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23Apr 2025 by R&O No Comments

Top Tens that never took off

Entertainment, Internet, Of Interest, Silly Stuff

Way back in 2011 TopTenInPictures original called 'TopTenInPictures.com' that would display image slides I created for a variety of top ten lists. Each list was created in PhotoShop and would take some time to research and create. I created hundreds of lists covering a wide variety of topics and hoped to monetize the site with Google Ads. That was not to be. Within a relatively short period of time Google Ads stopped serving ads to the site due to copyright infringement claims for some of the images I used. After struggling along for a few months I finally gave up and closed the site. I came across the slide images on a backup drive a few weeks ago and decided to post some of the lists here on Aprilroad.com. I'll…

10Sep 2024 by R&O No Comments

The Guilty Taxpayers

Crime, Economy, Life, Life in Vancouver, Observations, Politics, Rants

While making my way to work in 2011 along Powell Street in downtown Vancouver I was given a pamphlet while waiting at a traffic light. The guy who approached me as I sat at the light mumbled something about 'Save the downtown Eastside' as he presented his informative missive. The title read 'BOYCOTT! Pantages/Sequel 138 - Condo$ are Destroying Our Low-Income Community'. This is asking the working, contributing taxpayer to support their quest to maintain the tattered, depressing hell-hole that is our downtown Eastside. Let's save the slums, the misery, the abject poverty and the legions of drug-addled, homeless people wandering into traffic. Vancouver's downtown Eastside eats the city from within, spreading its filth and drug addiction through violence and crime, affecting the lives of all that live and work…

04Oct 2023 by R&O No Comments

Temporarily Heartless

Health

And so life continues... My ability to walk up hills or even slight inclines without feeling winded was becoming a real concern and even though my GP suggested it was due to age and "being out of shape" (which is easy for a guy in his early 30's to say and not completely true in my case), I insisted on a cardiologist referral. It was a good thing I insisted. After numerous scans and tests it was established that I had Atrial Fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm that begins in the heart's upper chambers with symptoms including fatigue, heart palpitations, trouble breathing and dizziness. I was prescribed a collection of medications and scheduled for a checkup. Not a great outcome but AFib, as it's commonly referred to, it quite common…

09Feb 2022 by R&O No Comments

10 Vinyl Records You Need To Own

Entertainment, Music

As mentioned in a previous post, vinyl is back but it's expensive and harder to find than ever before. The battle these days is to find copies of surviving or reissued albums worth your time and money. I suggest you get yourself copies of the following ten albums which may be available in your local record store or on Discogs, eBay, Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace and one of the many online sources for quality vinyl. Be warned that you may have to hunt for quality copies as most have not been reissued. My tastes are eclectic and may or may not be your cup of tea but have a listen to cuts from each album using the YouTube player below. If you're reasonably impressed, do yourself a favour and get a…