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Entries Tagged as 'Toronto'

It’s official - Toronto is all wet

July 24th, 2008 · No Comments

As of this morning, Toronto set a record for the wettest city in Canada. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I’m so thrilled. According to Enviroment Canada, over a 2 month period, Toronto has set a record for the most rain, beating a 30 year old record.
On average, Toronto records 792.7 mm of precipitation each year. But with 623.6 mm [...]

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Tags: Day in the Life · Toronto · Weather

Life is good - strawberries and bbq

June 21st, 2008 · 6 Comments

Oh life can be good. It’s strawberry season here in Ontario. Mmmmmm….
Also picked up some nice kabobs for the BBQ, local grown green onions, radishes hmmmm… put the onions around the potatoes and on the grill they go. Yum. Along with some great local asparagus and there you go.
Strawberries for desert. Nice cool breeze just [...]

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Tags: Day in the Life · Food · Toronto

Toronto cabbies and the right to call home

June 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Oh my, what a nasty kettle of fish this story has opened. Ontario is pondering a ban on cell phone use while driving. Hurray - it’s long overdue. The local paper, The Toronto Star, ran an article last week that, I suppose, was supposed to drum up support for cab drivers here in the city. [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Catpaw's Mad · Curiosities · Rants · Silly Moments · Toronto · Utter Stupidity

What’s with this city and it’s odd signage?

May 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments

A couple times a week, I pass by an out-of-service escalator. It’s been out of service for about a year now so I don’t pay much attention to it - I’m used to seeing out of order escalators. A sign used to hang on the wall with an estimated repair time - which past 2 [...]

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Tags: Bad Labels · Curiosities · Day in the Life · Rants · Silly Signs · Toronto