Random stuff - the anything else thread
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#3137
limey party pooper
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Sculpture...can you sit in them? Could be a tourist attraction for contrived photos
I had already done those streets on the way to the lake. I thought they were better than the roads that partiallydischarged posts with fastfood joints and big pet shops and clinics and things.
I had already done those streets on the way to the lake. I thought they were better than the roads that partiallydischarged posts with fastfood joints and big pet shops and clinics and things.
That sounds like Lansdown, which us indeed a very ugly potholed street of strip malls, big box stores and fast food.
George and Charlotte are the old part of the city. Some good individual stores but with very badly maintained buildings, dirty sidewalks, junkies and beggars.
Hey I take offense to my name being taken in vain. I show the true Canadiana not some hipster infused faux Canada.
A Peterborough landmark although I'm hearing it may be closed permanently.
https://goo.gl/maps/AzpKDh6dP5m
Not the kind of place to ask for a drink with a piece of fruit in it.
I do recall a night in Peterborough where we started at the Pig's Ear, then the Red Dog Tavern and then the Montreal House and it was non descript draft swill all night. My head was pounding in the morning.
Left Toronto in the afternoon by car with no snow on the ground, got to Peterborough and there was tons of snow and snowmobiles on some of the main streets and the Pigs Ear seemed to be full of couples in matching snowmobile suits.
A Peterborough landmark although I'm hearing it may be closed permanently.
https://goo.gl/maps/AzpKDh6dP5m
Not the kind of place to ask for a drink with a piece of fruit in it.
I do recall a night in Peterborough where we started at the Pig's Ear, then the Red Dog Tavern and then the Montreal House and it was non descript draft swill all night. My head was pounding in the morning.
Left Toronto in the afternoon by car with no snow on the ground, got to Peterborough and there was tons of snow and snowmobiles on some of the main streets and the Pigs Ear seemed to be full of couples in matching snowmobile suits.
I've never seen snowmobiles in town, there must be a bylaw against it now. Maybe on the trails.
#3138
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Yep you can sit in them. People do and they take photos.
That sounds like Lansdown, which us indeed a very ugly potholed street of strip malls, big box stores and fast food.
George and Charlotte are the old part of the city. Some good individual stores but with very badly maintained buildings, dirty sidewalks, junkies and beggars.
Yep it's closed with much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.
I've never seen snowmobiles in town, there must be a bylaw against it now. Maybe on the trails.
That sounds like Lansdown, which us indeed a very ugly potholed street of strip malls, big box stores and fast food.
George and Charlotte are the old part of the city. Some good individual stores but with very badly maintained buildings, dirty sidewalks, junkies and beggars.
Yep it's closed with much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.
I've never seen snowmobiles in town, there must be a bylaw against it now. Maybe on the trails.
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#3139
limey party pooper
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
The snowmobile sighting was in about 1987 and I'd been in Canada 6 years but having being sheltered from such things in built up Toronto it was quite the vision to see snowmobiles flying down the streets near the Pigs Ear. Please don't tell me the Pigs Ear has become a Starbucks.
#3140
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
The snowmobile sighting was in about 1987 and I'd been in Canada 6 years but having being sheltered from such things in built up Toronto it was quite the vision to see snowmobiles flying down the streets near the Pigs Ear. Please don't tell me the Pigs Ear has become a Starbucks.
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
You can buy sports-bike tires for $150 - that's way too much for a scooter tire. Look to pay $50 (or less if you want a cheaper brand): https://fortnine.ca/en/shinko-sr714-...hoCR6wQAvD_BwE
https://www.bikebandit.com/tires-tub...tires/t113em25
Removing an exhaust and rear wheel is a basic DIY job - see if you can find a friend that's handy with a wrench to help.
https://www.bikebandit.com/tires-tub...tires/t113em25
Removing an exhaust and rear wheel is a basic DIY job - see if you can find a friend that's handy with a wrench to help.
https://fortnine.ca/en/shinko-sr714-scooter-tire
https://fortnine.ca/en/pirelli-mandr...oped-rear-tire
Is one better then the other you think or either would be fine?
#3142
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
These are the 2 that come back as fitting a 2005 Scarabeo
https://fortnine.ca/en/shinko-sr714-scooter-tire
https://fortnine.ca/en/pirelli-mandr...oped-rear-tire
Is one better then the other you think or either would be fine?
https://fortnine.ca/en/shinko-sr714-scooter-tire
https://fortnine.ca/en/pirelli-mandr...oped-rear-tire
Is one better then the other you think or either would be fine?
I've used Fort Nine to order parts and tires before and had great service.
#3143
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
#3144
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
I watched three xmas episodes of MASH tonight. Dear Dad, Dear Sis and Death Takes A Holiday.
Splendid stuff. I'd completely forgotten about the tannoy announcements.
"The following men have volunteered for this afternoon's ten mile physical fitness hike." Hawkeye pauses to listen. Silence.
They're on dailymotion. Ignore that the titles/credits/signs and clock are backwards, everything else is perfect...especially the absence of laughter track.
Splendid stuff. I'd completely forgotten about the tannoy announcements.
"The following men have volunteered for this afternoon's ten mile physical fitness hike." Hawkeye pauses to listen. Silence.
They're on dailymotion. Ignore that the titles/credits/signs and clock are backwards, everything else is perfect...especially the absence of laughter track.
#3145
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
I feel like I just went back in time.
My stepdaughter went to bed early because she has to be up early for work. About half an hour later my stepson - who keeps very strange hours - got up - but I was hearing them talking upstairs.
Half an hour later they were still talking and I went to the foot of the stairs. "This reminds me of a view years ago" I say.
"What does?" they respond.
"Me calling up the stairs because you're talking when you should be sleeping."
My stepdaughter went to bed early because she has to be up early for work. About half an hour later my stepson - who keeps very strange hours - got up - but I was hearing them talking upstairs.
Half an hour later they were still talking and I went to the foot of the stairs. "This reminds me of a view years ago" I say.
"What does?" they respond.
"Me calling up the stairs because you're talking when you should be sleeping."
#3146
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
50 years ago it snowed in San Diego.
For the record it snows in San Diego mountains almost every year but 50 years ago it snowed on the coast in the city which is unusual.
The day it snowed in San Diego | The San Diego Union-Tribune
For the record it snows in San Diego mountains almost every year but 50 years ago it snowed on the coast in the city which is unusual.
The day it snowed in San Diego | The San Diego Union-Tribune
#3147
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
I thought that this might slot into this thread rather than start a new one as an example of unacceptable bank behaviour.
UPS loses family's $846,000 inheritance - Toronto - CBC News
On the face of it TD has a point. It has sold a product and that's the end of the matter. The draft is considered 'cash' and there's no way the bank can stop it being used as such.
But it owns up to having procedures in place to replace lost bank drafts.
Presumably technology exists that would enable the bank to check a bank draft, at the point of cashing, against a central database to ensure that it's not a forgery etc. Application of technology in this instance is quite simple and I don't understand the bank's reluctance, especially after a lapse of ten months... unless this is inconvenient, not trained up for or simply such technology doesn't exist.
The problem the bank has is that a bank draft may have been used as collateral to acquire funds from an innocent third party, but if the draft is cancelled and the draft no longer has any monetary value and the draft is being used by those who have questionable ownership should it be honoured by the bank, I think not.
Since bank drafts are considered 'cash', I assume they can be presented anywhere, to another bank for example who may not be able to check validity, but in this case I would assume that the one bank would contact the other as a matter of course.
But what is a bank for? It exists to maximise profits for it's shareholders and hanging onto you cash for as long as possible does this very nicely, especially if you can squeeze a few GIC's out of the customer as well as having them offer to stand any losses on whatever arrangement can be thought up.
Technology should be able to rationalise this problem or is it, or lack of it, simply being used by a bloody minded bank to boost it's profits?
UPS loses family's $846,000 inheritance - Toronto - CBC News
On the face of it TD has a point. It has sold a product and that's the end of the matter. The draft is considered 'cash' and there's no way the bank can stop it being used as such.
But it owns up to having procedures in place to replace lost bank drafts.
Presumably technology exists that would enable the bank to check a bank draft, at the point of cashing, against a central database to ensure that it's not a forgery etc. Application of technology in this instance is quite simple and I don't understand the bank's reluctance, especially after a lapse of ten months... unless this is inconvenient, not trained up for or simply such technology doesn't exist.
The problem the bank has is that a bank draft may have been used as collateral to acquire funds from an innocent third party, but if the draft is cancelled and the draft no longer has any monetary value and the draft is being used by those who have questionable ownership should it be honoured by the bank, I think not.
Since bank drafts are considered 'cash', I assume they can be presented anywhere, to another bank for example who may not be able to check validity, but in this case I would assume that the one bank would contact the other as a matter of course.
But what is a bank for? It exists to maximise profits for it's shareholders and hanging onto you cash for as long as possible does this very nicely, especially if you can squeeze a few GIC's out of the customer as well as having them offer to stand any losses on whatever arrangement can be thought up.
Technology should be able to rationalise this problem or is it, or lack of it, simply being used by a bloody minded bank to boost it's profits?
#3148
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
I thought that this might slot into this thread rather than start a new one as an example of unacceptable bank behaviour.
UPS loses family's $846,000 inheritance - Toronto - CBC News
On the face of it TD has a point. It has sold a product and that's the end of the matter. The draft is considered 'cash' and there's no way the bank can stop it being used as such.
But it owns up to having procedures in place to replace lost bank drafts.
Presumably technology exists that would enable the bank to check a bank draft, at the point of cashing, against a central database to ensure that it's not a forgery etc. Application of technology in this instance is quite simple and I don't understand the bank's reluctance, especially after a lapse of ten months... unless this is inconvenient, not trained up for or simply such technology doesn't exist.
The problem the bank has is that a bank draft may have been used as collateral to acquire funds from an innocent third party, but if the draft is cancelled and the draft no longer has any monetary value and the draft is being used by those who have questionable ownership should it be honoured by the bank, I think not.
Since bank drafts are considered 'cash', I assume they can be presented anywhere, to another bank for example who may not be able to check validity, but in this case I would assume that the one bank would contact the other as a matter of course.
But what is a bank for? It exists to maximise profits for it's shareholders and hanging onto you cash for as long as possible does this very nicely, especially if you can squeeze a few GIC's out of the customer as well as having them offer to stand any losses on whatever arrangement can be thought up.
Technology should be able to rationalise this problem or is it, or lack of it, simply being used by a bloody minded bank to boost it's profits?
UPS loses family's $846,000 inheritance - Toronto - CBC News
On the face of it TD has a point. It has sold a product and that's the end of the matter. The draft is considered 'cash' and there's no way the bank can stop it being used as such.
But it owns up to having procedures in place to replace lost bank drafts.
Presumably technology exists that would enable the bank to check a bank draft, at the point of cashing, against a central database to ensure that it's not a forgery etc. Application of technology in this instance is quite simple and I don't understand the bank's reluctance, especially after a lapse of ten months... unless this is inconvenient, not trained up for or simply such technology doesn't exist.
The problem the bank has is that a bank draft may have been used as collateral to acquire funds from an innocent third party, but if the draft is cancelled and the draft no longer has any monetary value and the draft is being used by those who have questionable ownership should it be honoured by the bank, I think not.
Since bank drafts are considered 'cash', I assume they can be presented anywhere, to another bank for example who may not be able to check validity, but in this case I would assume that the one bank would contact the other as a matter of course.
But what is a bank for? It exists to maximise profits for it's shareholders and hanging onto you cash for as long as possible does this very nicely, especially if you can squeeze a few GIC's out of the customer as well as having them offer to stand any losses on whatever arrangement can be thought up.
Technology should be able to rationalise this problem or is it, or lack of it, simply being used by a bloody minded bank to boost it's profits?
I see TD's issue here, without the guarantees they have requested, they could have to pay out the money twice. That is the whole point of bank drafts - they are as good as cash and they can only be cancelled if the draft is returned to them.
#3149
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
I've been googling to see the difference between draft and certified expecting to find, easily, that it's because certified has a limit and that's what makes the draft version, according to the bank, more appropriate.
But I can't find it. Is that because there is no limit for either?
I did see something about the fees being lower for a draft as if there's a greater risk in a case like this. But that doesn't seem right.
I see from an electronic transfer over $10k that it has to go through FINTRACK which is presumably money laundering or other illegal aspect related.
Why cannot a draft/certified cheque be subject to the same conditions?
But I can't find it. Is that because there is no limit for either?
I did see something about the fees being lower for a draft as if there's a greater risk in a case like this. But that doesn't seem right.
I see from an electronic transfer over $10k that it has to go through FINTRACK which is presumably money laundering or other illegal aspect related.
Why cannot a draft/certified cheque be subject to the same conditions?