- Schwartz Deli for smoked meat (again) - Beauty's for breakfast, corner of Mont royal and St Urbain (expect a 1/2 hour lineup outside the door on sundays) - Santropol has great sandwiches, St. urban and Duluth (supports a charity as well) - Toque - if you want to drop wads of cash on a...

Linn on AM Vanquish sounds great

Quote: Originally Posted by Konig I think univ of Toronto is better. why? convenience: pearson airport rocks food: the food in montreal isnt as french as whative thought to be, and the variety is not as great as in toronto girls: toronto is slightly warmer for longer period...

Quote: Originally Posted by Whitebread Quartz/Automatic? I know the mechanical differences between these power sources, but I do not know the benefits/cons of each. As far as I can tell, though, it seems that either source is a viable and long lasting way to power a watch...

Accuracy is really a moot point with quartz timing mechanisms. Call me a snob, but there is really something about a nice mechanical swiss. Somehow I would rather have a tempermental ferrari than a super reliable Lexus. Either way, citizen makes good watches. Choose something that you like...

Quote: Originally Posted by raisin I take it as a source of pride that NYC leads the top 100 with 10 entrys, well ahead of HongKong with 7. Context is important too. Context indeed. http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/sr/

If you are starting from a M camera, then I dont think the digilux is a good choice. First, it has a terrible electronic viewfinder - dont let anyone convince you that it is nearly as good, a tiny sensor that has relatively high noise, and good but not fantastic non-interchangable zoom lens. And...

I'm shooting film; I particularly like using Ilford FP4+ as well as Kodak Tri-X 400. The ilford has a fantastic looking grain characteristics and the tri-x has wonderful tonality. Ilford Pan-F is good for fine grain. I'm doing all the developing and enlarging in the darkroom myself, very often...

Quote: Originally Posted by AlanY You can avoid paying tariffs ("duty") by buying products manufactured in Canada, Mexico, and the US. Products manufactured elsewhere but sold by a retail vendor in Canada, Mexico, or the US are also usually exempt from tariffs ("duty") because the...

Duty is collected to protect canadian industries by preventing canadian consumers from buying foreign goods. Depending on the type of good, duties applied may vary. I believe fabric and clothing related articles are a little sticky with Canada because there is a production of similar goods in...

In Canada (Montreal and Calgary) tips should be between 10 to 15%. I usually just add 10% on top of taxed total. 15% normally is pretty generous, 10% the standard. Bad service will get a little less, good a little more. Give extra tip on top of that for some circumstances, such as if you get...

Quote: Originally Posted by Talonz Why did the guy in front hit the brakes? From what I can tell, he braked going into the turn, then the viper tried to pass and somehow the corvette swerved to the left hitting the viper. Cant say why it swerved...

Here is a trip of something I recently sent to the UK... hard to believe how many times they are just going to dump it back into customs again and again and again, and again. 2005/04/20 14:03 Item successfully delivered, safe drop at Receiver's address 2005/04/20 14:03 Item successfully...

Quote: Originally Posted by pne ffman2001- I think you're mixing up functionality with...real functionality. Yes the H2 is more modern and affords much more driver comfort, but one could argue a moped is better than a motorcycle because of the gas milage, or a sunfire being a better car...

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