Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – Flying Air Canada… If you’re lucky
July 24, 2019
I have always been proud of Air Canada. Whenever I see their jets on the runway or in the air, I always get a stirring inside me, similar to …
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Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – ‘Legislated Stupidity’
June 21, 2019
Laws and policies are made with the best of intentions and for the safety of all, and are often put in place in reaction to a terrible tragedy. …
Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – The precarious rise of Dixie
June 17, 2019
Being a Civil War buff, I have often ventured into the Heart of Dixie with an historian’s eye. The American southeast, or the Confederate States as they were then, …
Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – The battery revolution is finally here
May 30, 2019
Summer is finally here. It is so nice to have a good cup of coffee out on the deck on a sunny Saturday morning, to enjoy the garden …
Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – The news that still needs to be told
May 23, 2019
Bill Nye, ‘The Science Guy,’ did a stint on John Oliver’s late night show Last Week Tonight to talk about carbon taxes and climate change. He did an …
Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – Increasing the speed limit to 110 km/h
May 17, 2019
The Ontario Government is going to raise the speed limit on our freeways from 100 km/h to 110. At first, this sounded to me like a “buck-a-beer” move …
Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – Hawaii as the new green oasis
May 13, 2019
Hawaii is a spectacular chain of islands with beautiful beaches, mountains, and exotic flowers. This is why one and a half million people call it home and 10 million …
Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – China and trade
May 1, 2019
China is having a fight with Canada. We detained Meng Wanzhou for the Americans, because they want her to be extradited to the United States to face charges …
Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – Monarchs in paradise
April 24, 2019
This winter, in a garden in Hawaii, I was checking out all of the exotic plants, when I was astonished to see a monarch butterfly. It was gracefully …
Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – The effects of road salt
April 17, 2019
Winter has finally left us – left us with piles of sand, salt and dirt on our roads, parking lots and sidewalks. There is always a mess after a …
Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – Canada Goose and the new fashion victims
April 11, 2019
The late 70s was definitely a difficult time for this gangly and pimply teenager, who had no fashion sense and was living in the bush north of Lake …
Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – Guns and greed
April 4, 2019
Growing up in the bush North of Lake Superior, I, like many others, went hunting. When I turned 15, after taking the hunter safety course, I bought a 410 …