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TrueToTheCrew
Officially Done



Registered: Jan 2002
Location: Ontario
Black Out Anniversary

Today is the anniversary of the blackout of 2003.

Im sure everyone has a story.
Last year, 2 days before Oakey was to spin at guv the power went out.

When it happened, i was sitting at my desk at work. My overhead light started to dim which made me think we are having a brown out so i remember thinking to myself "i'll do my part to conserve and shut my lights off". 2 seconds later power went out, i didnt realize it at first cuz my laptop was still working off battery and the network was running on emergency back up . After realizing what happened i joined the rest of the building to come up with theories and search cnn or cbc for terrorist attacks. I remember looking out the window to the construction going on in the middle of the road and saying they probably cut the power lines. So, 2 girls i work with went outside and accused them of cutting our power. LOL. Then we found out it was the whole North Eastern region.

I left waterloo to return to hamilton. Took the back roads to avoid chaos on the highways. Since my parents were away on vacation, i hurried to the restaurant to put everything in the big freezers.

The next day, we had the biggest and best bbq ever which we still talk about and call "blackout 2003 party". Awesome time.

Oakey finished off that great weekend at guv.

Whats your story?

removed: fake pic.


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Last edited by TrueToTheCrew on Aug-15-2004 at 03:43

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Dr. Z
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Registered: Sep 2002
Location: Toronto/Waterloo, Canada

Toronto.. so dark, has never been so beautiful.

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Matt
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Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Toronto, Canada

fyi, the satellite pic is fake


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LKD
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Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Its June 18th, 2005, I'm at the Skybar

quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Z
Toronto.. so dark, has never been so beautiful.


i sat on the pavement and just gazed up in aww that night....was the most beautiful sight i had ever seen


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Dr. Z
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Registered: Sep 2002
Location: Toronto/Waterloo, Canada

quote:
Originally posted by DJ El Kay Dee
i sat on the pavement and just gazed up in aww that night....was the most beautiful sight i had ever seen


I sat on my 17th floor balcony and looked at Toronto, I get a 270 degree view of toronto.

It was... amazing, so quiet, so peaceful. So dark...

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Vivid Boy
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Registered: Sep 2001
Location: T.O

amazing timne..i say they cut the power every year...it was amazing...i remember comin home from work and then beer and then a huge party on my street..hooked up with a few broads i didnt even knew lived by me..heading to their house..hmm...dont remember much then remember a meteor shower which i watched for a few hours in my backyard with my mom while i chained smoked and she took a nap...amazing experience....

oh ya i remember eating barebeque for the next 3 days and my friend who lived down the street in the more richy neighbourhoods having full power and me being pissed off abt it

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cap
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Registered: Dec 2002
Location: Toronto, Canada

I was working at wonderland! And, as you can imagine, all the rides stopped. Fortunately, most of the rides at wonderland have fail safes in the sense that once they start they use kinetic energy etc. to complete. However, one ride, the boat that goes up and down like a swing, couldn't stop! Kids were stuck on it, swinging, for an extended period of time and started blowing chunks over the side The managers of the park eventually had to physically step in and manually stop it, lol. After, we got paid to just walk around the park and direct people out of the park. Then, all the employees went and had a wonderland financed BBQ!

Such a sweet day!

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Dr. Z
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Registered: Sep 2002
Location: Toronto/Waterloo, Canada

quote:
Originally posted by cap
I was working at wonderland! And, as you can imagine, all the rides stopped. Fortunately, most of the rides at wonderland have fail safes in the sense that once they start they use kinetic energy etc. to complete. However, one ride, the boat that goes up and down like a swing, couldn't stop! Kids were stuck on it, swinging, for an extended period of time and started blowing chunks over the side The managers of the park eventually had to physically step in and manually stop it, lol. After, we got paid to just walk around the park and direct people out of the park. Then, all the employees went and had a wonderland financed BBQ!

Such a sweet day!


Is the ship frictionless of something?

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crazedcanuck
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Red Deer, AB

It's the pendulum boat, and without power brakes, good luck defying the laws of physics, and getting all the momentum stopped lol.

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E2EK1EL
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Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Toronto, Ontario

I was working my day job at the time ... power went out and my boss calls to send me home. Got home and rush to a chinese resturant to buy food for my parents and got ripped off Chilled outside for a while and talked to a few ppl. Later on the night, Deep Groove and I went racing in the streets with the lights off


On that day, I realize ... how friendly we can be if we only tried. Strangers talking to strangers and having a jolly time. Once the power came back, the normal attitude was back to normal.

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crazedcanuck
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Red Deer, AB

I was working in a warehouse @ the time, and the power went out just as I was making a turn on my machine... took it right into the wall and had to leap off into a slot full of boxes..

My favorite part of the blackout had to be walking the danforth early in the am, getting barbeque, grabbing a beer here and there since bylaw oficers weren't working... goodtimes

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St_Andrew
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Registered: May 2003
Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Hehe, funny how everyone loved this... perhaps we should just reconsider our way of living... hehe.. or perhaps not...

anyway, you should be glad it didn't happen 12 januari or something... that would have been terrible...

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