Life on the other side
Posted by George Wright Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:19:00 GMT
Well I guess it’s been a pretty interesting three months in Canada so far.
I’ve settled down in my new home; the company I worked for was bought out by RIM; I’ve done no open source work; I hosted Troy over the weekend when he came to Toronto for the Ontario Linux Fest; I’ve played a lot of Super Mario World on my new Wii; I’ve seen Niagara Falls and finally I’ve been bloody ill for the past 11 weeks which culminated in 3 trips to the doctor, two courses of antibiotics and almost every weekend indoors sleeping.
What a great way to start life in a new country! Thankfully it looks like I’m finally on the mend and I’m feeling better than I have done ever since arriving in Toronto. I reckon it’ll be another week or two before I’m healthy again - just in time for Hallowe’en!
Maybe I’ll be able to go out on the bike at last.
…and now you have winter to look forward to….
On the bike front, make sure you don’t pay full price for anything. There are always end of season or pre-season sales with really good prices on previous season’s stock, so worth biding your time and keeping an eye open for a good sale. Plus, with the snow a month or so away, you can afford to be patient as biking opportunities get pretty rare once the roads are full of slush (unless your a far braver man than me, which i admit many are ;)
George has a bike that is worth more than most of our bikes combined, and it’s already in Soviet Canuckistan. And yeah, he should get a shit bike for winter riding. I’ll be using studded tires this winter myself.