tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post112180975169600239..comments2024-03-28T21:22:17.322-04:00Comments on The AC is On: Border ViewsAnvilcloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-1121977970769158922005-07-21T16:32:00.000-04:002005-07-21T16:32:00.000-04:00I wish we had chip trucks here!! That sounds so mu...I wish we had chip trucks here!! That sounds so much more quaint and homey, rather than going to an institutionalied commercial place of business for my trans fats. :)Jennifer Swanepoelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412037714911643943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-1121976015341382382005-07-21T16:00:00.000-04:002005-07-21T16:00:00.000-04:00They are basically just chip trucks although they ...They are basically just chip trucks although they may provide a few other things as well. They do chips the old fashioned way: each chip floating on its own in the bubbling vat. Then they scoop the chips out. Chips under the bridge are a local tradition, but you'll find chip trucks scattered here and there in many Canadian cities, at least in Ontario.Anvilcloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-1121918711785704492005-07-21T00:05:00.000-04:002005-07-21T00:05:00.000-04:00Ok, so does a chip truck produce only chips, or ar...Ok, so does a chip truck produce only chips, or are there other things, too? <BR/><BR/>I have never heard the term before. It seems from your picture they are akin to what we call catering trucks over here.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604097511444010759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-1121876865707823472005-07-20T12:27:00.000-04:002005-07-20T12:27:00.000-04:00I would add that it all the children are involoved...I would add that it all the children are involoved with scheduled activities like camp. There's just no time for frolicking these days, no profit in it.<BR/><BR/>And chip trucks? Have you any idea how many trans fats are in chips? Surely you are trying to add to the obesity problem in our country.Lorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06322778291206842093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-1121875229031329202005-07-20T12:00:00.000-04:002005-07-20T12:00:00.000-04:00There were no American kids in the water on the ot...<I>There were no American kids in the water on the other side.</I><BR/><BR/>The American kids were home playing the new X-Box game "Extreme Virtual Swimming," slouched in their bean-bag chairs in their air conditioned game rooms.<BR/><BR/><I>There were also usually about twenty kids or more hanging around right under the bridge. I photographed a few of them to the right (above), and you can see one boy diving off. Again, there were no American kids cavorting on the other side. </I><BR/><BR/>Given the prohibative cost of medical care and the ever-present threat of a law suit, most American parents frown on letting their kids engage in such activities. Besides, for the same reasons, most municipal parks and recreation areas in America now ban any activity that could possibly -- no matter how remotely -- result in an injury greater than (or equal to) a stubbed toe.<BR/><BR/>Besides, groups of cavorting youths is just the first step on the path to gang violence. We'll have no cavorting here, thank you very much.<BR/><BR/>As for the dearth of American chips trucks, it's because McDonalds bought them all then shut them down. It's a plot, I tell ya!-epmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290108507107672811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-1121862428666943282005-07-20T08:27:00.000-04:002005-07-20T08:27:00.000-04:00I used to live by a pond and creek (crick) and we ...I used to live by a pond and creek (crick) and we were in or on them every day. I don't know where the city kids were!<BR/><BR/>In this heat a trip to the shore is a treat. We rode the bikes up around Interlochen a week or two ago. It's 20 degrees cooler.<BR/><BR/>I hate packing, luck to you!Valerie - Still Riding Forwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15148433989184665687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-1121828262103598832005-07-19T22:57:00.000-04:002005-07-19T22:57:00.000-04:00We have one of those "carts" to haul Maddie around...We have one of those "carts" to haul Maddie around in when we go for family bike rides. We call ours the "buggie", but I have no idea what its official name is :-) <BR/><BR/>So glad you had a nice ride today. It was quite pleasant biking weather here too.<BR/><BR/>It IS rather curious why there's a distinct difference on either sides of the water.Heather Pletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975795000759157299noreply@blogger.com