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who else is from Toronto other than:
Myself,
Playboy,
jaguarenterprises,
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There are a few more, ...but it's not my place to out them ...although I am curious to know myself.
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I saw some last september and i must say they look great, sadly i have a wife!
The only thing i liked from toronto among with the beer store.
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There are a few more, ...but it's not my place to out them ...although I am curious to know myself.
I think pumphard from the V board....If there are quite a few on GetBig I would like to arrange a get togther maybe at the Jay Cutler thingy...
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I think pumphard from the V board....If there are quite a few on GetBig I would like to arrange a get togther maybe at the Jay Cutler thingy...
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Oh no, I don't wanna get flashed!
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I lived in YYZ for 17 years, I grew up there, so consider myself haLF English and haFF Canadian.
I have an "American" accent in England.
When people ask me what part of America I'm from, I scream CANADA!!!
You meet very few Canucks abroad, most are sane enough to realise what a beautiful place Canada is and stay home. Or they say "I'm just visiting" (There's an English equivalent, you meet very few people from Liverpool, they also don't bother with the rest of the world...
I still don't quite understand why I left (Well, I do, I moved to NY to work with a fashion designer friend as a fitting model and didn't make it because I didn't have a green card and wasn't willing to marry for one and because our backer pulled out (on April 1st, we were a tax write-off), so I came back home to England, having said byeeeeeeeeee to Toronto.
& I've never been back to TO, (although I've been all the way to BC 3x since), which is weird.
I still keep in touch with one old gay mate who lives in Richmond Hill and he keeps me updated about the people we knew who are still alive and suitably rocking. I've googled most of my old social aquaintances and they're still there...
I had a high powered job running a trendy magazine and went to all the Film Fest parties with a gold star and an incredibly gorgeous boyfriend. I was very young.
Moses Znaimer's party one night, Barbara Amiel's another, I partied with that lot. I thought Babs was coming on to me, I thought she was gay. I ran into her again here in London about 10 years later...
Rush were my high school band. Doubt any of them still have or ever had, the time or the inclination to work out though !!
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I still hope to come back and visit one day (whilst I still look healthy and youngish).
I also ought to sort out my Canadian pension... It'll be worth far more than my British one.
Sandy Stagg (another ex-Torontontian) lives near to me in London, but I haven't responded to her Christmas card from last year, we fell out... She's not a lot of fun nowadays since she got really really old (I went to her massive 60th birthday party about 5 or 7 years ago) and she quit doing drugs and got into making millions. We were fun when we were young...
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Which was what I so loved about Toronto. It's impossible to explain. It's so cosmopolitan, so totally integrated, so modern and so very avant-garde.
More so, even than Europe.
Also Canada is more British than American. It's the best country in the world & I'm proud to be a citizen. God only knows what I'm doing in England, nowadays most people here would give their right arm to gain admittance.
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The only thing i hated from toronto was the huge amount of immigrants and black's walking around. Whats the idea of wearing the pants under your ass anyway? they all looked gangstah to me, i was afraid of benzwyfe since she's a good looking baltic woman :(
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guess you live in middle america?
You wanna see England if you're talking immigration. Everyone wants to learn to speak English.
When my Pa & Ma decided to emigrate to Canada, we had to go to Canada House at Trafalgar Square to fill in a form where we were supposed to name the Great Lakes and the previous Prime Ministers. I was 10 and had studied and was looking forward to moving to Canada, so knew all the answers and we got in (although I'm fairly certain that it was my father's job as an engineer which swang that vote).
In England, we let everyone in, no questions asked. After all, we owe them, don't we? having taken over the entire world?
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You seem to have no clue about history or geography... You're only like 250 years old after all...
Anyways, please start another thread if you wanna talk immi/emi/gration. We're doing a thread about fantastic Toronto, ok?
Guess you didn't fit in??
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guess you live in middle america?
You wanna see England if you're talking immigration. Everyone wants to learn to speak English.
When my Pa & Ma decided to emigrate to Canada, we had to go to Canada House at Trafalgar Square to fill in a form where we were supposed to name the Great Lakes and the previous Prime Ministers. I was 10 and had studied and was looking forward to moving to Canada, so knew all the answers and we got in (although I'm fairly certain that it was my father's job as an engineer which swang that vote).
In England, we let everyone in, no questions asked. After all, we owe them having taken over the entire world?
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Anyways, please start another thread if you wanna talk immi/emi/gration. We're doing a thread about Toronto, ok?
Linda, im not saying anything bad, just mentioning that i found it pretty shocking to see so many immigrants. I met a person over there who told me its pretty easy for everyone to go there and get a visa, live there and such. I just wonder if that wont become a problem in the future.
As for the rest, toronto looked like just another american city to me, but cant deny the pizzas are great.
And as i said before, i saw some really nice looking girls which were a sort of mixed races, pretty nice
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Linda, im not saying anything bad, just mentioning that i found it pretty shocking to see so many immigrants. I met a person over there who told me its pretty easy for everyone to go there and get a visa, live there and such. I just wonder if that wont become a problem in the future.
As for the rest, toronto looked like just another american city to me, but cant deny the pizzas are great.
And as i said before, i saw some really nice looking girls which were a sort of mixed races, pretty nice
so you dislike dark men and the way they dress but enjoy looking at young beautiful mixed race women?
Go figure !!!
>>>Italian immigrants built Toronto, so of course the pizza is wonderful.
What I find totally hilarious is an obviously white bigot discussing American immigration...
Like, do you know who gave you your country? Was it Christopher Columbus? Or did the natives just give in?
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guess you're just extremely young. Trouble is, you don't have a sense of humour.
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so you dislike dark men and the way they dress but enjoy looking at mixed race women?
Go figure !!!
>>>Italian immigrants built Toronto, so of course the pizza is wonderful.
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What I find totally hilarious is an obviously white bigot discussing American immigration...
Like, do you know who gave you your country? Was it Christopher Columbus? Or did the natives just give in?
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I just dislike people that dress like gangsters plus i dont think it looks good to wear pants under your ass hehe.
And as for your personal reference, im not white at all.
And yeah, columbus discovered america then the spanish guys did a trip and tookover everything from the natives.
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hope you're 19 and Indian then (3rd generation American, >>>totally integrated.
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...Let's get back to the Toronto thread, you're lucky to have visited that wonderful city and I'm extremely fortunate to have lived there for 17 years...
I dislike the way young black men act nowadays also, but I'll get over it. I just laugh.
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hope you're 19 and Indian then (3rd generation American, >>>totally integrated.
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...Let's get back to the Toronto thread, you're lucky to have visited that wonderful city and I'm extremely fortunate to have lived there for 17 years...
I dislike the way young black men act nowadays also, but I'll get over it. I just laugh.
Hey and the beer stores, thats a great idea, first time in my life i saw one like those. Small, all beer brands in the wall, you decide which one and the box come straight from the warehouse, very cold, ready to drink.
How damn perfect? I loved it!
If i could just have everything at the same time: Pizzas+Beer+Girls
auuu dreaming ;D ;D
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Hey and the beer stores, thats a great idea, first time in my life i saw one like those. Small, all beer brands in the wall, you decide which one and the box come straight from the warehouse, very cold, ready to drink.
How damn perfect? I loved it!
If i could just have everything at the same time: Pizzas+Beer+Girls
auuu dreaming ;D ;D
I still say, all these years later (living in England where you can walk down the road with a can because you can), that the liquor laws in Canada make sense.
In the US and in the UK and in most of Europe, you can buy anything at the corner shop.
But in Canada they have a Liquor Licensing Board (I still have the canvas lovely bag and it makes me laugh every time I use it.
I say Canada is fantastic because they know what they are doing and how to do it.
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I still say, all these years later (living in England where you can walk down the road with a can because you can), that the liquor laws in Canada make sense.
In the US and in the UK and in most of Europe, you can buy anything at the corner shop.
But in Canada they have a Liquor Licensing Board (I still have the canvas lovely bag and it makes me laugh every time I use it.
I say Canada is fantastic because they know what they are doing and how to do it.
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You forgot to mention that people look way more relaxed, i noticed that too. Not a bad place to go, i hope i can stay a few more days over there next time i fly to shanghai
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You forgot to mention that people look way more relaxed, i noticed that too. Not a bad place to go,
guess that's how come they've let their pants fall down then.
either that or it was the new fashion when you were there, they're way ahead in TO... They have just about stopped doing it here in London, guess because it's winter. Let's just hope they come up with another daft look for hip teenagers next summer?
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I just dislike people that dress like gangsters plus i dont think it looks good to wear pants under your ass hehe.
And as for your personal reference, im not white at all.
And yeah, columbus discovered america then the spanish guys did a trip and tookover everything from the natives.
Think perhaps you forgot the British bit which I was attempting to explain. Whatever.
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Linda, im not saying anything bad, just mentioning that i found it pretty shocking to see so many immigrants. I met a person over there who told me its pretty easy for everyone to go there and get a visa, live there and such. I just wonder if that wont become a problem in the future.
As for the rest, toronto looked like just another american city to me, but cant deny the pizzas are great.
And as i said before, i saw some really nice looking girls which were a sort of mixed races, pretty nice
You must have been in the getto part of town. Yorkville is the place to be. You won't see an garbage there.
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Crikey Playbuddy, that's a horrible thing to say
(Just because you and I have afforded to live on Avenue Road two blocks north of Bloor and the Museum and University Avenue for 14 years doesn't mean everyone else can.
You're giving Toronto guys a bad name if you decide to be ghettoist.
I thought the whole point of a We Love Toronto thread would be that we say the best we possibly can about it?
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Crikey Playbuddy, that's a horrible thing to say
(Just because you and I have afforded to live on Avenue Road two blocks north of Bloor and the Museum and University Avenue for 14 years doesn't mean everyone else can.
You're giving Toronto guys a bad name if you decide to be ghettoist.
I thought the whole point of a We Love Toronto thread would be that we say the best we possibly can about it?
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I've been living in Toronto my whole life. How long have you been here?
Props to my fellow Torontonians here! We are one tough breed :)
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Oh no, I don't wanna get flashed!
Well maybe I will have to say "suck my cock" and wait for your "whip it out buddy" ;)
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You must have been in the getto part of town. Yorkville is the place to be. You won't see an garbage there.
Yorkville isn't what it used to be. Used to be the place to be, ...now it's just the home of overly pretentious snobs
I know, I lived there for a few years. Harbourfront is where it's at... home of the defunct millionaire!
They've had enough money to know how to enjoy the good life, ...but lost so much of it, ...they're now humble. :D
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Crikey Playbuddy, that's a horrible thing to say
(Just because you and I have afforded to live on Avenue Road two blocks north of Bloor and the Museum and University Avenue for 14 years doesn't mean everyone else can.
You're giving Toronto guys a bad name if you decide to be ghettoist.
I thought the whole point of a We Love Toronto thread would be that we say the best we possibly can about it?
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Linda,
No matter how much we Torontonians trash Toronto, ...we still know it blows any other city out of the water!
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Well maybe I will have to say "suck my cock" and wait for your "whip it out buddy" ;)
Fat chance! I learned my lesson at 15! :D
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Linda, im not saying anything bad, just mentioning that i found it pretty shocking to see so many immigrants.
That's very shocking for most people. Once they get used to it though, ...they absolutely love it!
I can remember travellling to Chicago & NY 96, and found it soooo incredibly strange. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but something seemed OFF. Then i realized what it was. Everything was sooo segregated (relatively speaking) You'd be in one neighbourhood, and it would be completely mono-ethnic for blocks on end, then into another neighbourhood, and it was the same thing. As a Torontonian, I'm used to seeing so many races, and ethnicities in the span of 5 mins.
I met a person over there who told me its pretty easy for everyone to go there and get a visa, live there and such. I just wonder if that wont become a problem in the future.
It's easier for well educated citizens from some countries. Not as easy for others.
As for the rest, toronto looked like just another american city to me,
Only on the surface. Our charm goes waaaay deeper than that. years ago when discussing the proliferation of film American productions in Canada, Kevin Sorbo once said "They come for the cheaper dollar, ...but that's not why they keep coming back, ...and it's not why they stay"
but cant deny the pizzas are great.
And as i said before, i saw some really nice looking girls which were a sort of mixed races, pretty nice
Supposedly Toronto pizza is better than any pizza you can get in Italy. (http://www.jaguarenterprises.net/images/em/shrug.gif)
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We have some of the best wooden oven made pizzas around. Again you have to know where to go. I have noticed that the original "Little Italy" which is the college st & grace st area is not the same as it used to be. Same with st.clair and dufferin. But they have the best patios if you want to chill and have a drink in the summer.
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I've been living in Toronto my whole life. How long have you been here?
You've not read the thread, i think about 3 or 5 posts in, i stated that i moved away many years ago. But I lived there for 17 years and grew up there, so consider myself Torontonian...
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Yorkville isn't what it used to be. Used to be the place to be, ...now it's just the home of overly pretentious snobs
I know, I lived there for a few years. Harbourfront is where it's at... home of the defunct millionaire!
They've had enough money to know how to enjoy the good life, ...but lost so much of it, ...they're now humble. :D
oh judi, i so knew you had a condo overlooking the lake. i thought i knew where you lived (somehow in my getbig dreams, late at night). I can see you now in your gorgeous happy penthouse... one of the wonderful buildings on the left on that fantastic highway which I can't remember the name of on the way out of town?
The view coming back home driving extremely fast on that motorway is one of my most favourite memories.
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it's not the 401 or the DonValleyParkway, it's the...
it's the Queen something, no? I haven't been back for 15 years. I can't remember.
I worked at the Royal York then the Hyatt then the Harbour Castle in my teens, then I discovered there was more money to be made in the PR and publishing industry.
I thought Deedee outed herself as a regular in TO? didn't you?
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oh judi, i so knew you had a condo overlooking the lake. i thought i knew where you lived (somehow in my getbig dreams, late at night). I can see you now in your gorgeous happy penthouse... one of the wonderful buildings on the left on that fantastic highway which I can't remember the name of on the way out of town?
The view coming back home driving extremely fast on that motorway is one of my most favourite memories.
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it's not the 401 or the DonValleyParkway, it's the...
it's the Queen something, no? I haven't been back for 15 years. I can't remember.
I worked at the Royal York then the Hyatt then the Harbour Castle in my teens, then I discovered there was more money to be made in the PR and publishing industry.
I thought Deedee outed herself as a regular in TO? didn't you?
No, no penthouse for me. I did the Bay Street highrise for a few years, then moved to Harbourfront.
I no longer live at Harbourfront, but it's still the best part of TO in my opinion. I'm way out in suburbia now. :)
You're probably thinking of the QEW (Queen Elizabeth Way)
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No, no penthouse for me. I did the Bay Street highrise for a few years, then moved to Harbourfront.
I no longer live at Harbourfront, but it's still the best part of TO in my opinion. I'm way out in suburbia now. :)
You're probably thinking of the QEW (Queen Elizabeth Way)
You where right in the heart of the city, Jag. Thats pretty cool. I couldn't live in the heart of the city. Harbourfront area is great. Lots of things to do in the summer time. Although I love to frequent it often. I have always lived in the suburbs of Toronto.
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You where right in the heart of the city, Jag. Thats pretty cool. I couldn't live in the heart of the city. Harbourfront area is great. Lots of things to do in the summer time. Although I love to frequent it often. I have always lived in the suburbs of Toronto.
I grew up in the burbs, ...which demanded that when I got my own place, it was located at Bay & Bloor. ;D
Yorkville is the best in terms of plenty of things to do winter or summer. Everything was at your door step, and anywhere you possibly wanted or needed to go was less than a $10 cab ride in any direction. But one can only take so many "beautiful people" for only so long. Harbourfront was good except for when all the suburbanites converged on it in the summer. ;D
Now, ...out here, ...God forbid the cable goes out, or you run out of sugar, because you'll be counting birds, and squirrells just to pass the time.
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I grew up in the burbs, ...which demanded that when I got my own place, it was located at Bay & Bloor. ;D
Yorkville is the best in terms of plenty of things to do winter or summer. Everything was at your door step, and anywhere you possibly wanted or needed to go was less than a $10 cab ride in any direction. But one can only take so many "beautiful people" for only so long. Harbourfront was good except for when all the suburbanites converged on it in the summer. ;D
Now, ...out here, ...God forbid the cable goes out, or you run out of sugar, because you'll be counting birds, and squirrells just to pass the time.
Thats why I love where I am right now. I have every major hwy at my convienience. 401, 410, 427 and 403. I can get anywhere very quickly. Back in our youthfull clubbing days, a cab ride to the heart of the city was 30 bucks. To give you a better idea....I used to catch the hwy at 427 & Burnhamthorpe Rd which is about 8 minutes from my house. Then get off at Spadina and boom your there.
I hear you on the 5-10 buck cab rides downtown. When you live in the heart of the city, having a car is useless. You can commute everywhere quite easily and efficiantly. You have cabs, subway and street cars / buses at your convienence. That's awesome though. I never knew yo lived in that Bay & Bloor area. Very nice, Jag. Are you sure we haven't crossed paths before? :P
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Thats why I love where I am right now. I have every major hwy at my convienience. 401, 410, 427 and 403. I can get anywhere very quickly. Back in our youthfull clubbing days, a cab ride to the heart of the city was 30 bucks. To give you a better idea....I used to catch the hwy at 427 & Burnhamthorpe Rd which is about 8 minutes from my house. Then get off at Spadina and boom your there.
I hear you on the 5-10 buck cab rides downtown. When you live in the heart of the city, having a car is useless. You can commute everywhere quite easily and efficiantly. You have cabs, subway and street cars / buses at your convienence. That's awesome though. I never knew yo lived in that Bay & Bloor area. Very nice, Jag. Are you sure we haven't crossed paths before? :P
From Bay & Bloor, a cab ride to the original CineSpace Studios on Eastern Ave was $8 something. Having a car in the city was not only useless, it was a pain in the butt. you could never park it anywhere. I remember just walking outside my front door, raising my hand in the air, and there would be 5 cabs trying to pick you up. When I lived at Harbourfront, in addition to the 3 separate cab stands, down there, the Rapid Transit in front of the door, our condo also had it's own private shuttle bus that went all over town. Took a different route each day and operated from 7am - 7pm. so getting around was easy. If you're ever at Union Station in the morning, you'll see these white unmarked shuttles picking up and dropping off people every 10 mins.
Yep I lived at Bay & Bloor, ...back when Tom Creed still had his store. and I don't know if we've ever met. I find it hard to believe that anyone could be living and or partying in Yorkville and not cross paths with someone at least once or twice.
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Methinks Playbuddy is perhaps 19.
Tom Creed, what happened to him? Did he waste away his family fortune? Did he get married and have kids? (Or was he already married with kids, I can't remember). He was a bit short and extremely young and silly when he inherited. Did he sell out? I bet he did. He wasn't very nice at all. I thought him shifty and slimey, to put it politely.
I wonder...
Judi, you and I must have met, that seems a certainty. Although I was always just someone's friend or someone's PA. I was purposely never A-list on my own.
I'm still googling old Toronto mates. Yesterday I found Robert Ramsay. He and I were great friends. According to the internet, he crashed and burned on coke then made good. I've written down his mantra: Get help now, do not delay. One day I'm going to come back and say hi again to all the fantastic Toronto celebrities I knew in their heydays.
Also Susan and Lorraine. I'd love to talk to them again. Googled them and they've done great. Jon Kares, he was another fantastic friend. He used to read the news on the CBC and now he has a communications firm. John Karkoukolas now runs all the best restaurants in town? Trouble is they all look so incredibly wrinkly & I still look exactly the same. If I'm coming back, I'd better do it before I get old.
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Methinks Playbuddy is perhaps 19.
Tom Creed, what happened to him? Did he waste away his family fortune? Did he get married and have kids? (Or was he already married with kids, I can't remember). He was a bit short and extremely young and silly when he inherited. Did he sell out? I bet he did. He wasn't very nice at all. I thought him shifty and slimey, to put it politely.
I wonder...
Judi, you and I must have met, that seems a certainty. Although I was always just someone's friend or someone's PA. I was purposely never A-list.
I'm 33 years old....thank you.
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Methinks Playbuddy is perhaps 19.
Tom Creed, what happened to him? Did he waste away his family fortune? Did he get married and have kids? (Or was he already married with kids, I can't remember). He was a bit short and extremely young and silly when he inherited. Did he sell out? I bet he did. He wasn't very nice at all. I thought him shifty and slimey, to put it politely.
I wonder...
The recession of the late 80's early 90's kicked in. Holt's renovated and got all flashy across the street from him.
Alot of businesses you might know and remember got wiped out then. Alan Cherry almost did, but I knew his landlord, who let him, and quite a few other Yorkville businesses keep going. He had plenty of cash reserves, so the recession for him was simply a mad Boxing Day spree as he grabbed up properties left right & centre. He let Alan stay in business, even after that nasty setback where he got dinged by the city $100K I think for passing off lightweight male skins as females, and minks for sables. With the help of Jeanne Beker, and all the publicity he was getting as clothing supplier to FT, eventually Alan recovered was able to turn it around, and is now in Yorkville in Hazelton Lanes at the corner of Avenue Rd. His old Yonge Street location became a bargain book store. I'm not sure what it is these days. I rarely visit that part of Yonge anymore. Mulroney ushered in the GST, and with an immediate 15% visibly tacked onto all purchases, many retailers couldn't hang on. Bretton's made a big splash onto the scene, becoming the anchor store for the Manulife Centre. It held on just long enough to drive Creeds out of business before it too went under. Last I heard, it was an Indigo bookstore. Eventually Creeds went out of business, William Ashley expanded it's space into what was Creeds, and Tom saw the light.
He joined the ranks of entrepreneurs who wanted the income and lifestyle a multimillion dollar business brings, without the hassles & headaches associated with a traditional multimillion dollar brick & mortar business ...like tying up your capital in millions of dollars in inventories, or accounts receivables you're unable to collect. He was sick of being tied to his store 12 hrs a day, and became an independent distributor in the network marketing industry, representing a product line from a Utah based company call NuSkin. At the time alphahydroxy acids, retinols, vitamin A acids, antioxydant skincare etc was new and revolutionary, and the first batch of baby boomers were starting to see those first few wrinkles. For the first time, skincare actually improved a person's skin, reversed signs of aging, and wasn't just greasy lubricants slathered onto the skin. No one else had that kind of skincare technology, and the only way you could get it was through a NuSkin distributor. He joined the ranks of NuSkin, just as they were hitting their critical mass point and going into momemtum, where the sales went from $4 million a month to over $40. Nowadays, it's hard to find any skincare not using this technology, but at the time it was cutting edge, and it's introduction into the marketplace turned many ordinary people into multi-millionaires. Today, NuSkin is a huge entity traded on the NY Stock exchange doing billions of dollars a year in sales. I have a few friends that are still earning monthly residual cheques from their NuSkin businesses they started over 17 yrs ago, and haven't done a thing with in the past 12 yrs.
Judi, you and I must have met, that seems a certainty. Although I was always just someone's friend or someone's PA. I was purposely never A-list on my own.
I'm thinking the same thing. We had to have crossed paths at some point.
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Trelawny Howell. Did you or do you know her? She now sells real estate. Her real name is Linda but she changed it.
Bet she invested. I'll get in touch with her again one day, that would be fun. I googled her. We used to work together on a couple of trendy magazines. We even went to the UofT gym together, she'd pick me up on her scooter ...She pulled the gorgeous bloke who was leading our workout. But the following week he came onto me, which was disgusting.
I googled Jerry Goodis and he died. It was his silver Jag I drove up and down the Don Valley Parkway many times, extremely fast, on the way there and back to see the people at Porshe/Audi/Volkwagen.
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Molly Johnson became almost famous here in England this year, (well she got a brilliant bit of press, a great writeup about her latest recording). At least she did and is doing well.
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If I start talking about my Carol Pope and Dusty Springfield (and Long John Baldry) stories we'll be here forever... I was at a party once where Baldry...
Judi? you asked once when I told my Mel story whether I'd also met someone else. Didn't get the name, sorry, I forgot.
I once worked a day or two at an Anne Murray video shoot, it was at Trelawny's apartment on Maple. Does that date me? It was a gorgeous song which I cannot remember.
Joni Mitchell was on the BBC news talkshow here the other day, she sang Put Up A Parking Lot, Big Yellow Taxi, 30 years later >>>and it's historic.
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Linda,
None of those names you mentioned sound familiar, (except Anne Murray, & Joni Mitchell) but those are iconic.
As for Carol Pope, ...well, when I think of her, I get very skeered. I once found out my goodie two shoes older sister used to occassionally swing into Toronto to catch her in concert with all the other little "goody two-shoes" from her all girl's college. :o
The only Dusty I'm familiar with is the one who founded TIFF. I don't think they're the same Dustys.
One person we may know in common was David. I can't remember his last name, but he was a Yorkville fixture for years. He drove a motorcycle, and had a full huge head of the most adorable angelic blond ringlets you ever saw. I ran into him in 92 when he came into my company applying for a job. I almost didn't recognize the guy. Infact, I didn't recognize him. It was his last name on the resume I recognized, and I had to look closer at the man sitting across the desk from me. Turns out it was him. He'd cut off all his gorgeous ringlets. :'(
Did you know Jerry D the diamond broker who lived in the Colonnade?
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Was that the guy who owned 3 or 5 or 10 of the Colonnade apartments and most of the retail? Then helped build 2 Bloor West or whatever they called it when they knocked down the lovely men's shop?
I thought his name was... Did he have a ranch up north? That was what he told me. When he started banging on about the diamond mines in his fake South African "I've been to a proper school in England accent) my eyes glazed over. I think I met him 5 or 10 times at least. I was even nice to him once but completely hated his attitude.
I can look it up. I have collected (and have brought home with me), every single business card anyone ever gave to me. I still have a $100 note with someone's phone number on it, that was the best. I collect names but cannot remember them. That and I tend to forget unless someone reminds me.
I even remember the address & that was more than 20 years ago. It's 131 Bloor. Robert R_____ was there too. Easy to find.
I set a girlfriend up with that mad guy you're asking about and even she said no thanks. Please don't tell me you married him.... (joke !!!
Whatever happened to him? Don't tell me he still thinks he's hot. You never know. Either that or he's married with 3 ugly kids and 2 mad wives.
xL
I spoke to my old friend I've known for 30 years during the holidays. He lives in Richmond Hill and visits TO occasionally as he has to look after his elderly and ill Mum.
He ran into Michael D______ at Hazelton Lanes in the sales. Fancy that. Paul even gave him my number. (People are impressed if you move)
If I get a phone call from that drama queen I'm finished. It gets worse. Paul also ran into my bestest oldest boyfriend, the one I should never have left. He's divorced now apparantly.
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Was that the guy who owned 3 or 5 or 10 of the Colonnade apartments and most of the retail? Then helped build 2 Bloor West or whatever they called it when they knocked down the lovely men's shop?
hmmmm... I don't think we're talking about the same guy, ...unless you're merging a few guys into one.
The diamond broker didn't have a few different apartments, and he certainly wasn't into real estate developing.
The guy that I knew that did have a few places there, and who did do some major development in that area is a real mensch. An absolute sweetheart of a man who is the epitome of a gentleman. You have to know who he is, he's been there for years. He was involved in that huge never ending lawsuit over a piece of property that lasted for decades LITERALLY! With the amount he spent in lawyers fees, and court fees, he could have bought the property 3 times over. He eventually won though, ...the suit lasted so long, ...that eventually the other guy died, ...otherwise I'm sure it would still be going on to this day. I don't want to mention his name publicly, ...but his sister lives in a penthouse at the Four Seasons. You have to know him.
btw - I didn't even know Harry Rosen changed locations. That's how long it's been since I've hung out in Yorkville, or was Mr. Mo's the men's shop you were referring to? If so, I wouldn't be surprised. That guy owns most of Yorkville and Queen W.
I thought his name was... Did he have a ranch up north? That was what he told me. When he started banging on about the diamond mines in his fake South African "I've been to a proper school in England accent) my eyes glazed over. I think I met him 5 or 10 times at least. I was even nice to him once but completely hated his attitude.
Ok, we're not talking about the same guy. None of the guys I'm referring to ever spoke with a S. African accent.
I can look it up. I have collected (and have brought home with me), every single business card anyone ever gave to me. I still have a $100 note with someone's phone number on it, that was the best. I collect names but cannot remember them. That and I tend to forget unless someone reminds me.
Something I've often done is to immediately pencil in my initial impressions about the person as well as the date I received the card on the back. You'd be surprised how something so small can jog your memory about a person.
I even remember the address & that was more than 20 years ago. It's 131 Bloor. Robert R_____ was there too. Easy to find.
I set a girlfriend up with that mad guy you're asking about and even she said no thanks. Please don't tell me you married him.... (joke !!!
Whatever happened to him? Don't tell me he still thinks he's hot. You never know. Either that or he's married with 3 ugly kids and 2 mad wives.
xL
I spoke to my old friend I've known for 30 years during the holidays. He lives in Richmond Hill and visits TO occasionally as he has to look after his elderly and ill Mum.
He ran into Michael D______ at Hazelton Lanes in the sales. Fancy that. Paul even gave him my number. (People are impressed if you move)
If I get a phone call from that drama queen I'm finished. It gets worse. Paul also ran into my bestest oldest boyfriend, the one I should never have left. He's divorced now apparantly.
Those names don't ring any bells.
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Do you know, that's perhaps for the best.
I left many years ago and half of my friends are now dead (In fact I gave up when my best hetero girlfriend died of Aids).
You are now the young generation taking care of that fantastic city, living in one of the best places on God's gorgeous earth, and i hope to return one day to see what it's like !
xxxL
madly
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Would you believe that if poured rain here in Toronto last Night? In the middle of January......unbelievabl e.
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I spoke to my old friend I've known for 30 years during the holidays. He lives in Richmond Hill and visits TO occasionally as he has to look after his elderly and ill Mum.
He ran into Michael Daniels at Hazelton Lanes in the sales. Fancy that. Paul even gave him my number. (People are impressed if you move)
If I get a phone call from that drama queen I'm finished. It gets worse. Paul also ran into my bestest oldest boyfriend, the one I should never have left. He's divorced now apparantly.
here's me thinking that would make you feel better
not quite understanding why you say "It gets worse"
unless it's the reference to "Paul" and we all already know how worse that makes everything :-X the name just makes me shudder :o
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here's me thinking
Love your accent. You sound like me.
xL
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who else is from Toronto other than:
Myself,
Playboy,
jaguarenterprises,
I live in Quebec, does that count?
Upper and lower Canada...
A.
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I live in Quebec, does that count?
Upper and lower Canada...
A.
Bonjour! Welcome to the Girly board?
What part of Quebec are you from?
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I live in Quebec, does that count?
Upper and lower Canada...
A.
Welcome aboard! :)
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sideways? I don't think Quebecois count as Torontonians.
Granted, Canada is practically unheard of in the great scheme of things (which is what I love about Canada).
But no, if you live in Quebec you are not a Toronto Girl or Guy. I don't know. Do we give people points if they've visited?
xL
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sideways? I don't think Quebecois count as Torontonians.
Granted, Canada is practically unheard of in the great scheme of things (which is what I love about Canada).
But no, if you live in Quebec you are not a Toronto Girl or Guy. I don't know. Do we give people points if they've visited?
xL
Can you not just welcome the girl?
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Can you not just welcome the girl?
Sorry, yeah, you're right.
Welcome AllisonEthier, welcome to the Toronto Girls and Guys thread. I'm Linda, I live in London, England...
xL
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I don't know if i'm allowed to post on the "girly" board, but I'm from toronto. (cough* cough* Vaughn) ;D
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I don't know if i'm allowed to post on the "girly" board, but I'm from toronto. (cough* cough* Vaughn) ;D
What's happening and welcome. I work in Vaughan. :)
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I don't know if i'm allowed to post on the "girly" board, but I'm from toronto. (cough* cough* Vaughn) ;D
you gotta agree to the rules , easy peasy , that's all :D
and I'm feeling like there's a little segregation going on up in da joint this thread right here >:(
so HA HA HA
I'm not from Toronto and I'm saying HELLLLOOOO ;D
I've been hardened yanno I survived a helluva thing just recently >:(
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you gotta agree to the rules , easy peasy , that's all :D
I'm not sure I like the name eho ??? are you cool with that ??? juss askin' :-X
and I'm feeling like there's a little segregation going on up in da joint this thread right here >:(
so HA HA HA
I'm not from Toronto and I'm saying HELLLLOOOO ;D
I've been hardened yanno I survived a helluva thing just recently >:(
W8M8 you are always welcome on this thread :) How was timeout? LOL...can't believe you got sent there.
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thank you Playboy :-*
Time out was a breeze , I survived without a single kill, ;)
I ran that prison like it should have been run all along , carry a big stick like that guy in Walking Tall the Rock , I was intimidating >:(
j/k ...it was fun we had free food I hung nekkid pictures right away , can you believe there were none ??? then I played music and calmed the savages
by the time I left they were begging to rub my feet ;D
;) I missed ya :-*
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haven't gotten use to the second 'a' in Vaughan.
Any reasonably good gyms in Maple? how are the community centres?
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haven't gotten use to the second 'a' in Vaughan.
Any reasonably good gyms in Maple? how are the community centres?
Not really. There is an Extreme Fitness on hwy 7 & the 400. Dumbbells go up to 100lbs only and there are tons of cardio machines. In other words its not a bbdr's type of gym. Your best bet is to go to Strickly Fitness on Steeles & Dufferin. Its pretty hardcore. High ranging heavy dumbbells, hammer strength, freeweights, cybex, etc. Othere then that they don't really have any gyms out that way which kinda stinks. There just aren't as many gyms kicking around that are good bbdr gyms anymore. Only a handfull.