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OOOOOH YEAAAAHHHH

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:08:25 -0500

OOOOOH YEAAAAHHHH

The snow is falling up.

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:38:57 -0500

It’s mighty windy at the top of the ski hill. They’re making extra snow!

Life's little victories...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:35:38 -0500

I love hearing about UW’s awesomeness anywhere possible. Most recently, a shoutout to a Mechatronics student involved in space colonization on CBC’s Spark radio program.

(also, person being interviewed is a Hannah Klassen - but not the same one as from Grebs)…

He was in Moxy Fruvous?

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:14:12 -0500

He was in Moxy Fruvous?:

And is currently ragging on one-hit wonders on Q…

*Mindblown*

"Today, while reading my Bible I found that Isaiah 1:14 says “I hate your new moon festivals..."

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:30:03 -0500

“Today, while reading my Bible I found that Isaiah 1:14 says “I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts, They have become a burden to Me;I am weary of bearing them.” Even God hates Twilight. MLIA”

- MyLifeIsAverage - Life is pretty normal today

(I didn’t bother to check the facts, but even so…)

PROPHECY WIN!

willards: So this is how my parents named me… I saw a...

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:46:10 -0500

willards:

So this is how my parents named me…

I saw a “Willard” bus in town last saturday… made my day for about 5 minutes until I found an orange chair for my apartment…

Something I didn't know 'til yesterday...

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:15:04 -0500

My supervisor is the wife of Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner…

She’s like the First Lady of Ontario’s Environment…

erikthefrosh: urbanpringle: canadianthings: Canadian Tire...

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:16:42 -0500

erikthefrosh:

urbanpringle:

canadianthings:

Canadian Tire launches $1 coin

CBC

Canadian Tire is adding a $1 coin to the famous multicoloured bills considered by many as the country’s unofficial second currency.
Canadian Tire Corp. announced Wednesday it will begin offering the new addition this weekend for a time-limited period. Customers will get the coin if they spend $25 or more.

Canadian Tire money, which debuted in 1958, can be used like cash at the retailer’s stores and gas bars. It was previously available in denominations between five cents and $2, all stamped with the grinning image of Sandy McTire, the company’s tam-o’-shanter bedecked and mustachioed fictional character.

The $1 coin will be manufactured at the Royal Canadian Mint, just like its official cousins, the loonie and the toonie.

Sure the Mint may do it, but judging by the colour of the mintage, it looks like it would be a coin produced at the Winnipeg, MB Mint operations, and not the Ottawa, ON operations, which are the ones responsible for the loonie and toonie.

Actually rob the coins that we use in circulation are made in the winnipeg mint. Coins that are made for collectors are made in the Ottawa Mint. Also the Royal Canadian Mint make coins for countries around the world, those coins are also made in the Ottawa Mint. So my guess would be that they would actually be made in the Ottawa Mint

Winnipeg Free Press article says they’re made in the Winnipeg Mint - so they are all made in the same place, really. Only the collector coins are in the Ottawa. Foreign coinage (per the Mint website) is also manufactured in Winnipeg, a fact I distinctly remember from my tour there around Christmas last.

canadianthings: Canadian Tire launches $1 coin CBC Canadian...

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:09:35 -0500

canadianthings:

Canadian Tire launches $1 coin

CBC

Canadian Tire is adding a $1 coin to the famous multicoloured bills considered by many as the country’s unofficial second currency.
Canadian Tire Corp. announced Wednesday it will begin offering the new addition this weekend for a time-limited period. Customers will get the coin if they spend $25 or more.

Canadian Tire money, which debuted in 1958, can be used like cash at the retailer’s stores and gas bars. It was previously available in denominations between five cents and $2, all stamped with the grinning image of Sandy McTire, the company’s tam-o’-shanter bedecked and mustachioed fictional character.

The $1 coin will be manufactured at the Royal Canadian Mint, just like its official cousins, the loonie and the toonie.

Sure the Mint may do it, but judging by the colour of the mintage, it looks like it would be a coin produced at the Winnipeg, MB Mint operations, and not the Ottawa, ON operations, which are the ones responsible for the loonie and toonie.

Easy money!

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:56:46 -0500

j-pal:

Who wants to convert my colour report into a printable black and white version? I will pay generously. Easy money! You don’t even need to leave your desk.

ie, print to pdf with colour off?

canadianthings: Did you know that during the height of the Cold...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:28:16 -0500

canadianthings:

Did you know that during the height of the Cold War, the Canadian government built a series of underground nuclear fallout shelters, known as Diefenbunkers, across the country? Neither did I. I knew the US government had one under the Greenbrier Hotel in West Virgina, but I didn’t know about Canada’s. They were built, like the American’s, to house the most important civil servants, politicians and senior military leaders.

The largest of these shelters (entrance shown in the photo), near Carp, Ontario, is now a Cold War museum and is open to the public. It is called The Diefenbunker. It has four floors, compared with the other bunkers which only had two. The facility was in operation from 1959 to 1994, when it was decommissioned.

More info here and here.

(photo by amy allcock)

This is just down the road from my sister’s house, and even though I’m habitually bored when I go visit, I’ve never bothered to stop in to learn. Maybe next time, if I’m not too distracted by my niece…

Did I mention we got a good layer of snow in November?

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:10:12 -0500

Did I mention we got a good layer of snow in November?

"Dec 2: The blogger behind This is Why You’re Fat, a blog turned book that celebrates..."

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:02:08 -0500

“Dec 2: The blogger behind This is Why You’re Fat, a blog turned book that celebrates revoltingly fatty junk food recipes.”

- Home - Q | CBC Radio

- CBC radio one tomorrow. 10-11:30 am, roughly.

DK, thought you’d enjoy being aware if it’s not already on the blog.

Okay, wow.

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:16:17 -0500

ventisette:

My friend and her boyfriend are still on skype. And now they are playing internet games together and oh my oh my oh my

my new plan is to grab a fork and stab my eyes out. If she has to take me to the airport they will have to stop talking, right?

eyes stabbed out = airport?

you are going crazy

hopeisrising: The first November without snow in Toronto in 162 years. does this mean accumulated...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:41:17 -0500

hopeisrising:

The first November without snow in Toronto in 162 years.

does this mean accumulated snow? Wasn’t there at least some flurries?

kyleheaslip25: I prefer Pepsi over Coke.. so i’m a fan of this one.

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:35:31 -0500

kyleheaslip25:

I prefer Pepsi over Coke.. so i’m a fan of this one.

miniweebs: mattcunnington: kyleheaslip25: ladycommafoxy: I’d...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:32:00 -0500

miniweebs:

mattcunnington:

kyleheaslip25:

ladycommafoxy:

I’d rather it be for the yellow lights, those things make me sooooooo angry sometimes.

OMG such an amazing idea.

I think this could cause a few more accidents… I’d run a few more reds if I knew it was going to be green once the little bigger circle ran out…

Don’t you know how to read the lights in the opposite direction? Except for glare, it’s sooo easy. There is one advanced green in my hometown that, when you’re waiting for it from the opposite side, you can either watch it if you are right underneath and know when to hit the gas, or see the reflecting green flash in the bank building across the street.

mattcunnington: What are the chances that the Drive Test people will stop striking tonight so I...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:25:16 -0500

mattcunnington:

What are the chances that the Drive Test people will stop striking tonight so I have my ‘G’ test first thing tomorrow morning? Not very likely I don’t think. Therefore, no parallel parking practice for me tonight!

MATT! The north bay centre is open I would gladly put you up for a night! It’s only 3 hours north of toronto!

You might need to bring a cot or air cushion though :P

Beware Mom's Taurus Wagon...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:16:36 -0500

Beware Mom's Taurus Wagon...:

perhaps the best part IS the mom’s taurus wagon.

i drive a focus wagon that i still call the taurus for old timey’s sake.

sbemail - independent films

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:43:41 -0500

sbemail - independent films:

strongbad fights back against the independent/indie film scene. similar to college humours ‘hand drawn letters’ in a way.