Bruce St. and Ritson Rd., Oshowa, Ontario. The track was removed sometime in the 1990s.
[Found here, location found here, bottom image via Google Maps.]
Tag: Canada
Moose Wars
Mac the Moose, of Moose Jaw, Canada, was the world’s tallest moose sculpture at 32′-2″ until he was dethroned in 2015 by a Norwegian chrome moose (pictured above). He resides at a rest stop off the RV3 road in Stor-Elvdal, Norway, and stands 33′-1″ tall .
Residents of Moose Jaw were pissed, so they replaced Mac’s antlers with larger ones in 2019. Mac now stands at 34 feet tall. Here he is.
Mac attracted national attention in 2004 when part of his jaw fell off.
Stuff I Do When I’m Bored
Saturday Matinee – The Great Ottowa Outbreak, Improv Everywhere, Pomplamoose & Widespread Panic
Straight Outta Gondwana: The Great Ottowa Outbreak of 2016 recorded on video. [Related post here.]
This is a fun one, and Improv Everywhere didn’t need much of a flash mob. More info here. [h/t Jonco]
“It’s such a shame that you became such an issue. Oh dear Johnny, I’ll miss you.”
Breakup songs can be so sad when a family is involved. Pomplamoose is a husband-and-wife team: singer-songwriter and bassist Nataly Dawn and multi-instrumentalist Jack Conte (CEO of Patreon).
Widespread Panic Stop Breaking Down Blues, Orpheum Theatre, Memphis, TN, October 19, 2014. [Jump to 01:12 to skip the noodling.]
That’s a wrap for this edition of The Saturday Matinee. See you tomorrow and we’ll do laundry.
The Boys Are Back In Town
WWI – Navy Aircraft deployed to Nova Scotia
The second-oldest military airfield in Canada, the Shearwater air station at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, has been home to Canada’s naval or RCAF maritime air squadrons since its inception in 1918.
[Image & caption found here.]
Canadian Graffiti
Nothing Much Happened Today.
Yeah, I know it went viral yesterday, but so what. That’s the first time I saw it (and I reposted it just like everyone else did, except at least I linked my sources). Besides that, it’s still an awesome pic.
When I was a teenager I witnessed a “small” tornado that passed about a mile or so away from our house. Hail was raining down, sky was black with clear orange sky underneath, the funnel was a churning slow-moving mass of brown with no distinct edges. Next thing I recall is my dad grabbing me by the collar and throwing me into the basement where we hunkered down and listened to the static on the AM transistor radio.
The following day I drove to the neighborhood that took the hit. One side of the road was untouched, but the other was all splinters.
Blizzard Forecast for Northeastern US; Canadians Say, “Hold My Beer.”
819 Yonge (SE corner of Church)
https://twitter.com/Barbie_Sandwich/status/666855646625558528
[Found here, and the Twitter hashtag‘s still up.]
Tacky Raccoons 