Tidbits

Sleepover at Ikea - Maybe this is the only way to get to the $1 early enough…
A ramen bath - Japanese spa with special baths resembling instant noodles. I wanna play!
Old age homes for dogs - 1) Old dogs don’t like to be abandoned at strange places. 2) Playing with young puppies will probably cause the older dogs to die faster due to exhaustion.
A remote-controlled pigeon - Oh the poor thing…
An article on a brilliant method of teaching grade schoolers about bats and rabies. I smell a lawsuit.
Will trade beer for Crumpler bags. Tempted by the beanbag and messenger bags…

Waterloo: Building a Better Community

March 13, 2006, 3:19 am

...By having strange and strict bylaws.

Noise, Noise, Noise

You can call the police about noise disturbances any time, night or day. No wonder our neighbours downstairs threatened to called the police when there were mysterious bursts of loud bass music throughout the night, which we couldn’t locate the source for…

Pond Skating

It is illegal to skate on frozen ponds or creeks.

Snow Clearing

You have 24 hours to clear the snow on public sidewalks. There’s even a number you can call to report violators…

Taking out the Garbage

You are not allowed to put garbage and recycling out on your curb before 7 pm the day prior to the pickup day, and containers must be returned to your home by 9 pm of the day of collection.

Street Hockey

Is not allowed on any city properties, including the streets. Well then where are you suppose to play “street” hockey then??

Parking

Parking in front of a residential building is not permitted. Parking on the city street between 2:30 am and 6 am, or for longer than 3 hours is also not permitted (unless otherwise posted). Each household is allowed only 18 overnight parking exemptions per year. You can even register overnight visitors online.. You also can’t parking within 30 m of a school crosswalk, or within 1.5 m of any driveway, more more than 6 inches from the curb (well me and my poor parallel parking skills will prolly land me a ticket then!).

Dog License

“License fees go up March 1 of each year”. Wow, so it’s a given? Each year they will increase dog fees??

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In other news, finally uploaded Ice Hotel weekend photos. One set for Montreal, one set for the Ice Hotel. Kitty’s weekend photos are uploaded on Yahoo.