Flew to Vancouver on the weekend.
My original evil plans were thwarted though, when airport officials made me toss out my tube of shaving cream. Yes, my shaving cream posed a real threat, but apparently my razor didn’t. I got to keep that. I know, rules are rules, even if they’re silly.
It was a fun excursion out of Prince George Saturday. While we were sitting in the terminal, waiting the board, we were all blinded by a bolt of lightning and then thunder shook the entire terminal building. For those who like to count seconds between lightning and thunder to gauge distance, there was no time to count.
Then they gleefully announced that we would be delayed because of rules (there are those silly rules again) that prohibited them from refueling the plane during a lightning storm. Probably a good call.
Then the announcement came on that there was an electrical problem on the plane, probably due to the lightning, we supposed. They hauled out a fancy big rig to, essentially jump start the plane. Some of the less hardy folks, certainly not me, started to get anxious.
We finally boarded the plane, only to watch the pilot zip in and out a few times. Then we watched as he climbed up on the wing and felt around for something. Loose bolts? His keys?
The pilot got back on the plane and ordered the wings de-iced. Yes, it was the May long weekend, but probably a good call. We were about an hour late getting off the ground, but I don’t think anyone minded. Lightning storms are exciting, but I don’t really want to fly through one. The turbulence would probably make it tough to squirt my shaving cream in the pilot’s eye when I wanted to take over the plane.
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I’m glad the city has abandoned Coun. Brian Skakun’s pothole plan. I’ve seen what they do.
Last fall the city ripped up a portion of the street in front of the Free Press office. Since then they’ve patched the subsequent potholes created about four or five times. It’s still major four-wheel drive country. Maybe if they could fix potholes a little better I could support the pothole plan.
Addendum. They’ve also ripped up the left-turn lane on 15th Avenue turning onto Carney Street, and ‘fixed’ it. If you’re using the left turn lane there, may sure you have a good dental plan because it will take care of any loose fillings you have.
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It’s good to see a Canadian team has made it to the Stanley Cup final. The Ottawa Senators will take on the Anaheim Ducks (the ‘mighty’ has been dropped from the team). I always cheer for a Canadian team first. So, this year I’ll cheer for a team named after a bunch of doddering old folks who get paid way too much to do way too little, over a team named after a kids movie about a bunch of misfits. And we wonder why the NHL has gone downhill.