a cuppa tea and maybe a piece of toast at the table, throw on some joggin’ pants and head down to Tim Hortons to meet up with the usual crew for our mornin’ coffee. [Read more]

We were eatin’ supper one night last week there and Little Bill announces him and his band are gettin’ back together, and I damn near fell off my chair when Minnie said they could use our basement for practice. [Read more]

I’m not sayin’ I’m some kind of genius or anything, but when it comes to coverin’ my arse, I’m one of the smartest guys I know. Take last week – Minnie was on her way out the door to go to bingo with Joan and Evelyn and them and just as she’s gettin’ her shoes …

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Anybody knows me, knows I got a big mouth. So it ain’t much of a surprise when every once in a while my foot ends up in my mouth and I say somethin’ really, really, stupid – I admit it. Most of them times I don’t realize there’s anything wrong with what I’m sayin’. [Read …

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To tell ya the truth, I knew there was somethin’ wrong with the furnace about two weeks before Minnie did. There was one morning I woke up and went downstairs before everybody else and put the tea on. Of course, it was before seven in the morning, so it’s still completely dark outside, and holy …

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