H-Girls Road Hazards

Donut Girl is taking her driver's test on Monday. I believe she is going to Kenora or some distant town which allegedly has an easier road test than Toronto where she lives. I have been a passenger in a car driven by her sister M, let's just say that the famous wide roads of Mississauga are not wide enough for her. Pedestrians and small animals are not safe. Speed limits are for losers.

The H-girls told me that their saintly Mom, Aida, set a Peel Region record for the most attempts to pass a road test. On 8 occasions she failed to pass. Poor Aida who was distracted by raising two hellion girls thought that the sidewalk was an extension of the road. No one was hurt other than small rodents and shrubs, but after 8-attempts the testing agents gave her a license if she promised not to drive anywhere near their homes or local schools.  

I wish Ana luck with her test but I do not believe that any of us will be safer on Tuesday.

Poor Edgar!

Toronto Cyclists Out of Control

Cyclists in downtown Toronto are completely out of control. They obey no traffic signals or rules of the road yet expect full road privileges. The rules do not apply to them, yet they expect to be treated as equal road users.

On the weekend I saw a father pushing a baby carriage at a crosswalk. He pressed the crosswalk light and cars in both directions stopped for him. His view was obstructed by a parked truck. He entered the crosswalk and an adult male cyclist came within inches of crashing into the carriage. Typical Toronto cyclist was unfazed. He didn't even slow down. I would have loved to have punched him in the face. A day later I'm walking on the sidewalk and another cyclist brushes past me touching my arm with his handle bar. It was a graze and did not hurt but the cyclist kept on going without slowing down.

Anyone that lives in the Toronto core knows that these cyclists are ticking time bombs of rage. They respect no one, ride with visible anger and disrespect. They obey no rules and ride wherever they please without regard for pedestrian or vehicle.

The cops should crackdown on these two wheeled terror missiles. Someone will have to reign them in before pedestrians go vigilante on this subclass of simmering hate.

John Baird

Below I have photos of John Baird's business card and the edits he demanded. This walking piece of filth demanded that the government remove the word Canada and the maple leaf flag from his card.  He got into trouble for carrying English only cards. Below is a French version he had made. Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister removed any mention of Canada from his card, also removed the name of Lester B. Pearson from the name of his office tower on his card. Pearson a former Liberal Prime Minister and Canada's only ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize is too liberal for Israel's best friend.

Baird had them add gold embossing to the crown on his card. The man worships the Queen of England yet he doesn't want the word Canada or the flag on his card.

I'm loyal to Canada, served in Canada's military, but I have no loyalty to the Queen of England, Stephen Harper or his flamboyant flag hating, Brit worshipping, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

I'm ashamed of and have no connection to this man. I don't want him representing my country over seas. Harper's cabinet is so devoid of talent that this is the best he can come up with to be Minister of Foreign Affairs. I can't wait for the next election to send these pricks to the sidelines where they belong.  

By the way Lester B. Pearson was a World War 1 veteran. Look up the Cons hero John Diefenbaker's war record, or the military service of Harper's cabinet.

John Baird Business Card

Valdez Restasurant Review

I attended Valdez restaurant on King St. West in Toronto with Maria, her husband Maurice and Ana Maria. We wanted to check out the new South American restaurant. All of us speak varying degrees of Spanish, though mine is confined to lines learned from reruns of Chico and the Man in the mid-1970's. While the owner is of Colombian stock the restaurant combines dishes from all over Latin America with the exception of Mexico.

The restaurant is excellent. Even the cocktails were superb. I'm a fan of spicy Mexican food, but as I have learned from the H girls, South American food has a much more delicate use of spices. We tried a tapas style order of shared dishes. Ana Maria left early and missed the dessert of an amazing chocolate dish which was like a heated brownie with a souffle centre. I have no idea what the dishes were called but everything we tried was delicious.

We retreated to the roof top patio which is one of the best in the core.

I highly recommend this restaurant.

Valdez on King Street West