Why You Should Never Take Kate Carraway to IKEA
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| 1 | rek | 64 |
Pretending it doesn't happen hasn't discouraged anyone from trying.... |
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| 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 ... |
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| 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.... |
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| 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... |
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| 5 | wesshepherd | 38 |
Yeah, detectives are saying that to me all the time.... |
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| 6 | mark. | 36 |
Does anyone have any reference to this report Green Sulfur mentions? Even some keywords that might help me find it?... |
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| 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... |
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| 8 | torontothegreat | 26 |
I think it's a huge improvement. The mural, while memorable, was ugly as sin. The building has a beautiful facade.... |
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| 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... |
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| 10 | dowlingm | 20 |
How many lives are platform doors worth? Inquiring minds want to know.... |
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| 11 | Karen Whaley | 19 |
Remember dental dams?... |
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| 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'... |
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| 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. ... |
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| 14 | spacejack | 15 |
Hey that's some surprisingly modern androgyny.... |
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| 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. ... |
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| 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.... |
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| 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... |
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| 18 | Ben | 12 |
I'll (provincially / federally) vote for whoever supports paying for a portion of the TTCs operating cost.... |
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| 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.... |
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| 20 | davedave | 12 |
I'm homer Simpson and I'm here to say That's the worst rap I've heard in the GTA... |
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| 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... |
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| 22 | McKingford | 11 |
Thanks for this - a nice piece. I'm in mourning over the Carlton's demise.... |
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| 23 | BellaBella | 11 |
I agree completely with what you've said. I refrained commenting earlier, but you've put it so eloquently. ... |
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| 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.... |
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| 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... |
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| 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 ... |
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| 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... |
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| 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...... |
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| 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... |
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| 30 | TOgal | 9 |
Why would that necessarily be "worse"?... |
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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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| 39 | Lori Dance | 7 |
I ask this instead: When has a burrito not Saved us from ourselves?... |
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| 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... |
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| 41 | fischerville | 7 |
... good thing we don't have to humiliate each other (thanks to you, Torstar Media) to express when we're offended.... |
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| 42 | dcooper | 6 |
I don't know, this all seems so familiar...... |
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| 43 | mikep_llb | 6 |
Sorry I meant to reply further up the chain.... |
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| 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.... |
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| 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) ... |
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| 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... |
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| 47 | MariaPD | 6 |
Last time I went was for Napoleon Dynamite, 6 years ago or so?... |
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| 48 | mccool | 5 |
i also starting blogging as a teenager (1997) so, uh, yeah... i win?... |
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| 49 | JohnnyMaudlin | 5 |
Pontifications!? I resemble that remark!! Pope Johnny Maudlin XXII... |
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| 50 | Brittnee | 5 |
Sexism is still alive and well.... |
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