Plans afoot for some US nutters to invade Canada.

[luddite lady]

[quote="alex"]I'm so sorry Conroy that I didn't get a chance to take you to the parade today. But get a copy of the Star today and maybe the girls will take you to Guelph to see it. Only a 30 minute drive.

Show support. Equal rights for everyone!

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article ... -in-guelph[/quote]

Ha! Alex, if by the girls you mean me, the only busts I'd be showing to out of town visitors are at the Royal Ontario Museum. Guelph is the town with that lovely university my daughter will be attending shortly. I'm suddenly soooo glad that school hasn't started yet.

In case anyone is taking TTC to the pub/concert, you'll want to take the Pape 72 bus from Union Station. Get off at Cherry Street and cross the bridge. The pub is right there. The Sound Academy is on Polson which is on the right a little further down Cherry. Get a transfer from the machine where you board the subway or the bus driver will want you to pay a fare again.

[BongoBoy]

Just got back in town
sorry I misses y'all !

BB

[luddite lady]

Well, that was one tiny but powerful invasion! Gina and Papa certainly put the Super in Cat with their beyond mortal ability to drive all the way from South Carolina just to attend dinner and the show. Due to professorial responsibilities, some unexpected, the Cats had to shorten their visit substantially. They came, they saw, they conquered and left for home early the next morning. The fact that they still made the long journey for such a brief visit is both deeply touching and wonderfully insane. Thanks. It was marvelous to see you two again. I hope the drive home was safe, rapid and just eventful enough to keep you awake.
The concert started crazy late. I was given a little history lesson on the origins of the Bonnaroo war cry "Do it!", which we sadly felt forced to revive as we waited over two hours for the show to start. No explanation for the delay and little in the way of an apology was offered. However, once the concert began the place turned into a frantic mosh pit of skankalicious proportions. Conroy had reason to woooooooo. The Specials really delivered and the audience, populated mainly by young 'uns, returned the energy ten fold in a manner that rhythm guitarist, Lynval Golding, called "f***ing brilliant". Such sweaty fun! But, honestly, after such a long wait at the end of a busy day, us Nutters weren't skanking to our full potential. Personally, my rude girl stylings were more in the order of rude grandma.
Last thing I heard of Conroy, he'd gone native, riding a bike around the wilds of Toronto Island. He certainly packed a lot of activities into his visit and got to know the city really well. Have a safe flight home, sir!
I feel badly that more of the Toronto posse couldn't make it. You all missed a great time. I'm just glad that Conroy, PapaCat and GinaSuperCat weren't part of the invasion force during the war of 1812. Laura Secord wouldn't have known what hit her. (Sorry for what must be an obscure reference for most of you. But any Canadian who made it to Grade seven knows what I'm talking about. We just don't have all that many wars to study here.)
Thanks once again for the wonderful time. Now, as Conroy suggested, I have to start scheming a way to get Stewart to perform here so we can have a real konvention next time.

[ltwoman]

Geez, the Super Cats all the way from SC. That is quite a jaunt!!! Wow! Hey, Conroy is just north of me so I'm feeling remorse for missing out on alot of things. Not very spontaneous I suppose (no "Grandma", just no excuse!)
LL, I am having flashback and remember Laura Secord as a candy; my father worked in Canada when I was a teen and I' visited him several times. So what's the back story to a woman who has a candy line named after her? They didn't tell me that part (I have a cousin at UT and I always wonder if he knows any of YOUSE GUYS!)

[Grace]

Good morning. Pleased but not surprised to hear that a good time was had by all.
Sorry I was unable to join. The work suckage seems determined to not subside any time soon but we grin and bear it. Catch ya next time. Would indeed be great if the event could have a direct Stewartness about it.

[conroy]

Just wanted to let y'all know I got home ok. LL is right, I packed a lot in my small amount of time there, but it was a lot of fun. Gotta unpack and decompress. I need a vacation from my vacation but gotta jump right back into things at work tomorrow Will try to report more later in the week.

[conroy]

Also, there was a great review of Saturday's show in the Toronto newspaper this morning that was waiting for me outside my hotel door this morning.

[conroy]

One thing I gotta mention before I forget is that yesterday as I was riding the streetcar into the underground passage that brings it to Union Station, there is at one point a sign that instructs the driver to "Sound Gong Before Proceeding". I tried to get a picture of it but we were moving too fast

[luddite lady]

[quote="conroy"]One thing I gotta mention before I forget is that yesterday as I was riding the streetcar into the underground passage that brings it to Union Station, there is at one point a sign that instructs the driver to "Sound Gong Before Proceeding". I tried to get a picture of it but we were moving too fast [/quote]


Oh! I had forgotten about that sign. When I first saw it back in '08 it cracked me. I tried a few times to get a picture, too, but failed at every attempt. Either the streetcar was moving too fast or there were transit staff around whenever I wanted to sneak from the platform on to the track for a quick shot.

Here's a link to the review in the paper.
http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment ... 76516.html

I'm glad to hear that you got back home safely.