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    Power Wheelchair sales

    I am trying to buy a power wheelchair for my wife and have discovered that this little slice of the retail market is highly resistant to shopping. A trip through the market on the 'net reveals a wide variety of models and prices, lots of photos and specifications but it seems that you are...
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    New contract bidding rules

    New contract tendering rules. It is time to stop project overruns of both time and cost components in the municipal contract world. The contract bidding process is an adversarial construct and should be understood as such. Instead of accepting the lowest bid from the ABC Co. knowing full well...
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    Wheelchair lifts

    Has anyone been involved in having an outside vertical wheelchair lift installed in their home and if so do you have any advice to offer? Thanks in advance.
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    Free Computer printers, scanner, fax machine etc.

    gone
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    Geeks (and others), which cell phone to buy?

    I am ready to retire my little flip phone. What should I buy or not buy in the median price range? I have been advised to purchase the hardware first and shop for a provider second.
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    Hear-at-Last

    Anyone else impacted by the sudden demise of this chain of hearing aid providers?
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    Doctor requested DNR forms

    Imagine that your wife is admitted to a major Toronto hospital with problems that are not diagnosed but serious enough to justify admittance. Before testing and diagnostic procedures begin, you as the husband, are approached by a doctor to say that they will be approaching your wife with the...
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    Street names in Ontario towns

    I understand most towns having a Main, Station, Front or Bridge street but why do most towns have a"Division Street"?
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    Trolls, why are posters allowed to dismiss people they don't agree with as trolls

    UT is a vehicle for discussion yet too often a poster is screamed at as a troll because of their non conforming position on a subject. Worse still is the willingness of a Moderator to ban a member because he or she is not toeing the line, what happened to debate? It seems to me that too often...
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    Gift cards and HST

    Today I purchased a $20 Gift Card at MacDonalds and when I got home and looked the bill I realised that I had been charged HST on my purchase, is this right? Will the person to whom I give the card also be charged HST when he uses it?
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    Anonymity a good thing?

    Messages on this and other boards can sometimes get pretty goofy because the persons posting them are protected by the shield of anonymity afforded by a pseudonym. Who would you like to meet, or avoid, face to face at a gathering without exchanging actual names? Would the discourse on this...
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    Motor vehicle accident cost, insurance claim required?

    My vehicle was rearended today on the DVP, it happened at very low speed. no one was injured and damage was not catastrophic. The driver who caused the accident was very apologetic, concerned about my wife and forthcoming with all the information normally exchanged in such an event. I called...
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    Rural road maps

    Where can one acquire good detailed road maps of rural areas within a hundred miles or so of Toronto? My wife and I often intentionally drive on roads with which we are unfamiliar just to see what may be there, sort of latter day explorers. It would be nice to have reasonably sized maps that...
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    Lord Black is coming back

    Conrad Black, you know, Lord Whatshisface, who decided that the Canadian citizenship he so publicly scorned in order to don a splendid bathrobe in a foreign legislature was maybe an asset he shouldn't have discarded so readily but the Government has allowed him to enter Canada on a special...
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    OLG Toronto/GTA casino proposal (where to put it?)

    It appears that Toronto will be getting a Casino in the near future, where should it be located? My choice is the Portlands because no one else has any interest in developing them because the location is polluted and isolated from the rest of the City. Where better for a giant attraction...
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    About the Toronto Sun

    I am mystified, how is it that those who profess to hate the Toronto Sun are so conversant with the paper’s stance on everything? They proudly declaim that they would sooner be dipped in shit than be caught reading it’s apocryphal pages yet their familiarity with the positions expounded by...
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    Looking to buy a 46" HDTV

    Looking for a 46" HDTV, any suggestions as to model or retailer to try or avoid? I toured the usual sources and found the selection bewildering, way too many choices. I am switching from Rogers to Bell Fibe and would like to have the new set on the premises when the techy arrives.
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    Snow Management 101

    Snow happens, the inconvenience it visits on people is managed in a variety of ways depending on many factors not the least of which in Toronto is the streetscape. The streetscape varies widely in Toronto from wide streets with boulevards between the road and the sidewalk (if there is one)...
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    Lakeshore Lions Arena nearly Bankrupt

    http://www.torontosun.com/2011/06/13/rink-stink Boosters of that Big Shiny 4 floor glass rink on Commissioners Street that was all the rage a year ago can go to school on this news. Wasn't the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club's need for a practice facility the prime mover for this project?
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    Crude oil prices and Foreign Streetcar systems

    This thread is intended for those who rant on about obscure and irrevelant streetcar systems as models for us to admire and those who wax orgasmically every time the world price of crude oil ticks upwards. You know who you are so please post your thoughts here. I feel confident that many of the...

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