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When I first read about pedestrian crossovers being installed at all roundabouts in town, I got kind of excited. You already know how I feel about roundabouts, so I thought these would make it easier. But I think I need more information. First, how will they be marked? Will it be done consistantly? Second, if …
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Jen sent this to me via Facebook. I was in another town in a hotel, and I laughed, and I laughed, and I laughed. I didn’t stop laughing, because it’s so true for us here in KW with this LRT construction. I tell myself that it’ll be awesome when it’s done…but…until then, sing it, my …
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Ever since I linked to the 60th anniversary CKCO TV videos back in 2014, we’ve had a good bit of search traffic landing here looking for more information about the station and its history. So to help those folks out since I’m hardly an encyclopedia on this stuff, I give you CKCO-History.com. The site is …
I saw this hilariously, erm, simplified? version of the Syrian conflict on Facebook and couldn’t stop chuckling. President Assad (who is bad) is a nasty guy who got so nasty his people rebelled and the rebels (who are good) started winning. But then some of the rebels turned a bit nasty and are now called …
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It seems that the local police just swiped our gimmick, Carin. The Waterloo Regional Police Service is taking a festive approach to spreading a message of safety this holiday season. Two holiday jingles – one about texting and driving and the other highlighting the decision to not drink and drive – have been set to …
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After I wrote this post about my encounter with a guy looking for spare change, I got thinking about something else. I have to ask…do we really have a huge problem with panhandling in Cambridge? The reason I ask is last weekend I happened to be there Christmas shopping and I was looking for my …
I was walking down the street, Christmas shopping. As I walked, a guy approached me asking me if I had any spare change. There was something about him that made the hair stand up, and told me I should say no. Guiltily I did, saying I don’t have any change, knowing that I did in …
Some good stuff from Cracked here. 6 Totally Confusing Crime Sprees That Are Baffling Police I have faint memories of the pecker plant guy, the Ohio pooper isn’t the only one doing that (there was a guy shitting on playground slides in Michigan though he’s apparently been caught) and I knew smart car tipping was …
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I know this happened a month ago, in fact 4 weeks ago tomorrow, so isn’t exactly current, but I have to write about it, because it freaked me right the hell out when it happened, and when something freaks me right the hell out, sometimes it’s good to write about it. So off we go. …
Posting alleged threat against Wilfrid Laurier was ‘dumb decision,’ accused says I’m not sure how big a story this was anywhere else, but locally it was pretty huge news for obvious reasons. To catch you up on what happened, last week, the Waterloo campus of Wilfrid Laurier University was put on lockdown after a threat …