Road Stories

[c9]

1. Today's highway 401 story: I drove past two trucks with stickers that read "WE HIRE SAFE DRIVERS 1-800-████████"

I hope that shows up right for the Mac and Linux users. It's meant to be solid black, as in the number was spray-painted over.


2. Today's Peak Oil story: I was discussing Peak Oil with a coworker, and he mentioned that "there's always doomsayers, but way back in the sixties they said we'd never be able to feed the world, and look at it now."

*blink*

• food banks
• children starving in africa
• 20% of Canadian children live below the poverty line

*sigh*


3. Yay painting the kitchen!

Comments

[cap-hill-latte.livejournal.com]

1. At least they hadn't spraypainted over "SAFE".

2. *Sigh* People are dumb.

3. Yay! Photos please!

[cap-hill-latte.livejournal.com]

Wait, more on (2) above. That's not even a good analogy. Food is not an unrenewable resource. And I’m guessing that the concept of “Peak Oil” does not take bio-diesel into account.

I suppose you could argue that there *is* enough food to feed the world, it just isn't distributed evenly. But I have a feeling that’s wasn’t his point.

[simplisticton.livejournal.com]

It shows up fine for Linux users. Dunno about Mac -- I don't get to touch the laptop once Jackie gets home.

You think you have fun with Peak Oil... Jackie's dad is in the oil business... one time (on vacation), I casually mentioned that oil was going to run out and we're well past half-empty in the Global Gastank. His response? "Oil is being made all the time!". Um, yeah.

[nihilicious.livejournal.com]

Are you sure there are still staring kids in Africa? I'm pretty sure Bob Geldorf took care of that, with help from Celine Dion and Blink 182 ...

[primary-suspect.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but didn't you know Cam, that poor people don't count? Everyone else is doing just fine like your co-worker said...