I'm fine with that. Summer I play tons of baseball so the hotter the better. Love playing on those hot sunny days.
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I'm fine with that. Summer I play tons of baseball so the hotter the better. Love playing on those hot sunny days.
Zombie James
Banned
When doesn't summer broil us? You can't go above 24 degrees in this city without the humidity pushing it to at least 32.
And Merrry Christmas, Toronto-GAF!
lunarworks
Member
If they get that electrified and frequent GO Train running, Hamilton has the potential to be pretty awesome in about 10 years.
Merry Christmas, too.
BigJonsson
Member
Epic Tales of Penis
Banned
Is there anyone in Toronto looking for two car amps, a sub and a capacitor? I bought them brand new and used them for about two months before buying a new car.
They're just collecting dust and I want to get rid of them ASAP.
They're just collecting dust and I want to get rid of them ASAP.
Curious, but when exactly was the last green Christmas in Toronto? I could only remember having one in the 90s or something? As far as I remember every other year up until now between then has been white.Merry Christmas everyone! We complain about the lack of snow now, but just wait a few weeks.
added_time
Member
Merry Christmas everyone! We complain about the lack of snow now, but just wait a few weeks.
To be fair... I don't think that you or I ever complain about snow! I have Austrian mountain blood flowing through my veins. Snow can't harm me!
Snow is no problem for me. My dog loves it, I don't drive, or have to shovel it. Plus I grew up in warmer weather, so I appreciate a nice white Christmas now.
But if weather holds up, I am looking forward to seeing the fire works from the Humber Bay Arch Bridge this year. Still wouldn't mind a bit of snow on the ground to make it more picturesque though.
But if weather holds up, I am looking forward to seeing the fire works from the Humber Bay Arch Bridge this year. Still wouldn't mind a bit of snow on the ground to make it more picturesque though.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
You...you shaddap, fatso! >;(Snow is no problem for me. My dog loves it, I don't drive, or have to shovel it. Plus I grew up in warmer weather, so I appreciate a nice white Christmas now.
But if weather holds up, I am looking forward to seeing the fire works from the Humber Bay Arch Bridge this year. Still wouldn't mind a bit of snow on the ground to make it more picturesque though.
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Free peins!
Zombie James
Banned
OMGMINETOO! Ground is too wet, though, nothing's going to stick...
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
More like slush and sleet
My friends and I went to buffalo yesterday for shopping and man going to the US side of Niagara is depressing. Nearly 90% of all the stores there are boarded up and everything looks miserable. It's weird that the Canadian side is this pretty neat tourist destination, while the US side is like a slum.
Anyways, on the way back we stopped at August 8 in Hamilton for sushi/dim sum. It's fantastic restaurant despite the odds of:
a) being an all you can eat sushi place
b) also serving dim sum
c) is in hamilton
It really has fantastic food compared to every other all you can eat sushi. They've got the best spicy salmon/white tune and unagi sushi I've ever had. Plus the sushi pizza actually doesn't suck. I've been there a couple of times and it's always been worth the detour. I think there's one in burlington but I haven't gone to it so I don't have any clue if it is as good.
Anyways, on the way back we stopped at August 8 in Hamilton for sushi/dim sum. It's fantastic restaurant despite the odds of:
a) being an all you can eat sushi place
b) also serving dim sum
c) is in hamilton
It really has fantastic food compared to every other all you can eat sushi. They've got the best spicy salmon/white tune and unagi sushi I've ever had. Plus the sushi pizza actually doesn't suck. I've been there a couple of times and it's always been worth the detour. I think there's one in burlington but I haven't gone to it so I don't have any clue if it is as good.
U.S.A side of Niagara has been that way for a while. There's a real bitterness towards the Canadians on that side too.
Niagara Falls, Ontario is very nice down toward the river and falls, but it more closely mirrors the American side if you actually go into the city itself; a lot of older houses that are not kept in great shape and run down lots.
Sounds like a nice sushi place, Divvy. Too bad I haven't been to Hamilton in years. Hamilton's downtown is actually a bit underrated and I think their recent development is in the right direction. I wonder what the progress of the LRT in Hamilton is.
Niagara Falls, Ontario is very nice down toward the river and falls, but it more closely mirrors the American side if you actually go into the city itself; a lot of older houses that are not kept in great shape and run down lots.
Sounds like a nice sushi place, Divvy. Too bad I haven't been to Hamilton in years. Hamilton's downtown is actually a bit underrated and I think their recent development is in the right direction. I wonder what the progress of the LRT in Hamilton is.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Bah humbug! Snow!
Zombie James
Banned
Alright, let's re-do the last two weeks.
BladeWorker
Member
TBH, I've found the US side of most Canada-US border crossings I've been through to be more dismal than their Canadian counterparts. Though I've had the opposite experience re: attitudes. Most of them have been very kind and grateful for the tourism dollars.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Those Canadians...such assholes, eh?!
Regarding attitudes: Maybe for some of the tourist shops, but having lived in western New York and a border town (Lewiston), there is definitely a hint of jealousy / bitterness toward how well off people across the border are.
Right state, wrong city.
Visit San Francisco <3
BladeWorker
Member
Actually, I didn't even imply that my fellow Canadians were assholes.
Though the case may be made for a defensive inferiority complex....
I'm thinking that inferiority complex a lot of Canadians seem to have is diminishing, and is being replaced with straight up arrogance.
BladeWorker
Member
Anecdotally and rationally it makes sense that this might happen given the "new wave nationalism" that we've seen in the political and social culture, but the optimist in me hopes it's not so.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Thought I was clearly kidding there...
I don't see this new-fangled nationalism you all speak of.
BladeWorker
Member
Thought I was clearly kidding there...
I don't see this new-fangled nationalism you all speak of.
It's late and I'm tired, but the two most obvious examples to me right now are:
- If you're not cheering for Team Canada at the Olympics, you're cheering against Canada.
- If you didn't agree with war or troop deployment in Afghanistan, you were a Taliban-supporting freedom-loathing Canadian Forces-hater.
BigJonsson
Member
Winter is upon us
Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
anyone know where these photos were taken?
found them on a russian site about toronto. elgin and winter garden or something like that?
Yup, answered your own question.
added_time
Member
LA makes me hate humanity. I actually like a lot of cities in the US but LA is not one of them. Fuck. I really hate that damn place.
Just being in LA is unpleasant. Standing on a street corner for 30 seconds is just a very uncomfortable experience. Horrible shithole of a city. I can't believe people live there by choice.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Hmm...first example, I never came across since EVERYONE I knew personally was cheering for Canada. And sports brings out the nuts anyways (HI TO NHL GAF!)
As for the second, I was against war and troop deployment, and I didn't catch any flak for it. Totally anecdotal of course.
And we're nowhere near as bad as our neighbours down south who seem to consider EVERYTHING non-American = WRONG. GOD, I heard "we don't do that in America...hmmm but in America we...WHY would they do that here...?!" so much when I was teaching in Korea.
@Azih THANKS!
BladeWorker
Member
Fair points both. They weren't universal. Just heightened, by comparison to the two decades-or-so prior to Canada's New Government, where nobody really cared about much except the GST.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Craptors...COME AT ME, BROS!
Will always remember going to a game and having a dude get the ol rejection after a half time proposal...
Don't feel bad, those type of losses are the best results we can hope for. Close, exciting game where DeMar played well. And they still got the L, which is the greater good in the end, at least this season.
I ordered a PS Display for $300 on Christmas Eve (the start of the boxing day sales online) but it hasn't gotten here yet. The annoying part is Best Buy says the estimated arrival is between December 26th and January 8th. That's a two-week delivery window. That's not good enough.
I don't mind so much if it takes two weeks to get here, exactly, but I do not appreciate a two-week window. That means they expect me to be expecting a delivery any time between Monday past and next Sunday. They really should be able to narrow it down further than that.
If I had waited until Monday and just bought it in-store, I'd have it by now, but I guess I'd be responsible for finding a way to get it to my apartment myself.
Zombie James
Banned
I wanted an Asus Transformer but the only place that actually had it on sale was NCIX... in-store... are they only had nine (yeah, NINE) available in the entire province. No way was I going to drive to either Mississauga or Markham and leave with nothing with such a low amount of units available. Ended up just getting Alien Anthology on Blu-ray and a case for my Kobo.
Futureshop and Best Buy were such failures this year.