Moving to Toronto, need advice on neighbourhoods
Apr 3rd 2012, 2:33 am
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Apr 3rd 2012, 2:34 am
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Re: Moving to Toronto, need advice on neighbourhoods
Does it have as many chippys and curry takeouts as Blackpool does?
Can you go for a donkey ride?
Does it have a Madame Tussauds?
During Glasgow fortnight are there as many drunken Glaswegians pissing and throwing up in doorways or hotel lobbies?
Has it got 3 piers like Blackpool does?
Can you go for a donkey ride?
Does it have a Madame Tussauds?
During Glasgow fortnight are there as many drunken Glaswegians pissing and throwing up in doorways or hotel lobbies?
Has it got 3 piers like Blackpool does?
Apr 3rd 2012, 2:48 am
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Apr 3rd 2012, 2:56 am
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Apr 3rd 2012, 3:03 am
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Re: Moving to Toronto, need advice on neighbourhoods
Apr 3rd 2012, 3:09 am
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Re: Moving to Toronto, need advice on neighbourhoods
Yes, but they're tethered to a post, it's not as exciting as a traditional beach donkey ride.
No idea.
I don't know of a pier. It has a strip for the parading of muscle cars and a fun fair with lots of men who ride motorcycles and don't smell very good.
It's chavtastic but, due to the weather, not as Spring Breaky as, say, Lake Havasu City.
Apr 3rd 2012, 3:12 am
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Re: Moving to Toronto, need advice on neighbourhoods
Apr 3rd 2012, 3:17 am
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Apr 3rd 2012, 3:34 am
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Oh, those noisy polluting things people use to destroy the landscape. I don't think people go anywhere on them, they truck them to public parks, plough up the earth with them and take them home. They're about as wanky as jetskis.
Apr 3rd 2012, 3:38 am
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Normally shandys are drunk by the folk south of Birmingham who cant manage the alcohol content of a full bloodied pint
Apr 3rd 2012, 3:50 am
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Re: Moving to Toronto, need advice on neighbourhoods
I'm sure that, if you're in America, you can use whichever expression you like. If you're in Toronto and an estate agent you will use the plural so as to be able to include Scarborough and parts of East York. If, otoh, you're at the bar at the Balmy Beach Club, you'll want to go singular. You will note that no one has a custom license plate or window sticker that uses the plural. Mind, I can't think of anywhere else where people feel compelled to so overtly advertise their address, you don't see cars marked Islington (or Islingtons).
I agree that realtors will always use tricks to try to associate somewhere with a more desirable area e.g. I've heard them use the term "Upper Beaches".
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Apr 3rd 2012, 4:35 am
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Apr 3rd 2012, 4:50 am
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