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1 rek 64

Pretending it doesn't happen hasn't discouraged anyone from trying....

On November 27, 2009 12:03 PM in Subway Suicide Statistics Released
2 Peter K 51

I can't argue with the concept. It really is amazing how lazy people are. I also have to agree with Matthew Harper in regards to Spadina. I've been on a train where half the people waiting can't ...

3 Marc Lostracco 44

And after seeing the Sun's highly sensationalized front cover just now, it is clear that they aren't taking their own advice. Wow. Not that I'm surprised....

On November 27, 2009 12:39 PM in Subway Suicide Statistics Released
4 TokyoTuds 39

We passengers need to cooperate with each other, especially during rush hour. I think this trial is a good idea, and some well thought out alterations to the platform should make it intuitively obvio...

5 wesshepherd 38

Yeah, detectives are saying that to me all the time....

On November 25, 2009 11:58 AM in Reel Toronto: Murder at 1600
6 mark. 36

Does anyone have any reference to this report Green Sulfur mentions? Even some keywords that might help me find it?...

On November 26, 2009 11:30 PM in Transit City and Transit Cities
7 Paul Kishimoto 27

Aside from the studies cited in this article, several others are freely available, e.g. http://abs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/46/12/1643 : Numerous studies have documented a significant rise in...

On November 27, 2009 1:30 PM in Subway Suicide Statistics Released
8 torontothegreat 26

I think it's a huge improvement. The mural, while memorable, was ugly as sin. The building has a beautiful facade....

9 David Topping 23

catintheattic and Ruth—both of you are right, and our apologies for those two mistakes. I've appended a correction above, and we've updated the article to reflect the correct spelling and correct date...

On November 24, 2009 3:44 PM in Rebuilding a Child's Paradise
10 dowlingm 20

How many lives are platform doors worth? Inquiring minds want to know....

On November 26, 2009 4:42 PM in Subway Suicide Statistics Released
11 Karen Whaley 19

Remember dental dams?...

On November 25, 2009 11:29 PM in Why You Should Never Take Kate Carraway to IKEA
12 Svend 18

I'd go to IKEA with her. Eye has gone a bit downhill over the year but definitely not due to Kate. I like her take on life which probably reflects those of many young urban women. I'm glad she doesn'...

On November 26, 2009 11:50 AM in Why You Should Never Take Kate Carraway to IKEA
13 Patrick Metzger 17

Yeah, that stood out for me too...it's probably not great for the animals but honestly I think it would be kind of cool if my office had feral cats in the wall. ...

On November 27, 2009 2:59 PM in Newsstand: November 27, 2009
14 spacejack 15

Hey that's some surprisingly modern androgyny....

On November 24, 2009 4:19 PM in Vintage Toronto Ads: Pop 84 for Xmas 85
15 EricSmith 14

They have vehicles that travel in the tunnels. The alternative would be to carry lengths of steel rail and welding equipment down the stairs of the nearest station and then down the tunnel on foot. ...

16 Solex 14

Don't mind these people-they just don't know how much things cost, and they come up with bullshit for the TTC to get that ends up becoming a fare increase in order to pay for said things....

On November 27, 2009 2:32 AM in Subway Suicide Statistics Released
17 Vic De Zen 13

This confirms what I've been hearing for years. Especially back in 2002. I have several acquaintances who had been working for the TTC for some time tell me it happens more often than most people th...

On November 27, 2009 11:10 AM in Subway Suicide Statistics Released
18 Ben 12

I'll (provincially / federally) vote for whoever supports paying for a portion of the TTCs operating cost....

On November 5, 2009 2:13 PM in Newsstand: November 5, 2009
19 Mark Ostler 12

There has been a feud between the THS and OSPCA for a long, long time, as described in the Globe's coverage. It's not surprising that the OSPCA wanted heavy media coverage of the raid/arrests....

On November 27, 2009 10:47 AM in Newsstand: November 27, 2009
20 davedave 12

I'm homer Simpson and I'm here to say That's the worst rap I've heard in the GTA...

On November 12, 2009 4:15 PM in The TTC Gets Dissed Explisit-ly
21 Darren 11

Its not impossible. We still can have express subways one day if they go double decker like Lexington in NYC. But the planners here are more intent on stretching our lines further and further and wast...

On November 22, 2009 11:16 PM in Rocket Talk: Can Sunday Subway Service Start Sooner?
22 McKingford 11

Thanks for this - a nice piece. I'm in mourning over the Carlton's demise....

On November 25, 2009 10:23 PM in Days of Carltons Past
23 BellaBella 11

I agree completely with what you've said. I refrained commenting earlier, but you've put it so eloquently. ...

On November 11, 2009 4:40 PM in Polling Booth: Voluntary Police Searches
24 Green Sulfur 10

If Mammoliti runs his mouth off in China and needs consular assistance to secure his return, I wouldn't be upset if Harper gave him the 'black Canadian stuck in Africa' treatment....

On November 26, 2009 10:49 AM in Newsstand: November 26, 2009
25 Gloria 10

I don't know many people treat suspensions like some kind of horrific, taboo punishment. it means you don't get to go school for a few days. It's probably the most passive form of punishment available...

On November 25, 2009 2:04 PM in Polling Booth: "Kick a Ginger" Controversy
26 raymi 10

summarizing five years of my life spent in a long term committed, monogamous relationship as "grifting" is a piece of shit despicable thing. how dare you. i am tired of your relentless harassment and ...

On November 15, 2009 3:13 PM in Gossip Folks, by Lauren White AKA Raymi the Minx
27 atomeyes 9

take a good look at all of those pictures. too many (overpaid) employees, standing around appearing to do nothing. dirty looking subway stations. cheap signs. a station begging for a reno. add in the...

28 Pan Von Sol 9

North Bay doesn't salt their roads in the winter; everybody has snow tires, or at least everybody is supposed to......

29 jcrow 9

I'm glad Tim Burrows critiqued the answers and I wonder if he should have done more. He kind of had to comment in self defense, since one of the biggest answers targeted a specific group of people, ra...

On November 25, 2009 6:22 PM in Newsstand: November 25, 2009
30 TOgal 9

Why would that necessarily be "worse"?...

On November 25, 2009 4:37 PM in Polling Booth: "Kick a Ginger" Controversy
31 Vincent Clement 9

Simply put: if you dig a hole deep enough to make rehabilitation of the land unfeasible, you are freed of the obligation to rehabilitate it. That is false. You are freed of the obligation to rehabili...

32 Adam Sobolak 8

I suspect this is a case where if the threat of demolition happened just a millimetre later, it would have been far more of a public protest-and-petition cause celebre--like the Shell/Bulova Tower, on...

On November 26, 2009 9:05 PM in Days of Carltons Past
33 Rachel Lissner 8

I'm not opposed to Big Fat Burrito but I loved that mural. After Honest Ed's turned off its lights, Mel's went out of business, and now with this mural being torn down, I am not sure if I'll recognize...

34 qviri 8

Legal or not, they do it, and in cases where traffic is gridlocked and not moving anywhere, it is not unsafe and makes sense. All the (bad) drivers' action accomplishes is force the cyclist up the cu...

On November 24, 2009 3:57 PM in Peeve Patrol
35 JKToronto 8

Actually, I think YOU'RE missing the point - the whole "talent doesn't matter, STORIES do" argument just doesn't cut it with me, I'm afraid, but to each their own. Raymi and her blog may connect with...

On November 13, 2009 5:46 PM in Gossip Folks, by Lauren White AKA Raymi the Minx
36 Andrew 8

Trains usually make some kind of chug-chug-chug noise just before they're about to close their doors and leave. I don't know what the noise is ... releasing the air brakes, maybe? Anyway, I know tha...

37 canuck1975 7

Am I the only one wondering if they got this idea from Dragon's Den? http://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/pitches/platformtechnology.html...

38 David Toronto 7

The one and only time I was in the Carlton cinema was for Buena Vista Social Club. The seating was quite cramped and shoe-box like just like its antecedents the Cineplex multi-screen cinemas. I to...

On November 18, 2009 4:09 PM in Newsstand: November 18, 2009
39 Lori Dance 7

I ask this instead: When has a burrito not Saved us from ourselves?...

On November 19, 2009 1:57 PM in Newsstand: November 19, 2009
40 David Newland 7

Thanks for the shout-out to Corktown Ukulele Jam. We gotta admit, we love all the media attention we're getting, including the recent CBC radio piece "The Gospel According to Uke" and the Toronto Star...

On November 18, 2009 9:49 AM in Urban Planner: November 18, 2009
41 fischerville 7

... good thing we don't have to humiliate each other (thanks to you, Torstar Media) to express when we're offended....

42 dcooper 6

I don't know, this all seems so familiar......

On November 27, 2009 11:18 AM in Why You Should Never Take Kate Carraway to IKEA
43 mikep_llb 6

Sorry I meant to reply further up the chain....

On November 15, 2009 2:18 PM in Gossip Folks, by Lauren White AKA Raymi the Minx
44 antiboy 6

if her face also looks like a giant foot, then, and only then, will i recognise her as the successor to carrie bradshaw....

On November 26, 2009 2:53 AM in Why You Should Never Take Kate Carraway to IKEA
45 Christopher Merlot 6

I saw it this morning but whenever The Sun does something like that, I remind myself not to expect much more from the paper that (frustrated in the attempt to get ahold of the Bernardo/Homolka tapes) ...

On November 27, 2009 2:04 PM in Newsstand: November 27, 2009
46 W. K. Lis 6

Don't forget that the TTC has a Blue Night service, unlike the rest of the GTA which have none. Correction, the TTC's Blue Night service to the Pearson Airport is in Mississauga. So Mississauga does h...

47 MariaPD 6

Last time I went was for Napoleon Dynamite, 6 years ago or so?...

On November 18, 2009 2:18 PM in Newsstand: November 18, 2009
48 mccool 5

i also starting blogging as a teenager (1997) so, uh, yeah... i win?...

On November 13, 2009 7:15 PM in Gossip Folks, by Lauren White AKA Raymi the Minx
49 JohnnyMaudlin 5

Pontifications!? I resemble that remark!! Pope Johnny Maudlin XXII...

On November 16, 2009 1:50 PM in Gossip Folks, by Lauren White AKA Raymi the Minx
50 Brittnee 5

Sexism is still alive and well....

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