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I bought an Apollo Scooter – don’t make the mistake I made.

  Three weeks ago I received my new Apollo City Pro, 2023 model.  I was very excited to ride this scooter, it being quite well reviewed and a premium quality product. While it was priced accordingly I was prepared to pay a little extra knowing the company was based in Canada and I should expect a level of service reflecting this. The idea of flitting around the Vancouver streets in my short tennis skirt on the little device was a picture I found very appealing. I am also very committed to the environment and having an electric solution to short journeys fed a part of my soul that feels a little awkward about leaving my children a world that is destined to be burned to a cinder in a few years. Perhaps this was part of the solution. To be fair to Apollo the design and build quality appear good. And for two days it was. Until the first flat in the ‘self sealing’ tubeless tires. Here’s where things began to go wrong.  The tires don’t ‘self seal’. As the tire deflated so did my spirits, how

The best drag shows - Welcome to Vancouver, Christmas 2021.

The Apartment - a Halloween ghost story.

 

The Foreshore Light - A ghost story for the nonbinary among us.

 

Being non-binary isn't just about gender.

  I think it fair to say that one of my favorite occupations after I run screaming from my office at the end of the week, is to relax and settle down for a quiet weekend on the water. This is the time when, after the gnashing of teeth and sobbing generally has subsided that I can put my feet up, watch one or two friends trying to look masculine and impressive, and lament the absence of my wife, still unaccountably travelling in Europe. If there was a week that would drive one to a gnashing of teeth, and generally pulling one’s hair out in frustration, it was indeed the week that has just ended. On the whole my clients at the advertising agency are a sweet and very receptive group of people. They accept my somewhat unusual approach to life, in exchange for some very sound advertising and marketing guidance for which I am grateful as it does provide me with a satisfactory income. Having said that, I despair at some of the clients. We do have a number of ‘pro bono’ accounts, which is to s