Break out the banners and ticker tape, I'm throwing a parade. Even though I'm student and just getting paid so that Parks Canada can cash in on that sweet, sweet Economic Action Plan moolah, it's still an amazing feeling. BEST DAY EVER!
Another first today: driving a hybrid car. I felt like I was 16 again because I needed a lesson on how to drive the thing. Firstly there is no key in the traditional sense. You know those Volkswagon keys that flip out from the base? Picture that, but instead of flipping a key out, just shoving the whole thing into a slot. Then pressing a power button. I felt like I was booting up KITT from Knight Rider.
It's quite strange driving the car. I have no idea what half the functions do and so I'm trying to assess a chart of kWh vs. time while figuring out how to get the only English radio station and why the car sounds like it's struggling whilst staying on the road.
Fortunately my passenger (Rosemary) and I made it back alive to and from our destination.
Also, totally off topic but did you know that the Canadian government authorized and participated in the bombing of beluga whale pods in the 1920's. They thought that the belugas were responsible for a decline in the fish stocks available for fishermen in the Saguenay and St Lawrence.
French word of the day: babouches. Meaning: flip-flops!
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