Four Ottawa Senators have been voted as starters for the 2012 NHL All-Star game. Millenniums ago, the Mayans predicted that this was one of the signs of the end of the world or so the Internet’s reaction would lead us to believe. Everyone from hockey fans to professional TV analysts seem up in arms that […]
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The Sky Is Falling; 2012 NHL All-Star Game Voting Results
Posted: 5th January 2012 by Luc "Sandman" G. in Hockey, SoapboxTags: 2012 NHL All-Star Game, 2012 Ottawa All-Star game, Alfredsson, All-Star game votes, Karlsson, Michalek, NHL, Ottawa All-Star, Ottawa Senators, Sens, Spezza
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Boycott Arcane Services
Posted: 20th July 2011 by Luc "Sandman" G. in Ottawa, SoapboxTags: Arcane asphalt, Arcane Landscaping, Arcane Services, Arcane Services Orleans, Arcane Services Ottawa, Arcane snow blowing, Arcane Snow removal, CRTC, Do Not call list Canada, Do Not Call registry Canada
I highly recommend that the good people of Ottawa boycott Arcane Services (also known as Arcane Landscaping, Arcane Snow Removal and a few other names). The reason for this call to arms is simple: the company cold dials Ottawa area residents, completely ignoring the Do Not Call registry list, and ignoring requests to be removed […]
Cellphone Drivers Still Not Getting the Message
Posted: 2nd February 2011 by Luc "Sandman" G. in SoapboxTags: Cellphone, cellphone ban, Cellphone ban Ontario, cellphone drivers, Driving, driving and texting, Ontario, Ontario tickets 2010, texting, texting and driving, using cellphone while driving
It appears as though Ontario drivers are not getting the message. The OPP released numbers stating that they gave out almost 46,000 tickets last year to people who were using their cellphones while driving. At 155$ a ticket, that added 713,000$ to the coffers. The statement also didn’t say if this included all tickets, including […]
Stupid Drivers and Cellphones
Posted: 30th August 2010 by Luc "Sandman" G. in SoapboxTags: Cellphone, cellphone ban, Driving, driving with cellphone, Ontario, Ontario cellphone ban, Ottawa
Why is it that it seems like most people in Ottawa are blatantly ignoring the no using a cellphone while driving law? Every time I’m behind the wheel, even if its only to run an errand 2 minutes away, I always see at least one person talking on a cellphone while driving. Its not just […]
Road Maintenance Time Warp?
Posted: 17th June 2010 by Luc "Sandman" G. in Ottawa, SoapboxTags: Construction, Orleans, Ottawa, road repair
What do road repair people do? Is there only 10 of them in the entire city? How much work do they actually do in a day? I’m starting to really wonder what the answers to those questions are. Around 7-8 weeks ago, the street connected to ours underwent some surgery. The road repair crews dug […]
