@valhalla oh good point, why skip an opportunity for an elaborate meal on their expense-account.

@valhalla ha! Nearby sisters. That would be funny. The trade and tourism delegations could meet and be home for lunch.

Thinking about the "sister city" thing following a radio piece, and about how it seems pretty meaningless in many cases.

I had no idea where Ottawa's sister city is. It never seems to be mentioned nor celebrated here. Turns out we have two – Beijing and Catania.

Presumably it's supposed to foster trade and tourism relationships, but I suspect beyond an initial announcement, it usually fades into obscurity.

Does your city celebrate and build on a sister city relationship?

#SisterCity

Decided to save my back, and the car's suspension, and just order a stack of pavers and bagged gravel instead of getting a bit at a time for months, like most summers.

So a palette load of stuff showed up this morning and the effort was just the wheelbarrow work to nice it into the back yard. Not insignificant, and a nice accomplishment for a Tuesday morning.

@GustavinoBevilacqua also good.

There's another English word "haversack" which seems archaic to my ears, yet still understandable. Not sure if that's still in modern usage anywhere in the English-speaking world. Maybe UK?

@GustavinoBevilacqua nice – can always use another synonym!

I think "knapsack" is a #Canadianism, no?

We also use backpack, but that's usually a physically larger item, in my usage. We don't often use rucksack, but generally understand it, at least in the circles around me in my lifetime.

Got a likely all-day waiting room day here.

Got some quality reading material though. And if I'm really desperate I think there's a Sudoku pad that's been buried in my knapsack for about fifteen years.

Some of the prices of fabricated guitar stands for sale are in the realm of comedy. A couple of dollars worth of wood and finish and listed for $hundreds or $thousands?

The $30 prices are a bit more realistic.

During #saturdayMorningGuitar I was thinking I need to make a #guitar stand for my currently under-repair guitar ( #yamakiGuitarRepair) both as a future stand-by place and to get it off my workbench occasionally now that it's in one stable piece.

I was looking at the myriad shapes and designs that exist, not many striking my fancy, but I think I can adapt something and build it with scrap wood for zero cost. (maybe equiv of $5-10 if it were new material.)

Sketching…