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Trains may break, but people can’t be put back together so easily

Posted on Tuesday, 2007-Aug-28th by ralph

Last post here, I was witness to a C-train malfunction causing mayhem with the system. This time it was people breaking that leads to posting. Perhaps this will be a trend – every time I have a C-train story I … Continue reading →

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Glenmore Construction goodness

Posted on Saturday, 2007-Jun-23rd by ralph

I’ve been watching on the web cam at Glenmore and 14th on and off today as they build the last bit of road to switch the traffic over to the new lanes: Should’ve taken more captures. Oh well. It is … Continue reading →

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My Train Broke

Posted on Thursday, 2007-Jun-7th by ralph

So there I was on the 5ish pm train going “WTF? why are there so many people on this train?” We were packed in like sardines, which doesn’t tend to happen so much in the summer. Thinking on it, I … Continue reading →

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Traffic jams you won’t see in Calgary

Posted on Thursday, 2007-May-24th by ralph

Exploding whale stops traffic in Tainan, Taiwan Well, there is only so bad that traffic can get in Calgary. At least we don’t have to contend with whales in transport exploding on the Deerfoot. Although the concrete truck I saw … Continue reading →

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Oh what a site nature and man hath wrought

Posted on Sunday, 2007-May-20th by ralph

Every once in a while I see something from the window of my house that make me run and and get a camera. I had stepped out onto my deck to take a look at the colors of the setting … Continue reading →

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Now that’s photo irony

Posted on Thursday, 2007-May-17th by ralph

So I suddenly find my self being asked permission to use my photos on some small media site, (nowpublic.com) in an article about a grandmother who was legally strong-armed by Syncrude to pull photos she had taken. I decided to … Continue reading →

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Calgary the Cosmopolitan City

Posted on Tuesday, 2007-May-15th by ralph

Since I’m posting this rant on Flickr’s discussion boards, I’ll blog it as well, cuz, well, it’s too good not to blog as well. — Personally, I want the “cosmopolitan” character we have now with about half the people. I’m … Continue reading →

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Dirty Blonde + Halloween brew = goodness

Posted on Monday, 2007-May-14th by ralph

I remember when Melvin/Bug/Zarq brewed “Hi Honey I’m Drunk” and “Black Hole Brew”. Individually, they had serious flaws (sickly sweet and bitter beer face bitter) but together, they were something fantastical. Well, I have discovered my own version thereof. My … Continue reading →

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Dirty Blonde dissapoints

Posted on Tuesday, 2007-Apr-17th by ralph

My current home brew I have just started drinking dubbed “Dirty Blonde” has been a bit of a disappointment. It comes off with a strong lemon flavor, finishing on a grapefruit note, minimal hop flavor. The left over yeast has … Continue reading →

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A Tail of Two Cities

Posted on Friday, 2007-Apr-13th by ralph

Okay, this isn’t exactly about two “cities”, Fort Saskatchewan (hens forth, “The Fort” as the locals like to abbreviate) is not exactly a city, but close enough when talking about “small cities” (15K as of 2006) compared to Sarnia, of … Continue reading →

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