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Dont get me wrong - fires need to be put out. No doubt. Ive only known two firefighters in my life and they both seemed dumb. no idea how the world really works - just two nice, dumb guys. I guess...

I agree. i don't even commit crimes (my mam has ha a good influence) but i alot of guys that i know do and they think its ajoke. So i start thiniking, whats the real joke?? A guy who has to go dark...

Alright, well, can you tell me why Buffalo declined so precipitously? Give you a hint - cheap power. I.E. a fading commodity. Would you equate Buffalo's cheap energy needs and industrial production...

You know, let's think about the possible names that came out of th $75k we paid to this outfit.

ION. Sounds like your about to take a trip to the ionesphere. Hardly practical for the daily...

Although appreciated, your assumptions or general thinking are based on what? Previous examples? Buffalo also has a light transit system that has killed the route with regard to businesses. Guess...

Never mind. The point was, and still is, do we really need China? Are we trading successfully with China? I'm certainly not arguing that some trade is good between nations (St.Louis notwithstanding)....

The opportunity cost of a forgone tax base may outweigh perceived gains, especially where the presence of artificial currency pegs and manipulations distort trade.[14

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Alright, well, let's go without power for a few days and then see who's up in arms.

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Or no, let me guess. You want power, but not the lines. And no...

What is it exactly that we need from countries like China? I can't, for the life of me, understand why we would sell our oil sands rights to State owned entities like China. Am i missing something...

Without a jacking system already installed you would have to disassemble the entire top unit (including counter-weights) in order to raise thie crane up - that's why they usually always top it out at...

Certainly the larger units are proving much more difficult to sell than the smaller 1 bedroom units. I believe that Waterloo simply does not have the critical mass necessary in the CBD to attract...

Judging by the height of the third tower crane i think they must have altered the plan - they rarely put hose things up short of the ultimate height. Ergo, the building on the rendering closest to...

So it looks like we're getting Bombardier trains given TO's stalling on the order and our ability to 'piggy-back' on the order. I play craps and when you give a dealer a lift on the back of your bet...

It takes at least a decade to develop a multi-hectare site like this while still retaining some good cash-flow in your development company. This development is to the the tune of 200+ million...

This is to be a live/work apartment building retained in ownership by Auburn - strictly rental (according to the developer). The first condo building is going up on the closest corner to the rec...

Congratulations, you probably just depreciated that bike by 30%. Next time put it in the back of pick-up and use it for what it was designed for - intra-city travel - not inter-city. Ouch, i...

What there not telling you is that most IExpress boardings are based in north Kitchener heading to the universities. i have it on good info that there are more and more student renters living in he...

As far as i understand, and i admit, my understanding is somewhat limited, i understand it to be that there are no restrictions in place in Kitchener for student rentals with regard to how many...

The 'trail' should be the new route for the LRT. That would elliminate all the recent murders (1) and the congestion on King. Perfect.

What does BCB hate? Dreamers think that 'presto!', all of a sudden we have changed from a car-based society to a rail-based one (despite the fact that the rail is a singular line running generally...

Yes, i do assume that pedestrian movement is still a mode of transport for most humans. After all, it is the most basic form of transit for us mere mortals. Unless, of course, BCWESSEL has a study to...

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So let me get this straight. BCWESSEL is all for the efficient movement of pedestrian traffic with regard to transit and public walkways but is all for 'milling-about' around posted signs for...

I believe that 64 a and b sold for a combined $324,900 and 68 sold for $618,000. A $1,000,000 land purchase, essentially. These babies must be making some money for that kind of outlay (before...

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Then there's the fact that Waterloo already has a traffic problem and by eliminating a major thoroughfare by one lane will undoubtedly increase traffic volumes in other areas (despite the Utopian...

I agree with Building Scout. There seems to be a direct disconnect with the prices that condos re-sell for and with the prices that are contemplated on some new developments (am i just seeing Red)?...

Subway - there's no better alternative. Land is finite* and if you can save some land by sinking under (or over, for that matter) then you save land. Ergo subways and EL-T's.

* Generally speaking,...

So Panamaniac, you believe in Feed-in Tarrifs?

One does not live in NewZealand for 3 and a half years but 3 and one half years.

What would be great is if the City of Waterloo could get their planning / zoning maps and land registry online access more advanced. It's like pulling teeth to get good information on an online site...

Or perhaps "I'd like to spend a penny". "No ma'am, that will now cost you a nickel".

Are we seriously expecting companies like Walmart to move a $19.95 product from $19.95 to $19.94 or are they most likely to move it to $19.96 and thus gain the extra 4 or 5 cents per item (based on a...

Taken over time, this could be a big number. Imagine if you paid 99 cents for everything and bought a million of those things, then you would end up paying an extra 10,000 dollars for those...

And the whole time we're selling our best assets to companies like china that won't allow us to own any of their companies. Unbelievable. Canada has all these natural resources - we shouldn't just...

When are we going to start to get more competitive pricing on retail goods that customers in Buffalo get? Are we seriously saying that it cost 30% more to ship something from Buffalo to Toronto or...

What if its $1.88? Then i'm two cents down. What if it's $1.87. Then i'm two cents up? I guess it makes sense, in a way. They say it costs 1.6 cents to make a penny, but as my grandmother always...

The site is now under-going site sampling in both parking lots.

Note the beautiful simplicity of the design - post-tensioned concrete spanning the river. Easy to build, cheap, and without huge posts to support a suspension bridge. Love it.

Pray tell what is 'automatic renewal" Most leases are based on 5 or 10 year periods and based on lease renewals of rent increases after said period of between 3 and 6 percent. Lessees are no more...

By your own admission the cycle usage is absurdly low and yet you are proposing an increase in spending on cycle traffic lanes? I dare non sequiter.

Yes would say scary for sure. Nothing like biking down a road and hearing the rumble of a one tonne car coming from behind and hoping he sees you. If i was in England i would have more confidence,...

Hopefully now that they have a 40% discount their prices are more realistic - Braun's has been over-charging for bicycles since the 80's. It seems that some bike owners are like women buying...

How about just abiding by the rules of the road and watching out for cyclists? Although slow and tedious (esp. on uphill roads) bikes are a recognized form of traffic on the roads. As such, they...

Hi, i'm checking in. I have a room booked for Friday and Saturday night.

Great, can i see your ID and a credit card, please?

Sure.

Check-out is at 11 but we also offer a late check-out at...

It's simply not going to happen. There are too many old school owners on the west side that won't vote. Now, that's only a prediction. If you can get 3 or 4 sellers in a row "a la Dan" what what...

Actually, quite the opposite. Britain has some of the largest roundabouts in the world - some even directing traffic off of motorways just like collector lanes. I have seen some that are 4 or 5...

Thank you, Building Scout. I will mark that down as 'over-subscribed' parking.

Then the minimum parking requirements are especially useless.

The Sunlife Tower is great example of setting a corporate tower in (what had been) a largely residential neighbourhood. The cynic in...

There was a small piece done on CTV this evening that addressed this issue. On the one hand they had a man with a PHD in transport studies and on the other they had a man that was 'buckling under his...

Prove my point for me. Travels. Where therer is little or or no traffic roundabouts are silly. What Juan Pablo or whatever his name was failed to realize is thst along county lines you need to stop...