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Monday, March 8, 2004
$17.50 per diem?
canada.com: Soldiers forced to repay Forces' food allowance
Their $50 food allowance per diem was cut to $17.50, forcing 10 soldiers to repay an average of $2200 each (originally $3000 but later lowered) to the military.
This was in the spring of 2002. Back then the Canadian dollar was at less than 65 cents US, so for readers familiar with the value of an American dollar, that's less than $12 USD per day for 3 meals! In Vancouver, where food isn't cheap.
What a disgrace. The Canadian military and government officials responsible for this should be ashamed of themselves.
Monday, March 1, 2004
A package of 50 straws
That's what I won last night for getting the worst score in the guess-who-wins-the-Oscars contest at our friends' place last night. I was 1 for 6. Obviously I picked LOTR:RotK for Best Picture.
Compared to the rest of the crowd there last night I knew few of the actors, and I'd only seen 3 of the movies nominated for awards: Finding Nemo (on DVD), The Last Samurai and LOTR:RotK.
I shamefully didn't pick Peter Jackson for Best Director, only because I figured they wouldn't respect a fantasy film THAT much. I'm glad to be wrong, because now I can prove how much I suck at guessing movie awards by showing people my package of 50 lime-green bendy-straws! :-)
I suck!
