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« Reply #40 on: July 06, 2010, 07:04:35 am » |
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Live in the GTA in a brown cloud 
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« Reply #41 on: July 06, 2010, 08:46:12 am » |
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Live in the GTA in a brown cloud You do realize that there are other places in Ontario that have worse air quality than Toronto. http://www.airqualityontario.com/reports/summary.cfm |
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How is it possible that after electricity has traveled through hundreds of miles of power line then hundreds of feet (or yards) of romex in our home, that changing the last three feet of wire with something exotic, expensive (cool looking, and packaged in a pricey box) is going to make a difference?
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« Reply #42 on: July 06, 2010, 09:55:33 am » |
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All I know, and it is not much, driving down the 401 toward GTA there is a big brown cloud over it all year round You can have the GTA, I will stay out in country. You can stay in the GTA on weekends and I will promise to only go into the GTA to visit my mom and go to the airport  |
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« Reply #43 on: July 06, 2010, 10:09:46 am » |
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From observation the Brown Cloud while still visible is MUCH better since most of the sulphur has gone from gas and diesel. |
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It is a narrow policy to suppose that this country or that is to be marked out as the eternal ally or the perpetual enemy of England. We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.
Lord Palmerston
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« Reply #44 on: July 06, 2010, 11:15:53 am » |
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If you choose to work in Toronto, long commutes are part of the package. Want a 10 minute drive to work, pick a different city. Not always true. I have the longest commute for anybody in my office at around 45 minutes by bike and I take the long way. Driving is about the same. GO Train takes 10 minutes to get to Union, another 20 minutes of walking after that. TTC subway takes 40 minutes with 10 more minutes of walking (faster than waiting for a street car). I understand not everybody can do that but there are choices. Friends of mine moved about 1.25 hours (driving time) from their office downtown because they said houses are cheaper there. Sure they might be but if you factor in all the extra expenses that go with driving and your time (which I consider valuable) I don't think you are any further ahead. We went with the higher mortgage for a shorter commute when we looked at Oakville vs. Georgetown or Burlington. My wife is 8km from work with no 400 series highways required. The big mining and consulting firms now have a small satellite offices down town for the BD people and the rest are located outside Toronto so they can attract and retain talent. I worked Down Town TO once, I will not do it again. |
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« Reply #45 on: July 06, 2010, 12:33:41 pm » |
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From observation the Brown Cloud while still visible is MUCH better since most of the sulphur has gone from gas and diesel.
Look worst now compared to 20 years ago |
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« Reply #46 on: July 06, 2010, 01:23:58 pm » |
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From observation the Brown Cloud while still visible is MUCH better since most of the sulphur has gone from gas and diesel.
Look worst now compared to 20 years ago From 1993 to 1999 my office/desk overlooked TO from the commanding heights of Richmond Hill; I could see the CN tower when the smog wasn't too bad.. 1999 to 2006 I could still just look out of the office windows southwards. As I remember it did get worse in the '90s and then got better... I think the graphic fits my memory fairly well. Before '93 I worked in Don Mills, right in the brown cloud. http://www.ec.gc.ca/cleanair-airpur/caol/OGEB/fuels/reports/SulphurLiquid2007/images/figure1_1_e.gif |
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It is a narrow policy to suppose that this country or that is to be marked out as the eternal ally or the perpetual enemy of England. We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.
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« Reply #47 on: July 07, 2010, 02:43:48 pm » |
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Well today Toronto wins the prize! |
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« Reply #48 on: July 07, 2010, 02:49:29 pm » |
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Well today Toronto wins the prize!  Stupid winds shifted. |
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How is it possible that after electricity has traveled through hundreds of miles of power line then hundreds of feet (or yards) of romex in our home, that changing the last three feet of wire with something exotic, expensive (cool looking, and packaged in a pricey box) is going to make a difference?
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« Reply #49 on: July 07, 2010, 04:35:07 pm » |
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THERE IS NO CURE FOR "LOTUS"......ONLY TREATMENT.....
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« Reply #51 on: July 08, 2010, 08:33:29 am » |
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I was very surprised in Ontario that there was so little fuss made about the HST. No protest, beating drums, shouting, smashing up the place. Nadda nish nought. I guess 8% doesn't make that much of a Dif in Ontario.  |
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« Reply #52 on: July 08, 2010, 08:51:32 am » |
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I was very surprised in Ontario that there was so little fuss made about the HST. No protest, beating drums, shouting, smashing up the place. Nadda nish nought. I guess 8% doesn't make that much of a Dif in Ontario. All of our professional protestors were tied up with the G8 I guess... |
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« Reply #53 on: July 11, 2010, 12:48:01 am » |
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I was very surprised in Ontario that there was so little fuss made about the HST. No protest, beating drums, shouting, smashing up the place. Nadda nish nought. I guess 8% doesn't make that much of a Dif in Ontario. Probably something to do with the rebate (bribe) cheques Ontarians got. We weren't quite so lucky here on the West Coast, and if there's anything that pisses us off, it's other people having more money than us. Back on topic, gas here in the North Okanagan varies from $1.07 to $1.09. Maybe the HST doesn't apply to gas here, but Gordon Campbell's useless Carbon Tax sure does, and it went up the same time the HST came into effect. It's a tax-grab, nothing else and it's done abolutely nothing to curb fuel consumption. The demand for motor fuels is actually going up in this province, not down. Go figure.  |
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« Reply #54 on: July 12, 2010, 12:26:17 pm » |
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The crappy part is the 1.5 cent/liter tax the federal government added in 1994 I think to pay down the deficit, that is still there. And on top of that, Mr. Harper as an election platform indicated he would remove the GST at the time if gas went over 85 cents per liter...
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« Reply #55 on: July 12, 2010, 04:01:00 pm » |
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The crappy part is the 1.5 cent/liter tax the federal government added in 1994 I think to pay down the deficit, that is still there. And on top of that, Mr. Harper as an election platform indicated he would remove the GST at the time if gas went over 85 cents per liter...
SSSSSS Harper may be read this, and he will double the tax to pay the deficit he made |
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