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2 days ago
Action Comics - Superman #1 1938 (Reprint)
It’s already on the way to my mailbox. I’m excited. Think I will get it framed!
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4 days ago
Another TTC employee slacking on the job. TTC driver takes his daily 7 minute, unscheduled break. And when the rider threatened to make a complaint, the driver told him that the union would protect his job. Nice.
I have heard a lot of arguments about this video in the last day or two. There are people saying things like “Everyone needs a break once in a while”… “he has to go to the bathroom we can’t expect him not to go” and even intelligent arguments like
“if the driver of a mass transit vehicle needs a break, I say let him or her have it…the alternative is that a driver tires behind the wheel and is accountable for the lives of his or her passengers.”
My take:
I’m sure even the most conservative of persons has no problem with a transit driver needing to go to the bathroom, or even on occasion needing to stop for a coffee/drink because he is having an extraordinary shift. Everyone has unscheduled events. But this driver allegedly does it everyday.
Like most people, I could not get away with this behaviour at work. TTC/Municipal workers are employed to do a job, and it is time they start behaving like they are on the job, OR fear losing their source of income like the rest of us do.
If the the alternative to this driver taking his daily break is the risk that he may tire and cause injury to his passengers, then maybe he is incapable of doing that job. He should therefore be moved to a position in which he can perform… say the ticket booth where he can take a nap once in a while. I think that is fair considering most people working in the private sector who can’t perform their job functions are simply fired.I take the TTC everywhere, and I am certain this driver is one of the few exceptions to all the hard-working transit employees out there. But these exceptions, must be held accountable.
In case you are wondering, changes are soon coming to this website. My interest in the TTC will soon be expanded beyond all the bad press.
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6 days agoTTC Trip Planner Beta Online
The TTC Trip Planner helps you plan your trips throughout Toronto using any mode of TTC transit. It can even suggest walking trips for shorter distances.
The Trip Planner uses TTC schedule information to suggest the quickest transit route to wherever you want to go. It also calculates the length of time your trip will take on transit.
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2 weeks ago
Origins of Oscar the Grouch
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Notes: 319 / 2 weeks ago from fuckyeahtoronto (originally from spectaculacular)
The Official Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart
50° Fahrenheit (10° C)
- New Yorkers try to turn on the heat.
- Canadians plant gardens.
40° Fahrenheit (4.4° C)
- Californians shiver uncontrollably.
- Canadians Sunbathe.
35° Fahrenheit (1.6° C)
- Italian Cars won’t start
- Canadians drive with the windows down
32° Fahrenheit (0 ° C)
- Distilled water freezes
- Canadian water get thicker.
0° Fahrenheit (-17.9° C)
- New York City landlords finally turn on the heat.
- Canadians have the last cookout of the season.
-40° Fahrenheit (-40° C)
- Hollywood disintegrates.
- Canadians rent some videos.
-60° Fahrenheit (-51° C)
- Mt. St. Helens freezes.
- Canadian Girl Guides sell cookies door-to-door.
-100° Fahrenheit (-73° C)
- Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
- Canadians pull down their ear flaps.
-173° Fahrenheit (-114° C)
- Ethyl alcohol Freezes.
- Canadians get frustrated when they can’t thaw the keg.
-460° Fahrenheit (-273° C)
- Absolute zero; all atomic motion stops.
- Canadians start saying “cold, eh?”
-500° Fahrenheit (-295° C)
- Hell freezes over.
- The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup.
(via:fuckyeahtoronto)
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