Well bikers tend to ride all over our park where there is a strict no biking regulation....
Dang those young whippersnappers and their two-wheeled menaces...
This is a paradox btw. Pathways are just waaay too crowded to have different types of recreational equipment on them. There should be designated laneways, approximately 10 feet across for each devoted to only that type of sport. Crossing the line will be punishable by fine...or in extreme cases, death...or maybe just a fine...or maybe just keep it to an honour type deal and leave it up to common curtousy...maybe this will be a good alternative for roads when petrol becomes too ridiculous to buy...I'm still waiting for my hoverboard...
Some guy smoked me with his shopping cart today in the grocery store, not just bumped into me, but actually walked right into me at a full tilt. The Canadian in me apologised, only because at first I thought he was blind...then he ran into a display of granola bars, and I felt bad because maybe he needed help, then I saw him looking through the potato chips...and I realized, he wasn't blind at all...he was texting!
Just saw your new location...when was that changed?
I saw a guy riding on the sidewalk on his bike the other day, and he was texting while riding without holding on - and well most people who do this use only one hand, but this guy was using both hands to text - if at some point somebody should step out in front of him, he would have no chance in hell to avoid collision...
About your "The Canadian in me apologised" remark - I saw an episode of "How I met your mother" the other day (hope you know it) where one of the girls is Canadian, and tried to show someone what a real Canadian is like - and walks straight into a guy at a bar, and he instantly apologises to her for being in the way, and asks her politely if she is alright... Is that actually how it works?
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Well. Of course it's doable. SMS cost money, though. And building the whole system takes time, which I'm totally in short supply right now. I know that you can set google calendars and probably others to send alarms, so...
And come to think of sms notification every time somebody answers to the topic youve subscribed. Ah!
E-mail notifications are possible and builtin. There's that little [ ] notify me when a reply is posted. or something.
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Pager wrote:Crossing the line will be punishable by fine...or in extreme cases, death...
I think public whipping would be enough.
As for sidewalk riding it is a popular sport in Poland for ages, but Ive never seen or heard of anybody doing it without holdon. Guess it's just another plain thing were late towards civilized world. Sigh.
Zyx wrote:E-mail notifications are possible and builtin.
I know, but I meant sms notifications. And no, I wasnt that serious.
Im nearing 10 kilometres, Im returning to form!
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Chroelle wrote:About your "The Canadian in me apologised" remark - I saw an episode of "How I met your mother" the other day (hope you know it) where one of the girls is Canadian, and tried to show someone what a real Canadian is like - and walks straight into a guy at a bar, and he instantly apologises to her for being in the way, and asks her politely if she is alright... Is that actually how it works?
Pretty much. Unless you live in Toronto. Nothing against them at all...but I find that people there don't like to make eye contact...and if you talk to them on the street, they give you the stank-eye. But everywhere else I have been it is mostly like that...the first time I went to the airport was the best, because there'd be the people rushing to get where they are going and about five or six people nearby getting bumped into saying, "sorry."
Was that the episode of 'How I met Your Mother' with the 'Two Beavers are better than one' song, and the hoser bar? Honestly, the world needs a real bar like that.
Speaking for myself, I consider myself to be more of the friendly, overly polite, over apologizing variety of Canadian. I've lived in Toronto my whole life and haven't seen much more of the rest of the country, so I can't really offer a comparison to other parts of the country, but I can at least offer the assurance that not everyone in Toronto will give you the stank-eye.
[size=84]"A Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe."
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Tormuse...I didn't realize you were still lurking...
I didn't want to make a GTA reference for fear of people not knowing where the heck that is, so just generalized with Toronto, my apologies. I lived in Mississauga for about 4 years, 1 in Etobicoke, and 1.5 in Leslieville (in a haunted house down the street from that stinky Ashbridge's Bay Sewage Plant, and around the corner from the alleyway where Ralphie beat up Scut Farkus in A Christmas Story)...so let me re-iterate...
Toronto isn't as terrible as I made it out to be...it does have it's sketchy areas as with most places. As for the stank-eye...I blame the media...it has made people paranoid. That or I get the feeling that sometimes when I approach people to ask for directions, or strike up a conversation on the blue-line, they think I am going to beg for change...that's when you get the stank eye. Like this: without the guy with the hammer.
LOL! That's awesome! I just spent the last five minutes playing with twanging the strings!
@Pager, that's okay. I didn't take offence to it. I agree that a lot of Torontonians are paranoid. (My mother is a prime example) And yeah, people in the street tend to keep to themselves, though I think it depends what part of the city you live in. I found people in Scarborough (when I was living there) to be a lot more open and friendly than, say, people downtown.
[size=84]"A Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe."
Pierre Burton[/size]
The episode I was referring to was the one where Marshall takes Robyn to his own home-town bar, and then ends up showing her a Canadian bar, as she totally takes over his bar.
As Robyn walks in, she walks into a Canadian guy to check if it is a real Canadian bar, and sure enough the guy turns around and apologises for being in the way.
I love that show!
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I finished watching Sopranos. Im astounded by the number of themes this tv show touches. Anger, oedipus complex, family relations, homosexuality, gender roles, friendship, depression, sexual fantasies. If there's any similar one - you name it.
I follow tradition (started by myself) of watching movies and tv shows (and also listening to records and reading books) years after they were aired/published without knowing what they are about, but Sopranos exceeded all my expectations. It's arguably the best tv series of all time. Not without faults, cause I didnt feel Chase squeezed the lemon to last drop (it's too early), but he rarely missed the point. Great great great. Come to think I was expecting Scorsese-gone-tv-show type of entertainment. Instead I got quite deep analysis of human condition in the beginning of XXI-st century with mafia tales being only the excuse for telling the bigger tale.
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eMTe wrote:I finished watching Sopranos. Im astounded by the number of themes this tv show touches. Anger, oedipus complex, family relations, homosexuality, gender roles, friendship, depression, sexual fantasies. If there's any similar one - you name it.
I think you should watch "Six Feet Under" next...
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Six Feet Under is a great show! Well, actually, I've only seen the first season, but I've often wished I could have the chance to see more of it.
On an unrelated note, I just got myself a new job in a massage therapy clinic. I've been unemployed for a few months, so this is a good thing for me. (And there's stuff happening in my life that makes it really important for me to make money now!)
[size=84]"A Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe."
Pierre Burton[/size]
Tormuse wrote:...I think it depends what part of the city you live in...
You're correct on that one.
By the way...moving away from the T.O. conversation...I resigned from my job yesterday!
I start at my new job on July 4th. It is about a 10 to 15 minute walk from my house. This is definitely awesome!
That does sound pretty awesome! Last year, I spent the first month of my job commuting between opposite ends of the city, two hours each way. I remember how much of a relief it was when I moved 15 minutes away. Hopefully, I'll be able to make a similar arrangement this year once I've figured out where I'm working.
Where are you working? What are you doing in your new job?
[size=84]"A Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe."
Pierre Burton[/size]
I've lived in Toronto my whole life and haven't seen much more of the rest of the country, so I can't really offer a comparison to other parts of the country, but I can at least offer the assurance that not everyone in Toronto will give you the stank-eye. 
without the guy with the hammer.
