I woke up from a 8 year coma recently and I’m not saying anything is wrong medically, but I do think I may have woken up in a version of Peterborough that was assembled from memory fragments and municipal rumours.

At first everything seemed normal. Then I tried to leave.

The hospital discharge nurse handed me my paperwork and said, “You’ll figure out Lansdowne eventually.” I asked what that meant. She just circled it three times and said, “It means you will.”

Outside, I attempted to orient myself. Every road I took eventually returned me to either:

a Tim Hortons

a Dispensary

or the same Canadian Tire that I’m fairly sure is larger on the inside than the outside allows physically

I asked someone for directions out of town and they looked genuinely confused, like I’d asked to see the ocean. They pointed vaguely and said, “Just keep going until Chemong stops being Chemong.” I don’t think Chemong ever stops being Chemong.

The Lift Lock is real, but I’m pretty sure it’s not operating under normal physical laws. Boats go in, come out, and sometimes look slightly older than when they entered. Nobody talks about this.

Every night there’s some kind of event happening at Del Crary Park. I tried asking what the event is called and was told, “It depends who you ask.” That didn’t help.

The most unsettling part is the collective agreement not to question any of it. People just accept that you will eventually loop back to the same three intersections, that you will develop a preference for specific Tim Hortons seating sections, and that “yeah bud” is both a greeting and a conclusion to most conversations.

I tried leaving once more yesterday. I made it as far as the edge of town before the road quietly became residential again, like it was embarrassed I tried.

I’m not saying Peterborough isn’t real.

I’m just saying I haven’t seen evidence that it is.

Hello I am having a baby in August and just found out I am going to be having a boy and was hoping to jump start buying some clothes haven’t been able to find much of market place and just thought of recycled kids but wasn’t sure if they sold stuff like that I know they are consignment but?

How expensive are they? If I was expecting to get ride of 1 twin sized mattress, 3 twin box springs, a couch (3 seater, and 3 sofa chairs) what could I be looking at? If I can’t find someone with a truck to take it to the dump, what should I be expecting. I know they do a free, no pressure quote but if I use them they’re my last chance so I’m stuck with whatever they say.

I have already reached up to habitat for humanity to see if they would like the furniture, since they pick up. If not, would anyone have suggestions? They didn’t go on fb marketplace, and all my roomates are leaving by early next week.

If anyone has any experiences with got junk or any suggestions I’d appreciate it

Long story short:

A man cut down all the young trees across the street from my house, which is along the lake’s shore (public property). He cut about 20-15 feet of young trees along the shore and threw all the cuttings into the water. Later, I discovered it was a neighbor a few doors down.

Where can I make a complaint? The city?And I would like to remain anonymous.

Earlier, (before I learned it was a neighbor) I called the non-emergency line as he was acting erratic and going ape-shit on the trees and throwing them into the lake. I was home alone and didn’t feel comfortable approaching a man with giant hedge trimmers!! Cars kept stopping to look at him and were also probably thinking WTF?! But then later, I saw him on the porch of a neighbor.

Where do I complain about this person cutting down public property? Also note: These neighbors are not super approachable to begin with… and have scary dogs that always go nuts when people walk by. So I don’t feel comfortable just doing the normal thing of going over and asking why they felt they could/should do that.

Edit: I reported him to the non-emergency line and then called back to give the address of the person, but I am pretty sure they didn’t seem too concerned.

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