Photos | Madd Hattere
The good captain Shaddock brought grapefruits to the sunny shores of Jamaica over one hundred years ago, and when Count Odet Phillippe planted the first Florida grove in 1823, he could not have foreseen the integral contribution the fruit would supply for the State infrastructure. With a number of varieties [Ruby Red, Pink, Thompson, Marsh and Duncan] and an absurd growing season that runs from October through to June, the Florida grapefruit company has a powerful impact on the residents of Florida; as an executive branch of State government, the Florida Department of Citrus (FDOC) actually generates ...Read More
So… it was a weird month for the TTC.
Off the bat I should point out that this piece slanders just about everyone involved in any recent TTC-related news, as well as a certain faction of TTC riders, and also the Toronto Star.
The moral of this story: everybody sucks.
Full disclosure: I suck too.
I see you eyeing that ‘Back’ button. I know: some jackass on the Internet has an opinion about something. Hoo-Ray. Just hear me out, OK?
OK.
So, in chronological order, let’s start off with the first in the long string of unfortunate incidents: the McCowan station ticket collector debacle. Alright, yeah, ...Read More
Pedestrian: Pe-des-tri-an (Puh-des-tree-uhn)
1. Walkers, jaywalkers, car-less wonders. Frequently mistaken for new-age hippies; this stems from the ecological aspect of their actions, though the aforementioned hippies are typically the cyclists of the city.
2. Pedestrian is a term referring to those who propel themselves forward on their own two legs, despite technological advances of vehicular support. Clenching their coffee cups and darting between traffic, the pedestrian commuter is at home in the urban jungle, and surprisingly they are not yet extinct.
The reason for pedestrian behaviour is varied among practitioners; for some it is exercise, for others it’s simply a lack of car, ...Read More
