Sleepless in Strathroy...
...or maybe not. Because, as anyone who has seen me recently, either at Katie's cottage last month or at Paul's house last weekend will point out, I can fall asleep ANYWHERE. I am expecting abuse from a semi anonymous blogger now telling me just some of the places I fell asleep whilst we were on our pan European travels back in 1997.
So, the two incidents above demonstrated that, given the right mix of alcohol (or to put it another way, 2 beers) and a warm room, I can sleep through all interruptions.
Sadly, the same was also true on Sunday afternoon after two nights awake post midnight during the weekend. Age is catching me as fast as the 20s are leaving me....
So, to add to sofas in front of Billy Connolly and chairs in front of porn (apparently, see nothing moves me!), I can add that the noise of a Corolla doing 120 on the 401 doesnt bother me, and neither does music, the telephone (unless Paul is on the phone!) or a motorway rumble strip, all of which Nicole tried to use to stir me, without luck!
Strathroy, population 11,000, finds itself 250km south west of Toronto. But we're busy, so I havent had the chance to go out looking at it yet and I cannot report on how active the place is.
Nicole on the other hand did the lunch round and found a Quiznos Sub, which for the guys back home is an alternative to Subway or Mr Sub. For a country with the sea faring history of Canada, there are a lot of subs around here.
Quiznos has a business card draw every week - the story goes that you put your business card into a pot, and if it is drawn out, you win a free meal.
Nicole reports that there were two business cards in the bucket, so was going to put hers in on top, but hesitated.
"When is the draw?"
"Friday"
"I wont be here anyways.. we're leaving on Friday"
"We'll do it Thursday so you can use it Friday"
Its not the lotto 649, but the odds sound promising. I've no idea what else we'll see out here, but I have the camera with me just in case....
So, the two incidents above demonstrated that, given the right mix of alcohol (or to put it another way, 2 beers) and a warm room, I can sleep through all interruptions.
Sadly, the same was also true on Sunday afternoon after two nights awake post midnight during the weekend. Age is catching me as fast as the 20s are leaving me....
So, to add to sofas in front of Billy Connolly and chairs in front of porn (apparently, see nothing moves me!), I can add that the noise of a Corolla doing 120 on the 401 doesnt bother me, and neither does music, the telephone (unless Paul is on the phone!) or a motorway rumble strip, all of which Nicole tried to use to stir me, without luck!
Strathroy, population 11,000, finds itself 250km south west of Toronto. But we're busy, so I havent had the chance to go out looking at it yet and I cannot report on how active the place is.
Nicole on the other hand did the lunch round and found a Quiznos Sub, which for the guys back home is an alternative to Subway or Mr Sub. For a country with the sea faring history of Canada, there are a lot of subs around here.
Quiznos has a business card draw every week - the story goes that you put your business card into a pot, and if it is drawn out, you win a free meal.
Nicole reports that there were two business cards in the bucket, so was going to put hers in on top, but hesitated.
"When is the draw?"
"Friday"
"I wont be here anyways.. we're leaving on Friday"
"We'll do it Thursday so you can use it Friday"
Its not the lotto 649, but the odds sound promising. I've no idea what else we'll see out here, but I have the camera with me just in case....
posted by CBC at 11:57 pm
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