tootall's blog

Well got my computer up and running... a static charge blew the mother board...next time I'll ground myself when attempting to plug in a cable.  Last Thursday ...another anniversary came and went and I just thought aout it is morning.  On September 7, 1977 I started working at CHOM...thats 29 years ago..how time flies.  This was when we were still at the old house at 1355 Greene Ave. a building we vacated in the eighties to move across the street.  The building was never occupied again as it burned down shortly after we left.  I actually witnessed the fire when I was doing a Saturday night shift...we had a remote control camera mounted on the roof at 1310 Greene and we could monitor a good chunk of the city...I just happened to be zooming down Greene Ave. when I spotted the fire at the old building....it was still smoldering the next morning.  I believe the CHOM ghost finally departed.  The old building was famous for its front door with its heart shaped window...this we brought with us when we left and that door still exists as part of the studios on Fort. St.  I probably got to thinking about burning buildings since this is September 11....  Everyone knows where they were on this date five years ago when the Twin Towers in New York were destroyed.  When the attack happened  I was on a train heading to Toronto.  All of a sudden everyone was on their cell phones and the news spread quickly. I'll never forget leaving Union Station and listening to radio reports eminating from all the taxis parked in front.  All air travel in North America was grounded that day and I thought my trirp back by train the following day would be affected by heightened security and people cramming trains to get to their destinations.  Oddly enough I spotted no extra security and there were even empty seats on the train...things were eerily quiet that next day..the shock still hasn't worn off.