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I tried it out and found it surprisingly believable, except when it started to reach a little by predicting that the favourite pass time for my neighbours was attending film festivals and playing tennis.

My recommendations are the result of having spent several years overseeing and regulating contractors during the construction of projects within the various restrictions imposed by contract and municipal restrictions. True, but immaterial. Maybe in the Bible, but not necessarily on earth. Thou...

New contract tendering rules. It is time to stop project overruns of both time and cost components in the municipal contract world. The contract bidding process is an adversarial construct and should be understood as such. Instead of accepting the lowest bid from the ABC Co. knowing full well...

Has it ever occurred to you and your wife that the effort you are making to insulate your daughters from the real world to this extent could be damaging down the road when they make mistakes that could have been avoided had they been allowed the opportunity of seeing others making them first. I...

O/T but please educate those of us who are curious, how different are spoken Mandarin and Cantonese and do they share the same written language? TIA

My Beer Store and LCBO outlet are right across the street from each other (Ellesmere and Victoria Park). This new LCBO store appears to carry 10 times the selection of Beer and Ale that the Beer Store does which kind of indicates that the Beer Store really only want to sell what they make for...

In a previous incarnation I ran a design shop creating logos, websites advertising etc. Most of my clients were new startups and they almost all (except the Hab fans) insisted on a Maple Leaf motif being worked into their new image. Couldn't talk them out of it so they got it even if it made no...

Has anyone been involved in having an outside vertical wheelchair lift installed in their home and if so do you have any advice to offer? Thanks in advance.

Empties, the acceptance and disposal of, may be a deal breaker for some potential locations or may give birth to the "Empties Store" as a stand alone business. We shall see, they can not be ignored.

True, but only because the Feds provide an alternative that allows slackers to collect welfare instead of showing up for work that may not be satisfying or well paid but work that they have pretty well sentenced themselves to doing by not preparing themselves for life in the real world. Blame is...

Precisely, further comment is irrelevant.

I don't understand why "income polarization" attracts so much attention, as it has been around for quite a while. I would expect a lot less hand wringing from those concerned here and at least a few suggestions to correct the perceived problem.

You have not been proven wrong because no one can be bothered to do so, why waste time on your opinions? You are certainly entitled to your opinion but a lack of spirited opposition doesn't make you right.

We were a family of 6 from Winnipeg moved to Toronto to find work during WW2, 20 Beechwood was a SFH, the attached home, #22, was another SFH occupied by a couple named Alexander. It was originally servant's quarters apparently, there was a permanently closed door in the kitchen of #20 and I...

I lived in 20 Beechwood crescent from 1943 to 1949.

Yes, if they were travelling east or west. Many hours at a window that overlooks Sheppard and Leslie show fairly equal vehicular traffic on both streets at most times of the day. I don't know if the transit user ratio is directionally equivalent but why not?

Except the customers are not the patients they are the visitors and staff, very few of whom are leaning on a cane. A casual survey of the parking facilities reveal a larger than normal incidence of high priced vehicles ( I have seen Bentleys, Ferraris and top of the line BMWs and Mercedes every...

My wife has been a patient in North York General Hospital for 6 months during which time I have been able to observe the Coffee vending situation. Starbucks has the Primo location in the main lobby adjacent to the elevators, couldn't be better if they had designed the building around their...

Prevalent wisdom here is that all Craft Beer is good (some better than others) by virtue of the fact that they are not produced by the big 3 or 4 or 5 big guys. No?

I, a long time beer drinker whose usual choice is Sleeman Cream Ale ventured into a few craft beers at the LCBO last week in a fit of xenophobia. Bottom line, 2 were quite enjoyable but the third was easily the worst thing to pass my lips ever, and I have experienced Buckley's potions.