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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
2010 Torch relay on February 10 in North Vancouver
Here is the video I took this morning at 8:30 AM 1 block from where I am now creating this post. As you can see the crowd is very excited as this is a once in a lifetime event for all of us.
Well it looks like the Mennonite Moving Co. got free advertising when I accidently captured their truck in this video. Which reminds me that you can also get Free Pay Per Click advertising on just about anything you want to sell. Yeah you could actually sell that rusty old bicycle you have in your garage on the front page of Google, imagine that.
Now back to the procession. It wasn't what I thought it would be like. Traffic proceeded down the street as it normally would with people constantly stepping out on the street in order to look down the street for the oncomming procession. The traffic cops on motorcycles stayed about a block ahead really not doing anything else but just showing their presence. They were enjoying it. I heard one of them talking into his microphone telling the cop next to him that he just got a report of a B and E in progress and his comment to the other cop was "I guess we can't go". All in all they treated everyone very well. I notice they are not as militaristic in their attitude as compared to the US cops. About 5 of them were in line at MacDonalds for a coffee and a muffin, after the procession passed and I was behind them. They were all very polite and courteous as they stepped up to the counter and did not have that arrogant attitude of the cops I have seen in the United States. Just my own personal opinion. Perhaps I just never saw the right cops at the right time. I must confess it is just an inner feeling or intuition that I have that is not really based on physical evidence. You know, its just that feeling that you get.
Now as for the snow situation on Cypress Mountain they are still trucking it in from 100 miles away at last report. The mountain is still closed off for repair and snowboarding Olympians are still practicing on mountains that are about 400 miles away in the interior of British Columbia at a place called Big White. Newspaper here now are largely consumed with Olympics news items and cars are now sprouting flags everywhere to show their support. We are all very excited.
Well it looks like the Mennonite Moving Co. got free advertising when I accidently captured their truck in this video. Which reminds me that you can also get Free Pay Per Click advertising on just about anything you want to sell. Yeah you could actually sell that rusty old bicycle you have in your garage on the front page of Google, imagine that.
Now back to the procession. It wasn't what I thought it would be like. Traffic proceeded down the street as it normally would with people constantly stepping out on the street in order to look down the street for the oncomming procession. The traffic cops on motorcycles stayed about a block ahead really not doing anything else but just showing their presence. They were enjoying it. I heard one of them talking into his microphone telling the cop next to him that he just got a report of a B and E in progress and his comment to the other cop was "I guess we can't go". All in all they treated everyone very well. I notice they are not as militaristic in their attitude as compared to the US cops. About 5 of them were in line at MacDonalds for a coffee and a muffin, after the procession passed and I was behind them. They were all very polite and courteous as they stepped up to the counter and did not have that arrogant attitude of the cops I have seen in the United States. Just my own personal opinion. Perhaps I just never saw the right cops at the right time. I must confess it is just an inner feeling or intuition that I have that is not really based on physical evidence. You know, its just that feeling that you get.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Wow, this is a great idea. It will weed out unethical sites.
I Like that fact that I can get a review on a company or product that I plan to do business with right away. What a time saver.
in reference to: Google Sidewiki (view on Google Sidewiki)Thursday, February 4, 2010
2010 Games No Snow on Cypress Mountain
I work in North Vancouver and get information daily about the mountain where some 2010 Olympic events are supposed to take place. They have big bare patches of grass and dirt on the runs. I will be updating this blog as things progress so you will get to find out what they will be doing in desperation to fix the runs. I gotta see this myself! Apparently they do have some snow making machines but how are you going to make snow when the temperature is way above 32 degrees Fahrenheit? Vancouver was approved for these Olympics way back in 2000 but how were they to know that this January in Vancouver was the warmest in recorded history for Vancouver! It broke all records. Go figure. Murphy's law or what!
The local joke here in my favorite restaurant in North Van is that they are going to put hay down the slopes! I do not think that is going to happen but they are sweating bullets right now for sure and no one seems to be saying a thing about it. The blurb on the cypressmountain.com website is as follows: Preparation of the courses is proceeding well with snow being trucked and placed from other areas of Cypress Mountain. In addition VANOC is transporting snow from other areas of the Lower Mainland to stockpile and supplement the on-mountain supply.
The other areas of the Lower Mainland they are talking about is more than 100 miles away in Manning Park. So imagine that. Trying to truck in snow from over 100 miles away to fill a mountainside!! Well the good news is that today February 2, we finally had snow after a month of no snow. I hope it lasts but the local flower and trees that are trying to bloom right now are saying no. And what really makes me made is that I bought $500 worth of new snow tires that were only useful for about 2 days in December. It better snow!
By the way, this does not apply to the events at Whistler mountain which seems to have enough snow.
If you are still planning on coming to the events but have not planned ahead there are still plenty of accommodations available. See my other blog about accommodations.
I just stumbled upon a way to get a $100 per click ad on Google for free! Very interesting twist. It is not illegal and Google even approves of it.
The local joke here in my favorite restaurant in North Van is that they are going to put hay down the slopes! I do not think that is going to happen but they are sweating bullets right now for sure and no one seems to be saying a thing about it. The blurb on the cypressmountain.com website is as follows: Preparation of the courses is proceeding well with snow being trucked and placed from other areas of Cypress Mountain. In addition VANOC is transporting snow from other areas of the Lower Mainland to stockpile and supplement the on-mountain supply.
The other areas of the Lower Mainland they are talking about is more than 100 miles away in Manning Park. So imagine that. Trying to truck in snow from over 100 miles away to fill a mountainside!! Well the good news is that today February 2, we finally had snow after a month of no snow. I hope it lasts but the local flower and trees that are trying to bloom right now are saying no. And what really makes me made is that I bought $500 worth of new snow tires that were only useful for about 2 days in December. It better snow!
By the way, this does not apply to the events at Whistler mountain which seems to have enough snow.
If you are still planning on coming to the events but have not planned ahead there are still plenty of accommodations available. See my other blog about accommodations.
News Flash
I just stumbled upon a way to get a $100 per click ad on Google for free! Very interesting twist. It is not illegal and Google even approves of it.