I think it's a design feature of many public transportation systems.
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Toronto-Age |OT4| Molested by a Burger Priest
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I think it's a design feature of many public transportation systems.
chaobreaker
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So I just bought a unopened xbone controller from fellow Toronto GAFer for 40 bucks right now. He offered the controllers on the Canadian Deals thread so we decided to meet up at Bloor station. Saved myself a good chunk of money. Fuck yeah.
I told him about the meetup. He doesn't really come to these threads. Who knows, maybe he'll make an appearance.
I told him about the meetup. He doesn't really come to these threads. Who knows, maybe he'll make an appearance.
People in this thread probably make up about 20% of the total of Toronto-GAFers. It's tough to get noticed in other parts of the forum if I don't want to stoop to annoying levels. There's probably some feeling that an already established community might be tough to join as well, but I hope we don't come off that way.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
It's a perk!
...goddamn Fallout can't come soon enough...
...and I hope you didn't sit there...
I was hesitant but I did get the XBone controller for my PC and I prefer it over my old 360 one.
They can still just start in the thread til they get comfortable and go from there. I'm still shocked krae is willing to come out here all this way all the time.
I got one for my PC too. That Xbone controller + wireless adaptor for 30 dollars deal was amazing.
The 360 dpad is an abomination.
I'll be getting my Xbone controller sometime today, I'm hoping it'll be an improvement. PC use as well, and I'm hoping it'll be compatible with Steam Link.
The dpad is an improvement, but it also loud as FUCK
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Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Thou hast summoned Him!Other than Tabris of course
Fuck. I did it too by quoting you. One more is all it takes.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Jeez. Wife and I nearly got hit stepping off the street car. It was a red light too and the guy just kept going and then went past the doors and stopped at the light 5 metres ahead. No fucks given.
that happened to me yesterday on my way to dialysis
then today when i was getting off the bus in my area, a car had the smart idea of cutting infront of the bus to make a right turn, and almost hit me and 2 other people
Both ok? I've taken streetcars enough times to count on one hand and I hear about things like this but never actually see them. Don't ever want to, maybe if everyone was chill. Bah.
I imagined something like that but thought it was too stupid for anyone to try. Damn...
Driver probably knew you.
Man, riding the 501 every day for years, it was such a common occurrence. Bicycles are a real danger too, especially because cars will stop, but then bicycles will come out of nowhere and try to drive right through the flood of people getting on and off. Glad I don't have to do that much anymore.
Kuro knows Rob Ford!?
Ford knows everybody.
Tonight was the first chance I've been able to tune into a Raptors game this season and they lost. Sorry I jinxed them.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah, we're fine.
I've seen it actually hit someone right in front of me once. The woman cried out and there was a screech and the car hit her. Ever since that time I always look; I never trust them to stop.
criesofthepast
Member
Got the letter today to turn in my red and white OHIP card and get the photo one.
I am going to seppuku myself I hate life.
It says I have to declare that I will be living in the province for 153 days of the year. I naively thought being a Canadian born passport holder meant you have coverage no matter what. So living abroad or studying abroad or backpacking for longer than 6 months in a year removes any eligability for OHIP which is kind of scary. I thought if I ever came down withn a serious illness I'd just fly back home and be covered but nope too easy I guess.
I am going to seppuku myself I hate life.
It says I have to declare that I will be living in the province for 153 days of the year. I naively thought being a Canadian born passport holder meant you have coverage no matter what. So living abroad or studying abroad or backpacking for longer than 6 months in a year removes any eligability for OHIP which is kind of scary. I thought if I ever came down withn a serious illness I'd just fly back home and be covered but nope too easy I guess.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
If you're not paying taxes here, which goes into the health fund, you shouldn't be taking out of it
criesofthepast
Member
I do pay taxes? You could live and work here for 5 months, pay taxes and not be covered by OHIP. You have to live here 153 days which is just over 5 months.If you're not paying taxes here, which goes into the health fund, you shouldn't be taking out of it
A lot of people go backpacking or study abroad for a year. I wonder if they know when they come back that they lost their OHIP until they've reached the 153 day requirement again.
I've known about this since I was a kid because of family members who would spend no more than 6 months a year in Portugal so they wouldn't lose OHIP here.
criesofthepast
Member
Seems like there are some exceptions for people working and studying abroad. I just checked. I work and have health benefits overseas so not too worried but it is no canadian health care that's for sure.
My GF is a doctor but she can't get me anything more than some meds, doctors notes when needed, and free prostate exams.
Waiting for my Taiwanese friend to come back from her business trip to try it
Before the meetup, you should all be watching AlphaTwo00's 24 stream for ExtraLife4Kids.
http://www.twitch.tv/alphatwo00
http://www.twitch.tv/alphatwo00
The meetup should crash his house during the stream.
Yeah!
Our Ubisoft Toronto stream is live too, if you want to check it. We're doing couch coop games, mainly.
http://www.twitch.tv/ZCooperstown
Dr Campino
Member
I'm typing this as I sit in a Service Ontario to do the same thing.
They must be really cracking down on getting rid of the red and white cards. That's about five of us in this thread that have gotten the notice in the past couple of months.
Dr Campino
Member
I was on my final notice. I enjoyed throwing them out while I could.
The plan was to crash Soultrons and leak fake stuff.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
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Edit:
Shamelessly stolen from Reddit
N° 2048
Member
Haha I was stuck in traffic at 1am too. Blows my mind. Even the driver was like "wtf"
Toronto baha.
West end?
Maybe the extra volume was due to the subway along Bloor being closed?
I know the people I met up with last night all took ubers back home.
N° 2048
Member
They are, it was going to take longer than just the regular downtime so they chose a weekend without a Leafs or Raptors game at home to shut it all down.
If anyone around STC sees this girl please call 416-808-4300
https://twitter.com/TPSOperations/status/663224234873745408
friends of the family and they are worried sick
https://twitter.com/TPSOperations/status/663224234873745408
friends of the family and they are worried sick
4 weekends worth of overnight maintenance for the full weekend
two weeks ago, this weekend, in two weekends from now, and two more weekends after that
she was found about 30-40 minutes ago FYI
a lot of my friends were sharing this too since they know her
The biggest problem when it comes to maintenance of any sort is the startup time and the clean up time that is needed. Sure they may be shut down for all of that time but almost half of each of those shut downs is getting everything ready to do the work and then putting everything away and cleaning up once the work is done. If the TTC was able to shut things down for good until all the work was done it would take half the time.
i think it's also that, but also that a lot of the time you'll see like groups of workers not doing anything except standing around or going for smokes, etc. (at least on the above ground maintenance)
one of the reasons why I never understood why our transit isn't even close to being on par with those in Europe or Asia. every subway needs maintenance, but going over there, never have any delays/closures for long periods of time, like the TTC does
Quoting for the OT, thanks for the photos, krae.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
I saw my breath today...
YOU WIN THIS ROUND, #teamwinter !
I got Tuesday to next Tuesday off anyways, so I just need to get back home.
YOU WIN THIS ROUND, #teamwinter !
I got Tuesday to next Tuesday off anyways, so I just need to get back home.