John FitzGerald's photos

One of many fine installations that line Spadina Avenue in Toronto, on the stretch between College and King.

Happy Fence Friday.

The shots I took of wintry Toronto today didn't work out, so I've recycled a shot of a hockey game in 2015 between two junior teams that today are just memories. Norfolk winger Martin Friedrich heads for the puck while Komoka goaltender Jason Slavich keeps an eye on it, too. That's the Norfolk in Ontario, by the way. This was the first and only game in which I saw an Australian player score. And the first and only game in which I have seen an Australian player. And there were two of them!

Canada has, yet again, been named the second-best country in the world by US News & World Report: globalnews.ca/news/3293192/canada-2nd-best-country-2017-world-rankings-survey The ranks are stacked against the New World, though, by the inclusion of a heritage category. That's giving the Old World a few thousand years' head start there, eh?! You call that fair? You call that fair? Well, I'm sure Mr. Trump'll be tweeting about this and demanding Congress investigate what an American publication is doing engaging in this Europhile jiggery-pokery. We whupped them, though, which is good enough. Oh -- congratulations, Switzerland.

Click the pic for a more surreal view.

Submitted to the Vintage Photos Theme Park free-for-all in the Friends category (May 2013). ======== I don't know who these people are. This was bought at a collectibles market. After further review I've concluded that the blue tinge is not due to processing for the site but to my not being careful enough. Anyway, I ain't fixing it now.

There are three places I know of where you can get excellent chips. The first place is the UK, the second is Belgium, and the third is Southwestern Ontario. The best chips in Southwestern Ontario are sold from chip wagons. They are fried in beef fat, and every chip wagon sports the sign of quality -- the 2-litre spray bottle of malt vinegar. They're also great unseasoned. Mackie's is an institution in Port Stanley (its blue building in the back has since been significantly extended). I'm so old I used to go with the family to Port Stanley before Mackie's was using the fancy shmancy tubs shown here for its chips. Back then (the 50s) they came in a heavy cardboard boat with a stick to eat the chips. Afterward you could make a toy boat out of them. A plate of chips and a cup of Mackie's orange was an outstanding culinary treat. And it has a Gault-Millau rating of...30! Well, it should have.

Better detail in the big view (type Z to see it).

Everybody smile. To help you along, here's a selection for Sight and Sound: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb47SqYju88 ================= Submitted to the Vintage Photos Theme Park for the theme"All Dressed Up with Nowhere to Go."