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toronto's new streetcars

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2011.11.12

We went to see the open house for Toronto's new streetcars.

Kenny loved the mock-up car on display, a five-part monster fully 25% longer than even the double-length articulated cars they have today. The inside is much more modern than the existing cars, with a lot more room and better ability to move throughout the vehicle. Also, it supports the "new" electronic payment cards, which is a giant leap forward from having to have the driver negotiate every other payment.

And it seems that our visit got us on the news. We were briefly interviewed by someone from one of the TV networks who probably loved Kenny's adorability. Just now the girls from the apartment downstairs came running up to tell us - "You're on the TV!"

rand()m quote

If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it. A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts it will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

—Roald Dahl