81-717 Posted November 9, 2019 Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 Got so used to tapping on with presto, today I was about to pull out my wallet and tap on at the tourniquet entrance at the grocery store. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downsview 108 Posted November 9, 2019 Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 2 hours ago, 81-717 said: Got so used to tapping on with presto, today I was about to pull out my wallet and tap on at the tourniquet entrance at the grocery store. Tourniquet entrance? They're separating the strung out people from the regular folks now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted November 9, 2019 Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 7 hours ago, Downsview 108 said: Tourniquet entrance? They're separating the strung out people from the regular folks now? A tourniquet has a couple of different meanings, but in this case I believe the poster meant to type turnstile. Funny mistake though, as it evokes a few crazy mental images. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-717 Posted November 9, 2019 Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 13 hours ago, Downsview 108 said: Tourniquet entrance? They're separating the strung out people from the regular folks now? 6 hours ago, captaintrolley said: A tourniquet has a couple of different meanings, but in this case I believe the poster meant to type turnstile. Funny mistake though, as it evokes a few crazy mental images. I actually wrote turnstile at first, then corrected it because it wasn't really a turnstile, but more like what's in the picture, but with a single metal bar instead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted November 9, 2019 Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 4 hours ago, 81-717 said: I actually wrote turnstile at first, then corrected it because it wasn't really a turnstile, but more like what's in the picture, but with a single metal bar instead. Thanks for the clarification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downsview 108 Posted November 9, 2019 Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 5 hours ago, 81-717 said: I actually wrote turnstile at first, then corrected it because it wasn't really a turnstile, but more like what's in the picture, but with a single metal bar instead. Ah. The old school shoppers drug mart entrances. I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-717 Posted November 9, 2019 Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 52 minutes ago, Downsview 108 said: Ah. The old school shoppers drug mart entrances. I see. It was no frills lol. idk if they all have the same entrances 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doppelkupplung Posted November 9, 2019 Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 1 hour ago, 81-717 said: It was no frills lol. idk if they all have the same entrances Looks like we got a Nofrills fare evader on the loose. You're the reason why my Corn Pops are now 4.88 instead of 3.50. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3G Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 Today I learned the Flexity streetcars entered service earlier this year, and the old (wooden bodied?) streetcar in Haliburton is actually a CLRV. https://www.narcity.com/news/ca/on/toronto/toronto-streetcars-are-finally-being-ditched-in-december-after-decades-of-service?fbclid=IwAR11Kym0jb3XUwvo4UN4iq0PO2ICtj3a6s2bMgGutJT7TQ5UpdrINZ9pnNs Nice editorializing in the headline, too. Aren't news stories supposed to be remain unbiased? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downsview 108 Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 30 minutes ago, PCC Guy said: Today I learned the Flexity streetcars entered service earlier this year, and the old (wooden bodied?) streetcar in Haliburton is actually a CLRV. https://www.narcity.com/news/ca/on/toronto/toronto-streetcars-are-finally-being-ditched-in-december-after-decades-of-service?fbclid=IwAR11Kym0jb3XUwvo4UN4iq0PO2ICtj3a6s2bMgGutJT7TQ5UpdrINZ9pnNs Nice editorializing in the headline, too. Aren't news stories supposed to be remain unbiased? You can't spell Narcity without the same four letters you use to spell narcotics. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3G Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 LOL. I actually applied to their team back in the spring without knowing of their poor reputation. After spending a couple of days putting together an application package, I got rejected 25 minutes after I sent it in. I was enraged at the time but looking back at it now I probably dodged a bullet. Though I guess that is a missed opportunity to have been the only person on their team who actually knows anything about streetcars. C'est la vie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus_Medic Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 16 minutes ago, Downsview 108 said: You can't spell Narcity without the same four letters you use to spell narcotics. Or narcissism. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downsview 108 Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 24 minutes ago, PCC Guy said: LOL. I actually applied to their team back in the spring without knowing of their poor reputation. After spending a couple of days putting together an application package, I got rejected 25 minutes after I sent it in. I was enraged at the time but looking back at it now I probably dodged a bullet. Though I guess that is a missed opportunity to have been the only person on their team who actually knows anything about streetcars. C'est la vie. They're the shortbus equivalent of journalism. Consider yourself lucky. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downsview 108 Posted November 23, 2019 Report Share Posted November 23, 2019 Sorry but LOL This is heat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidwizardplayer Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 I was looking at the Bday area on here. Saw this.. Happy birthday @dayone you are 5 years old? This week saw this TTC T1 car 5061 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downsview 108 Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 36 minutes ago, splendidwizardplayer said: I was looking at the Bday area on here. Saw this.. Happy birthday @dayone you are 5 years old? This week saw this TTC T1 car 5061 LOL I dunno if some of you remember but there was very, shall we say, colourful anti-TTC graffiti on the walls of Vic park station and some other station (obviously done by the same guy) about ten years ago. I'd show a screen cap but this is a family friendly forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 Room mate is a self-professed choco-holic. Claims she can sniff out chocolate for miles around.. So anyhow, I have this chocolate bar 'hiding in plain sight' for a week now, maybe longer. I told her there is chocolate hiding in plain sight, and I can hear her tip-toeing around the condo in the wee hours seeking a 'fix'. She still hasn't found it. Day Seven, still 'hiding in plain sight' LOL. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayside Observer Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 3 hours ago, captaintrolley said: Room mate is a self-professed choco-holic. Claims she can sniff out chocolate for miles around.. So anyhow, I have this chocolate bar 'hiding in plain sight' for a week now, maybe longer. I told her there is chocolate hiding in plain sight, and I can hear her tip-toeing around the condo in the wee hours seeking a 'fix'. She still hasn't found it. Day Seven, still 'hiding in plain sight' LOL. Evil. That's so evil. However, there's still room to take it up a notch. Wait until you're home but your roommate isn't and make a nice cup of coffee or tea and carefully open the Toblerone's box from one of the ends, not by ripping the tear-off strip, and enjoy eating it. Then, carefully close the Toblerone box up and put it back in its hiding spot among the books for your roommate to find. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 37 minutes ago, Wayside Observer said: Evil. That's so evil. However, there's still room to take it up a notch. Wait until you're home but your roommate isn't and make a nice cup of coffee or tea and carefully open the Toblerone's box from one of the ends, not by ripping the tear-off strip, and enjoy eating it. Then, carefully close the Toblerone box up and put it back in its hiding spot among the books for your roommate to find. Sadly, I am not a fan of chocolate, except the very darkest 'baking' chocolate. But I like your thinking.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 On 12/14/2019 at 12:13 PM, captaintrolley said: Day Seven, still 'hiding in plain sight' LOL. Update: Day Eight.. I have been discovered. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. S. Bach Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 I was not sure but I did think that it might have been the Toblerone's as it did not really look like a book.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doppelkupplung Posted December 22, 2019 Report Share Posted December 22, 2019 https://jalopnik.com/driver-ticketed-for-towing-semi-trailer-with-regular-as-1840562576 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTC4120fan Posted January 7, 2020 Report Share Posted January 7, 2020 Don’t you love it when someone baits you by sticking coins onto your streetcar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayside Observer Posted January 7, 2020 Report Share Posted January 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Matthew TTC 4120 said: Don’t you love it when someone baits you by sticking coins onto your streetcar? The people at Carbon Computing did this and embedded coins in the terrazzo floor in the entranceway of their previous store on Queen near Broadview. I haven't been to their new store so I don't know if they've done anything 'cute' like that at the new place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted January 7, 2020 Report Share Posted January 7, 2020 4 hours ago, Wayside Observer said: The people at Carbon Computing did this and embedded coins in the terrazzo floor in the entranceway of their previous store on Queen near Broadview. I haven't been to their new store so I don't know if they've done anything 'cute' like that at the new place. I've been to a few pubs that have had coins lacquered onto their table tops. (mostly pennies, although back then pennies were still in use). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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