NotesItâs the only kind of trade war that Canadian politicians can win against Americans: the kind where prices for Canadians donât go up because of tariffs; where the price of apps, repair, parts, and upgrades goes way down; and where a new, high-tech manufacturing sector pulls in vast sums from customers all over the world.FeedEmbedUnfurl
Notestheir house has banned any technology post-1986, the year the couple was born.
No computers, no tablets, no smart phones, no fancy coffee machines, no Internet, no cable, and â from the point of view of many tech-dependent folks â no life.FeedUnfurl
NotesSo last week we bought them their own horse head. And yesterday mconley delivered it to their office. They invited him in. They brought the box over to the window where we could see. They gathered around their window and we gathered around ours. And when they opened it and realised what it was they actually jumped up and down, and applauded, and mouthed âthank youâ through the window at us.FeedEmbedUnfurl
Notes"Sadness: Retro Fun appears to be closed.<br />
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It had been a few years since last I was in Toronto, and this shop had been one of my favorite stops on the trip. Only place I've ever seen Whacky Packages trading cards, still in the package. Also, an official Knight Rider poster and random 80's toys."Unfurl
Notes"We buy, sell, trade Video Games and consoles and accessories (NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, Playstation, Dreamcast, Playstation 2, XBOX, PSP, Gameboy, Nintendo DS, XBOX 360, PS3, Atari, PC, and more, even Neo Geo AES, MVS, CD and PC Engine, japanese imports and arcade sticks) "Unfurl
Notes"As I'd mentioned in last week's Happy Birthday Neil post, Hamilton, Ontario is the birthplace of our favorite drummer Neil Elwood Peart. Apparently Hamilton rock radio station Y108 has started a petition to have a stretch of Red Hill Expressway in Hamilton renamed to Neil Peart Way."Unfurl
Notes"Reopening the highway between Whistler and Vancouver could take five days after a massive rockslide, B.C. Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon said on Wednesday."Unfurl
Notes"Coffee rage is what happens to otherwise normal people when they pull away from a drive thru window without tasting what they've purchased and then later realize the order is wrong."Unfurl
Notes"The news came as a surprise to bassist Stuart Chatwood, who, in an email to JAM!, stated that he "wasn't aware that the band had broken up.""Unfurl
Notes"Americans pay twice as much for heart-bypass surgery as the socialized Canadian system, with no difference in outcome, according to today's issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine in a study funded by American drug company, Pfizer Inc.. "Unfurl
Notes"Canada becomes the third country to legalize gay marriage after its Parliament approved landmark legislation late Tuesday despite strong opposition from Conservatives and religious leaders."Unfurl
Notes"Canada's announcement that it won't join the U.S. missile shield provoked an immediate warning that it has relinquished sovereignty over its airspace."Unfurl