Oh Island
Oh Island you sway me with your solitude
and you slay me with your certitude
Your soft and red coasts
Your rolling greens and lullaby breeze
Oh Island
Oh Island you play to my heart
Regular dad was crack WWII code breaker
To his four kids, he was a regular dad with some irregular talents. Cliff Stewart could fix the family toaster in a blink. Radios, television sets, family cars — anything with wires that went on the fritz, and out came the tools.
“His ability to solve problems — his technical skills — he could always figure something out and make it work. He could literally fix anything,” said Tom Stewart, his eldest son.
To his family, Cliff Stewart was Dad, the super-whiz. But to his World War II comrades, Cliff Stewart was something else. Behind the extraordinary technical talents around the house was an extraordinary secret, a tale of intrigue and espionage that featured Mr. Stewart at the centre of it as a super spy and code breaker.
It was an occupation he never, ever, spoke about, not until the last years of a long life that ended when Mr. Stewart passed away at his home in suburban Charlottetown last weekend. He was 91.
Mr. Stewart’s spent time at Camp X, a top-secret training facility in southern Ontario where he honed his craft with budding assassins, demolitions experts, frogmen, forgers, a man called Intrepid and Ian Fleming, a British naval intelligence trainee and future author of the James Bond books.
Now they’ll know that we produce master code breakers like they come out of a factory.
Shucks.
I am so guilty of this.
Sorry People of Ontario/World.
There is only one island to be referenced to as The Island.
Straight from the horse’s (cow’s?) mouth:
“Ever wonder why COWS super premium ice cream tastes so good? Here are the answers! We hope you enjoy.”
One has to assume that Cows is best in the world for a reason, yeah? This video adds to the list. Oh, and there’s only a handful of locations in Canada (7), and since it’s made on PEI, you best come and visit.
Solid video, gentlemen.
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