From: johnturmel@gmail.com   
      
   TURMEL: Serendipitous Save on David Oldham Permit Screw-Up   
      
   Health Canada Director Lessard told Federal Court in 2013"   
   "MMAR approved permits in under 4 weeks, renewals far less."   
   David Oldham applied and waited 4 weeks.   
      
   On Thursday June 28, he filed a Motion for interim relief   
   with waiting 4 weeks for his permit being too long.   
      
   On Friday June 29, Judge Brown nixed the motion given the   
   "short time."   
      
   On Tuesday July 3, I see a Facebook posting from David   
   mentioning how his motion had already been rejected "given   
   the short time."   
      
   A while back, Gustav Beland had filed a motion after 4.5   
   weeks and the judge had said the same thing. But before   
   Gustav could file a Letter asking the Court to find out a)   
   how long it takes, b) how many ahead of him, c) how long it   
   would take, Health Canada got his permit to him to mooten   
   any need to ask. And our chance to ask.   
      
   Now, with the judge saying 4 weeks is too short, I get   
   exactly the same chance for David, to ask how long is too   
   long.   
      
   But if they worked as fast as they did for Jeff Harris's   
   June 29 judgment, Director Michael McGuire would have mailed   
   David's permit out that evening to pull a Gustav by Tuesday.   
   But Jeff got his permit on Tuesday while David did not. I   
   saw David's post on Tuesday Facebook saying it had already   
   been dismissed but it didn't click what was at stake. I was   
   so busy chortling about having slipped Jeff's new motion in   
   under the wire before his permit had reached him that I   
   didn't notice another same play. So the earliest possible   
   delivery was Wednesday July 4.   
      
   By Wednesday, I'd realized that they might be pulling a   
   Gustav on David and I had missed my chance if it arrived   
   today. I'd have missed my second chance to find out how long   
   is too long if he got his permit.   
      
   But it wasn't in Wednesday's mail!!   
      
   Imagine the Great Canadian Gambler, the TajProfessor, being   
   caught smug about winning the Harris pot while dropping the   
   second one?   
      
   So Thursday July 5 David filed his letter asking the judge   
   how long is too long? when he should try again? And then   
   called Health Canada for a status report and was told it had   
   been issued and couriered to him on Tuesday July 3!   
      
   So why didn't it arrive on Wednesday? Why was it still in   
   the mail?   
      
   They had addressed it to his old address, not his new one!   
   and had to re-post it with a new Tracking Number! It's not   
   there yet but should be tomorrow.   
      
   I say I'm the best player in the world and Jeff's "under the   
   wire" wouldn't have been such fun if I'd missed David's. But   
   for serendipity to allow their screw-up to cancel my screw-   
   up in not reacting quicker.   
      
   Look at it from a professional gambler's point of view. I   
   could have raised the stakes but gave them a chance to scoop   
   the pot for free. I did not react as fast as necessary and   
   that other skilled player had me beaten... acted quicker   
   than I did.   
      
   Except I got lucky! A glitch on their end!! But I didn't   
   miss the next chance.   
      
   Quite the wild hand. And the pot (questions) still pending.   
   I almost let them pull a Gustav on him. But for incredible   
   luck, we now know it would have arrived Wednesday and been a   
   second Gustav!!!   
      
   Even the Great Canadian Gambler, TajProfessor can miss a   
   move! But neat how fate intervened to stop the mail reaching   
   David before I could recoup! Great story should be told. I   
   can fuck up too and I almost got laughed at for missing a   
   play I was chortling I'd used the day before with Jeff.   
   Saved from quite the embarrassment. With the questions still   
   in play.   
      
   DO: John, I'm calling CBC right now and letting them know   
   that a Turmel Kit saved my life.   
      
   Yes, beating his permit out of them in record-setting 5-   
   weeks time has to be some of the greatest fun David's ever   
   had. Shows that even losing a Turmel-Kit move can get their   
   attention and pay off!!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)