A ringing endorsement
A very heartfelt thank-you to the person who found my wedding ring at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre and turned it in. I lost it while at the VAC gym while my usual haunt, the West End Community Centre, was closed for maintenance.
And another thank-you to the Parks Board and VAC staff for their efforts. The week after I lost the ring the VAC closed for several weeks of maintenance and I was unable to check if someone turned it in. The Parks Board folks got in touch with the VAC who contacted me that they had a ring – it was mine. Great to know that everyone was so diligent, helpful and kind!
–Ken Cado
Dear Cyclists…
If you people are so tough that when confronted for riding on the sidewalk you can swear at me, give me the finger, spit at me, threaten to fight me, or tell me you're an off duty cop in an attempt to intimidate me, then you're tough enough to ride on the street, like the law states.
Methinks the reason for your sidewalk riding is threefold: one, you suck at cycling, two, you're all a bunch of wimps, and three, you're self-absorbed, pompous, entitled pricks.
I don't enjoy being clipped by you idiots, and I'd love to know why you can't ride on the street, beyond the classic "cars are scary" excuse.
Pedestrians, if you see a sidewalk rider, call them out on it, instead of blandly accepting it.
–Sidewalker, Texas Sideranger.
TMI!!
RE: “The only six items you need in your travel bag,” July 21, 2016.
I am writing as I am well, disgusted by a recent article read in your newspaper. As I quote the writer in the above mentioned article: "For our next trip, we’ll wear and pack knickers from travel brand ExOfficio. They’re comfy and can be washed and dried in your hotel bathroom. Wear them while you shower, squeeze them in a towel, and hang them up. They’ll be completely dry within four hours." Specifically, the last sentence.
Firstly, well, too much personal information. Not that I speak of the underwear washing habits of friends and family but I would hope that most people would actually take off their underwear to wash them properly if they intended on re-wearing the same pair and wanted them actually clean. This is awful advice to give to anyone. Based on the description this person used, it's certainly a brand of underwear I would never buy. Does the branding and marketing team of this company know that this is the description? Is this one of their “marketing" schemes?
Simply put, gross.
–Eileen M
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