First time on the Byron Ave remodel(ish). The dump outs are shit but nice sections. Going to watch the 10k #ottawaraceweekend at Dows Lake where they turn up towards Bronson Ave to cross the bridge in case anyone else in #ottawa is watching. Big bike is hard to miss and the kid is asleep inside #ottbike#biketootet
So the NCC doesn’t seem to have posted on their website that the bike weekend closures are NOT running this weekend, so FYI for those of you who do not follow them on Twitter or instagram 🙃 Met some folks at the park who were riding on the parkway after 8 AM with kids who had to get the fuck off quickly when people ended up driving behind them #ottawa#ottwalk#ottbike
@grivettcarnac holy shit. why is the world like this? i’ve sent so many people biking on the parkways this weekend due to NCC bike days, what the heck??
@grivettcarnac I hate that they're closing the parkways to people because of race weekend. Wouldn't this be an opportunity to embrace the spirit of the event by "providing space for people of all ages and abilities to run their own races across the region" or some similar commspeak.
What is it with CanadianTire not selling replacement parts for their garden equipment? sheeeeeeshhh Of course, Rona has it. (See earlier post about broken wheelbarrow)
The Canadian Tire at Carlingwood has tons of moving boxes and moving supplies on the second floor -- notably cheaper than the ones being sold by some moving companies.
Chatted with a pharmacist this week about #covid boosters and they can only give them to folks over 65 and immunocompromised… unsure what kind of documentation that requires but province won’t pay for anything other… all the while movie industry folks I follow on social media show that everyone (actors don’t but everyone around them do) on movie sets still have to mask or they lose insurance coverage. So curious why #ottawa#cdnpoli#onpoli
Eligible individuals may receive an XBB COVID-19 vaccine in Spring 2024 if it has been 6 months from the previous COVID-19 vaccine dose or known SARS-CoV-2 infection (whichever is later).
https://www.ontario.ca/page/covid-19-vaccines> Eligible individuals may receive a COVID-19 vaccine if it has been six months since their previous dose or confirmed COVID-19 infection.
So from what I'm reading (and I'm due to get my booster in June), boosters are still every six months, regardless of whatever they're telling you.
Either the pharmacist is misinformed, the pharmacy has some really restrictive rules or both the City and the province are wrong.
@grivettcarnac If you go through the Ontario booking site, it should tell you if you are eligible based on their records of your history. If they say you are good to go, you are and the pharmacy is wrong.
@human3500 looks pretty night-hawkish to me... it has some relatives too that also feed at night.
Either the nighthawk or it's relatives flies around in the dark making a regular, buzzy "meeeep" sound.
The locals were uncouth, but friendly and spoke a mostly intelligible creole of divine Nepeanean mixed with the Downtowner pidgin and bike bell dings.
Saw a garbage truck drive right over one of the many traffic calming boards. We have only like 3 in all of Barrhaven and they have 5000 in a 1 block radius of the hospital.
Overall, a lot nicer than Cumberland, where I have to go on the weekend.
I do not love that a lot of the same driving mentality permeates how people move around on crowded MUPs in #ottawa If you were in the group of bros loudly ringing your bells in unison to get people walking to move right off the path so you all could blast through the middle so fast I could almost feel you on my left shoulder, well I’ll tell you to fuck off in person when you’re stopped next time too. Slow the hell down and wait a singular minute once in a while #ottbike#biketooter
@grivettcarnac Blows my mind how many cyclists execute what I'd consider a dangerous pass on the paths.
I ring my bell when I'm passing pedestrians so they know I'm there (you can check my YT ride videos). I also will slow down to a crawl rather than pass between two pedestrians. It’s not hard.
@human3500@grivettcarnac 👍🏻 My bell is a pleasant "ding”, and I believe it is better at communicating my intention than me talking. The noise cancellation on my airpods lets bells through, which is handy.
#Sutcliffe on #CBC#Ottawa taking the position that return to office is none of his business, it's between the fed government and the civil service unions.
Curious how it's none of his business now, when the government is increasing days in office. When we were all working remote he sure thought it was his business to lobby to get us back downtown.
@plantarum He's distancing himself from it because the union, quite correctly, assigned some blame for the new RTO quota to him and you all hate the stupid new policy.
The best part of him opening his mouth is that many of his voters are now mad at him because they have a long commute on a transit service that he's cutting at their request.