Tidbits

"If you wudda went, you wudda saw........" said the aquatic's director of a local swim meet during a radio interview this morning.  I nearly drove off the road!  How can anyone have such appalling grammar?!  Guess he swam (or is that swimmed) too much instead of attending English class.  Although, with the quality of teaching these days, he is not alone in his complete ignorance of his native tongue.  Sad.

Leaving the pool this morning, I spotted a 4X4 in a handicapped spot.  The troubling thing was it had a bike rack on the back.  Huh??!!

Then there was the guy in the fast lane who didn't seem able to read the word "fast" at the end of each.  He struggled along and you could see him literally searching for an oxygen mask at the end of every lap as he waited at least two minutes before starting back.  My friend "D", who is a very good swimmer, was in the same lane.  She looked over, raised her shoulders and outstretched her palms, as if to say, "What the f-ck?"  So, I called over one of the lifeguards, who had a word with the guy and he finally changed lanes.  What are people thinking?  They're not, would be the answer.

Finally, another letter to the editor this morning.  I was responding to an earlier letter in which the writer had declared that truth was all relative in the Catholic Church.  I blogged about it yesterday, but here is today's letter, a condensed version of the previous blog:

Pope has last word

By Nancy Marley-Clarke, Calgary HeraldMarch 21, 2013 6:56 AM

Re: "Truth is relative," Letter, March 20.

In matters of Catholic faith, truth is not relative. Papal infallibility is a fact - not necessarily because everyone agrees with it, but because there is no higher authority in matters of Catholic faith than the Pope. There is no appeal; therefore, the Pope is by definition infallible because he has the last word.

This does not mean he has the truth in matters of social justice, for example. He can express opinions and perhaps exert influence, but he is not infallible in these arenas. The cardinals who elect him are akin to the Supreme Court, but the Pope is the final word on the Catholic faith.

Nancy Marley-Clarke, Calgary

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So, that's it for the moment.