Highlights so far:
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- Woke up at 7:57 am. Alarm messed up.
- Called at 8:01 am. Do not come to work but stand by in case needed by my boss the City to man a phone or something.
- Watched private golf course across street water fairways 8:01 am to present.
- Watched Howie Mandel on Regis and Kelly for 2 minutes. Considered why blackout such a bad thing.
- Co-worker calls to say he is heading out to the cottage and planned supper off. Noticed lack of invite. Then again I can’t stand me for three days.
- 11:00 am listened to Mel Lastman, Mayor of Toronto, talk of difficulties Toronto had faced. Noticed similarity to recent interview of Keith Richards discussing difficulties Toronto had faced.
- Following good Toronto coverage from The Flea.
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My plan for the afternoon is a search for a box of chilly clinky ales, conserving energy – not just the grid’s… my own, switch back and forth between local Canadian and US radio stations to follow the game of “blame the other’s electrical infrastructure” ping-pong.
Later: No power from 3:30 to about 8:00 pm. Molson Stock Ale plus wedge of lemon = Molrona. Clear night so heat should clear down here by the lake. Had a picnic supper in the park. Big waves crashing in from the heart of the big pond to the south west. Stick some dulse up my nose and it could be Lunenburg.
[…original comments…]
Humblebub – August 15, 2003 3:14 PM
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We in parasise feel for you.
Humblebub – August 15, 2003 3:14 PM
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make that paradise
Wayne – August 15, 2003 4:46 PM
Suggest you do the only sensable thing…walk across the street w/clubs. Tip…leave the 2-iron home.
Alan – August 15, 2003 9:24 PM
How are the mosquitos, Craig? Heard from a visitor to Mount Stewart this week that that paradise has to be viewed through glass.
Matthew – August 16, 2003 2:38 AM
Was wondering where they were keeping Lastman locked up. I expected to see his mug all over CBC, but I got to watch monkey-man Ernie Eves instead. How long until he gets voted out?
Humblebub – August 16, 2003 7:18 AM
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Hard to tell Al, the only ones I am seeing are splattered against the windscreen of the old BMW. They can’t do much. 🙂
Actually, they are not bad. Very ugly in June, but since then they have all headed for Crowbush to feed of the tourists and well-heeled golfers. Looks good on ’em.
Alan – August 16, 2003 10:41 AM
I think this situation is the nail in the coffin of the Tories. They do not understand how to run utilities. Walkerton showed they are incompetent in relation to inspection and this in terms of infrastructure renewal. Classic Tories. Maggie Thatcher almost got me in the Kings Cross fire – I was up the exploding stairwell 15 minutes before it went. She had cut back the cleaners and it was garbage underneath that started the fire. If they can’t keep up with these things and are deficit spenders (other than the well oiled Klein) why do they get votes?