As Dickens wrote in his version that encompassed London and Paris: It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.

Five million pages. Wow. That felt good.

And the negative counter balance? Watching the first of a line of decades old Linden trees being cut down at the top of our street. According to the city's forester, the contractor and consultant hired to resurface the street screwed up by ripping out the roots on both sides of the trees - making them unstable and unable to draw water.


So what was once a lovely tree-lined walk along a quiet little street in the heart of the city is turning into a dusty gravelled track lined with stumps.

Who approved that plan? Or was a sensible plan trumped by stupidity and carelessness?

As you might imagine, there's lots of finger pointing and 'No comment' and head ducking and forelock tugging.

And tomorrow? We don't know about the best, but we do have some idea of what's going to vye for the worst: more dead trees.

Cheers,
George
justFRED.ca

PS - No trees are sacrificed in the publication of justFRED with the exception of those little green cards we give away to people who Say Cheese! to our photographers...and that wouldn't amount to a week's worth of newspapers.

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