The Jig's Up

Gangbangers all over Toronto are doing palm plants on their foreheads.

"Crap!  They're banning guns.  I guess we are going to have to turn ours in, boys. The City of Toronto has outfoxed this time!"

And then they laughed and laughed......



Post Script - two days later.

Rex Murphy, the excellent columnist for the National Post, also commented on the handgun ban requested by the City of Toronto.  [Double click to better read.]

My only question is; does Rex read my blog...?


Here is a link to the full article.  Tough Questions Need Answering

Don't Even Think About It

"You will lose every time."

You've Come A Long Way, Baby!

Took the ferry yesterday over to the Toronto Islands.

Had forgotten what an amazing view this gives you of the skyline of the fourth largest city in North America.

The Skydome on the left with the iconic CN Tower beside it.

And a forest of skyscrapers everywhere else.

But it wasn't that long ago that the TD Centre was the tallest building in Toronto.  And in the British Commonwealth.

The what? 

The TD Centre.

Huh?  Doesn't look like much.

Here, I'll zoom in.

Where?

There!

But you're right, doesn't look like much - now.

But in 1967.....

So 50 years later, we have forgotten the profound impact it had on the city of  Toronto.  Transforming it from sleepy little colonial outpost to worldwide banking power.


Many people hated it then.

Most people can't even find it now.

At least without a little red magic marker highlighter.

So little Toronto has certainly come a long way.....

And man and his dog.

And his dock.

And his drink.

Life is good today.


I just noticed my bio picture: same dock, same chair, different year.  And maybe even same shirt, as we shop the same place.