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    I'm an e-book convert!

    Anyone with an e-book reader should get this free software: http://calibre-ebook.com/
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    Looking to trade US currency for CAD currency

    I'd be worried about counterfeit bills but I am cynical.
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    Engrish in Toronto

    There's a facebook group about Engrish.
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    If Your Gonna Rent for more then 5 years, then Better to Buy!!

    Exactly, I'll always rent because I like the flexibility. I might buy when I can pay off a house in 3 years.
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    Hydro

    Do you have a programmable thermostat? What kind of heating is it? You going to have time of use billing. How many hours a day is the TV going to be on (in each rate period)? Same for the computer. A totally random guess is less than $100.
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    Bedbugs

    That's why I don't want to move. I don't have them and don't want them. :-) I had cockroaches in my last place but no bugs here. :-)
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    apartment changing from group to individual billing

    Who told the tenants, the super? His job is to rent units. To be fair, before time of use, maybe the electricity bills were $60-$80. It doesn't make sense to me to pay your own heating & AC when you have no control over how efficient it is.
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    apartment changing from group to individual billing

    Your landlord is bound by the lease. If each lease on the renewal date says in writing that electricity is included then he must pay it. If the landlord says "verbally" that electricity is included but the lease does not then I recommend seeing a lawyer. If it is "grandfathered", I'd get...
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    apartment changing from group to individual billing

    "If you have a Smart Meter installed, your utility has the option of charging different rates throughout the day." So there is no exact answer. Your utility can do what it wants. I don't think there is a way to pay time of use rates UNLESS you have a smart meter. My parents outside...
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    apartment changing from group to individual billing

    http://www.ontario-hydro.com/index.php?page=current_rates "If you have a Smart Meter installed, your utility has the option of charging different rates throughout the day." My building didn't answer my question about converting the building to have billing for each unit.
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    apartment changing from group to individual billing

    My building has electricity included in the rent. What are the chances when time of use billing comes into effect that my building will implement an individual meter? I support paying for the electricity I use (I look forward to it :-)).
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    UrbanToronto's gay demographic?

    That is interesting. The ONE translator I know, is gay.
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    UrbanToronto's gay demographic?

    Aries, Rightie.
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    Please help me decide what university to go to!

    Do you mean from a society of architecture?
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    Neighbour Playing Drums -- very noisy in the building's private courtyard

    Which I think means you're out of luck during the day.

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