Comments on: The Road To Hell

By: CherylT

CherylT — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 06:23:49 +0000

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By: The Supreme Court of Canada | Correr Es Mi Destino

The Supreme Court of Canada | Correr Es Mi Destino — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:47:59 +0000

[…] building is currently undergoing renovation (yes, it is construction season after all!), so I entered by the small door. Right after going through security, I stepped into the […]

By: beaverboosh

beaverboosh — Sun, 30 May 2010 16:19:41 +0000

it’s as close as we get to socialism and keeping unemployment lower…

By: Linguist-in-Waiting

Linguist-in-Waiting — Thu, 27 May 2010 00:04:10 +0000

It makes me wonder, does winter and snow shoveling really damage the roads that much? Which if they do, and apparently so, then they should just build stronger roads in the first place! .-= Linguist-in-Waiting´s last blog ..Sticker =-.

By: Rich B

Rich B — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:41:49 +0000

Is that why all you Pennsylvania drivers drive so fast throught upstate NY? “Gee honey, no holes!“
(Woot!)

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 26 May 2010 10:36:01 +0000

I know what you mean about the roads — I’m from Pennsylvania, and they have the same “winter/construction” joke here. Only, as with Canada, it’s completely true. In fact, the Dept. of Transportation recently rated us as just about the worst in the USA in terms of bridges. Thankfully, there are almost no. Just a whole lot of traffic slowdown.

By: Crikette

Crikette — Tue, 25 May 2010 21:46:20 +0000

This is so true ....... I can believe you've got such a good and close visions of what life is all about in Ottawa ! .-= Crikette´s last blog ..La marque à trois balles ! =-.

By: Zhu

Zhu — Mon, 24 May 2010 02:20:14 +0000

@Beth — I love studying what makes Canada Canada, in good and in bad. And I’m happy it makes you laugh, as a Canadian

@Lizz — I can see that The rainy season must be something quite weird. Not sure I’d like that… I hated typhoon season in HK.

@shionge — Wow, tough laws! This is weird to me, I wouldn’t ask the for the permission to strike.

@Seraphine — Well, I though of that but I guess ultimately it would be more expensive than fixing the roads. Mind you, it would be cool to drive on heated roads!

@Ghosty Kips — That bad? I find the roads in NY State pretty good, despite similar weather as in Canada.

@Soleil — I have little patience for SNCF and RATP strikes as well, although I do support strikes in principle. I belive in workers’ rights, but I also think the right is strike is being overused in France.

@Vagabonde — Oh, she must have been disappointed! I hope you had a chance to see it later.

@London Caller — really? I didn’t think the English would strike. They seem to… English for that

@Nelson — Hi Nelson, thanks for the input. I have to see the documentary! I think it could be part of the problem too. As an outsider, I do find that some construction site do go very slowly…

@seb — I love this saying too — so true in may circumstances!

By: seb

seb — Sat, 22 May 2010 23:56:12 +0000

Great post! I knew it would be a good one given the title (not that your other posts aren't good!) The road to hell is paved with good intentions is a fantastic saying. Good intentions can be oh so very treacherous, presumptuous, and a benign expression of arrogance thinking that one knows best. .-= seb´s last blog ..It's Rabbit Season =-.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Fri, 21 May 2010 22:30:18 +0000

Hi Zhu,

I saw a documentary a few weeks ago on Radio Canada about why these road repairs take a long time to complete and why the roads are easily damaged after one winter season.

According to some witnesses, there is a lot of corruption going on. And the contractors would use substandard materials to save on cost. They also delay the completion to enable the contractors to get more money from the government.