Sorry for your loss Mike. We've had to help a few over The Rainbow Bridge over the years and it's never easy. I'll give our Australian Cattle Dog/Blue Heeler an extra pat from you today!
Happy Birthday and have a good trip up to the Great White North although there won't be any snow in the Maritime Provinces at this time of year. Look out for rogue icebergs though 'cus there might still be a couple of those around (we don't want a repeat of the Titanic)!
One of the biggest 'nails down the blackboard' mispronunciations for me is Americans who use 'axe' instead of 'ask'!
Come on people it's really not that difficult!
Here in my city in SW Ontario, Canada we currently pay $1.25 CAD per litre for gasoline/petrol (but it can vary daily) which works out to $1.39 AUD per litre (I don't know if that's good or bad).
We usually buy Folgers filter coffee when it is on sale and that costs $15.00 CAD for a 816 gm drum so ...