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Alan T Perry
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Priest in the Anglican Church of Canada. Canon lawyer. Amateur photographer, traveller. Views my own.
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Surf's up, Santa.
Santa Claus, holding a present in his left arm, making a shaka sing with his left hand. Carring a surf board under his right arm. Wearing sunglasses, open jacket, short trousers, flip-flops.
November 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Saturday morning view
A tall apartment building in Hong Kong, with 4 or 5 apartment buildings in the background to the left, and some kind of municipal building to the right. On the left beside the tall building are two white rows of low housing forming an angle pointing left. In front of those is a large white elevated circular bridge. Mountains in the background closer on the right an much farther toward the left. The sky is mostly cloudy with a few blue patches.
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Saw the same plane this morning. We waited for it to leave, so now it had to wait for us to arrive. Fair.
An aeroplane waiting at the gate.
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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This afternoon's ride
An aeroplane waiting at the gate.
November 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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This morning's ride.
An aeroplane waiting at the gate.
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Hmmm. Interesting serving suggestion for vegan crackers. 🤔
A photo of a section of a box of crackers. Brown background with images of a few heads of wheat extending above the pictured cracker. Text says (in English and French) that the crackers are GMO free and vegan. There is a photo of a cracker with the legend "serving suggestion". The cracker appears to have some sort of cream cheese spread on it, and on top of that a slice of prosciutto, a wedge of fig, and a couple of sprigs of green vegetable. Overall, a nice enough food photo, and attractive presentation, but prosciutto and possibly cheese on a vegan cracker?
November 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Do companies not proofread their packaging?

Exhibit 2 of 2
Cooking instructions on a package of bulgur. French first then English. French reads (sic) Mode de cuisson: Bring to a boil 2 cups of water, 1 tbsp of salt and 1 tbsp of vegetable oils. Add 1 cup of bulgur, remove from heat and let stand 30 minutes. English reads Cooking Instructions: (then the rest identical to the "French" version.) I.e. the French version is correctly labeled in French, but the actual instructions that follow are in English. There is a pictogram version between the French and English texts.
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Do companies not proofread their packaging?

Exhibit 1 of 2
Package of feta cheese reading (sic) Feta cheese preserves better when fully Feta cheese preserves better when fully submerged in brine. To make more brine: Dissolve 2 teaspoons of salt in 1 cup of cold water and pour over remaining feta cheese and cover.
October 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Sign at a station of the Alleged Eglinton Crosstown LRT line.

I'm no expert, but wouldn't "out of service" imply it's actually been *in* service at some point?

#EglintonCrosstown
An electronic sign board that says "Out of service"
October 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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One of those mythical electric buses in the wild.

Fun fact: I've seen these from time to time on the streets of Toronto over the last 5 years, but only just rode one for the first time this week.
Photo of an electric bus in Toronto, waiting at the station.
October 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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"Danger due to"

*waves hands at the general situation*
A sign saying "Danger due to" but not completed with the nature of the danger.
September 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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This morning's ride.
An aeroplane waiting at the gate, with sun rise to the right. The words "Star Alliance" are on the side of the plane.
August 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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A cafe in an actual belfry. Why not?

I would give them a ringing endorsement.
A very large bell in a belfry with a yellow neon sign in the background reading "Belfry Cafe".
August 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Tonight's ride.
August 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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This evening's ride.

Fun fact: the same aircraft I was on a week ago.
An Air Canada plane at the gate.
August 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Sake o'clock.
A wine glass of sake in front of a green background. In the foreground is a pair of wooden chopsticks.
August 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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This afternoon's ride.
Haruka Express train. A white train with Hello Kitty and colorful flowers painted on it.
August 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Well we did do a tasting at a sake museum this afternoon, but no photos allowed inside.
Gekkeiken Okura sake museum entrance.
August 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Sake o'clock.
A very tall bottle of sake beside a very full glass. The glass is in a black box with gold Japanese writing.
August 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Monument to Thomas Edison. Who knew he had a Japanese connection?
Memorial to Thomas Edison, a low wall with a cameo of him in the centre, his name and dates on the right and a quote on the left: "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." Another, smaller wall in the foreground inscribed in Japanese.
August 1, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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Another day, another temple.
Iwashimizu Hachiman-gu Shrine, a Shinto shrine withe a red entrance gate with a rounded roof rather than straight peak.
August 1, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Today's ride.
Gold coloured cable train.
August 1, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Yesterday's ride.
The Sagano Romantic train, a vintage train yellow on the bottom, red on top.
August 1, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Today's ride.
A Randen train arriving at the station in Kyoto.
July 31, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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This garden rocks.
A zen rock garden, showing two rocks looking rather like islands in a sea of white pebbles.
July 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM