Lost and found websites

One day a few months ago I found a website devoted to all manner of trivia and information about the Toronto Transit Commission, which is the transit system in Toronto where I grew up. The website is called simply Transit Toronto, and has a wealth of information related to the Toronto Transit system.

I really enjoyed the TTC and spent a good part of my life on it. When I was growing up, a neighbor used to be my babysitter during the day, as both my parents worked. As I went to school she continued to watch me after school and in the summertime. She and her husband did not own a car, and went everywhere on the transit system. Her husband had I believe worked for the TTC at some point, or if not, certainly knew an awful lot of information about how the system worked.

I started using the transit system on my own without any adult supervision when I was in the fifth grade. I attended a gifted program one day a week at another school and had to take the TTC to get there. When I was in high school and college, I took the TTC each day to get to school, and when I started working I took the TTC to work every day. The great thing about living in Toronto is that as long as you don't live too far out in the suburbs you can use the TTC to get anywhere.

Reading about the TTC on this site certainly makes me nostalgic for home. I spent a long time scanning the site when I first came across it. I then switched browsers or did an upgrade or something and lost the bookmark. Oddly enough it never came up when I googled on anything related to "Toronto transit." Luckily I mentioned this on the Canadian board at DSL Reports, and someone knew exactly what I was talking about and posted the link.