Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy

If I had lost everything in a ship sinking that was preventable, I think I’d sue too. I was on a BC Ferry just 3 years ago, and plan on taking a ferry to Newfoundland later this Summer, so a sinking is pretty shocking to me. It’s too bad 2 people are thought to have died, but it’s strange they can’t say for sure. I still hope they are on the mainland and for some reason haven’t listened to the news in a week.

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In a move hearladed by 75% of CJME listeners as a good idea, the province has banned possession of alcohol in the Provincial Parks for the days of the Victoria May long weekend.  This is an attempt to stop the rowdy highschool students looking to get drunk and destroy park property, while their parents sit “innocently” at home while their little hooligans are out spreading STIs, torching tables, and breaking glass where children will play. To those put out by the 3 days that they’ll have to “endure” without their campfire beer, I say, tough.  Complain to the park’s management for letting children and drunks get so out of hand in past years that it’s lucky no one has died.  I guess young adults attacking RCMP last Summer wasn’t enough evidence for you that preventive measures have to be stepped up to keep our parks safe, and give police the power they need to stop problem groups before they get too large for anything short of the army to intervene.

Park management hopefully won’t bother quiet campers with beer in their trailer, or even at their campfire as long as they respect quiet hours posted, instead of carrying on into the wee hours of the morning.  Tents and trailers offer no sound proofing, so it’s important that loud talking or music not carry on too late.  If someone wants to get drunk and shout, there are many fields for sale that they could buy and have a great place away from civilization to get loud.  In Korea, they have soundproof singing booths where people can shout, and in Saskatchewan we have ample field space.  Parks are not for loud talkers at night, which seems to be a common misconception among many Saskatchewanians.  Once park management starts realizing they are losing more business by being leniant on rowdies, they should start tossing people out before parties start getting to the point the conservation officers or Mounties need to be called in.  One radio caller said lights went out in an Australian park at 10pm, and it was “quiet enough to hear a pin drop”.

The only problem I see with the rule is that so far Regional Parks have not issued a statement that they are banning booze for the long weekend, otherwise they’ll attract the problem partiers that will make their lives miserable in a few short months.  That, and if someone gets kicked out of a hotel or bar in a city, they can in theory call a cab to take them home if they’ve been drinking, but ejecting someone from a park because they were drinking could possibly create defacto drunk driving situations unless additional steps are taken to ensure they aren’t driving themselves.

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I was in Strasbourg today installing equipment and ate a tasty burger and fries at the bar’s restaurant.  On the way back I snapped a few photos on my break.  Here are the sights in Cupar:

In Dysart there were oodles of churches for such a small place, but that’s fairly typical for small town Saskatchewan.  There are at least 4 congregations in Wood Mountain alone, and the village only has 20 people these days.

The last church shown here is an Orthodox that is a SK Heritage building.