Hard times makes strong men and women. Strong men and women make good times. Good times make weak men and women. We are in desperate need of hard times. Let the flakes be punted to the curb.
Staff are supposed to do their job wherever they are. In general if you can’t take criticisms about the job you are doing, maybe it is time to work somewhere else? Building a fortress around your workspace doesn’t sound like a good idea. Hmmm didn’t they do that in Tofino before the silly games of covid?
This may be out of context with the current subject matter but I feel compelled to respond to a certain issue. Every where you go in Tofino you see and hear the name of "Tuff City".
It is used as a colorful name for local business and events and in common conversation. If you google it, one of the first things that comes up is something by tourism promotors. They refer to the history of logging and fishing as being tough occupations. Occupations whose histories Tofitians take pride in.
Well my understanding of the term, which dates back 60 years of living in "Tuff" is that it was a term coined by local native people. Particularly folk from Ahousat or Opitsat who might come down or across to the pub to celebrate a good catch(fish) or a good sporting victory or whatever, and end up having to fight their way out of the bar.....So "tough city" for them, but not for thee. That has been my understanding as a 60 year resident white man in Tofino.
Is it part of a colourfull past? For sure. But maybe businesses will think twice about how they use the name "Tough City", and try to capitalize on it.
Just wonder how many people might not be so proud of that bit of Tofino history
Tough City was just an abbreviation of Tofino. Ahousaht had the nickname of Mexico . I’m a white guy and fished with guys from Ahousaht and Opitsaht in the 70s and 80s .
it seems to me yes you could get in a fight in the bar here with just about anybody. Just add alcohol. The local lads believed they were tougher than anybody else so the name tough city morphed from that idea in the 70s and 80s. Then it became common currency.
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Hard times makes strong men and women. Strong men and women make good times. Good times make weak men and women. We are in desperate need of hard times. Let the flakes be punted to the curb.
I'm hearing tofino council members are not allowed to speak to by-law.
Staff are supposed to do their job wherever they are. In general if you can’t take criticisms about the job you are doing, maybe it is time to work somewhere else? Building a fortress around your workspace doesn’t sound like a good idea.
Hmmm didn’t they do that in Tofino before the silly games of covid?
This may be out of context with the current subject matter but I feel compelled to respond to a certain issue. Every where you go in Tofino you see and hear the name of "Tuff City".
It is used as a colorful name for local business and events and in common conversation. If you google it, one of the first things that comes up is something by tourism promotors. They refer to the history of logging and fishing as being tough occupations. Occupations whose histories Tofitians take pride in.
Well my understanding of the term, which dates back 60 years of living in "Tuff" is that it was a term coined by local native people. Particularly folk from Ahousat or Opitsat who might come down or across to the pub to celebrate a good catch(fish) or a good sporting victory or whatever, and end up having to fight their way out of the bar.....So "tough city" for them, but not for thee. That has been my understanding as a 60 year resident white man in Tofino.
Is it part of a colourfull past? For sure. But maybe businesses will think twice about how they use the name "Tough City", and try to capitalize on it.
Just wonder how many people might not be so proud of that bit of Tofino history
Tough City was just an abbreviation of Tofino. Ahousaht had the nickname of Mexico . I’m a white guy and fished with guys from Ahousaht and Opitsaht in the 70s and 80s .
it seems to me yes you could get in a fight in the bar here with just about anybody. Just add alcohol. The local lads believed they were tougher than anybody else so the name tough city morphed from that idea in the 70s and 80s. Then it became common currency.
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