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Toronto-Age |OT4| Molested by a Burger Priest
- Thread starter EvilMario
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Possible closing of the DVP this afternoon. D:
LET'S MAKE MY DRIVE HOME A BILLION TIMES WORSE.
yeah yeah flooding, safety etc. still gonna suck
I don't blame the province for not handing more transit funding to Toronto. City council has the planning skills of grade schoolers, and it's just gonna sink deeper into the fucking Scarborough Subway.
I left early yesterday at 3:30. It took me 90 minutes to get home and that's with the dvp open.Try and leave early!
I can't leave early today anyway. I'm covering for someone else.
Praise Jesus. My drive will only be a million times worse due to the rain.
I like the zombie sign.
Caribbean vacay anyone? http://www.secretflying.com/posts/non-stop-toronto-canada-trinidad-313-cad-roundtrip/
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Anyone who cares about ramen should watch Ramen Heads tomorrow. It was worth waiting an hour in line.
The Star published a pretty damning article against Bombardier about why we don't have enough new streetcars yet:
http://projects.thestar.com/bombardier-ttc/index.html
http://projects.thestar.com/bombardier-ttc/index.html
eh... the huge layoffs from the company sure doesn't make it seem like they've got any huge contracts going on.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
While it makes a good point that the Mexican plant allowed Bombardier to come in with a cheaper bid, it's ludicrous that people in charge didn't see the problems. You outsource and get what you pay for.
Executives making that much money and getting bonuses makes me want to puke. "But we can't attract and maintain talent if we don't pay for it". Funny how that works at the top but not at the bottom. Fuck Bombardier! I hope they go out of business.
I've applied for a job at Bombardier too. Reading this article in a way makes me glad they haven't contacted me yet.
Let them deliver the rest of the ttc cars then go out of business. we need to get rid of the shitty old ones asap
Who else is ready for that Cavs sweep?
On the plus side though, no more Casey!...Probably?....Hopefully? =(
And although the Raps are done, the Leafs are golfing, and the Jays are already planning for next year, there's good news to be had for Toronto sports fans.
Our beloved TFC Reds are first in the Eastern Conference after beating the Sounders and are looking as good as ever. The Marlies are in the 2nd round of the AHL playoffs facing off against Syracuse. They're down 1-0 so far, but they can still definitely bounce back. The Toronto Rock are also in the playoffs. And they'll be hosting Georgia in the Eastern finals next Saturday at the ACC. And finally, our Toronto Wolfpack (the first North American Trans-Atlantic sports franchise) are off to a great start with a 6-0 record playing in the third tier of the English Rugby League. They just had their home debut yesterday winning 62-12. At this rate they'll be playing in the English Super League in no-time and that's when things get really fun.
That being said, I'll be glad when the Raps get dunked on and eliminated later today. It'll be good to have a nice break from sports, at least for the summer. Sure, I'll probably pay attention to free agency/the draft, but that's about it. No caring till October. And at the very least, Jays tickets will be muuuuuuuuuuch cheaper! And on occasion, when I'll want to hit up a game or two, I'll have plenty of room to spread out without those pesky bandwagonners crowding up the place
On the plus side though, no more Casey!...Probably?....Hopefully? =(
And although the Raps are done, the Leafs are golfing, and the Jays are already planning for next year, there's good news to be had for Toronto sports fans.
Our beloved TFC Reds are first in the Eastern Conference after beating the Sounders and are looking as good as ever. The Marlies are in the 2nd round of the AHL playoffs facing off against Syracuse. They're down 1-0 so far, but they can still definitely bounce back. The Toronto Rock are also in the playoffs. And they'll be hosting Georgia in the Eastern finals next Saturday at the ACC. And finally, our Toronto Wolfpack (the first North American Trans-Atlantic sports franchise) are off to a great start with a 6-0 record playing in the third tier of the English Rugby League. They just had their home debut yesterday winning 62-12. At this rate they'll be playing in the English Super League in no-time and that's when things get really fun.
That being said, I'll be glad when the Raps get dunked on and eliminated later today. It'll be good to have a nice break from sports, at least for the summer. Sure, I'll probably pay attention to free agency/the draft, but that's about it. No caring till October. And at the very least, Jays tickets will be muuuuuuuuuuch cheaper! And on occasion, when I'll want to hit up a game or two, I'll have plenty of room to spread out without those pesky bandwagonners crowding up the place
Junior Mint
Member
Trudeau will bail them out again before they go bankrupt
.Detective.
Member
Who else is ready for that Cavs sweep?
On the plus side though, no more Casey!...Probably?....Hopefully? =(
And although the Raps are done, the Leafs are golfing, and the Jays are already planning for next year, there's good news to be had for Toronto sports fans.
Our beloved TFC Reds are first in the Eastern Conference after beating the Sounders and are looking as good as ever. The Marlies are in the 2nd round of the AHL playoffs facing off against Syracuse. They're down 1-0 so far, but they can still definitely bounce back. The Toronto Rock are also in the playoffs. And they'll be hosting Georgia in the Eastern finals next Saturday at the ACC. And finally, our Toronto Wolfpack (the first North American Trans-Atlantic sports franchise) are off to a great start with a 6-0 record playing in the third tier of the English Rugby League. They just had their home debut yesterday winning 62-12. At this rate they'll be playing in the English Super League in no-time and that's when things get really fun.
That being said, I'll be glad when the Raps get dunked on and eliminated later today. It'll be good to have a nice break from sports, at least for the summer. Sure, I'll probably pay attention to free agency/the draft, but that's about it. No caring till October. And at the very least, Jays tickets will be muuuuuuuuuuch cheaper! And on occasion, when I'll want to hit up a game or two, I'll have plenty of room to spread out without those pesky bandwagonners crowding up the place
Bitch I see you posting in realgm!
You aren't one of the fools but I just don't understand the rage people had about this series. Masai gave them the best chance he could do for them to go against the Cavs. It failed so now he has an opportunity to go in a new direction without being fucked going forward.
Lowry, Ibaka, Patterson, Tucker are all free agents.
Demarre's contract is almost done. A bunch of kid's on rookie deals that can fill in some depth and end of the bench.
Also fuck anyone who says to tank. There are far too many shittier teams that would block any real hope of tanking, not to mention who is this Lebron talent that is guaranteed coming in the next few years?
Anyways I'm at game 4 to watch this ship go down.
Kave, my man. I have no beef with Masai. He's not perfect but he's a fucking farshot better than BJ's high-collar loving ass. My only beef is with Dwane because he's done a terrible job maximizing the talent on this team. He's a fraud carried by two Allstars in a weak conference and even weaker division.
In four years of playoff ball we've never looked like a good and cohesive team at all and that's on the coaching staff. I'm confident that you get someone else in here, you'll get more respectable and competitive results. That's all I'm asking for.
And no, we shouldn't tank at all. We need to get a new coach, bring back Tucker/Lowry/Ibaka and do our best to trade CoJo/Carroll and let 2Pat go. Give Bruno/Delon/Jakob/Pascal/Norm and whoever our first round pick is more PT and we should be a playoff team at least.
If we ultimately still suck, then you can get the tank train going.
In four years of playoff ball we've never looked like a good and cohesive team at all and that's on the coaching staff. I'm confident that you get someone else in here, you'll get more respectable and competitive results. That's all I'm asking for.
And no, we shouldn't tank at all. We need to get a new coach, bring back Tucker/Lowry/Ibaka and do our best to trade CoJo/Carroll and let 2Pat go. Give Bruno/Delon/Jakob/Pascal/Norm and whoever our first round pick is more PT and we should be a playoff team at least.
If we ultimately still suck, then you can get the tank train going.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Just at my last job, it generally wasn't the day to day workers - it's the absolutely inept leadership up top.
We're supposed to have a clause to order more if a certain amount is delivered by November. I hope Bombardier misses the deadline and we go with another company. This was the biggest order they had in NA for these vehicles and massively dropped the ball on it.
Leafs are still rebuilding so I'm good with their progress.Who else is ready for that Cavs sweep?
On the plus side though, no more Casey!...Probably?....Hopefully? =(
And although the Raps are done, the Leafs are golfing, and the Jays are already planning for next year, there's good news to be had for Toronto sports fans.
Our beloved TFC Reds are first in the Eastern Conference after beating the Sounders and are looking as good as ever. The Marlies are in the 2nd round of the AHL playoffs facing off against Syracuse. They're down 1-0 so far, but they can still definitely bounce back. The Toronto Rock are also in the playoffs. And they'll be hosting Georgia in the Eastern finals next Saturday at the ACC. And finally, our Toronto Wolfpack (the first North American Trans-Atlantic sports franchise) are off to a great start with a 6-0 record playing in the third tier of the English Rugby League. They just had their home debut yesterday winning 62-12. At this rate they'll be playing in the English Super League in no-time and that's when things get really fun.
That being said, I'll be glad when the Raps get dunked on and eliminated later today. It'll be good to have a nice break from sports, at least for the summer. Sure, I'll probably pay attention to free agency/the draft, but that's about it. No caring till October. And at the very least, Jays tickets will be muuuuuuuuuuch cheaper! And on occasion, when I'll want to hit up a game or two, I'll have plenty of room to spread out without those pesky bandwagonners crowding up the place
Raptors are propped up by a terrible division. There. I said it. PROVE ME WRONG.
Marlies need to fuck up Jake Dotchin. I'd be furious if I was a player on the Marlies.
The Rock...exist.
More than I can say for the Argos.
TFC needs to win the championship this time and not lose in the most TORONTO SPORTS way possible.
Wolfpack is interesting. I wonder how much success they can have though.
The Jays are a fucking joke. Worse record/possibly tied for worse record in the league. We should've beaten KS so that we'd at least have something to gloat about. Might as well burn it all down and get assets and prospects at this point.
I'll vote NDP.
crimzonflame
Member
What happened to that kid they drafted from Brazil? The one who was 2 years away from being 2 years away?
Barrage
Member
He's 1 year away.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Junior Mint
Member
lol, even KING STATION (the entrance connected to the PATH) doesn't have Presto support. I see the collector there turn people away every day because it doesn't support Presto. TTC should be ashamed of itself.
Presto is such a collective clusterfuck. I'm super happy just having my Metropass and not having to deal with any of that bullshit at all.
And on Bruno, he could probably contribute as a rotation player next season. He looked pretty good in the D-League Championship game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBcJWkg4fUs
And on Bruno, he could probably contribute as a rotation player next season. He looked pretty good in the D-League Championship game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBcJWkg4fUs
I don't understand people wanting Stackhouse as the coach.
Y'all know his playbook is the same shit as Casey's right?
As of right now all you'll be getting is Casey with more passion and ability to fight people. It'll be the same offense and defense being rolled out.
Y'all know his playbook is the same shit as Casey's right?
As of right now all you'll be getting is Casey with more passion and ability to fight people. It'll be the same offense and defense being rolled out.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Won't matter. So long as super teams exist, we might as well field the D League team anyways.
I am going to be in Toronto for 5 days next week with my husband. We rented a condo near the CN tower...anyone have any suggestions on things to do or places to eat? One night we are going to a concert but have all other days/nights open to explore.
We might check out the zoo, aquarium, China Town and go to Canada's Wonderland..anything else a must see/do/eat?
I haven't been to Canada since like 2000.
Thanks!
We might check out the zoo, aquarium, China Town and go to Canada's Wonderland..anything else a must see/do/eat?
I haven't been to Canada since like 2000.
Thanks!
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Check the OP. There's loads of info there.
Otherwise,
St Lawrence Market
Distillery District
Kensington Market
Aquarium
High Park
Zoo
Avoid Chinatown and CN Tower. Well, I mean, go through Chinatown to get to Kensington but don't bother getting anything there. It's a shadow of its former glory.
As for food, it really depends on what you like and price range.
Thanks! I am sad to hear about Chinatown, prior to requiring the enhanced license I use to go to Chinatown a ton because my older brother had an online anime store and we use to go there to shop but he closed the store right around the time we needed the enhanced license so we never got one and haven't been there since.
I will probably still stop just for old times sake but won't plan to spend much time there, thanks!
The Elite
BOSS
Presto roll out has been the worst.
TTC has started a new one of those campaigns telling people to stop being an asshole on transit. I am not sure the bland images of people's tweets will grab the eyes of people who need it most.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Social media intern at TTC is an idiot...Marketing person in charge also idiot
I'd be more shocked if they did something right at this point...
I'd be more shocked if they did something right at this point...
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
How dare you call me a scrub, you skrub...!
I wonder if my wife wants to go to this though.
I'm going on the Sunday which I hope is a bit lighter due to Mothers Day. I'm meeting a friend and we're attending some panels. There's one at the Pilot focused on Food/Comics I'm very interested in.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Be sure to let us know how it goes.
Yup. I'll be looking at tons of stuff I have no money to buy.
With the cosplay ban and focus on indies, the more insufferable comic nerds tend to avoid TCAF. The organizers want to avoid it becoming one of those conventions.
Ive only gone once before, but to me, the Reference Library was packed and really hard to get around. I don't usually do Cons or Festivals, so I could be very, very wrong in this conclusion
Oh, it's packed for sure, but it's a totally different crowd than you'd find at FanExpo. Indie comics are like kryptonite for them.
The "you really, really shouldn't cosplay" statement doesn't hurt, either.
It'll be a quick in and out for us this year, we're trying not to blow too much on comics like the past few years.