WOW! What can you say about a Rider victory like the one on Canada Day. I will admit, when they were down three TDs, I wrote the afternoon off as a season learning experience. Me, of little faith!!!??? Then someone turned the light on and “voila” a huge turn around and victory. Even if there was an extra man penalty. What is with that? I’m sure coach Miller and his staff will get that corrected once and for all.

Now, once the game ended, the fans hung in to absord every ounce of that victory. Very few of the sell-out crowd was in any rush to get anywhere. Departure from Mosaic Stadium was complicated by a major accident at Albert Street and Saskatchewan Drive. That area was shut down entirely for quite some time prior to the end of the game. That’s where my BLOG story really begins.

I’ve been around Taylor Field (Mosaic Stadium) for a long time. For 28 seasons I have had the pleasure of broadcasting from the sidelines and in the locker room after the game. Our post-game show lasts from1/2 to 3/4 of an hour before we go to the Touchdown Club. So I don’t leave the stadium for almost an hour after the game ends. You always get to see all kinds of revelry and mayhem on your drive home. But this game got me a little fired up. Most people use common courtesy when leaving the stadium in their automobiles. They follow the common courtesy policy of allowing vehicles into THE LINE as they go. You let one in and move ahead….and so on and so on., To my amazement, I watched an automobile take the lane that runs north and south on the west side of the stadium and then go against the traffic flow south to try and get out of the congestion. That driver only realized he was going to get no further that way. By that time he travelled far enough south that he had to turn around and join the rest of THE LINE headed towards the intersection by the Lawon. I’ll call this persona BULLY because he decided he was above THE LINE and drove west, along THE LINE, against on coming traffic, hoping he could make his way to the Lawson intersection to be allowed a left turn. NOT!!! As would be expected, a person in THE LINE saw what a mess this person was going to make, an allowed him to crawl into THE LINE.  The BULLY actually forced the hand of the driver in THE LINE. As he got to the corner, he was determined to make a left turn at the Lawson intersection (by the Armoury). Well, for past few years, the City Police don’t let you make that left turn. All traffic must head north to Dewdney, then west to Lewvan or east to Albert and away you go. This person was so determined to make that turn (signal light on and all) that he rolled down his window to challenge the officer. Diplomatically, the officer motioned him to go north on Elphinstine. In that north bound LINE, this erratic thinking driver feels he can’t wait in this line, and decides to move to the right hand lane because there are fewer vehicles in it….only to realize down the way….resident park on the right hand lane on Elphinstone. So, now THE BULLY has to make everyone in THE LINE allow him back in.

Its just frustrating to watch someone with that attitude. In the end, we wound up at the same intersection one vehicle apart. These are the types of characters who should use public transit. They are more than likely the cause of many fender benders because of their aggression. But, more importantly, they probably treat everyone aroud them with that same BULLY attitude. Show a little common courtesy and relax. We will all get home just fine.

As for the Rider win……..WOW!!!!!

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