lunarworks
Member
For the biggest city in Canada, Citytv's show was positively shameful.
Can't they get, you know, a good performer for once?
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For the biggest city in Canada, Citytv's show was positively shameful.
Can't they get, you know, a good performer for once?
rogers budget cuts mang
Yeah I found it weird this year they just cut to Calgary right after the clock ran over. Last year (or the year before) they had the Rock of Ages cast right? And at least every year before that they kept it going at least until 12:30.
BigJonsson
Member
Happy New Year!
The TTC was such a lovely shitshow tonight lol
People trying to push onto the subway and just getting boxed out of the way lol
I hope all the drivers and staff stayed calm tonight, I wouldn't
Awesome of the TTC to do this every year
The TTC was such a lovely shitshow tonight lol
People trying to push onto the subway and just getting boxed out of the way lol
I hope all the drivers and staff stayed calm tonight, I wouldn't
Awesome of the TTC to do this every year
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
If you take a look at my post history, I was the biggest tek supporter. I realize it was Roger's fault, but my cable had been acting up for awhile during the day before all this and I'm not happy with the lack of and miscommunication. Hell, even when I was on cable, I'd have unstable ping.
I'd still be with them if they had provided warning ahead of time in the form of an advance email or call with an estimate and guarantees of reimbursement instead of a blog post I had to check on my phone. For the CSR to even say it wasn't a DHCP error in the first place is deceptive or just plain ignorant when I had suggested it might be that.
Whatever, hopefully I just get back up soon and tek takes robbers to court.
WrenchNinja
Member
Took my siblings to the movies and just went home and went to sleep. Had considered going to nps to meet up with some friends or going to a poker game that my cousins were holding but was too lazy.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
At fellow gaffers house eating, drinking, and stealing his wifi. A lot tamer this year than previous. Usually, we would be up really late watching bad movies and drinking. There's still tons of booze left and they all slept quite early. I AM DISAPPOINT, Jenov!!!
Pyke Presco
Member
The TTC was running late last night? And here I hoofed it like 2km for nothing! That's what I get for flying in on a days notice and not checking anything...
Spent the night with a couple friends at VIP Billiards on Yonge. Great place, really nice tables, was pretty full all night long. Bar staff was friendly, if a little overworked, and this one waitress didn't bother to charge me for my drinks. Needless to say she got a decent tip, and I just told every other waitress I was good until she came around. (I'd been in in the middle of the afternoon for about an hour to kill some time while I waited to hear back from people, and ordered one drink. Came back like 6 hours later wearing different clothes and glasses, she remembered who I was and what I was drinking. I was thoroughly impressed.)
In the bar area they also cleared some room out for a dance floor that was sorely underused, but it was all about the pool anyway; I mean really, who goes to a pool hall for a club experience? I'm guessing it was mostly rhe girls who were dragged along by their boyfriends who wanted to hang with the boys and shoot some pool. Poor ladies.
Anyway, solid night all around. Ended up about 20 bucks up off of games and drank free for the night. That works for me!!!
EDIT: Another couple days here and then back to Vancouver/Victoria. First year out in BC, loved having the green Christmas, but it was also nice to have a light dusting on the ground in Toronto for new years. Best of both worlds. Firestorm, embrace the rain! It is beautiful!
Spent the night with a couple friends at VIP Billiards on Yonge. Great place, really nice tables, was pretty full all night long. Bar staff was friendly, if a little overworked, and this one waitress didn't bother to charge me for my drinks. Needless to say she got a decent tip, and I just told every other waitress I was good until she came around. (I'd been in in the middle of the afternoon for about an hour to kill some time while I waited to hear back from people, and ordered one drink. Came back like 6 hours later wearing different clothes and glasses, she remembered who I was and what I was drinking. I was thoroughly impressed.)
In the bar area they also cleared some room out for a dance floor that was sorely underused, but it was all about the pool anyway; I mean really, who goes to a pool hall for a club experience? I'm guessing it was mostly rhe girls who were dragged along by their boyfriends who wanted to hang with the boys and shoot some pool. Poor ladies.
Anyway, solid night all around. Ended up about 20 bucks up off of games and drank free for the night. That works for me!!!
EDIT: Another couple days here and then back to Vancouver/Victoria. First year out in BC, loved having the green Christmas, but it was also nice to have a light dusting on the ground in Toronto for new years. Best of both worlds. Firestorm, embrace the rain! It is beautiful!
We've always avoided the core during New Year's, not because of the TTC service itself, but because of the people. If you think people are rude at 6pm on a Wednesday after work, try at 1:00am after they've been out in the freezing cold for hours and have more liquor in them than your local LCBO.
And sadly, we're too far outside the 'core' to walk home. ;_;
I stocked up on about a months worth of tokens
haven't had to buy a metro pass in a while
And let's not forget the biggest hike of them all: $128 metro pass now.
lunarworks
Member
But hey, at least "the war on the car" is over, right?
When they announced the hike, I came up with an awesome plan to mobilize Toronto by having everyone pay their cash fare as usual, but pay the extra 10 cents entirely in pennies. I'm not sure why this really sticks it to the man, but I think it has something to do with pennies being devalued eventually and that extra cash being worthless to them.
I was likely drunk.
I was likely drunk.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Pay the whole thing in pennies
i bought 60$ worth of tokens...
but yeah, shit sucks
my friends were talking about the ttc, and the vancouver subway yesterday and how the vancouver was better (ie it's not really any better), is that the only reason the vancouver one was better was because it's cleaner, hence it feels better to ride
the conclusion we ended up was no one respects the ttc property people just litter and (i guess last night) people were puking inside the platforms (coulda at least on the tracks, not that that's any better), hence, everything is dirty and shit, and it's perceived worse than it is
i came back to toronto for the week (from work in cambridge) and i rode on the new subways luckily, and it was all nice and clean and spacious, it's sad to think when these roll out, within a month or 2, it's gonna be all dirty and vandalized and shit
(friend said the subway was pretty much the same as the ones used in hong kong)
but yeah, shit sucks
my friends were talking about the ttc, and the vancouver subway yesterday and how the vancouver was better (ie it's not really any better), is that the only reason the vancouver one was better was because it's cleaner, hence it feels better to ride
the conclusion we ended up was no one respects the ttc property people just litter and (i guess last night) people were puking inside the platforms (coulda at least on the tracks, not that that's any better), hence, everything is dirty and shit, and it's perceived worse than it is
i came back to toronto for the week (from work in cambridge) and i rode on the new subways luckily, and it was all nice and clean and spacious, it's sad to think when these roll out, within a month or 2, it's gonna be all dirty and vandalized and shit
(friend said the subway was pretty much the same as the ones used in hong kong)
lunarworks
Member
After that one time on Christmas a few years ago, when my fare payment included 5 pennies, I'm never attempting to pay with any amount of pennies ever again.
Did they not accept it?
lunarworks
Member
That would be the lightest way of putting it.
Look at it this way; the new subways will take the TTC years to roll out, so we'll have a few clean new cars every few months for years!
lunarworks
Member
So, was anyone else completely ashamed by Citytv's New Years Bash last night?
Our city is one of the top 5 largest and top 5 most influential cities on the continent, we have very powerful local media, we have a thriving music scene with internationally renowned artists... and all we manage to get at the city's only major celebration are C-list pop acts playing throwaway "hits", and one of the Backstreet Boys (LOL). Only the 5% of the crowd closest to the stage looked to be at all entertained. Even Buffalo would have been ashamed by it all.
Our city is one of the top 5 largest and top 5 most influential cities on the continent, we have very powerful local media, we have a thriving music scene with internationally renowned artists... and all we manage to get at the city's only major celebration are C-list pop acts playing throwaway "hits", and one of the Backstreet Boys (LOL). Only the 5% of the crowd closest to the stage looked to be at all entertained. Even Buffalo would have been ashamed by it all.
added_time
Member
I'm ashamed of every NYE thing on tv. Even the New York one seems like a cheesy piece of crap to me. It's just a more expensive piece of crap.
lunarworks
Member
I dunno. It just seemed worse than ever. Or maybe I've just reached my sucktitude breaking point.
lunarworks
Member
He doesn't bother me, but no one other than the hosts looked to be enjoying themselves.
BigJonsson
Member
Ya, the City TV show is always horrible, just watch CNN for Kathy Griffin acting psychotic and creeping out Anderson Cooper
I thought only tokens were going up 10 cents and cash fare was staying the same, I swear I heard that on the news
Edit - TTC.ca has cash fare for 3.000 and tokens for 2.60
I heard right
I thought only tokens were going up 10 cents and cash fare was staying the same, I swear I heard that on the news
Edit - TTC.ca has cash fare for 3.000 and tokens for 2.60
I heard right
Sweet deal.
Emperor Bohe
Member
the hell happened there? union is my closest subway station but i walk everywhere so i'll never see that in person haha.
I believe the photo was from before the reno (2010), but Union has always been a bit of a craphole (like many stations). Union does have the feeling like if they stuck a bit of money into it, it could be a really great looking station, which is what makes it sad.
lunarworks
Member
I don't know how they let Islington's ceiling get like that.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
yeah, we turned to the count down with 30 seconds to go and I was wondering why it looked...off???
Oh well, 2011 was a fucking shitty year (probably the second worse since I got back from Korea). I'm fucking glad it's over and hope 2012 is better and so far it looks good...would be better once my internet gets back up and I can shoot EM's fat ass.
Melted away the last few days. Looks like it'll stay below freezing tomorrow, but not 'that much' snow fall.
Agreed, 2011 was a very meh year for me. And I just like how 2012 looks. I have a good feeling about this.
But not about shooting my fat ass.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
learn to play something besides a big and slow target
As for 2011, it was truly the year of the gravy train...
Get car tax removed? Lulz and raise ttc fares just before the new year!
Libraries? Who needs libraries? Close them up and put Timmy's in their places. It'll create jobs and keep our mayor from becoming donut less!
added_time
Member
but you became a citizen in 2011! It's a great achievement! You now have the legal right to vote against Rob Ford in the next election!
The tracking info for my PS 3D Display hasn't been updated since Thursday. The expected delivery date is still set to last Friday. It doesn't even say it was ever sent out for delivery. The last update is "Item picked up by Canada Post" on Thursday.
Seriously hate Canada Post.
Seriously hate Canada Post.
I did enjoy becoming a citizen. It was great. One of the proudest moments of my life! But I stand by 2011 for the most part being a very meh year overall.
And yes, once I can help vote Ford out of office, that will be a good year
in 2014.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
I did enjoy becoming a citizen. It was great. One of the proudest moments of my life! But I stand by 2011 for the most part being a very meh year overall.
And yes, once I can help vote Ford out of office, that will be a good year.in 2014.
The rate he is going, he should do something for us to kick him out soon enough.
Barrier to becoming a Canadian citizen - test you can finish in five minutes....or was that ten minutes?
Welcome! Whereabouts?
The Interrobanger
Member
Queen and Spadina? Good luck sleeping...
I'd recommend Ackee Tree but it's gone, so go for lunch at the Camden Avenue Diner.
The Interrobanger
Member
Only thing decent there is their Mac and Cheese on Fridays.