John: be careful when buying at The Bay because you might have your credit card compromised. Sandy went to the website that said Hudson Bay Sale – and it wasn’t.
Amanda: Really looking forward to her house being empty of baskets next week after the auction.
Dalbir says Garth is not a judge. (not sure of context)
Chris M. has crows who are second generation and come to eat at her back deck every day. Kindly, this week they brought her two lovely rat carcasses.
Marg caught some mice. Generations of exchange Rotarians, her Dutch friend, Argentina and Calgary.
Judy was supposed to go to Cabo, but her blood pressure was 216 over 116 so she cancelled everything and is now on blood pressure meds. It’s coming down, but took a toll on her, but she’s back to living large! Yay!
Debbie M. went to Burning Mom and doesn’t need to go to Burning Man.
Kal says Micheal’s son is sick so he’s not here. Happy birthday, John.
Sam It’s Justin’s birthday!
Gordon nada
Lawrence’s band had a show Easter Sunday, and his wife complained, also his mother-in-law came for a surprise visit. It was actually a memorial, as the bassist member died suddenly. It was fun, and his brother is the lead singer. When asked “was this the only day available?” The answer: “It was 4-20.! (rolllll another one, just like the other one. sure would like a hit.)
Jeannette says Moe is on holiday and Peachy is in the Philippines.
Elena says the container sent in February has arrived in the Philippines, helping seniors and children.
Maryam bought a bunch of rat contraptions, going for a 3-pronged system, the sound thing, sticky traps, and the zapped inside, but the sticky traps just got dirt. The sound works really well. No hammers.
Eleanore says correction to website for bidding, add sunriseauction2025 to what was already on the reminder for guests. A follow up revised reminder is forthcoming.
Sandra says her social life is busy, and she loves it.
Melinda is back.
Debbie T. saw Sense and Sensibility, well done, and different from the movie. She is working all weekend, with Rotary and BC School Trustees Assoc. Her granddaughter always wants to phone Nana, and her son uses Debbie as a FaceTime babysitter.
Pat says thanks for the burritos, and has a pest control company, the only one in the neighbourhood who does anything about the pests.
Bobby, just back from China, said the food was ‘interesting, exotic and different’.
Peter has one rat problem under control, but a rat invaded their website, and they have been hacked. They got into the system, not accounting thank goodness, but the future quotes section, people booking a year or two in advance, and it’s now locked, and they can’t get into the program. The company in Portland says, ‘too bad so sad’. The hackers are wanting payment of over $10 000 in bitcoin, so they’re working around it directly with the clients. London Drugs ended up paying something when they were hacked.
Sam took us through the quickest S @ A ever 12 minutes.
Note: Legear•Pelling has Cyber insurance