Around Town – Expired Dog Licenses, Chemical Crashers, Cat Litter and More
April 2, 2022
Highlights and lowlights from another tour around town:
1. Amber Mcleod’s license for her dog Winnie expired on February 24 and the $52.50 renewal fee is past due . . .
2. Near the corner of Bunting and Welland was an old woman with a walker feeding a flock of seagulls in a largely empty parking lot.
3. Free clothing . . .
4. Spotted outside of a house off Merritt Street was a sign for Chemical Crashers Network. Whatever that is, I probably should be grateful that I don’t live next door to them.
5. Not far from this house was a guy balancing a heavy box of cat litter on his shoulder as he was walking down the street.
6. My sentiments exactly . . .
7. Free crib . . .
8. That follow-up needs to start with our politicians whose cruelty knows no bounds . . .
9. So let me get this right. Some kid a few days short of his or her 16th birthday needs parental permission to get their ears pierced. But children as young as 12 don’t need parental consent to get multiple injections of an experimental drug known to cause serious life-altering and permanent side effects including death to protect them from a flu virus that poses virtually no threat to them. Got it.
10. I would respectfully suggest that the most likely causes of the fire at this residence on Queenston Street are junkies and/or homeless people.
11. Passing me on Queenston was a guy on a bike with no helmet and both hands on his phone blasting loud music. I’m sure the locals enjoyed listening to “Angel of the Morning.” Following him was a guy pedaling on the wrong side of the road, also without a helmet, spewing random profanity including “I’m going to (expletive) murder you.”
12. Also spewing random profanity was a bum staggering around on the sidewalk who said “I’m going to (expletive) bury you. And I’m going to do it right the first time.”
13. In between those two was a guy taking a piss in the alley next to a thrift store.
14. Presented without comment for the benefit of “women-identified individuals” . . .
15. Parking fail at the farmer’s market:
16. Despite the cage, the Library Hilton is still open for business. This is one enterprise that even Doug “Closed for Business” Ford hasn’t been able to shut down.
17. Spotted in Chapter’s at Fairview Mall was someone wearing a hoodie with “I ♥ someone with autism” on it. Loyal readers will know that later this month is the 15th anniversary of my first meeting with the late Carli Ward at Riverview Health Center before she moved to Grace Hospice.
18. Also in Chapter’s was a book entitled “Defying Hitler: Those Germans who defied Nazi rule.” Years from now, we will be seeing similar books highlighting Canadians who defied the tyrannical rule of Justin Trudeau and his lover-boy Doug Ford.
19. I spotted this novelty book in Chapter’s. For some reason, I couldn’t help but think of the raging bromance between our premier and prime minister.
20. Spotted in Fairview Mall was someone wearing a hoodie with “Fire Academy” written on the back. Here, that would be where they teach you to fight fires, whereas in the Old Country, it would be a place where you could learn to start fires. Being an arsonist is, after all, one of the leading private-sector occupations in that part of the world.
21. Waiting in the parking lot at Fairview was a guy who locked himself out of his car. When the CAA truck pulled up, the guy started working on getting inside without even asking to see any sort of ID or confirmation that the guy even owned the car.
22. Standing at the light at Geneva Street was a scruffy bum holding a sign that read “Homeless. Anything helps.” while lighting a cigarette. “Yeah, yeah,” he said after I reminded him that he had money for smokes but apparently none for food or shelter.
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