Category: Ottawa
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The things that make a happy.
Random walks that result in much picture taking. And the accompanying road trip. Life is good. Cheering up Trish? Much better.
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In which summer punches me in the face. Ow.
I swear, I didn’t do all that much outdoors today, simply because within 5 minutes of me being out there, I start to feel like I spent the last hour at the gym–except without the good feeling of having worked out. I had to make a real quick run to … Read the rest
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Finally, OC Transpo goes completely accessible. Sort of.
On Tuesday, after much, much too long, OC Transpo finally grew a set and retired its high-floor buses, replacing them with their low-floor equivalents. Awesome news for anyone with mobility issues who had a hell of a time boarding the older models–I have no trouble with this whole walking … Read the rest
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So much for fair play. Thanks, Ontario soccer league.
Remember when you were always being nagged at to play by the rules or you’d wind up watching instead? Anyone? There are 10 girls on one local soccer team who won’t be getting that lesson–and 10 more who probably wouldn’t mind if they did. After using a player during the … Read the rest
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Capital Taxi just gained and lost my business in the span of a week. Good job, boys.
Capital Taxi, a local company here in Ottawa, came recommended from a few folks we know around these parts shortly after we moved up here. I suspect those folks will be reconsidering their choice after the events of the last week. It all started on Tuesday, when a local blind … Read the rest
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Things I missed about Ottawa number 4597: visiting Pembroke.
I always said Pembroke was the kind of place I loved to visit, but wouldn’t want to live there. Having lived here several times and visited several more, every time I switch I become more and more convinced of that. Which is another of the reasons I’m in love with … Read the rest
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Why they should never let me near Ottawa. But they did.
Every time I come to Ottawa, whether it’s to live or visit, I always have this wicked huge list of things to do. And almost always, within the first week or two, I end up making a sizeable dent in that list. Which is exactly why it is they should … Read the rest
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OC Transpo flips off the community, doesn’t want you to actually find your bus.
Now this is new. Apparently, an Algonquin College student came up with a mobile application, available at whereismybus.ca, that uses GPS data to determine in realtime where your particular bus is. That data was apparently publicly available from OC Transpo. Was, at least, until a few days after the application … Read the rest
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In which James seriously needs to stop failing at this blogging thing.
It just randomly occured to me, as I was plowing through various things that have been piling up while life was busy throwing us curve balls, it’s been exactly, as in to the day, two weeks since I’ve actually posted anything up here. And probably longer than that since the … Read the rest
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OC Transpo is playing around with reverse economics again.
For the fourth year in a row, OC Transpo, better known as that thing what used to get me to work anywhere from 10 minutes early to 15 minutes late, has decided to increase fares. The reason? According to the current chair of the OC Transpo commission, low ridership … Read the rest