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One more week...

August 5, 2006
So another useless idiot from Bell came the other day. He had instructions to call upon arrival, and someone would meet him here, either myself or my wife. I get home, and what’s in my mailbox? A “technicians” report (and I use the term technician very loosely). What did said report say? Basically that the line tests fine (as it was dry out what a shock!) and that he could not…
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The Hammer

August 2, 2006
Yesterday I was in Hamilton. Visiting factories as a function of my job tends to take me into older parts of many cities. Hamilton is Canada’s Steel City, the Canadian eqivalent of Pittsburgh, however there are parts of Hamilton that remind me of Detroit. An older…
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We pardon the interuption...

July 31, 2006
OK, for those regular readers who have wondered why the posting has been so sporadic lately, the reason because Bell sucks. They are my ISP at home, and I have been recieving intermittant service at home over the last few months. They have sent a technician from both the…
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Fisher Body - Fort & Livernois

July 28, 2006
To the corner of Fort & Livernois for today’s P.D.J. This handsome peice of automotive history was built in 1928 The same artist who painted the windows at the U.A. prior to its superbowl wash also did the former offices of Fisher Body. Does anyone know the…
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Walkerville - 1899 - Part III

July 26, 2006
Today is the thrid and final installment. An interior view of one of the warehouses. This one claimed to hold 20,000 barrels A view of the bottling line. Must have been comfortable to work all dressed up 🙂 A view of the train station (demolished), the Jubilee Fountain (erected in 1887, now in Willistead Park, moved in the 1950’s) and if you look closely you can see the ferry to Detroit…
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Walkerville - 1899 - Part II

July 25, 2006
Continuing the tour, today is part II… The Directors lunch room. Looks almost the same, and is today the corporate art gallery. A few views of the hallways of the offices. The animal heads are however gone. A view looking towards the river. The buildings on the…
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Walkerville - 1899 - Part I

July 24, 2006
Into the time machine today. We’re heading back to 1899, back when Walkerville was still a separate town. Out of this town came this little promotional booklet… PERHAPS very few small places are so widely known in every country of the civilized world as this…