It's this thing of ridiculous natural beauty, and sits just outside the most jaw droppingly depressing town i've ever seen. Last year in work, myself & Robbie saw this documentary about a local guy determined to go over the Falls in a barrel. He was such a loser, but a very focused loser, and his life and this town and the crummy motel he was staying in just made the whole thing so, ugh, the poor fecker.
Most people don't really need this to be pointed out to them, but this guy did. Its been illegal since the 1940's to go over the Falls but people still try, and these are some of the vehicles in which people have done it. 
One guy was thwarted by the ingenuity of Ontario Hydro - they found out there was someone on their way to do it, and dropping the water level by 5 ft in 3 minutes, so the guy got caught before the edge. Someone else got caught in a whirlpool in their barrel for SEVEN hours. Nice.
As for the town,
I think that this says enough. Mark D. would have been very excited by the Marvel Adventure City...
Anyway to ease your eyes after that assault:
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I'm in shock. We were at Niagara (falls and the town) a while back (ok well it was actually in 1994)and the town was this picture-postcard perfect, idyllic place. Think Bree Van De Kamp / Wisteria Lane. Not a Macky D's or BK in sight. I don't know what the world is coming to!!
Btw, your blog is doing that thing again where you have to scroll down to see the first post. Maybe it happens when you do mammoth postings. I got the archives bit working on Ella's.
well we also went to niagara on the lake - a small town about 15 min drive away- which i'm assured is Wisteria Lane like. The tackytown was about a 10 min walk up the road from the actual falls...seems frightening if that really has only sprung up in 10 years
I seem to remember some really pretty gardens near the falls, with loads of steps in them, and roses? But the town, where we got off the bus, was not impressive at all.
yes, that's the one we were in - niagara on the lake. that other place looks muck...
beauty pix of the falls, frightening pic of the Burger King. what does it say about that weird little town that it's the honeymoon capital of North America?
i'll tell you what it says: married's are clearly insane in the membrane.
jill - i don't have your cell # or home email, and da boy isn't responding to email or cell - i have 2 tix to Billy Idol tonight at the Kool Haus, half price (20$/each) doors at 8 - if you want them give me a call or email....altho i leave here at 6:30, so you have an hour.
and hey, you could always go and scalp them..bloody things are worth $50 apiece...christ...
oh...by the way, they're a buddy's here at work - he's sick and can't make it, gave 'em to me to pawn.
later.
oops - phone 579-5394 if interested. that's 579-LEZI.
YEAH!
hmm, i havent built up enough of a rotten tomato & egg collection to go and throw at him though. Though I do like a bit of Hot In The City, my sis emma had a mix tape called HITC when i was about 8.
Mark has no credit on his cell for about a week...he's here now though, and he doesn't want to go either. ta though.
heh....well, i ended up selling them to roomie ryan and his drunk friend. i don't know why i thought you guys might want them...call it painting the entire Irish people with the same brush...i know Graham likes the crap 80's rock, i figured you all did.
lol. i expect a swift kick in the ass for that statement next time i see ya's.
Jill, what is this "cell" you speak of?
Also, you can get through to your flickr thing if you click on any of your photos. So now.
kk, i was trying to talk to damian in his native language, he wouldn't even comprehend what a mobile is. Sure he only discovered texting* about a fortnight ago (they don't know what fortnights are here either)
*this is true
harrrrumph.
i discovered that i could text on MY cell two weeks ago, yeah - i knew how to do it before that, smartass! it's just that..well..i just haven't had much time to get to know my new cellular and it's plan...
sheesh. you guys are merciless.
and by the way, a "mobile" is what hangs over a baby's crib here - if you're hanging cell phones over your baby's cribs over there...well, i just don't know what to say.
I suspect the only cell you can't text from is the one in prison (unless you've smuggled in a mobile which isn't hanging over your cot). Or maybe the ones in the human body.
Time for tea, I think...
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