Canada Post Rant #1 · Thursday January 31, 2008 by colin newell
Imagine you are sitting down to dinner with your loved ones…
like you do every day.
Except for one small detail.
Today a stranger wanders into your home and shovels extra plate-fulls of food for you to eat… whether you want to or not.
You have no choice about this extra food.
Or do you?
And so it is with Canada Post and all the bull*hit junk mail they ladle into your inbox every day.
They say that Canadians, in general, want junk mail.
They say we need it. Community announcements. Public Service stuff. It is all there. Every day. We need it in our diet.
Nonsense I say.
Did you know that you can put a red dot on your mailbox to say NO to junk mail. Junk mail is, as we know, mail that has no specific address – and occupant is not you… so do not worry.
A Vancouver businesswoman is putting her money on the line to raise awareness about your junk-mail options.
Read her story here
In the meantime, care for more mashed potatoes?
B.C. Ferries Rant #4 · Monday January 28, 2008 by colin newell
Little known fact:
Show your BCAA, CAA, or AAA membership card and get a discount on travel between the Mainland and Vancouver Island…
with conditions.
To quote the B.C. Ferries website:
Pay the regular vehicle and driver fares, and your 2nd, 3rd and 4th passengers travel free (except for fuel surcharge and Nanaimo Port Authority fees—details below).
Offer applies to BC Ferries’ 9:00 pm sailings between Vancouver (Tsawwassen) and Victoria (Swartz Bay) and between West Vancouver (Horseshoe Bay) and Nanaimo (Departure Bay).
Australia issues warning about Canada · Saturday January 26, 2008 by colin newell
An Australian government website lists Canada as a country where travellers need to be cautious about terrorism, dangerous winter driving and cold weather conditions.
We advise you to exercise caution and monitor developments that might affect your safety in Canada because of the risk of terrorist attack, says the travel advisory.
The website further warns about bush and forest fires which can occur any time in Canada.
Add Earthquakes and avalanche and that rounds out a series of serious warnings about potential peril in Canada.
And considering that warnings are fair game, lets talk about some potential travel hazards in Australia:
Australia is home to the deadliest collection of animals in the world; man-eating sharks, lethal jellyfish, red back spiders, crocodiles, snakes, scorpions, Tasmanian devils, dingoes, wild pigs, toxic octopuses, killer kangaroos, stonefish, sting rays and many, many more. But the truth is, they rarely harm anyone…
Except tourists.
And if the Kangaroos don’t kill you outright, they will dry hump you silly, before passing you over to a flea bitten Koala for a final humiliation.
Yup. That is Australia.
Be warned.
Amy Winehouse speaks · Friday January 25, 2008 by colin newell
Amy Winehouse sez I should drink Decaf…
and I say No, No, No!
Yea. That is my thought of the day.
