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Joisting | the handcrafted life
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On building, beer, bread and big ideas on a wee Gulf Island. April 25, 2015. April 30, 2015. Straddling two ladders, 80 kg of Douglas Fir on my shoulder, I lowered the timber onto a flat spot chiselled on the round beam. A satisfying thunk onto its mark 1 inch (25mm) below the string line, the bones of the upper floor complete. The 6X12 inch joists run perpendicular to the three parallel rows of round wood beams running through the house. I recommend lifting timbers with your shoulder. It’s the antid...
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phantsythat: March 2015
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Then there's Adventures, Ink. Friday, March 27, 2015. As previously noted, I’m quite aware that such a project is utterly unthinkable today, and we’ll get to the superstitious horror that lies behind that reaction in a bit. First, though, let’s talk about the obvious objections. Would it be possible? So much for the first objection. Would there be downsides to deliberate technological regression? Does that last option seem unbearably depressing? Friday, March 20, 2015. The open window by Saki. Framton Nu...
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island transport solutions: Sailing.......through a little bit of paradise
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Sometimes we need to think outside the box. Friday, 13 August 2010. Sailing.through a little bit of paradise. A week travelling around on car ferries may not be everyone's idea of paradise - but as a means of experiencing the beauty of British Columbia some ferries are hard to beat. On Day 2 of our recent trip we boarded the MV Island Sky. Boarding the Island Sky. We had no idea what to expect. Externally, the design is not unlike her smaller, more venerable cousins, Bowen Queen. And Mayne Queen -. Its a...
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island transport solutions: Four die in Megabus en route to Toronto
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Sometimes we need to think outside the box. Sunday, 12 September 2010. Four die in Megabus en route to Toronto. Four people are now known to have lost their lives in an horrific accident in which an off-route Stagecoach Megabus en route from Philadelphia to Toronto struck an overhead bridge clearly signed as having just 10'9" headroom. The Van Hool Astromega is over 13' high. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Come on Gabriola, take a leaf from Bowens book. Just another school trip hazard.
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island transport solutions: U-Pass and VIU : stalemate or opportunity?
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Sometimes we need to think outside the box. Monday, 6 September 2010. U-Pass and VIU : stalemate or opportunity? So, Vancouver Island University (VIU) is one of the few higher eduction establishments in BC that will not be subscribing to the U-PASS scheme this year. Let's e. The majority of universities in BC are located in Vancouver or Victoria, where the density of population - and therefore the quality of public transit service - is way higher than in Nanaimo. The result? It is wholly unrealistic to e...
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island transport solutions: School bus challenge
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Sometimes we need to think outside the box. Friday, 25 June 2010. This week, the Ministry of Education has announced that they are to spend a cool $12.5 million on 106 new green [well, yellow anyway] school buses - of which just two will find their way to the Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District. In a press release. This week, Minister of Education Margaret MacDiarmid revealed:. Needless to say, there is no transit service on Gabriola - and one cost saving measure proposed by the School District is to assig...
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island transport solutions: The great Gabriola ferry debate
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Sometimes we need to think outside the box. Sunday, 14 August 2011. The great Gabriola ferry debate. Let's be honest. Gabriola has a much better ferry service than most of the gulf islands. Why? Well, for one thing, we live on the only gulf island with a ferry that takes us right into town, where we can shop, eat out and so much more within walking distance of the ferry terminal. And, with an experience card, the round trip passenger fare is only a buck more than a round trip on Nanaimo Transit. So here ...
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island transport solutions: It's all in the writing
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Sometimes we need to think outside the box. Monday, 16 August 2010. It's all in the writing. It's been said that travel broadens the mind - and our recent journey around the Gulf Islands certainly highlighted the very different atmosphere of the various island communities that we visited. Although not by any means the definitive guide, the initial impression created as you land by ferry offers just a hint of what to expect. Within sight of Galiano Island is Mayne Island - a community so proud of its twin...
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island transport solutions: Canadian pension funds pay $3bn+ for UK high speed rail line
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Sometimes we need to think outside the box. Friday, 5 November 2010. Canadian pension funds pay $3bn for UK high speed rail line. Two Canadian pension funds have clinched a £2bn deal to acquire the High Speed 1 rail route between London and the Channel Tunnel. Borealis Infrastructure is the infrastructure investment arm of the OMERS Worldwide group of companies, one of Canada’s largest pension plans. Meanwhile, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan is the largest single-profession pension plan in ...British...
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island transport solutions: The Greyhound saga rolls on..... for now
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Sometimes we need to think outside the box. Friday, 19 November 2010. The Greyhound saga rolls on. for now. Enter BC Ferries into the equation, and after some heated discussion, BC Ferries refused to allow Greyhound buses to park outside the terminals, forcing Greyhound to abandon the four shuttle buses and (despite being under an obligation to run them pending determination of their application) their service has only run 2 buses each way since early October. Be taken on the ferry and make the complete ...
