https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story--998-.htm Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:22:39 PDT Updated every 10 minutes - FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY Copyright: (C) Castanet.net https://www.castanet.net/rss/ https://www.castanet.net/main_images/logos/KelownaLogos/Castanet_Logo.jpg https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story--998-.htm https://www.castanet.net/news/Old-as-dirt-Twice-as-gritty/164686/Sex-in-a-Smart-car https://www.castanet.net/news/Old-as-dirt-Twice-as-gritty/164686/Sex-in-a-Smart-car Mon, 02 May 2016 06:00:00 PDT Jo Slade The other day Castanet News ran a item with the headline ‘Smart cars, amorous drivers'. My car, as it happens, is Smart as all get out. Far too excited by the headline to waste time reading the story, I rushed off to see the world afresh, with the new understanding that I was, in ... https://www.castanet.net/news/Old-as-dirt-Twice-as-gritty/163438/Missing-boat https://www.castanet.net/news/Old-as-dirt-Twice-as-gritty/163438/Missing-boat Tue, 19 Apr 2016 07:00:00 PDT Jo Slade Somewhere out there is a boat called the Och Aye. She's a rare beauty, she is, and she's missing. She has been missing for close to 1/2 century. Of all the things from the past that leaves a kind of hole in my heart, that boat is near the top of the list. I didn't start looking for h... https://www.castanet.net/news/Old-as-dirt-Twice-as-gritty/162439/The-art-of-kitsch https://www.castanet.net/news/Old-as-dirt-Twice-as-gritty/162439/The-art-of-kitsch Wed, 06 Apr 2016 05:40:00 PDT Jo Slade Wide awake at 4 am, searching for an idea for today's column. Nothing came . . . nothing came. . . . Then I saw something delightfully kitsch - I'm not going to say what - but it reminded me of a point in my life when I had a small collection of kitsch. It was lovely. The star of the colle... https://www.castanet.net/news/Old-as-dirt-Twice-as-gritty/161377/Squarely-pegged https://www.castanet.net/news/Old-as-dirt-Twice-as-gritty/161377/Squarely-pegged Tue, 22 Mar 2016 16:17:00 PDT Jo Slade Once upon a time, many years and miles ago, a square peg went forth into the round hole world to see what all the fuss was about. Life in the round hole world went well enough, as round pegs tend to be interested, at least at first, by the oddballs among them. For his own peace of mind, though, h...