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Don’t park in the bike lane, don’t slow-roll your car at me when I’m crossing the street
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December 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Oh … and one more … a couple of years ago we were in Belgium
Rail fare to go anywhere in the country was 6€
Rail fare to go anywhere in the country was 6€
December 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Oh … and one more … a couple of years ago we were in Belgium
Rail fare to go anywhere in the country was 6€
Rail fare to go anywhere in the country was 6€
But … to your oblique point … i can say with certainty that the rain in Spain does *not* fall mainly on the plain
December 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
But … to your oblique point … i can say with certainty that the rain in Spain does *not* fall mainly on the plain
Four levels of train service:
- local (i.e. subways)
- regional (quite extensive, i.e. you can take regional trains from Barcelona all the way into France) - Rodalies
- high speed (300 kph)
Clean, reliable and relatively inexpensive (especially compared to driving) - Renfe
- Regular trains - Renfe
- local (i.e. subways)
- regional (quite extensive, i.e. you can take regional trains from Barcelona all the way into France) - Rodalies
- high speed (300 kph)
Clean, reliable and relatively inexpensive (especially compared to driving) - Renfe
- Regular trains - Renfe
i.you
December 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Four levels of train service:
- local (i.e. subways)
- regional (quite extensive, i.e. you can take regional trains from Barcelona all the way into France) - Rodalies
- high speed (300 kph)
Clean, reliable and relatively inexpensive (especially compared to driving) - Renfe
- Regular trains - Renfe
- local (i.e. subways)
- regional (quite extensive, i.e. you can take regional trains from Barcelona all the way into France) - Rodalies
- high speed (300 kph)
Clean, reliable and relatively inexpensive (especially compared to driving) - Renfe
- Regular trains - Renfe
Actually, it’d be *two* inheritances
December 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Actually, it’d be *two* inheritances
So just under $300 m for the project … would it be fair to say the city is looking for 1/3 - 1/3 - 1/3 split with senior levels of government?
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
So just under $300 m for the project … would it be fair to say the city is looking for 1/3 - 1/3 - 1/3 split with senior levels of government?
Precisely
My standard response to anyone down there that say “ … but that’s not who we are … “ is DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT THEN
My standard response to anyone down there that say “ … but that’s not who we are … “ is DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT THEN
December 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Precisely
My standard response to anyone down there that say “ … but that’s not who we are … “ is DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT THEN
My standard response to anyone down there that say “ … but that’s not who we are … “ is DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT THEN
Same same
I’ve found that if I get stuck on a level, I just keep beating my head against it until the AI agent decides I’ve suffered enough and starts dropping useful resources into the game board
I’ve found that if I get stuck on a level, I just keep beating my head against it until the AI agent decides I’ve suffered enough and starts dropping useful resources into the game board
December 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Same same
I’ve found that if I get stuck on a level, I just keep beating my head against it until the AI agent decides I’ve suffered enough and starts dropping useful resources into the game board
I’ve found that if I get stuck on a level, I just keep beating my head against it until the AI agent decides I’ve suffered enough and starts dropping useful resources into the game board
You probably don’t want to hear me tell you about rail service in Spain
December 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
You probably don’t want to hear me tell you about rail service in Spain
That’s an oddly specific number of reported potholes fixed - quite uncharacteristic of the usual smoke and mirrors that usually comes out of #OttCity
December 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
That’s an oddly specific number of reported potholes fixed - quite uncharacteristic of the usual smoke and mirrors that usually comes out of #OttCity
Need a very stiff wind to blow through the #OttCity bureaucracy
As I’ve said elsewhere, there are three things sorely lacking:
- transparency;
- accountability; and
- sustainability
As I’ve said elsewhere, there are three things sorely lacking:
- transparency;
- accountability; and
- sustainability
December 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Need a very stiff wind to blow through the #OttCity bureaucracy
As I’ve said elsewhere, there are three things sorely lacking:
- transparency;
- accountability; and
- sustainability
As I’ve said elsewhere, there are three things sorely lacking:
- transparency;
- accountability; and
- sustainability
Three words that describing things, currently sorely missing from the #OttCity vocabulary, that need to be restored
- transparency;
- accountability; and
- sustainability
- transparency;
- accountability; and
- sustainability
December 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Three words that describing things, currently sorely missing from the #OttCity vocabulary, that need to be restored
- transparency;
- accountability; and
- sustainability
- transparency;
- accountability; and
- sustainability
You’re sharp today!
People walking on the streets near our place this morning
People walking on the streets near our place this morning
December 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
You’re sharp today!
People walking on the streets near our place this morning
People walking on the streets near our place this morning
You’d like to think so …
December 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
You’d like to think so …
Funny how he buried the lead in tooting his own horn … seems to me that Baseline BRT would be the most impactful of the lot
December 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Funny how he buried the lead in tooting his own horn … seems to me that Baseline BRT would be the most impactful of the lot
I admire your self-restraint
Totally unrelated - I often walk with my keys in my hand
Totally unrelated - I often walk with my keys in my hand
December 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I admire your self-restraint
Totally unrelated - I often walk with my keys in my hand
Totally unrelated - I often walk with my keys in my hand
Doesn’t help much when there are so many residential parking permits
I predict that by early next week, Somerset east of Elgin will be nigh-on impassable
I predict that by early next week, Somerset east of Elgin will be nigh-on impassable
December 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Doesn’t help much when there are so many residential parking permits
I predict that by early next week, Somerset east of Elgin will be nigh-on impassable
I predict that by early next week, Somerset east of Elgin will be nigh-on impassable
We still owe each other coffee 😉
December 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
We still owe each other coffee 😉
You ought to wander a bit further east of #Elgin, into the residential areas of Centretown
Sidewalk plows come through … and later, the street is plowed, leaving giant windrows at each street crossing … which then evolve into giant slush messes and become impassable for nearly everyone
Sidewalk plows come through … and later, the street is plowed, leaving giant windrows at each street crossing … which then evolve into giant slush messes and become impassable for nearly everyone
December 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
You ought to wander a bit further east of #Elgin, into the residential areas of Centretown
Sidewalk plows come through … and later, the street is plowed, leaving giant windrows at each street crossing … which then evolve into giant slush messes and become impassable for nearly everyone
Sidewalk plows come through … and later, the street is plowed, leaving giant windrows at each street crossing … which then evolve into giant slush messes and become impassable for nearly everyone
Thereby *guaranteeing* to get the position permanently
December 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Thereby *guaranteeing* to get the position permanently
Were two elections away from being sat with the candidate that knows how to *spell* “transit”
December 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Were two elections away from being sat with the candidate that knows how to *spell* “transit”
If I had their money I could throw my money away
December 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If I had their money I could throw my money away