Blair Morris taught Urban Studies. One chapter was on dying downtown areas. Another was on traffic patterns. One day, it was a cold winter day, the entire class had to go downtown and count traffic. We had various positions around the city. Dan Dalby and yours truly got the location of the old Canadian Tire, near the automotive museum on Simcoe Street South, opposite the McLaughlin Bandshell and Memorial Park.It was boring. It was cold. The only thing that I remember was that what we did with the traffic figures was mildly interesting. Collecting the data wasn't.
Dan was cool. I was a total nerd, dressed in a suit, a trench coat and a tie. I make up for it these days though in the tropics. I go to Board of Directors meetings in sandals, shorts and a cotton yoga shirt.
(If one word characterises the 1970's -- it is HAIR !!)
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