br00t4c, to Ottawa
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WTL, (edited ) to Ottawa
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Based on my observations here in the Market, there are six types of people out in the pouring rain:

  1. Brought an umbrella and/or raincoat.

  2. Soaked to the bone, fumingly cranky at the world.

  3. Gleefully walking in the rain.

  4. Attempting to outrun rain and failing.

  5. Resigned that they are already soaked to very core of their sullen bones.

  6. Didn't bring a raincoat or umbrella, and want to you believe they did this totally on purpose. Totally.

[Edit: I can count, honest 🤣]

WTL, to Ottawa
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Brought my bike into Fosters on Bank street for service this morning and discovered that Fosters is gone.

Quick Cranks (two blocks away at Cooper) took it over and closed the Bank location.

According to a search, Fosters opened at 9. Quick Cranks opens at 10, and I was there at 9:45. Did they open the door when I buzzed? Nope.

So, where in do I get my bike serviced? I live in Lowertown, so I’d like to be close if possible.

Lesson: don't trust search engine summaries. I know this.🤦🏻

WTL,
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@Mr_GHARice Historically, that's what I've been able to do at Fosters for years (just never at beginning of season, as that's not fair to them). Easily 3/4 of the time, they’d do the work right on the spot. Kinda sucks that I have to find a new place. I don't like new things very much.

Mr_GHARice,
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@WTL
Here you have to wait at least 2 weeks in the season up to 2 Months. With 3 kids using their bike riding to school I meanwhile do everything myself and equipped like bike shop. 😉

AnnaAnthro, to Ottawa
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Space for Algonquin Peoples to open near Parliament after Chief underwent a water and food hunger strike

https://montrealgazette.com/news/national/space-for-algonquin-peoples-to-open-near-parliament

ottaross, to Ottawa
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Quite a downpour going now! Glad to get the deluge on the garden and pond.

I think I've settled most of the pond leaks (mostly stream bed adjustments). Hate using metered city water in the process.

WTL, to running
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Thursday:
129 seconds of plank
8.2km of #running (21°C, a Humidex of 28°C)
20 minutes of HIIT
30 minutes of strength
11 minutes of yoga for runners

Today's workout was the definition of workout suffering. High humidex, offset a bit by some light rain that didn't seem to help. My last full KM was 5:48/km, as I really wanted to get out of being outside.

Did spot my first snapping turtle about to lay eggs.

I'm pretty sure Kim (and Bakari) are trying to kill me in HITT. 🤣

#AppleFitness #Ottawa

Grid of photos 1) Recreational path curving off to the right with trees and grass 2) Close up of an animal-resistant garbage can with some graffiti on it, including “F*ck cars”. 3) Eastern shore of the Rideau River, with smoothed rocks, a tree angling out over the river, and some larger rocks on the shore. 4) Close up of snapping turtle in the process of digging a hole to lay eggs. 5) Recreational path with trees growing up over it.

ottaross, to Ottawa
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Left a window open a bit, and the muggy Thursday humidity is creeping in! Ugh, might need to run the AC soon just to dehumidify a tad.

br00t4c, to Ottawa
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How an N.L. woman and senator are lobbying for intimate partner violence law

#ottawa #senator

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ipv-bill-mcgrath-manning-1.7208030?cmp=rss

grivettcarnac, to Ottawa
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I’m really proud of my restraint commenting on Reddit but my fucking god these “I’m a cyclist and all you other cyclists are breaking the law and therefore all the mad drivers are justified in wanting to kill us” posts are going to be the end of me. Goddamn these in particular make me so ragey. Yes, fine, be kind to people also not driving but I do not care what you do to make yourself safer. Period. Fuck the rules made for people driving

WTL, to Ottawa
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I've a few taxis with this (or similar) wraps in #Ottawa of late. “Keep using plastic or WE ALL DIE.“

Brought to you by "small and medium size businesses”. Yeah, sure. #ClimateChange

ottaross, to Ottawa
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Ah nice to see the rest of the week is much more pleasant. It's very hot and muggy now, so I'll enjoy the change.

I wonder if there will be a something stormy come through in the change over this evening or overnight?

ottaross,
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Overnight temperatures sink pretty slowly from 30C to 21C for morning, so that doesn't seem like any dramatic front coming through.

Will be a bit of an uncomfortable night if you don't have AC.

YurkshireLad,
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@ottaross a thunderstorm and only 40% chance of showers? Or perhaps, 40% chance of showers and 100% chance of torrents?

WTL, to cycling
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Wednesday:
102 seconds of plank
23.3 KM of #Cycling (24°C, Humidex of 30°C)
11 minutes of yoga for runners
30 minutes of HIIT
20 minutes of strength training

Another day of doing the outside portion of my workout first to try and avoid the heat.

Getting home hot and sweaty then having to workout more is not very appealing. 🤔

Need to start building an underground city covered in parkland. Anyone have a spare billion sitting around?

#Ottawa

johnefrancis,
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@WTL if I use the search term

from:@WTL "seconds of plank"

I get all the toots and then I just need to parse out the seconds and add them up to see if there's been enough "Plank: The Movie". I figure about 4500s, or 75 minutes, would be enough.

WTL,
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@johnefrancis So far this year, I’m at 12,386 seconds of plank, so enough for two movies. 😳

Weird to think of it that way. 🤣

geekingirl, to Ottawa
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Low property taxes mean that beach lifeguards only work peak summer weeks.

Low property taxes mean that city lifeguards only get paid $18/hour to checks notes literally save lives.

Low property taxes mean that getting your kids into swimming lessons is nearly impossible in #ottawa.

Low property taxes mean that it’s really hard to have a safe summer day at the beach as a kid.

Low property taxes are part of the reason why some family is having the worst time of their lives right now.

br00t4c, to Ottawa
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grivettcarnac, to Ottawa
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Reminder that the city of #ottawa likes to unilaterally decide when summer starts and ends. Has Britannia Beach been packed for weeks already? Did a 9-yr old just die? Yes. Will this change the city’s approach to funding how the city operates in an era where it’s much warmer for longer? No probably not. The speakers mentioning no lifeguards are on duty are like speed signs. Meh, that’s enough #ontario #onpoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/britannia-beach-dead-child-june-2024-1.7222570

Nezchan,
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@grivettcarnac

It's obvious that Sutcliffe's hobby isn't swimming, eh?

grivettcarnac,
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@Nezchan well it’s only “recreation” after all

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