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DENMAN DEBACLE
Re: 鈥�,鈥� Aug. 24, 2017
Stefan, you are not alone in questioning the right turn only lane at Robson going North on Denman. I鈥檓 one of the 鈥減oor sods鈥� who was ticketed. I have always followed the right turn rule, however, on one very hot September day two years ago with the traffic backed up for blocks, I followed a steady stream of cars travelling straight through on Denman. My passenger had just been diagnosed with shingles and was very uncomfortable sitting in my car with no air conditioning. The officer was not interested in our dilemma and I was issued my first ticket in a driving history of almost 50 years. Perhaps someone can explain the rationale of the right turn lane.听鈥揝补诲颈别
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I agree with Stefan Forrestal on the way traffic is backed up on Denman Street. When the Safeway was being built the city should have been able to put in an additional turn lane to Robson Street. At the moment, we have a hazardous step area beside the sidewalk that is of no use to pedestrians. The right turn option could be waived from three to six o鈥檆lock the same as Georgia and Denman going south.听鈥揂苍辞苍测尘辞耻蝉
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PARDON MY FRENCH
Re: 鈥�,鈥� Aug. 24, 2017
I can鈥檛 make sense of the name 鈥淐e Soir Noir.鈥� I know what it is, it鈥檚 just that听the name doesn鈥檛 make sense at all in French. Something is missing.听鈥淟e听D卯ner en Blanc鈥� is fine. Le D卯ner en Noir is fine, too, obviously. One could name the event 鈥淟a Soir茅e en Noir鈥澨齮o be different, soir茅e being not just about eating. 听
To be fair, French is a tricky language that quite a few French don鈥檛 master, along with foreigners. I have an English-speaking friend whose French sounds better than mine, as I was born in one of the many regions of France that do not have French as their historical language. And, mind you, the French do terrible things to English. 鈥揓L Brussac听 听
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