Grandpa Richard Speaks

Paris Hilton is one of the queen’s of party. Seems that daddy is trying to arrange a get-out-of-jail party for his little girl. You can host it for a mere $50,000 fee.

I have always thought that this is cool, in a negative way. Shouldn’t these 2 groups be trying to find agreement on the best way to make their citizens more prosperous? But it seems that history is filled with people who would rather hate their neighbour with a fierce burning hatred and expend lots of [...]

How time flies. How is one of the western world’s best known swimsuit gals (Baywatch) aging?

Here we go again. Different scenario, same arguments. The Canadian Dollar’s value against its southern neighbours greenback has increased dramatically in the last number of months. Exporters say they are hurting badly because their industries tend to use U.S. $ as a benchmark. In the meantime, the importers say that prices have stayed high because [...]

That is a title from today’s Globe and Mail. The article is based on a Stats Canada study, and along with dozens of readers who left comments, it is a simple case of comparing apples to oranges. Where I work, you are paid based on your responsibility levels and lots of women make good money. [...]

Many of you probably have figured out that I am a grandpa without a grandma by my side. My wife of 22 years left me in 1998. I subsequently learned how the laws of our land treat these situations, without any regard to cause and effect. I don’t want to start down that road of [...]

A while back, a major government operated lottery system here in Canada was in the middle of a scandal. This is not about that. This is about 2 enterprising bank workers in China who were “borrowing” money from their employer to play a lottery. Their logic was simple. Borrow money, buy tickets, win the big [...]