Is This Alta Lake?

June 26th, 2008, 6 Comments »

Some old family friends gave my Dad a couple of photos from the summer of 1985. They’re of a family day out on, canoeing on a lake. We can’t remember where we were. We thought they might be photos of Alta Lake, near Whistler. Does anybody recognize these mountains (and, uh, that clearcut)?

Is this Alta Lake?

I was trying to judge based on this Google Maps view, but it’s hardly conclusive. I searched through some Flickr photos that purported to be of ‘Alta Lake’ but, then, you know, got bored.

In another photo from that day, you can see an eleven-year-old Darren in an over-sized cap enjoying New Coke. That particular addiction (to Coke, regardless of taste) started early.

UPDATE: This is, indeed, Alta Lake. Thanks to Brent and Jason in the comment, who verify our suspicions. Jason found this image on this page from 2005, and the vista looks nearly identical to my photo.

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Bring Back the Old Tampax

March 11th, 2008, 7 Comments »

Now here’s a cause I can get behind. Apparently Tampax recently re-architected their tampon, and Airdrie isn’t happy. Here’s an illustrative photo of the old and new model side-by-side. I can’t imagine why she didn’t dye the water blue, as in every feminine hygiene commercial I’ve ever seen.

Airdrie started a lobby group on Facebook to ‘New Coke’ Tampax, and invited me. If she’s successful, maybe they’ll release the old model as ‘Classic Tampax’.

I’m not what you’d call a heavy tampon user (insert off-colour joke here), but I’m always glad to support a little consumer advocacy. Fight the power, and so forth.

UPDATE: I forgot to mention the online petition that you should sign.

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