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Toronto-Age |OT2|

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Spl1nter

Member
DopeyFish said:
I'm ok with a red light district if it's heavily regulated (taxed, disease screening, logging for the sole purpose of disease control)- no pimps but high security (for protection of both parties)

I'm ok with casinos as long as its run by OLG, has the same type of taxation and maintains a high level of class
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Who wouldnt be fine with a casino if that occured, but the possibility of that happening...
 
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whitehawk

Banned
will52 said:
Does the TTC really think people will pay when the "Collector" is away for whatever bullshit reason? Who else but the TTC runs a business like that? I saw about 5 people run through at Pape Station this morning without paying.
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Good for them. You can't expect people to pay if all they have is a $20 bill and they need change. People are in a hurry, they can't wait 5 minutes for the collecter to get back.

It's pretty unprofessional of them, but sometimes you spot a booth without a collector and it's your lucky day.

edit: It is a BEAUTIFUL day out today.
 
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StevieP

Banned
TheNiX said:
Depends. I think you come out even in the long run, just don't attach a fucking club to it. Probably the worst thing Fallsview could have let happen.
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Never been, but what's so wrong with a club attached to the casino?
I had really good experiences in Vegas with the attached clubs there.
 
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Azih

Member
About the casino. Not on the waterfront. It's too pretty there for some mega complex like that. They can stick it in Woodbine. Would be better to really screw Casino Rama anyway. Sorry Rama First Nation the city needs the money.

But really the city should get a massive amount of tax out of this if it's to go ahead. There's no point if all the money goes to the province and the feds.

In any case casinos don't seem like they have much of a future. I think the older generations have a Bond style vision of the glamour of gambling in a casino but younger people would rather play poker online or something.
 
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Divvy

Canadians burned my passport
Maybe they could build a rehab clinic right next the Casino. And yeah, definitely not on the waterfront. We don't need depressed drunks wandering around there at night.
 
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Rinoa

Member
will52 said:
Does the TTC really think people will pay when the "Collector" is away for whatever bullshit reason? Who else but the TTC runs a business like that? I saw about 5 people run through at Pape Station this morning without paying.
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I've seen collectors go away (usually between buses) to go to the bathroom and no other reason.

At my station people still pay though.. most don't even look to see if a human is there as they go in anyway.
 
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BladeWorker

Member
Azih said:
About the casino. Not on the waterfront. It's too pretty there for some mega complex like that. They can stick it in Woodbine. Would be better to really screw Casino Rama anyway. Sorry Rama First Nation the city needs the money.

But really the city should get a massive amount of tax out of this if it's to go ahead. There's no point if all the money goes to the province and the feds.

In any case casinos don't seem like they have much of a future. I think the older generations have a Bond style vision of the glamour of gambling in a casino but younger people would rather play poker online or something.
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If people are going to lose their money gambling, they may as well do it in Toronto where we can put the tax dollars to use fixing infrastructure and building transit.

Also, the CNE runs a casino while it's in town for 15 days of the year. Why not make it look like it was built in this century and run it year-round?

And/or, if Ontario Place is converted into a full-suite resort area, a Casino could give it new life among adults and non-family people, who represent a fair share of the tax base in this city, too.
 
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Kave_Man

come in my shame circle
I'm glad the weather made up it's mind today. Had some drizzle this morning to ridiculously dark skies to now beautiful blue ones.
 
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added_time

Member
Toronto photo of le day:

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Black-Box

Member
Divvy said:
Depending on the route you take, there can be a lot of traps. Hard to see signs, bushes obscuring your vision, Oakville's weirdass road orientations, and that terrible driving conditions during rush hour. Sometimes you get lucky have a nice examiner. She took me on a route where I didn't even have to parallel park next to a curb. I remember everyone I knew wanted to get their tests in Brampton due to their closed course, but I think they shut that down recently.
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hey now, nothing wrong with Oakville roads, I took mine G and G2 in oakville, didn't have to parallel park once! so awesome
 
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Black-Box

Member
I dont know why people dont like to use reusable bag, they hold so much more than a plastic bag, and you don't have to worry about the bag ripping. also makes loading easy
 
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Magnus

Member
Some losers jumped out of an Indigo in suits and formal wear and freaked out: "Oh my god, it's so chilly!"

I strolled by in my t-shirt and shorts and chuckled.

a) It's Toronto. 16 degrees is beautiful and balmy.

b) I, personally, always feel stuffy and overheated in formal wear. One of them had a jacket on top of the suit and was freaking out about the cold too.

Really?!

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Divvy

Canadians burned my passport
Magnus said:
Some losers jumped out of an Indigo in suits and formal wear and freaked out: "Oh my god, it's so chilly!"

I strolled by in my t-shirt and shorts and chuckled.

a) It's Toronto. 16 degrees is beautiful and balmy.

b) I, personally, always feel stuffy and overheated in formal wear. One of them had a jacket on top of the suit and was freaking out about the cold too.

Really?!

really-seth-amy.png
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This is the city that puts on Canada Geese winter jackets in september.
 
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whitehawk

Banned
Magnus said:
Some losers jumped out of an Indigo in suits and formal wear and freaked out: "Oh my god, it's so chilly!"

I strolled by in my t-shirt and shorts and chuckled.

a) It's Toronto. 16 degrees is beautiful and balmy.

b) I, personally, always feel stuffy and overheated in formal wear. One of them had a jacket on top of the suit and was freaking out about the cold too.

Really?!

really-seth-amy.png
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Dude tell me about it. It's 14 right now and beautiful, and I went out today in a T-shirt. I've gone downtown before when it was below 10 and I was fine. That day I also saw people in winter coats and wool hats, I couldn't believe my eyes. Toronto has some pansies.
 
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Fuzzy

I would bang a hot farmer!
whitehawk said:
Dude tell me about it. It's 14 right now and beautiful, and I went out today in a T-shirt. I've gone downtown before when it was below 10 and I was fine. That day I also saw people in winter coats and wool hats, I couldn't believe my eyes. Toronto has some pansies.
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It was great driving around with my window down and only wearing a t-shirt. Some people are crazy to complain about this.
 
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Quick

Banned
Today's weather was a bit on the chilly side, but not by much. It got warmer as the day went on, I think. I was driving all day, so it was nice having my windows down.
 
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Fuzzy

I would bang a hot farmer!
We haven't bashed Ford in a while.

Ford won’t attend rainbow flag-raising event at city hall Thursday

A crowd is expected at city hall for a rainbow flag-raising event meant to highlight the fight against homophobia but one notable absence could steal the spotlight on Thursday.

Mayor Rob Ford won’t be attending the annual PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friend of Lesbians and Gays) ceremony at 12:30 p.m. Organizers invited Ford but he said he couldn’t fit the event into his schedule.

Thursday’s event marks International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.

And for the second-straight year Ford will be a no-show at the Pride parade on July 1. The mayor said he won't stray from tradition and will be spending time with his family at his Muskoka cottage. He hasn’t said whether he’ll attend any Pride events during the 10-day festival that runs June 22-July 1.

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http://www.citytv.com/toronto/cityn...nbow-flag-raising-event-at-city-hall-thursday

He was invited back in March for today's event but said it wouldn't fit into his schedule. In all fairness though, they did schedule it in the middle of his lunch hour.
 
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Rinoa

Member
Magnus said:
Some losers jumped out of an Indigo in suits and formal wear and freaked out: "Oh my god, it's so chilly!"

I strolled by in my t-shirt and shorts and chuckled.

a) It's Toronto. 16 degrees is beautiful and balmy.

b) I, personally, always feel stuffy and overheated in formal wear. One of them had a jacket on top of the suit and was freaking out about the cold too.

Really?!

really-seth-amy.png
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I was wearing chiffon dress yesterday, my ass was frozen becuase of the wind more than anything.

However today is ballin!!! Moar expensive patio dinners plz
 
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BigJonsson

Member
Wow, a judge threw out the federal election results for Etobicoke Centre and is calling for a by-election, the Conservatives won by 26 votes but there were clerical errors that may have decided the outcome of the race
 
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mcrae

Member
meeting a girl at queen and spadina in an hour and a half.. any opinions on good nearby bars to chill and chat? going to the black bull first
 
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mcrae

Member
Stet said:
The Rex if you like Jazz, but the Black Bull is an unbeatable patio.
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it is a decent patio, but the date warned e that the servers can be kinda bitchy/snobby, she wasnt kidding at all. gonna check out the tequila bookroom next time, sounds cool
 
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EvilMario

Will QA for food.
Rob Ford's platform for his re-election campaign unveiled. Garbage collection privatized east of Yonge. lulz

Rob Ford says he won't outsource garbage collection in the east end of the city until 2014 "when [he] gets re-elected," breaking one of his 2010 election promises. Speaking on his weekly radio show, Ford said he plans to campaign on privatized services east of Yonge during the next election, which he is apparently confident he will win. Ford managed to have collection west of Yonge privatized in 2011.
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