City of Toronto uses a specialty sewer sucking truck to clean the sewers. Worker uses a pick axe to remove the grate, plunges the crevice tool down the hole, sucks the garbage out. It takes only about 2 minutes max. Toronto, Canada. Photo 1 by Don Tai
What is that high pitched sound on the street? It sounds like a large vacuum cleaner, and it was. The City of Toronto sewers were being cleaned by the sewer cleaning truck.
Chinese chair, Toronto, Canada. Photo 1 by Don Tai
Chinese furniture is pretty rare here. You can find them at specialty Chinese furniture shops within Chinese-only malls. This one came to me discarded and in need of repair. I thought it rare and interesting, so wanted to repair and document it.
The chair has no manufacturer marking on it anywhere. It is not of high quality. Seams are showing. There are painting errors, where the painter put too much paint on and left ghastly drips, right on the front of the back rest. A higher quality chair manufacturer would have sanded down the drip and repainted. Not here.
The Manchester Bomber used a Yuasa 12v 2.1aH lead acid battery
Some guy blew himself up in Manchester, Britain, at a music concert. Lots of people were killed and severely injured. How someone can blow themselves up in a crowded concert full of young kids is beyond me. I was very shocked at the lack of humanity.
Crime scene photos of the event were released by the New York Times, photos of the bomber’s backpack and battery. I should not be able to view these images on the web. How an active crime scene can be so compromized is beyond me. I am sure the British police are just livid, as this is an active crime. Someone should be fired for the leak.
Pink crabapple tree in bloom, 2017, Toronto, Canada. Photo by Don Tai
Our male crabapple tree blooms almost every year. It is a somewhat late bloomer, but reliable. The male tree does not produce apples, so the mess is much less. The blooms only last 4 days or so, maybe a week at the most, after which our whole back yard becomes a lake of pink leaves.
The reflection from the tree casts our rear rooms into a lovely shade of pink.
Pink crabapple tree in bloom, macro, 2017, Toronto, Canada. Photo 2 by Don Tai
Marisa Lazo sits atop a crane hook, 45m up a construction crane, awaiting rescue. Why, Marisa, why? Toronto, Canada
Amazed, I am, that she did this, and was so calm when getting rescued. Marisa Lazo, you are both crazy and brave, but do not do this again. 27 firefighters were called, excluding police and other emergency services. Up so high, 45m in the sky, but why?
Personal protective equipment: none. She is wearing high heels, jeans and a particularly clean jean jacket. No phone. No gloves. This is very odd.
I bought a bag of Naturally Imperfect potatoes from NoFrills, and out popped potato animals of all sorts! They are so cute that I had to share them with you.
Hippopotamus potato. This creature came out of a bag of naturally imperfect potatoes, bought at NoFrills. Toronto, Canada. Photo by Don Tai
Hippopotamus potato. This creature came out of a bag of naturally imperfect potatoes, bought at NoFrills. Toronto, Canada. Photo by Don Tai
Globe and Mail censures me for a review on someone else’s comment on an article I did not read. They used the word ~psychotic~ in jest, and this constitutes harassment or a personal attack. G&M your automated censure system screwed up. Toronto, Canada. Image by Don Tai
I am an online Globe and Mail reader, and occasionally comment on various news articles. The Globe and Mail has recently changed over to a new peer comment review system, where posters rate other people’s comments. As I would never comment anything that I would not say to a person’s face, I have never had a warning from my own postings. Today I was warned by the Globe and Mail, twice, that my review of some other person’s comment, violated community standards, and I have 2 remaining warnings before my account is restricted. This is ridiculous.
A country wants to split in half, but unsurprisingly the Leader decided he does not like it, and starts to kill half the people in his country. Of course the people he selects happen to live in the rebel occupied area. The rebels do not support the Leader. Herein start the tale of woe for the people of the rebel area, who do not want to but are forced to move, or die.
