Time is Drawing Near.

08:40 hrs.
14 Sep 15

     Yes, time is drawing near for a great number of things. Here in the VALLEY the new cable ferry at Buckley Bay has finally arrived. The training work ups, from all indications is going well and the vessel is slated to be fully operational in the next month or so. It won't make a lick of difference to the residents of Denman Island. Their hatred of BC Ferries runs so deep that any company vehicles left on the the island are routinely vandalized. FRICKIN HOODLUMS!

     Work on the new hospital is sceaming along too. The number of temporary workers has increased exponentially and evidence of their numbers is evident by the lack of parking anywhere within 500 metres from the work site. The new firehall and training centre on the other side of the road is also going up fast. Another major project is the addition of another traffic lane on Lerwick. When  completed there will be four ĺanes from Ryan Rd. all the way to the intersection with Valley View Dr. Its about bloody time.  Anyone with a student at Isfeld will attest to the problem of turning right and merging with the flow of traffic when school lets out. If the City of Courtenay engineers had any clue they would put in a set of traffic lights at the entrance to the school that would allow vehicles to exit safely. This work will go on until November at least. Unless you have to travel through the area I would avoid it during peak traffic times.

     The next big project is the straightening of Vanier Drive through to Dove Creek Rd. and the replacement of the bridge over the Tsolum River. That project hasn't started yet, except for the surveying, but it is supposed to be completed the same time as the new hospital in 2017.

     Have you set your dvr for the new season of your favourite tv shows? The new season of Big Bang Theory starts on 21 September. I don't know which direction the program is going to go in the character development. There are now so many different plots that my BETTER HALF often laments that the first few seasons were better as the characters were much more nerdy and that was what the show was all about. Nerds trying to cope in a real world environment. Personally, I am looking forward to Elementary.

     This just in...an American airlines pilot boarded the wrong plane and flew it to Hawaii. Not that the plane couldn't go to Hawaii. It wasn't scheduled to go to Hawaii. In fact, it hadn't been certified for a flight to Hawaii and I don't think the passengers really wanted to go to Hawaii.  Imagine if you're sitting on an aircraft waiting to taxi out from the gate on your long awaited vacation. You watch as the plane next to you, same type and from the same airline is pushed back. No big deal. You've seen it a hundred times. And you wait and wait and WAIT for your turn. Nothing happens because your pilots are on the other plane. All systems go. Imagine being a passenger on the other plane and you were supposed to be headed to Tuscon when you notice youve been flying over water for more than an hour. Too funny.

     A quick note Dear Readers.  The posts to comoxvalleyviews may be lacking over the next couple of weeks as my LOBSTER and yours truly will be on hiatus. Never fear the Couch Monkeys will be under the control of the Sages. Boy are they in for a rude awakening!