Franco-folly
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Friday, November 25, 2005
Lost hiker
Help. Apparently Mr. Summithiker has forgotten his password.
Must be the lack of oxygen at that altitude.
Anyone have any good guesses for what his password is?
Must be the lack of oxygen at that altitude.
Anyone have any good guesses for what his password is?
Bah humbug
So the thing with living in the Plateau is that parking is a pain in the ass.
Most people that have cars park on the street with a street permit and have to move their cars every few days.
It's become part of our routine.
So Monday afternoon around 1:00 pm I went to Waverly street (one street away from us) to move the car and moved it to an area where parking is prohibited on Mondays and Thursdays 9:30am- 11:30 am. Fine.
Fast forward to Thursday morning when I go out at 9:00 am to go move our car to the other side of the street. Lo and behold my car is surrounded by trucks and various heavy equipment and a small crew of guys working on a 1 m x 1m portion of the sidewalk right next to our car. Crud. Construction foreman comes up to me and berates me in French. (I can only really tell he's berating me by his facial expression and not through any real understanding of the French that is pouring out of his mouth.)
This seems to happen once every year where they come and put up a temporary "no parking sign" AFTER I've parked and locked myself in at home. Apparently I need to get out of the house more. Every year, 52 bucks poorer, I swear to get rid the car that we only use to hustle back and forth from one side of the street to the other. Last year they towed our car and left it on a street 10 blocks away. Another interesting Montreal phenomenon- they don't tow you to a lot- they just find an empty spot somewhere in your neighbourhood and move it there for you.
ps. I just read in the paper that street permits are doubling in price as are parking meter prices. I'm thinking of moving to Ontario.
Most people that have cars park on the street with a street permit and have to move their cars every few days.
It's become part of our routine.
So Monday afternoon around 1:00 pm I went to Waverly street (one street away from us) to move the car and moved it to an area where parking is prohibited on Mondays and Thursdays 9:30am- 11:30 am. Fine.
Fast forward to Thursday morning when I go out at 9:00 am to go move our car to the other side of the street. Lo and behold my car is surrounded by trucks and various heavy equipment and a small crew of guys working on a 1 m x 1m portion of the sidewalk right next to our car. Crud. Construction foreman comes up to me and berates me in French. (I can only really tell he's berating me by his facial expression and not through any real understanding of the French that is pouring out of his mouth.)
This seems to happen once every year where they come and put up a temporary "no parking sign" AFTER I've parked and locked myself in at home. Apparently I need to get out of the house more. Every year, 52 bucks poorer, I swear to get rid the car that we only use to hustle back and forth from one side of the street to the other. Last year they towed our car and left it on a street 10 blocks away. Another interesting Montreal phenomenon- they don't tow you to a lot- they just find an empty spot somewhere in your neighbourhood and move it there for you.
ps. I just read in the paper that street permits are doubling in price as are parking meter prices. I'm thinking of moving to Ontario.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Contagion
Thing with mail filters is that sometimes we don't get the memo.
Welcome to the fold. For all things East of St. Denis go to
http://heavybassoon.blogspot.com/
Welcome to the fold. For all things East of St. Denis go to
http://heavybassoon.blogspot.com/
Sunday, November 20, 2005
Welcome to the new kid on the block
http://www.gtakoidies.blogspot.com/
btw-" Jo-jo," Flickr has been giving me fits for a month now. Welcome to my world.
btw-" Jo-jo," Flickr has been giving me fits for a month now. Welcome to my world.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
quality time
A Saturday night tradition- training LL to sit through 6 hours of double-header of hockey
thanksgiving 2005 009
This is a photo (courtesy Stephane) from Sarah and Stephane's thanksgiving dinner last month. Stan, Walter and LL.
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Thanks!
We're all moved back in now - Thanks for helping us paint up the place, Sarah and Stephane!
And of course thanks to Alison, Sarah, Stephane, Marieke and Francois for letting us stay with you for the past weeks!
I think that's it for renos....hmmmm......although............ that kitchen could use a little updating....
And of course thanks to Alison, Sarah, Stephane, Marieke and Francois for letting us stay with you for the past weeks!
I think that's it for renos....hmmmm......although............ that kitchen could use a little updating....
Monday, November 07, 2005
i'll call you back my dad is eating my head
| can't wait to see the bill for this call |  i'll call you back my dad is eating my head Originally uploaded by architect. |
same seat different house
| View from Ali's house is pretty good too |  same seat different house Originally uploaded by architect. |
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
WTF
Ok- so all of a sudden I can't post pictures onto my blog from flickr. Anyone else having problems?
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