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I'll open by saying that in no way whatsoever is this meant as a criticism of the board, the owner(s), the mods, or the members. It is merely an observation, (read: opinion) on my part. This may have already been asked before, if it has, then my appologies. Are people losing interest...

Sunday, I was downtown and realised that I had lost yet another poppy from my jacket. As I was putting my donation in the collection can for another one, I was verbally accosted by some stupid jerk off, cock sucking motherfucker telling me that what I was doing was supporting the murder of...

Are we? I'm sure that most of us have gotten an email about "10 ways to know you're Canadian." Somewhere on that list is "You get excited when a Canadian city gets mentioned on Law and Order" or some such show/movie. I, for one, have never had much use for shows like "Entertainment...

Ok, I bring up Yahoo's home page and guess what greets me as a "news" headline...Jessica Simpson has a tearful meltdown. Big goddamn deal. That's hardly what I would consider real news in a world filled with wars, terrorism, enviornmental disasters and such. Isreal's attacks in Gaza, Obama's...

My main source of hobbying was always strip clubs. Over the years I spent a lot of time, and a helluva lot of money, trying new clubs, new girls, new ways to pass the time, and of course, new ways to try and get laid. All with no regrets. Even the nights that didn't get anywhere but Frustration...

I understand that since the price of oil is based on US dollars, a weaker Canadian dollar will result in a higher price at the pumps. But surely the Canadian dollar hasn't dropped enough to justify the extortionate price hike. Have the oil companies given any explanation? Or are they just...

Just in case you missed it, winter is here. Along with it comes the 3 kinds of drivers that just piss me off royaly. Transport Quebec plows that travel side by side to "clean" so little snow, I can see the white lane markings even before they pass. They block all lanes and travel at 30 km/h...

Has anybody seen the list of election promises? Are they joking or just stupid? The Green Party has made all kinds of promises about tackling poverty, forgiving" half of a student loan (if they earn a degree), more grants, tax shifting etc, etc, etc,.....without ONCE giving an estimated cost...

To anybody who may know: What's up with the Athana RIP thread? Has she passed away? Retired? Or did somebody just start a pointless thread? I hope it's the last possibility. I always enjoyed her posts, even though I never got to enjoy her company.

Nanny State: A world where freedoms are controlled by Government There have been a couple threads recently bringing the "Nanny State" issue to light. Disturbing, and enlightening. The first and most blatant example was the judge who overruled a parent's punishment of a disobedient...

With the recent rise of gas prices, there has been a ton of articles in the various forms of media on how to get more MPG. I travel a good distance every day to get back and forth to work, approx 160 km round trip, so naturally I tried a couple of techniques I had read about. Much to my...

Did anybody participate in this "Earth hour" thing? For the benefit of people like me, who only heard about it within the last 24 hours, Earth hour was/is a global voluntary blackout. From (I think) 8-9 pm, people around the world turned off their lights, tv's, etc, to try and raise...

I got my first " Roll up the Rim" cup at Tim Horton's today.

Imperial Oil This is a company that measures profit in the BILLIONS of dollars, yet treats it's employees in a disgraceful and ILLEGAL manner. I do a lot of driving for business and pleasure, and have gotten to know a few of the counter staff. Some of the stories are truly shocking. In...

This is not meant to be disrespectful in any way. When are you going to do something more permenant about Robertpal? Yesterday he started a thread under another new alias. He was revealed very quickly and even sent PMs to myself and at least one other poster about it. That thread seems to...

Is it just me, or has everybody gone breast cancer crazy? I'm not making light of a very serious matter. My grandmother died of cancer, my workmate's wife died of cancer before she was 42, and I know 3 women who have had breasts removed because of cancer. I just think that there are too many...

Ok, another pointless rant, but I have to see if I'm alone with this opinion. Has anybody else used the future shop web site to browse? They have to have the most useless,annoying site on the web, with the exception of Bell. More than half of the time when using the "Search" feature, I'm...

Interesting little article in today's Gazette about the cost of the smoking ban in Qc. It states that Lotto Quebec stands to lose $150 million from lost VLT revenues alone. That does not include an additional $50 million loss from the removal of 500 machines. Expectedly, they also stand to lose...

This post is certainly similar to a recent one by General Gonad, but don't blast me for it please. I average less than 35 posts per year, still a good number, but most of those posts were early on. I too find myself spending less and less time on Merb now. I still read the board on a weekly...

The smoking ban has been in effect for a month now. What has changed for you guys and gals? I personally have not been to a single SC or even a restaurant (eat in) since the ban came into effect. I've had take out or delivery (food you perverts!) a couple of times, and I'll tell you; It's a...