A blank spot on the Regional Approach page is enough to give the editor hives. We seldom get letters anymore. Readers prefer to rant on Facebook, Twitter and even on our website, but that’s a rare occurrence.
I don’t tweet and rarely visit Facebook. I have a flip open cellphone that is for texting only. That all makes me an anachronism, a fossil, a luddite and woefully out of the loop on pop culture.
So, I thought to fill this glaring space I would visit our Facebook page and see what people were having to say.
Sadly, Facebook categorically refused to have anything to do with me. It didn’t like my password, so I accepted the option to change my password. I was mailed a six-digit code to transfer into the waiting window. I did so and clicked continue. “Invalid code, please try again.” I tried again with the same result. I cut and pasted the code from the email. Entrance still denied.
That all makes me wonder just what’s happening on our Facebook page that Facebook doesn’t want me to know about. Or perhaps some svelte, unwrinkled, arthritis free babe has taken over my sad page and turned it into a mecca for hormone driven young men.
I might never know, since deadlines are looming and I don’t have any more time to try to delve into that source of material.
So, I’ll brown nose some more and give kudos to the City for practising what it preaches.
On two occasions this week I observed City workers in the downtown area labouring away in the blistering cold to chink the ice and snow off the sidewalks. Good job, fellas. I hope North Battleford citizens take note and do their part to keep the sidewalks around their property equally as passable.
So, to avoid having to read any more of this prattle next week, send us a letter, maybe write it out by hand just for old times sake. If you insist on posting your comments only on Facebook I’m not going to be able to see them.
Facebook hates me and the feeling is mutual.
