Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) down in Oshawa are blockading their soon to be defunct GM truck plant. GM recently announced they are closing the gas guzzler plant in 2009 and gave layoff notices to all the workers. Seems the economy won’t support these behemoths anymore, and the public is telling GM with it’s wallet - [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Rants'
Shame about the jobs but do we really need all those trucks?
June 9th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Tags: Catpaw's Mad · Rants · Utter Stupidity · Whines
Hey guess what? I’m rich!
June 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Seriously, I am. I just got a letter from Barclays Bank stating I may/or may not be related to someone who died in an air crash. I’m in stiches over this letter. It beggars belief that anyone will fall for this, but inevitably someone will. Not only is it ludicrously ungrammatical, it is just plain [...]
Tags: Corporate Greed · Curiosities · Day in the Life · Illiterate · Rants · Silly Moments · Utter Stupidity
What’s with this city and it’s odd signage?
May 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments
A couple times a week, I pass by an out-of-service escalator. It’s been out of service for about a year now so I don’t pay much attention to it - I’m used to seeing out of order escalators. A sign used to hang on the wall with an estimated repair time - which past 2 [...]
Tags: Bad Labels · Curiosities · Day in the Life · Rants · Silly Signs · Toronto
“I can shape anyone’s body into a teeny-tiny dancer type”
May 1st, 2008 · 9 Comments
“My formula works on everyone as long as they’re consistent. I can shape anyone’s body into a teeny-tiny dancer type.”
…thus spake professional trainer to the stars Tracey Anderson.
I have one question for Ms Anderson - are you out of your mind? I really, really wanted to use the term teeny-tiny mind, but that’s just [...]
Tags: Catpaw's Mad · Celebrity · Dubious Marketing · Fashion industry · Rants · Utter Stupidity
