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Archive for category: Photos

   (2006.06.04)
Black cherrypicker crane, with basket at end of boom lowered almost to ground level, sits on white plates on beach
   (2006.05.28)
Orange-and-black CN locomotive is coupled to brilliant blue tanker car
   (2006.05.26)

Somebody found an old woodburning kit?

Grey plastic garbage can has burned-in numeral ‘47’ in a crosshatched pattern
   (2006.05.25)
Green lawn alongside paved pathway through parkland is dappled with bright-green tree buds
   (2006.05.24)

Do the obvious thing and park your Smart nose or arse to the curb and what you get is a ticket.

Grey Smart Fourtwo with a yellow parking ticket under its wiper sits with its nose touching the sidewalk curb

The ticket is for failing to park parallel to the curb. Impossible in a Hummer, admittedly. Perhaps the Smart was mistaken for a motorcycle.

   (2006.05.23)
Red, tractor-sized industrial lawnmower has blade pulled up to reveal a uniform coating of green grass on the underside

And now… in stereo:

Two red, tractor-sized industrial lawnmowers sit with blades pulled upright on a flatbed trailer

(Q.v.)

   (2006.05.22)

Actually, that’s unfair. This is merely one of the many unique yet unheralded vistas available here. Where else might you find a backhoe at the lakeshore edge?

At shore of beach, a backhoe digs into sand as a large pile of sand sits nearby. Man in orange vest and hard hat watches from nearby sandbar
   (2006.05.18)

This pickup truck has an added train wheel on each corner. Whilst taking pictures, the driver chatted me up. He has to pull out a safety pin, drop each wheel down, and then manually jack up each corner of the truck. It then becomes possible to drive down the tracks, sort of Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd–style.

White pickup truck has a wide metal wheel half the diameter of the truck’s wheel that sits behind it

By the way, one curious and dangerous feature of Toronto is the train tracks running right through the city, sometimes so close you can look out your window and see individual bolts on wheels. The trains usually just creep along, except of course for the train tracks through Leslieville, where the Via trains run at full tilt and are quite free with blowing the whistle. Trains in one’s backyard make for a a cozy feel and a distinctive cityscape, but they’re an invitation to disaster. It already happened in Mississauga in 1979.

   (2006.05.11)

When you’re spending this much money, all you need is one.

Car windshield has a single large wiper arm hinged at the right and reflects green tree branches

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