Jim Connelly is no longer surprised when he sees folks on the street at 2 a.m. in their pyjamas.
Monday (Aug 21) night in Oak Bay was no different, while Connelly was there to move a house on Monterey Avenue, the spectators were there for the spectacle of getting a 1948 bungalow down the road.
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