Grandpa Richard Speaks

Else you may find your brain dreaming up unique ways of eating things that are really meant to be eaten after you get home and have access to utensils and plates.

UV indexes will be higher than average this summer. That means you need to use sunscreen properly, and wear your sunglasses. Also, make sure your children wear sunglasses. During my last checkup, my optometrist blasted me a bit when he found out that I seldom wear sunglasses. I was told it is one of the [...]

photo credit: mueritz Ever had a gift card’s balance go to $0.00 without you using the card? Blame it on some creative thief. A thief finds a display of cards and writes down the number from the back of the card. Then, everyday the thief phones the tool free number and checks on the card’s [...]

I was saddened to hear of a death on our roadways today. A preventable death. Whiteout conditions caused a multi-car pileup near Orillia just before noon today. There was one death and a number of injuries. The individual who died got out of their car and was struck by another vehicle. Drive Safe. It is [...]

People who work their phone texts while doing other things are asking for trouble. If you are walking, then concentrate on walking. If you want to send or read a text then stop. Here is a prime example of what can happen. This lady is walking down the middle of a mall concentrating on her [...]

Twice in the past month I have notice news reports of the same type of accident. A driver pulls up to a spot where they must “communicate” with a machine of some type in order to get their car through a gate. They pull up and roll down their window. Unfortunately, they are not close [...]

The insurance industry thinks that fake crashes here in Ontario are on the rise. Here is an article in The Star sharing the experience of one innocent person who was involved in one. Read this so that you understand what could happen, and how to protect yourself. One strong suggestion is to always have a [...]