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February 14, 2004

Vancouver Rain

Rain on the Windshield

There’s nothing quite like waiting in the Tim Horton’s drive through line on a rainy Vancouver morning.

Posted by skooter at 9:23 AM | Comments (0) This entry is filed under Vancouver.
Tags: Rain, Tim Hortons

February 10, 2004

Vancouver is not Toronto


In the span of about 4 hours today, I watched an Eagle circle over the Burrard Inlet from the top window of this house, got on the SeaBus for a ferry trip downtown, caught a helicopter taking off about ten 100 feet away, took the SeaBus home through a stunning sunset and then went out for an after dark mountain bike ride with no gloves on.

But I understand why some people think Toronto is better
Really, I do.
Honestly.
I mean it.
Seriously.

Posted by skooter at 10:14 AM | Comments (0) This entry is filed under Vancouver.

February 9, 2004

Cops Don’t All Eat Doughnuts, But They All Drink Coffee

Bean Around the World at 20th & Main attracts an interesting crowd of folks;most notably a fairly regular crowd of cops.

The parking lot, as a result, tends to take on a fairly interesting look: as an example, the Volvo parked in between 3 police cars (one of them containing Spiker, one of the Vancouver Police’s four legged finest; I don’t know what the car theft rate here is, but I’m betting its below the national average.

Posted by skooter at 10:15 AM | Comments (0) This entry is filed under Inanities.
Tags: Coffee, Police

February 2, 2004

Offshore Banking, Martin Style

Paul Martin's Sheila Ann

That boat out there—-although its hard to tell—is the Sheila Ann parked in the Burrard Inlet on January 29th; the Sheila Ann is owned by a little company called Canada Steamship Lines which is (sorry…was) owned by a guy named Paul Martin who is now your Prime Minister. Seemed to be riding a little low in the water: I wonder how much space $160 million dollars might occupy?

Posted by skooter at 10:16 AM | Comments (0) This entry is filed under Politics.
Tags: Boats, Liberals, Paul Martin, Politics, Vancouver

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