This family day weekend I had occasion to cruise down the 401 and drop into The Big Apple restaurant. You may have seen it on the south side of the 401 near Colborne. The restaurant is really a small pie and cake factory, but it also makes French fries, which qualifies it for this site. … Continue reading
Here is an interesting article about the power of small claims court. This story is about a Honda owner who’s hybrid didn’t provide anywhere close to the advertised fuel economy. The owner went to court and won the case. Of course Honda will appeal. Kind of makes me happy I have a plain old gas … Continue reading
What a great find as spring approaches. Do you live in Toronto? If you are have your eye on a used bicycle, you can check out the stolen bicycle registry at http://isthisbikestolen.com/
It seems that Mini is recalling turbo charged Coopers over a potential water pump failures and a fire hazard. Check out: ” Mini recalling certain Cooper S and JCW models over water pump”- http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/16/mini-recalling-certain-cooper-s-and-jcw-models-over-water-pump/
I’ve often wondered if then current crop of tiny cars was worth looking at. So it seems, Motortrend felt the same way. Motortrend has gathered together a group of nifty little hatchbacks and put them though a battery of tests. They looked at tiny cars from Scion, Honda, Hyundai, Volkswagen and Mini. At the top … Continue reading
On the way into, or out of, the town of Smiths Falls you will find a chip truck known as Hank’s Fries. Open year round you are met with a pleasant and rather chatty fellow who makes a pretty decent poutine. Using proper curds and the magic “poutine gravy” you end up with a yummy … Continue reading
There’s much chatter about electric cars these days. The ongoing question come down toe the concept that people should be willing to pay a signifincant premuim over a gas powered car for the privilege of using battery power. Personally, I’m not sold on the idea. I figure that power has got to come from somewhere, … Continue reading
Cool street eat’s idea. Still, I doubt you could get a decent poutine here. Smart Car Is World’s Smallest Food Truck http://www.odditycentral.com/news/world%E2%80%99s-smallest-food-truck.html
I was looking through my library and found a few pictures worth sharing. I hope you enjoy them
Lately I have been plagued by my clock insisting that the time was an hour and 17 minutes off, and the calendar insisting it was January 2010. Any attempts to change the time were met with instant reverting to the wrong time. Some message board research led me to the conclusion that I should pull … Continue reading
