English-Canadian Sportscaster Steve Armitage, who is likely to be proud of his British-Canadian, and specifically; his English-Canadian heritage; is likely satisfied as yours truly is with Canada formerly being a part of the British Empire and remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations; and also, like yours truly; does not want Canada to ever become an independent republic.
I just wish that Corey Crawford would comprehend how much more important Automobiles are than Sports and Fitness, including Ice Hockey and Roller Hockey.
For more insight as to why, and how passionately I would relive the 1980’s, in addition to the 1970’s, and the early 1990’s; feel free to purchase a copy of this Book that I wrote under my Pen Name “Wilbur Hay” online from Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/how-i-wish-things-had-been-in-the-1980s-and-1990s-and-the-reality-of-how-things-were-in-the-late-1990s-and-beyond-6-wilbur-hay/1145935942?ean=9787238996411
Also, feel free to purchase a copy of this Novel that I also wrote under my Pen Name “Wilbur Hay” that I desperately want to have adapted into a Movie, titled “The Day-To-Day Lives Of A Well-Off Couple And Their Autistic Son”: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-day-to-day-lives-of-a-well-off-couple-and-their-autistic-son-wilbur-hay/1140309955?ean=9781668575581
If you’ve been following this Blog for a while, you may remember me having written a post about my fear over younger generations of people taking over the world as time goes on, and technologies such as Standalone Digital Cameras ceasing to exist: Another Trend That Has Been Present Since The Beginning Of The 21st Century-Documenting One Selves’ Life With A Webcam.
I am “tickled pink” (as the saying goes) to find out, by the way of this article published by the Wall Street Journal; that that young, radical people are falling in love with older technology; including standalone Film and Digital Cameras, and Flip Cellular Telephones:
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/flip-phone-digital-camera-28a118dd
Sadly, idiots who convert School Buses into Motorhomes not only can’t comprehend the fact that School Bus chassis were never designed for the Highway driving that Motorhomes encounter.
The School Bus body might also be rusted out to a point where it is beyond repair and rehabilitation.
Because Hoekstra Truck (the Thomas Distributor for the entire State of Michigan) had the lowest bid for a smaller-size, lighter-duty Bus that is built on the General Motors P-Chassis; when compared to the Carpenter Distributor for the entire State of Michigan, as of the 1984-1985 school year; John Roeck, on behalf of the Warren Consolidated Schools Public School District that serves the Detroit suburbs of Warren, Sterling Heights, and Troy, Michigan; had ordered Thomas Mighty-Mites instead of Carpenter Cadets this particular school year. Beginning in 1990, John Roeck would begin to order Blue Bird Mini-Birds on the General Motors P-Chassis.
John Roeck would order Blue Bird Mini-Birds again in 1991, would revert back to Carpenter Cadets in 1992 and 1993 (only to discover that Carpenter’s fit, finish, and build quality had greatly deteriorated by this time), and would continue ordering Blue Bird Mini-Birds from 1994 up until 1999; when General Motors had already sold the design and intellectual rights of the P-Chassis to Workhorse by this time; and Workhorse would cease to offer the School Bus provision package on the P-Chassis, and in part and parcel; offer the P-Chassis to School Bus coachbuilders by this time.
Carpenter would go out of business in 2000, and the School Bus market had largely moved on to Type A School Buses on Full-Size Van Cutaway Chassis for their small, light-duty School Bus needs by this time.
Matthew Parij 