Speaking from experience, sometimes renting above a retail business makes renter's insurance a financial impossibility.

nuff said. my homeowner's paid for my bike that got ripped off at bloor/christie a few years back.
(let that be a lesson: too much gamjatang (pork bone soup) is not good for your bike.)

it would be funny to re-create that shot right at that location! sorry som, was that what you meant?
see if someone can discern where it is exactly... some ref pics:
http://www.toronto.ca/archives/fire1.htm

Good eye, me n the wife initially figured Ministry of Labour, but OHRC was what google recommended since we didn't consider the job loss. No way should she have to put up with that in this daynage

interesting.. elaborate? how much more would the premium be? i know a lot of people's budgets are stretched thin as it is; there should be enough options out there to suit individual needs.

patrick's bought life insurance!

compare this pic with ben's pic:
http://www.toronto.ca/archives/images/f1244_it00022.jpg

it looks like it's looking south on bay just a bit south of queen. ...even the detailing on some of the ruined facades are gorgeous.

ok enough procrastinatoring...

goki, you don't write, you don't call... I was wondering where the love had gone.

Then six posts on one page!!!!!

Oh dude... I'm sooooo sorry! I called Daniel as soon as I heard. I'm totally dumb struck. That was the last block of old Queen W. The final nail in the coffin.

And I cannot imagine what Mr. Duke will go through when he sees the store he's worked almost all of his 80 or so years. I was just in there on the weekend chatting with Derek and Gary. Brutal.

Oh and speaking of the 1904 fire, this is my absolute FAVOURITE and cannot stop watching since I found it - ironically - just a few weeks ago: http://www.toronto.ca/fire/news/100/index.htm

exactly.. and in "costume". just with our own bikes. :)

Thanks for all the advice guys. Mindy will be making the appropriate complaints (thanks for the #'s and offer Dave) I am just gonna stay away from the place and appreciate y'all puttin' the word on the street. They actually have in their Liquor License Application right now...I wonder how the charming crew in there will be when they get a few pints in em.

glad no one was physically hurt today. and it's still burning. quite the aftermath.

re: 1904 - i just found this http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/englis...e/progress.htm

Yes, we probably have, Toronto is small. I don't recall any conversations about Steven Seagal but are you the guy I talked with about Roy Scheider last week?


I rode by that bike shop in the Annex (I can never remember the name) and they have one of the Fuji Obey bikes in the window and it doesn't look all that bad. I am sure it is pretty expensive but I kinda like it....bearing in mind that I have a black/gold bike already, I guess that is no surprise.

I was in Urbane a little while ago and one of the mechanics and I were talking about my bike and he seemed to think the rims I had were Mavic Open Pros. We got to talking about the rims because they haven't needed a truing in years and they are still true. There are no stickers on the rims at all but they are super-solid rims, aero, grey-anodized and laced to 105 hubs. Anyone know if there is a serial number or something inside the rim? They were on a Gardin bike that I purchased years ago for a girlfriend....32flavs has that frame now.

I'd then make a complaint to the Liquor Licensing Board. :)

On a lighter note, I have some HED wheels. There has been a discussion with my friends on how to pronounce the company's name. Is it Hed like heed the way, or Hed like head?

Guys don't miss the lunar eclipse. It's already begun right now!

I've always just assumed it was pronounced like "head". Speaking of which, I've been oggling these: http://www.hedcycling.com/ardennes.php. mmm.. 23mm wide and lightweight. Wish I could try 'em out. Maybe there'll be a set at the bike show..?

settle down, nerdlinger. ;)

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I'm in for the eclipse :)

Ayup, 'tis beautiful.

Eclipse cool, some of this other bs not so much.

I hope the next one is in the summer. Beer+Park+Eclipse=FUN...-20 windchill ?...not so much. Must be completely stunning up north.

it's not bad when you're in a hot tub! the solar eclipse is on august 1st, right?

I was planning on trying to take some eclipse pics but freaking cold + I forgot that I loaned out my tripod = blurry reddish moon-shaped object.

EDIT: OK, this one ain't so bad -- for those who can't make it outside / living in the southern hemisphere:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2332/...6c62e2d827.jpg

You guys keep talkin' about this hot tub, but until you invite me over I'm going to be very disappointed in the both of you. :D

I vote that the next scotch party takes place in the hot tub.

Of course, now I'm thinking about the SNL skit with Will Ferrell and I'm both laughing and a little freaked out at the prospect of sharing a hot tub with this crew.. ;) http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/58c273a4f9

Also: lunar eclipses happen way too often for me to get that excited about staring out my window at them, particularly when it's nasty cold out, but also when I'm downtown in a large urban center.

Next one is in 2010 s0mnambulant

P/S *****slap!