Difference between revisions of "2020-10-28 43 -79"

Latest revision as of 23:08, 13 July 2022

Location

The Bike Share Toronto location at Queen and Simcoe.

Participants

Frogman

Expedition

I was pleased to see this very accessible hashpoint and decided to use it as an excuse to get some shopping done downtown.

I took the subway from Warden and right away the journey was fraught! Someone threw a branch onto the tracks and the operator had to go out and retrieve it. Then, not too far from where we stopped for that, the train ran a red signal, which automatically causes an emergency stop. When this happens, the operator has to get out and manually restart the train. The poor guy deserved a break, I think!

At Dundas station I walked a block west to go to the Best Buy to purchase some consumer electronic goods. Afterwards, I headed south to Queen Street so that I could walk past City Hall. I think it's a really attractive building, and it was pleasant to walk through the heart of downtown, looking at the buildings and listening to the buzz of the city.

The hashpoint was a couple of blocks west, at a Bike Share Toronto location next to the Campbell House, which is an old judge's house that now functions as a museum. The GPS signal was really bad, presumably due to the nearby tall buildings. After snapping a few pictures, I took the Queen streetcar back east and walked home from about Queen and Woodbine, which is a nice walk that I do occasionally for non-geohashing reasons.

Photos

Waitin for the subway
City hall, and that sign that tourists take pictures of. It's me, I'm tourists.
I have always liked this monument at Queen and University. Never bothered to find out what it is. Hope it's not too colonialist!
Got to the hashpoint. I am actually there; the GPS is lying
Here is a picture of the hashpoint, containing such sights as "tree" and "bike share"
Here is a picture of the monument. Also, I just looked it up and it's super colonialist so......... oops
Here is a picture of the building that messed up my GPS reception. Screw you, building! Nah, just kidding, it's fine.
North along Simcoe Street.
Waitin for the streetcar

Achievements

Frogman earned the Public transport geohash achievement

by reaching the (43, -79) geohash on 2020-10-28 via the TTC.

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+== Expedition ==
+I was pleased to see this very accessible hashpoint and decided to use it as an excuse to get some shopping done downtown.
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+I took the subway from Warden and right away the journey was fraught! Someone threw a branch onto the tracks and the operator had to go out and retrieve it. Then, not too far from where we stopped for that, the train ran a red signal, which automatically causes an emergency stop. When this happens, the operator has to get out and manually restart the train. The poor guy deserved a break, I think!
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-== Expedition ==
+At Dundas station I walked a block west to go to the Best Buy to purchase some consumer electronic goods. Afterwards, I headed south to Queen Street so that I could walk past City Hall. I think it's a really attractive building, and it was pleasant to walk through the heart of downtown, looking at the buildings and listening to the buzz of the city.
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+The hashpoint was a couple of blocks west, at a Bike Share Toronto location next to the Campbell House, which is an old judge's house that now functions as a museum. The GPS signal was really bad, presumably due to the nearby tall buildings. After snapping a few pictures, I took the Queen streetcar back east and walked home from about Queen and Woodbine, which is a nice walk that I do occasionally for non-geohashing reasons.
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 Image:2020-10-28_43_-79_frogman_1603914544024.jpg|I have always liked this monument at Queen and University. Never bothered to find out what it is. Hope it's not too colonialist!
-Image:2020-10-28_43_-79_frogman_1603914581415.jpg|Got to the hashpoint. I am actually there the GPS is lying
+Image:2020-10-28_43_-79_frogman_1603914581415.jpg|Got to the hashpoint. I am actually there; the GPS is lying
-Image:2020-10-28_43_-79_frogman_1603914620822.jpg|Here is a picture of the hashpoint, containing such sights as "tree" and "bikeshare"
+Image:2020-10-28_43_-79_frogman_1603914620822.jpg|Here is a picture of the hashpoint, containing such sights as "tree" and "bike share"
 Image:2020-10-28_43_-79_frogman_1603914662397.jpg|Here is a picture of the monument. Also, I just looked it up and it's super colonialist so......... oops
+Image:2020-10-28_43_-79_frogman_1603914737621.jpg|Here is a picture of the building that messed up my GPS reception. Screw you, building! Nah, just kidding, it's fine.
+Image:2020-10-28_43_-79_frogman_1603914761563.jpg|North along Simcoe Street.
+Image:2020-10-28_43_-79_frogman_1603914778182.jpg|Waitin for the streetcar
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