Month: July 2018

Here’s the oddity of the whole argument of car versus bicycle: when you’re on a bike you hate all cars, and when you’re driving a car you hate all bikes.

Simple…

But I use the word “hate” here to freely.  It’s not really a love-hate thing.  It’s a human thing.  Like get out of my way thing.  I matter you don’t thing.

But ponder this – yesterday I’m tooling around on the Elby (that’s the bike),  approaching one of those cross streets used to make time in the neighborhood and

 

 

 

BAM!   Close, but no major collision.

In this case it was a car coming from my right that did a rolling stop…talk about OXYMORONIC.

My finger was up as one hand squished the brakes (rear thank goodness) and after some Kneviling there was no collision.

MONDAY – this morning, bright eyed and bushied something (who ever came up with bushy tailed anyway?) I head to the office at my usual hour which I can’t divulge here and pull up to the STOP SIGN on Kipling.

BAM!   Another close one!  But this time it’s a PEDESTRIAN with their face nearly glued to my passenger door.

WTF???

I was turning right, signaled, stopped, thought I did everything correctly.  Just like I had 5,000 times before.

and here was my bumper in line with the STOP SIGN…

But now 4 feet PAST the sidewalk.   Where this person was walking.  From my RIGHT.  But I looked left.

So here I am confessing my sins, realizing that I am as guilty as the next guy, like the bike courier running lights is just as guilty, as the pedestrian (not the one I didn’t hit) is for jaywalking.

So I can’t point any fingers.

And the MORAL of the story????

LOOK BOTH WAYS!

My grandma was right all these years!

No, it’s really about thinking, using your brain, and a little bit of common courtesy.

A quick aside from the Bicycle Thief story. (no – it hasn’t been stolen)

With the NAFTA agreement on hold until November, the Tariff wars will be on-going for several months like a ping pong tournament played blind folded. I’m certain there will be goods and raw materials added as we go. They do aluminum, we do ketchup. They do steel, we do maple syrup.

But some of the proposed tariffs are based on the actual size of the goods or package sold in (small is bad).

So does it effect you? Much?

You can expect at least 10 cents more on every aerosol can you buy, probably most of the small packaged goods, and anything with some degree of metal.

Tin Cats aren’t made of Tin you know!

If you’re smart and realize most of these new charges will never go away, you might want to add another $$$$ to cover your costs.

It’s even more surprising that Trump hasn’t reacted to our planned subsidized offering for Canadian companies…up to $2 billion!!!!

UNFAIR UNFAIR CANADA IS CHEATING!