Powerwash crazy
All week long I look forward to a little bit of time in my home, reading a book, sleeping in, maybe doing some yoga. Instead, the soundtrack to my weekend has been the power washer outside. So I have two questions: how long does it take to powerwash a driveway because were going on six hours now, and why in Vancouver, in a wet environment, why are people putting in little tiles of cement in driveways that drive in with debris? Im just losing my mind and Im not a crazy person.
Anonymous, via Rantline
No laughing matter
The large cartoon sculptures at English Bay are standing in mud and sawdust for most of the year. The whole effect is not beautiful. The sculptures take up a lot of lawn space which is missed by many in the neighbourhood on a hot day as a place to sit and enjoy the flowers. The park is too small for anything other than a park.Theyd be better at Science World where children could enjoy them.
Ken, via Rantline
Umbrella etiquette
To the Canadian Guy (Rants, Mar. 1), Rain=umbrellas): Yeah, it rains a lot, but consider the following: meteorologists here dont get the weather right, and how often one is caught without an umbrella?; on average, one goes through three dollar-store umbrellas every winter. That fellow under the awning is probably on his third for the year. And etiquette? Consider YOUR etiquette: When walking under an awning,close the umbrella. Seriously, if you have the golf-course sized umbrellas, you deserve being referred to an anal/rectal composition of the body. If you are a Canadian Guy, consider courtesy. Hes wet, you are dry. Share the awning. Simple, no?
Manuella Noriega, via email
Stolen passport
On Sunday March 4, our truck parked in the Coast Hotel parking lot in the West End was broken into. My black carry-on bag with an Air Canada logo was stolen full of my writing in notebooks, blue binder with all my personal files, my passport and papers useless to anyone. If anyone has any information, there is a reward. Email [email protected]
Shoulders down
I could talk about facial surgery and weird brassieres, but I want to talk about shoulder pads. Women, own the fact that youre women. You dont have to have some weird frickin triangle on your shoulders.
Anonymous, via Rantline
Wheres this out West?
Stop saying out West. Out where? Out of a circle? Why are we out? Weve been here for a very long time. Still people in Ontario and Quebec say out West. What is in? Tell us that.
Anonymous, via Rantline
Where are the cellphone police?
In the last half-hour Ive passed nine vehicles where people are talking on their cellphones. The last one, he had food in one hand, the cellphone in the other and he was driving with his knees. I didnt see one police car. Youd think thered be some enforcement.
Anonymous, via Rantline
Call an election
So lets see. The Conservative majority government has been caught making robo calls in ridings where the votes were very close. Unless we want Canada to become a banana republic or like our neighbours to the south where the 2001 election was stolen, we should demand that the Conservatives close Parliament and have another election with the utmost scrutiny on them and all of their friends.
Anonymous, via Rantline
Keep it clean
Theres a burger place that serves wonderful burgers and theres a cool vibe. Theyve even won awards as the best burger place. All I want to say is, could you wipe the tables and make the place tidy? Alert owners everywhere there should be one person hired just to continually clean the room.
