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LANE GAMES
I have no idea whether I am alone in the opinion that follows, whether the subject has been hashed or rehashed over the years, or whether anyone even cares, but I am almost 50 years old and have seen enough of our aging streets and lanes to say something, so here goes.
Why must traffic northbound on Denman Street awaiting Stanley Park or the Lions Gate Bridge be perennially backed up in the left lane while the right lane鈥檚 directive to 鈥渢urn right only at Robson Street鈥� remains some kind of timeless commandment never to be reconsidered?
There are even keen VPD eyes waiting to nab the poor sod who squeaks across Robson Street from that right lane!
What must the VPD say to that driver?听听Perhaps, 鈥淢a鈥檃m, we realize you鈥檙e simply wanting to get home to the North Shore, but luckily decades of inattention to rational traffic flow means I must fine you $168.鈥�
鈥淥h, I see, officer, and might I venture that Vision Vancouver鈥檚 war on the car means that this little right-turn-only lane will surely infuriate commuters for decades to come, just as it is doing now and has done for years?鈥�
Isn鈥檛 the sane solution a NO right turn at Robson, and for that matter, a NO right turn at West Georgia during rush hours?
Why not move these idling northbound vehicles along properly, using both lanes efficiently? 鈥揝tefan Forrestal
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TREE PLEA
Fellow Westenders, we鈥檝e had 50 days without significant rain, so I ask that you adopt a tree. Without water trees become brittle and when the winds come, down go the trees. Please pick a tree in your area and commit to watering it every day. I use reutilized bath water to water my trees. The last time I asked
Westenders to do this during the last drought, the Westender published on Thursday and lo 鈥� dozens of splash marks Friday morn. It showed me that other Westenders love our green canopy enough to help the trees through this drought.You may recall, it rained the very next weekend, so we didn鈥檛 have to do this for a long, but because YOU made the effort then, we have all our trees now and we must help our trees again. Thank you. 鈥揓.C.McElroy, tree hugger
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DON鈥橳 JUDGE A PURSE BY ITS COVER
Rant: To the 30-something woman and her boyfriend on Aug. 6 in Kits.听I asked you to hold a door open for me as you were nearby and I was desperate.听I was injured, alone and using a walker. You looked at me, incredulous that I had dared to ask. Wow.
Rave: Thank God a couple who was sitting at a nearby table jumped in to help. Here is the irony I want to point out: The couple who declined to help was dressed well. The individual who offered to help wasn鈥檛. The next time you鈥檙e tempted to judge a book by its cover, don鈥檛. A Louis Vuitton听bag doesn鈥檛 predict good character! 鈥揂lisha听
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