The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge - The Weekend Special #4 - The Easter Edition of Your Thoughts, Questions and Comments!

Episode Date: April 10, 2020

You never fail me with your great emails and the weekends are for you! Stay healthy, stay safe and stay at home.

and hello there Peter Mansbridge here with the holiday weekend edition of the bridge daily good to have you with us for whichever holiday you're observing this weekend. As we all know, there are many different ones being observed by different religions around the world and across our country. So I hope you have a good weekend that we are used to being with family, reaching out, being with friends and family. And this weekend's going to be tough on that front, unless you live full-time with your family. The odds are you are not going to see them in person.

But that's what FaceTime and Zoom and all these other amazing things are for. They will never be a substitute for the real deal, but they're pretty close. And I think we can find a way to enjoy the closeness of the virtual nature of the relationship this weekend. And I hope you do, and I hope you're able to reach out and be with someone, be with others, be with family and friends on this weekend. Well, as we've done every week for the last month, we use the last broadcast podcast of the week to collect your thoughts and your questions and your comments about the situation we are sharing together.

We are all in this together. Once again this week, there have been a lot of comments from you coming in by email, lots of them. I never have time to do them all, as you know, but I try to pick out a fairly wide range of your comments and bring them forward. And I look for ways of kind of reflecting the geographic diversity of our great country.

And so we'll get right to it. Once again, I rarely read out loud the whole letter. I pick, I read them all as they come in, but I just select for the podcast certain elements of the letters I choose and work that way. There's no particular order to these. It's just kind of the way the pile came after I pushed print on the printer. I've got to be careful of that because I'm going to run out of paper, and I don't want to go looking for paper in a shopping mission you know, mission. So I'm using paper over and over again.

In other words, I'm using both sides of paper and doing all that. I'm trying to do this the right way and save paper as I go along. Okay, let's get started. Once again, you know, if you write, please let me know where you're writing from. That helps. You know, it gives everybody a sense of country. Some of you forgot.

Others didn't forget. But let's start with somebody who forgot. Tim Williamson. You're from somewhere. And I assume it's in Canada. Tim has a number of comments he makes, but here's the one I pulled out of his note. He's in the live event industry. He says, I'm having a tough time thinking exactly

where live events and festivals are going to fit in the next while. I'd imagine that most things, even at the end of summer, are probably going to be cancelled. If not for event permits, merely just organization and logistics of some of these things are massive. Well, you're right about that, Tim. You know, I'm on the board of Luminato, which is one of the big festivals in Toronto, and it's slated each year for June, we've had to cancel this year, and there is so much planning that goes into that festival.

But there was no choice. If you haven't heard of Luminato, it's kind of like our version of the Edinburgh Arts Festival in Scotland. They've had to cancel. And so has Luminato. Delayed for a year. That's really, really unfortunate. And, you know, most of you know I live here in Stratford, Ontario,

and we're known for the Stratford Festival. They haven't canceled it for this year. They've already announced that it's going to at least be delayed, but they're going to have to make a decision fairly soon because there are actors who are kind of on standby for the festival at this point. Normally it starts in kind of late May. Now they're talking about maybe starting it in August and having a shortened season with a play bill that's smaller.

But it's a tough call. It's a very tough call, and they'll have to make that soon. Thank you, Tim. Kirsten McDowell from Richmond, Ontario. I'd like to draw your attention to Dairy Distillery, a small craft distillery from Almonte, Ontario. Almonte's had a rough week

with COVID-19. That's not what Kirsten's writing about. They have not only stopped production of their regular products, this is Dairy Distillery, they worked all of the weekend to redistill 10,000 bottles of finished vodka. I don't know what that is.

I guess it's some kind of vodka. Redistill these 10,000 bottles in this holding tank back into pure alcohol to make sanitizer. Months of hard work that will now go to making 4,000 liters of urgently needed sanitizer. 1,000 liters were delivered to the Ottawa hospital, and 301 liter bottles of hand sanitizer went to the Shepherds of Good Hope to keep their vital services running. So a shout-out to the dairy distillery, and I mention it because there are distilleries and a variety of other companies and corporations,

small and big, across the country. I think the number I heard the other day was more than 5,000 who are repositioning themselves to do things of a nature that will help in the combating of this terrible virus. Carol Souter writes, You ask listeners where they're tuning in from. Well, I'm listening from the Commonwealth of Dominica, not to be mistaken, for the Dominican Republic. It is in that Caribbean chain of islands.

I think it's one or two north of and a bit to the west of Barbados. My husband is working here on the island for a French-Canadian who is building a sustainable resort. Dominica has 11 confirmed cases as of the end of March. My husband and I are fine, and we have self-isolated, as all citizens of the island were instructed to do last week. Well, you are in the Caribbean. So, Carol, good for you on that,

and I hope you both are staying safe and healthy. Donna Lockhart from Ennismore, Ontario. Ennismore is, I'm not sure. I think that say somewhere near Peterborough, but I'm not sure about that. Donna has a long letter about the different things she's doing. I'm only going to mention one of them because I think she is representative of some great people.

I instruct online for two more weeks and then the semester is over. So I check in with students. I'm also taking time to reorganize my office. I also continue with laundry on Mondays. Now the reason I mention that is there are teachers from coast to coast to coast who are working every day trying to help their students with online courses. And that's tough. That's got to be really difficult, especially when you're trying to deal with some kids who need to sort of one-on-one relationship. And, you know, we've seen some great moments.

I've seen a picture. Where did we see that picture the other day of a teacher who went to the home of the student outside and used a whiteboard on the other side of the living room window to teach the student? I mean, so teachers, I love them. You know, I have nothing but admiration for teachers. Barry Hoffman writes,

I was just wondering which Churchill book you are referring to of late. I've mentioned a couple of times that I've been reading a new Churchill book. It's the one by Eric Larson. It's called The Vile and the Splendid, and it's an isolation of one year of Churchill from May 1940 when he became prime minister to the following May. A lot happened in that year, including the Battle of Britain, but a lot happened in that year. And he doesn't do it day by day, but almost. And it's kind of like an anecdote every day, and I love those kind of books. So that's the Churchill book I am listening,

or, well, actually I am listening to it because I got the audio book, and I use it when I'm out there doing my steps. We all know about those steps. Justin O'Leary writes from Scarborough. That's in the greater Toronto area. You often refer to Winston Churchill during your podcast and I am curious to know if you have one particular book about him

that you recommend over the others. You know, I usually recommend the last book I read. I'm sitting in my office, which is also my kind of like little library. It's a tiny little office, but it's surrounded by books. And most of the books, or there are more books about Churchill than there are about anything else in my little library. There's probably 50 of them, including the books he wrote. You know, the books that are the history of the Second World War are just some of the ones he wrote. You know, the books that are the history of the Second World War

are just some of the ones he wrote, but those are probably the most famous ones. But I haven't found a Churchill book I haven't enjoyed or haven't found something of particular interest in it, so I don't think you can go wrong. But why don't you start with the one I just mentioned, Eric Larson's new book. It just came out in, I think it was the end of the year

or the beginning, you know, the end of 19, 2019, or the beginning of this year. The Vile and the Splendid is what it's called. Justin is a member of the PGA of Canada. He's the head golf professional at the Cedar Bray Golf Club in Scarborough. Boy, Justin, when are we going to get out there on the links? Eva Johnson, or sorry, Johansson she writes from Sydenham, Ontario

I'm pretty sure that's just north of Kingston the other day we had a virtual I was talking about what I was imagining doing my steps outside in the backyard and I was imagining going around the Royal Dornick Golf Course. So Eva says, thanks for the round of golf. I was never very good at it, therefore I always called it a walk in the park with a big stick and a little ball.

That's what it is. But this touched me too. Eva sent this note yesterday. Today is my birthday, so yesterday. There will be no celebrations with family and friends, and that is unfortunate, just as this weekend is. But there are ways to still have that connection with family and friends as we go through this difficult period that will end. And just think

how joyous those moments are going to be when we're with family and friends after all this is done. Gloria Schwabe writes. She actually sent me a note that included a note she'd written to her kids. And I thought I'd read a couple of sentences from it. In spite of all this, one important thing I am thinking is we can't get sloppy in terms of hand-washing, lathering for 20 seconds, not touching our faces and wearing masks in stores, etc.

It's easy to get sloppy when we feel worn down by the isolation, the fatigue, and negative mood. Discipline has never been so important as it is now. It's been less than a month of our new lives of self-isolation, and we can't let up. Gloria writes that, and, you know, you can feel the maternal instincts in those words. And she concludes, although Dad and I are taking all this very much day by day, we know if we persevere and are very strict about protecting ourselves, better times are ahead, in Queen

Elizabeth's words, when we can all get together once again and enjoy a great meal and a glass of wine or so. Did you see the Queen last weekend? Wasn't she fantastic? I like, you know, this and I've covered the Queen. 50 years ago was the first time I reported on Queen Elizabeth during a visit to Canada, to northern Manitoba, to Churchill, Manitoba, where I started my career. And she was there as part of Manitoba's centennial year. And I always remember that. But I thought she was terrific the other day. She's 93. She looked great.

And she was sitting in the same room in front of the same door she had when she spoke to the people in 1940 during the Battle of Britain when she was a princess. Things have changed in that room, but it was the same door, you can tell. You look at the two images, same door, just painted and decorated a little different. Phyllis Umferville, she writes, The result of the overload of news made me decide to learn how to use podcasts. Now I enjoy your daily podcasts and have caught up on Anna Maria Tremonti's podcast more.

For levity, I have begun to listen to Jan Arden's podcast. I'm a senior and a widow who rattles alone in my home. I want to thank you for your podcasts. I listen to them every evening. Phyllis, thank you. And to include my name with those two icons, AMT as we call her,

Anna Maria Tremonti, and Jan Arden is very kind of you. Alright, Mark Infusini. I'm a high school teacher in the Niagara region and was thinking an autobiography on your life would be an excellent perspective on Canadian identity

through your life experiences. Would you consider doing a podcast series or a video series that takes Canadians through your life and the growth of Canada during your life as a journalist and beyond. Mark, that would be a short series. Actually, it's ironic that you ask that because in the last couple of weeks I've had a couple of approaches from two well-known publishing houses

about something along the lines of a memoir. And I'm, let's just say I'm interested and I'm thinking about it. Certainly got time. Got nothing but time. I do have a book coming out later this year. I've written with my good friend Mark Bulgich. I'll be telling you more about that

when I'm allowed to by the publisher, but it'll be coming out in November. It's not about me, it's not about Mark, but it is about some remarkable Canadians. I'll just say that. Jessica Herron writes, I'm writing because I have some big concerns with how life in Alberta is going to look after we make it through this pandemic. As you know, the market has completely bottomed out, worse than it did five or six years ago at the beginning of the recession. Albertans have faced a grueling recession, spent of all their savings to say afloat, are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic that has struck the globe

and are now once again dealing with the market crashing. I'm hoping you can shed some light or even be a beacon of hope for others that share the same fears that I do. Jessica, I think we all share these concerns about the incredibly damaging impact that is being placed on the people of Alberta and to some degree parts of Saskatchewan as well

because of the crash in oil prices and the continuing disputes between oil-producing countries on what they're going to do. You know, I watch Jason Kenney, who I've known for a long time try to handle stick handle these two huge crises you know hitting Alberta at the same time and it is it's tough going but I believe in the western spirit you know I spent the first 10

years of my career in Western Canada my dad worked for Peter Lougheed was in the government of Alberta for a good chunk of time and so I you know I will say I'm hopeful because I know the legacy of Albertans who have faced difficulty before and come out ahead of it. And I believe it will happen again. But I don't in any way sugarcoat the difficulties and challenges that are being faced by Albertans right now. Kathy Wills writes from Calgary. I've got an insider question I'm hoping you can answer.

I'm making a point after watching Justin Trudeau's daily updates. I'm waiting for him to blow a gasket any day now. The countless stupid questions the media asks make my own head explode on a daily basis. Do they come up with their own questions, or are the questions coming from some bonehead in the newsroom that they seem to have to answer to? All right.

Well, you won't be surprised if I take kind of a different approach on this question. First of all, the media is not a monolith, right? So different news organizations operate differently, and different news organizations at times have a different focus on the story of the day. And sometimes that's reflected in the kind of questions you hear asked. But let me just say this.

This is a difficult time for everybody. It's a difficult time mostly for you who are suffering through this with your friends and family. It's a difficult time for governments who are expected to protect the people. And it's a difficult time for the media because their job is pretty straightforward. It's gather information and present information that is credible, believable, that is truthful, while at the same time, press for accountability. Accountability is important here. People's lives are at stake.

Decisions have been made by governments, all of them, local, provincial, federal, ever since this story first started to break. And at some point, there will be an accounting of the decisions that were made. And at some times during these very days, those questions are legitimate. Sometimes they may not feel like they are. Sometimes they may not be. But that is a part of the media's job, is to seek accountability on the part of those who are making the decisions. But

I'll just say this. You have a decision every day about trusted news sources, who you believe in, who you trust, and you should keep that in mind. And you should stick to that. Jeffrey Oliver writes from St. John's, Newfoundland. I read a part of his letter the other day that was about seafarers and how we shouldn't forget them. And it was a great part. and I've had reaction to it,

including what the next letter that's coming up. But right now, Jeffrey, the main body of his letter the other day was actually about farmers. And he writes, regarding the farmers, the need for temporary foreign workers needed to pick and plant, perhaps the government can offer some sort of incentive for people who have lost their jobs due to the pandemic to go and work on these farms.

Perhaps part of the relief package the government is rolling out could be creating temporary pandemic jobs in sectors where they're needed, sort of a modern war effort. Actually, Geoffrey, the Prime Minister kind of hinted at that, especially as it related to students who are going to have problems getting summer jobs, that maybe they should think about being on the land, being on farms, being the temporary

foreign workers. Maybe that's an idea. Okay, Stefan Pete writes, and very rarely do I read a whole letter, and I, you know, heads up, this is going to be a long podcast today, because we're not even halfway through the letters. But you know what? It's a holiday weekend, so you have lots of time to listen to this. Stop and start. Stefan Pete writes, and I love this letter, I wanted to thank you and your listener from Newfoundland, that was Jeffrey Oliver, who we just heard from, for acknowledging seafarers on one of your recent podcasts.

I'm a quartermaster or wheelsman on board a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker called the Samuel Risley, and will be packing my bag shortly to head back to work next Wednesday for another month-long shift. We will be tasked with continuing to place navigation aids for the season along shipping lanes and navigation routes

in the Great Lakes, as well as standing by for search and rescue emergencies. This COVID crisis has certainly raised concerns for crew members set to travel across country by various modes of transport in order to join the ship. Our crew of up to 25 live in close confines where it's pretty tough to physically distance from one another. We eat together in a shared cruise mess, share washroom and laundry facilities, and some of us share accommodation cabins that are less than 10 feet by 10 feet. It's a tight squeeze and can make for a long shift. Friends of mine who work aboard private industry ships, bulk cargo carriers and tankers, tugs and barges, offshore resupply ships, exist in the same environment and work considerably longer shifts

anywhere from six weeks to three or four months, making it possible to move goods across the Great Lakes and out the St. Lawrence, or keeping offshore rigs running smoothly. Canada has a lot of coastline and a lot of vessels that ply their waters getting a job done. It's not just Canada, though. I recommend to you and my fellow listeners to check out a website called marinetraffic.com,

where you can see virtually almost every commercial ship around the globe. I did that, and I'm fascinated by it. It is like incredible. You wouldn't believe, you know, you may have seen the kind of air traffic ones where it shows you all the planes in the sky. Look at this. Look at marinetraffic.com. It'll blow your mind. The number of ships out there. And they're kind of, you know, they tell you there's oil tankers and there's cargo ships and there's pleasure craft and there's, you name it.

Passenger cruise liners. Not many of them out there right now, but there are a few. Anyway, you can zoom in and out of different parts of the world and see all this stuff. It is mind-boggling. Zoom into the Great Lakes to see who's sailing across your backyard, or zoom over to the English Channel or the South China Sea. I'm reading the letter again now.

I urge you to zoom way out and see the vast, almost unimaginable number of ships that are currently sailing the seas around the globe, moving goods and cargo. Many of these deep-sea cargo ships are foreign flagged and their crews are away from home for 10 months at a time or more with a little vacation time, if any. So that's most of Stefan Pete's note. And I think that gives you an even closer glimpse of the life of some of these men and women who work the sea. Stéphane works for the Canadian Coast Guard,

icebreaker. I've been on a few of those, been up through the Northwest Passage on the Louis S. Saint Laurent. I've been on others few of those, been up through the Northwest Passage on the Louis S. Saint Laurent. I've been on others, and I'm actually scheduled to be on one later this summer in August or September. I don't know whether that trip's going to take place.

I certainly hope it does, but it's for a documentary that I'm doing. Anyway, thank you, Stefan. Thank you, Stefan. David Oliver writes from Victoria, right now, takeout food employees are doing an important job helping people stay at home and maintaining physical distance. They should be getting bonuses, not struggling to be paid minimum wage. And that's as a result of that piece we did the other day on takeout food. And David, I don't disagree with you at all on that. Bill, I'm going to have trouble with your name here, and I'm sorry.

I will try it here. Chichara Hart from Grand Bend, Ontario. I love your daily podcast, but could you make them 30 minutes in duration because my daily sessions on my bike trainer are set for that time period. That's when I listen. Well, you have no problem today. We're just hitting the 30-minute mark right now. So push repeat because I may have another 30 here.

No, I don't think so. Maybe another 15 minutes. Lee Bennett from Clarenville, Newfoundland. I always say to our kids that the best thing you can ever give someone is your own time, no matter your financial abilities. Everyone has the same opportunity to give their time. You cannot put a price on that. It is priceless.

You're right, Lee. Good advice. Our friend Richard Sainer from Guelph writes, not to make a point of his own, but to flip me a kind of a, well, I guess it's a letter to a lot of people, from a doctor in Guelph, I guess mainly to her patients, Anne-Marie Zajdelik.

Once again, I apologize if I get that name wrong. She has a long letter about how she's making out, trying to deal with the crisis both in the hospital and in her clinic and dealing with her patients. I'm just going to read you a couple of lines. I phoned the next patient. She's lost her job and the restaurant she worked in will not likely reopen. She's a single mom, hunkering down in self-isolation, waiting it out. She just sounded so calm, so at peace. I asked her why. She reminded me that she came to Canada from a refugee camp in Rwanda, living through a genocide and an AIDS pandemic,

has actually given this woman the remarkable ability to weather the COVID-19 pandemic with minimal fear. I was humbled. Perspective brings peace. Yes, wouldn't that? Wouldn't that bring peace? Mary Claire Massacott from Port Alberni, B.C. Here's the part of her letter I found,

the most interesting to me. She's taken up yoga, and she searched the internet, first of all, to find something on YouTube that would show her what to do. It's been years since I've done anything like this. Every day I close the door to our den, move the coffee table out of the way, and spread out my yoga mat.

No one watches me, thank goodness, because I don't always get the moves right. But I'm sticking with it, and it's helping me get through this difficult time. There are more levels in the yoga program, so I plan to keep going with it. You go, girl. Mary Claire and yoga. Spencer Weber writes from Varna, Ontario. You know where that is, Varna?

Go towards Lake Huron, Bayfield, beautiful little town. If you're going, say, from Toronto or Stratford, you're going to Bayfield, you have to go through Varna. It's one of the last stops before you get to Bayfield. And Spencer's main concern is some of the kind of stuff we see on the media. I cannot imagine how frustrating it must be as a veteran journalist to compete with the amount of fake news people have presented to them in their feeds every morning. And I guess we're talking mainly about the social media feeds.

Listen, that is a problem. And it's a problem you can control. Because there's a lot of garbage on the internet. There's a lot of garbage on social media. And you have to decide who to trust. You have to source the material you're looking at. Where did it actually come from? If it came from the BBC or the New York Times or the CBC or CTV

or Globe and Mail or what have you, you can trust it. But if it comes from somewhere you've never heard of, I would move on. Bev Kamisky from Vancouver. This is more to this issue of how you're passing your time. One of my favorites is listening to the tunes of my teen years in the 60s, something I haven't done in years. Thank you, Spotify. Not only do I enjoy the memories, but I also know all the words,

so I get the added bonus of singing along. Isn't it amazing? Like, I'm a child of the 60s, too, and you do. You remember all the words. So I get the added bonus of singing along. Isn't it amazing? Like, I'm a child of the 60s too, and you do. You remember all the words. You may not have heard the song for 20, 30 years, but bang, it all comes back in a hurry. The reason for my email is this, Bev Comiskey writes. You mentioned at the end of the podcast

the ways you're trying to get your 4,000 steps in every day. I've always thought the number was so much higher, which I rarely reach since I retired. So, boy, did my ears perk up when I heard you say 4,000. Is there a reason for that number or is it just your personal goal? I'm thinking if it's good enough for Peter Mansbridge, it's good enough for me. 4,000 steps a day is the minimum that we should each be doing. It was in a piece I saw in the New York Times last week or the week before. 4,000 is just enough to get you started. You should go for more if you can.

5,000, 10,000. I'm up around 5,000 or 6,000 a day now since I restarted because I did nothing for three weeks. And it takes you a while to get back in gear. And so I'm happy to be doing that plus doing a little workout with some weights. But steps are good. The trick right now is trying to find a place to do it.

If you can get to a walk to a park or even walk around the block, great. If you're stuck in your condo and you can't get out of your building or you're stuck in your small backyard in a house, it can be a little trickier. And I woke up this morning and it snowed outside. I couldn't believe it snowed. I didn't want to take a chance of walking outside or ending up slipping and falling.

So I tried to do my steps in the house. That didn't work out very well. Got it started, but I'll finish outside because the snow's all gone now. Marcel Lemoyne. My wife has been cooking up a storm and will bring drop-off meals to a variety of family members in need. Good for you. Today, I'm going to have a virtual lunch meeting with a bunch of friends from Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Newfoundland on Zoom. We used to regularly meet for brunch when we all lived in the peg, Winnipeg, so it should be interesting. You'll love it. It's great. Listen, I know Zoom's been around for a while, but I think for most of us,

we'd never heard of it before a few weeks ago. And it's been great. It's amazing to be able to use that. How it doesn't crash, I'll never know, but because everybody must be using it, I can only imagine the pressure it'll be this weekend. Okay, Stephanie Keys writes from Comox on Vancouver Island. Hello from a high school social studies teacher in BC.

I've been listening to your podcast lately, and I wanted to thank you for sharing your thoughts these days. I'm reworking my online curriculum to dig into this global pandemic. Every podcast episode has given me ideas on subjects to explore, from the history and economy of farming in Canada to Canada having brave soldiers on the front line like in Vimy. It's inspiring for me to create some thoughtful lessons for my students. My goal is to not provoke more anxiety, but to help them feel hopeful and also grateful for those who are fighting this in numerous ways while we are safe at home. Good for you, Stephanie.

Stephanie's at the French Immersion School. Ecole Marc-Isfeld, secondary school in Comox. And as she said, she teaches social studies. Spencer Stinson. Not sure if Spencer says where he's writing from. I don't think so. He talks about how he's doing lots of exercising and his steps. But the thought I wanted to read from him is, one thing we do know so far is people with COVID-19

and underlying health problems are more at risk. So why not use this time to improve our health, which will also help us in potentially fighting off the disease if we are unfortunate to come in contact with it. Good point. That's why we should all be doing some exercise of some sort. All right. I think this is the last one.

It's from Nancy Fielding. Because I work for a grocery store, I'm not allowed to work if I present even a sign of any kind of symptom. As a result, I've isolated for 15 days now to shake a head cold. It was hard to adjust to at first, but an epiphany struck me that this time should be used to do all the things I've wanted to do but not had time for. So I've rediscovered my paper journal and started writing in that. I started writing on my online site as well. I've discovered new music, art, and yes, podcasts.

All have served to give me joy and stimulate my brain in ways that I'd never experienced when I was stuck in the daily work grind. When this is all over, my goal is to make time for all of this, in addition to my work life. We owe it to ourselves as humans and as residents of this planet to be kind, creative, sharing, and far more respectful of each other and this gift we've been given. You're right about that, Nancy. And it's a great point, and it's one we all can spend a little time thinking about this weekend because this will end. We don't know when, but it will end. We will be moving into a different kind of lifestyle

than we've perhaps ever had before. But we will see the end of this. We will see days that are safe. And one of the ways we change may be through the things that we've learned through this experience about ourselves, about each other, about our community, about how we treat each other, about how we feel about each other, about our community, about how we treat each other, about how we feel about each other. And these can be used as great positives.

And they can give us hope for a better world when this is all done. So spend a little time perhaps thinking about that this weekend. All right. Thank you so much for writing. You know, I got to tell you, every email that comes in kind of makes my day. Because I can tell that, you know, you're engaged by this.

You have your mind working. You are thinking about things. And I enjoy reading about it. And I enjoy having the opportunity to use some of the things you say on this once-a a week special podcast. So keep writing, themansbridgepodcast at gmail.com, themansbridgepodcast at gmail.com.

Have a great weekend. You know, stay focused. Stay healthy. Stay safe. I'm Peter Mansbridge. This has been the Bridge Daily. Have a great weekend. We'll talk to you Monday. Thank you.