It`s a long way from 1979

Its a long way from 1979 but in a small business on Bloor street as the snow piles up I was able to replace the old TDK 90 casette with a piece of real vinyl for only $3.99, which is much less than it cost in pounds back in the day!
I got a few more, to add the 50 or so pieces of vinyl that came with me when we moved.
Looks like vinyl is the way to go again.
I paid 17 pounds ( $ 36) for a triple album by RUSH -RUSH archives , without even knowing they were a Canadian band at about the same time in the late seventies.
Bay Bloor Radio , which is pretty big here in TO can set me up with a gramaphone player NEW for about $400, so it`s time to start saving...............

Kyoto, .. that rings ..erm, give me a minute

At last some decent snow here in TO, in keeping with common wisdom it had to warm up a bit first reaching a balmy -5 today.

Last week I hit another on planet record of -20 with a windchill to -30, for reasons I wont go into we were outside at night for what should only be described as too long.

I have learnt that it is possible to have extreme pain from windchill alone, I may grow a beard next winter! I raced around this morning to do some remedial shovelling with the inherited shovell only to have the handle break off, it still works.

David Suzuki made an appearance at last nights Bare Naked Ladies concert that I was fortunate enough to have tickets for.

He has been a very famous environmentalist here in Canada for about 30 years and only this last year have they stopped ridiculing him. The local paper has put forward its own list of expectations for TO`s environmental obligations as the mayor and other officials plan fact finding committees and other political dead ends .

The conservative pm is following his southern opposite number in spirit, the US never signed KYOTO, Canada signed then went on to more important issues like coffee and donuts!

Canada can do better, at least we can do better than the states? no seriously we can..........

no time to blog

Dreaming of saltwater...............

Now its cold enough to do this outdoors

Returned my rental car after spending most of yesterday shopping in China, well Markham at a mall there that is exclusively Chinese, great fun after eventually bullying our way into a parking space!
Today is yet again another record for my time on the planet(mycoldest ever day), -15 at 9.30am with a strong wind putting the windchill at -27. The hockey players have finally got their wish.
It was so cold that on the 15 minute walk back I had to stop at two shops to get rid of the pain in my skin and accompanying headache, another week away beckons spiced up by tonights super bowl....