Up at 4.30am as usual and off to open up the gym at Rogers Campus, the highway traffic which has become increasingly busy at 5.30am, was light today as Christmas holiday's kick in.
Speaking of driving, 4 things to get off my chest.
1> As I drive further north the drivers become more polite, I'd say the cut off line on the 400 would be King City. Guys actually move over a lane to let you join the highway off the ramp as opposed to trying to run you into the guard rail on the DVP every morning.
2> We have become a city of horn honkers and it's every race creed and colour. I saw an oriental women just losing it in her SUV because she was waiting to turn right onto Lawrence and the women in front of her wasn't turning fast enough for her liking, honk, honk honk... everywhere and for anything..
3> The no talking, texting law is a farce, no matter how often some police spokesman is dragged onto CP24 to give the latest stats. Everyone is on the phone while driving.
4> Apparently a vast majority of drivers don't have signal indicators in their cars anymore. I am constantly supposed to guess which way they are turning...
Check these out today, you'll agree..
*I just knew Ian Poulter would wear something that would match the gold jacket the JBWere Aussie Masters winner gets and sure enough he showed up in black. He shot 69 -15 to beat Markus Fraser 64 -12 by 3 shots and Geoff Ogilvy 73 -11 by four to finish up his 2011 campaign..
*Lee Westwood who won the Thailand Golf Championship by 7 shots over Charl Schwartzel says " I've amazed myself this week actually, I'd say it's the best I've ever played"
60 64 -20 after 2 rounds is pretty sensational on a very tricky course and he admitted his 73 on Saturday was the result of not knowing how to play with an 11 shot lead. He shot 69 on Sunday -22 total.
It won't be long in the year end reviews that you will hear he and Luke getting the "yeah but they haven't won a major "
Westwood's response..I’m in a tricky position because I’ve been so successful but not won a major. Anytime I’ve gone a year without a major, people are always going to say it’s been a disappointing year for Lee Westwood,”
* It's that time of year again when Canadian hockey fans who don't give a rats ass about junior hockey follow the TSN bandwagon for the World Junior Hockey Championships this year from Calgary and Edmonton. Gets great ratings and gets the full broadcast treatment from the new co-owner of the Leafs.
It is a byline in the paper for the rest of the teams, and by the way the World championship has only 10 teams and 9 of them put together don't have half the Canadian budget for junior hockey, and 5 of them are just fodder.
Still if we don't win it, we are in the final, so it is a chance while laying on the couch, off work, tired already of the in laws, to prop yourself up enough so's not to spill your beer and wave your Canadian flag... until it's over then you won't see another junior game til Christmas 2012..
Bryan Angus also on twitter@mummbles
No comments:
Post a Comment