So I decided to go on a walk from Mill Creek Ravine Park (83 St./69 Ave.) and ended up at Concordia University College (71 St./112 Ave.) some two-and-a-half hours later. This represents over 15 000 steps (which I calculated with my Special K step counter).
I saw the "pedestrian overpass" near the low level bridge, which I found was actually closed, because of vandalism and flooding. This stuff you never see unless you walk there yourself.
I'll admit, I jaywalked across 112 Ave. The #2 bus was coming, and although I pressed the crosswalk button, it seemed like an eternity to change. At least 1 minute, and no cars in the flow direction! I didn't want to wait half an hour for the next one, so I just ran. There were two women (both conspicuously adults) who tried to board the bus with a child/senior ticket (value = $1.25). Yeah right, you paid but the coin disappeared, I thought. Good thing the driver didn't fall for their lame trick, and earned the city another $2 in the farebox. Question is, what were they going to do when they got on the LRT? (I watched them get off at Stadium.) If a fare inspector caught them, that would have been a $110 fine. Teach them a good expensive lesson, I say.
On the way home, I boarded a bus where the floor in the back was flooded with black elastic bands that girls use to tie long hair together. My estimate was about 50. The bag that once held these bands was lying under one seat. The story it tells: Girl buys a pack of these and boards bus at mall. Opens the package to take one out to tie her hair. Bus brakes or hits a bump. Bands scatter everywhere. No point in picking up stuff that's touched the floor, and leaves all of them there.
The other peculiar thing was this guy who disembarked the bus (same bus) from the back door, and as if thanking the driver wasn't enough, he said something along the lines of: "You did a fantastic job today! WooO! [claps wildly] Yay for ... #8! God bless you!" Before making any conclusions, the guy was a grown man, and was not drunk. Oh, and he wears Abercrombie and Fitch.
