Zoom w a View: London, Ontario - black and white

While visiting a fellow hockey player at his place of business I snapped a photo or two of scenes of downtown London, circa 1950.


[“Bank of Nova Scotia, 422 Richmond St., beside Casino Restaurant”]


[“NW Dundas and Richmond; Quebec and Ridout St. buses”]

I arrived in London in 1968 and rode some of the same old buses, but don’t recall seeing parked cars on both sides of Dundas.


Maybe cars and buses got too big for the streets.

I do recall that a 1968 Chrysler was quite a bit wider - like a houseboat; maybe to accommodate wider rear ends; but that's just a theory - than my 1964 Volkswagen.

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Rising Global Temperatures: I’ll live on a boat in San Francisco

Ever since I read about a family that lived on a houseboat in San Francisco Harbor I’ve wanted to pull up roots, sell off all my property and possessions, move west in a covered wagon and do the same.

Chances are I’d have a cooler quality of life as global temperatures continue to rise because, according to NASA’s records, the oceans aren’t warming as quickly as the land.


If I lived on a boat would I need an air-conditioner? Cooler water temperatures would help moderate the comfort in my small, tidy, living-room/bedroom/galley/dining-room/basement/bathroom, right?


Sure hope so, because as long as I’m on the water I might as well go whole hog and live off the grid.

Anything’s possible, right?

[see another NASA graph at Four Mugs and a Crock]