Toronto/Montreal equivalents - Page 13

harls · #**241** Posted **Nov 22, 2022, 4:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

It was the Golden Age. Although, me thinks that the time we met was at McKibbins. There was a smoked meat there, and I recall meeting you, Habsfan, Serge, Bilo, Patrick Scantland, Elsonic (none of these guys still post on SSP)...and maybe 4-5 others. Good times.

You are right. I think I gave kool maudit a ride home in my ford focus one of those nights..

harls · #**242** Posted **Nov 22, 2022, 4:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by samne

I was at the SSP meet up in Toronto for Doors Open a good at least decade or two ago and met MikeToronto in person among others.

Jealous.

Nouvellecosse · #**243** Posted **Nov 22, 2022, 4:52 AM**

So sad that Mike left the site. He was a fixture here for many years.

harls · #**244** Posted **Nov 22, 2022, 5:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

It was the Golden Age. Although, me thinks that the time we met was at McKibbins. There was a smoked meat there, and I recall meeting you, Habsfan, Serge, Bilo, Patrick Scantland, Elsonic (none of these guys still post on SSP)...and maybe 4-5 others. Good times.

Yes, it was McKibbins. My bad.

Did you ever meet kool maudit, Molson?

MolsonExport · #**245** Posted **Nov 22, 2022, 1:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by harls

Yes, it was McKibbins. My bad.

Did you ever meet kool maudit, Molson?

I don't think I ever did. I am sure he would be a very interesting person to meet.

niwell · #**246** Posted **Nov 22, 2022, 2:10 PM**

I was at the Toronto meet in 2006(?) and met MikeToronto as well as a number of other forumers - both current and former. Big American contingent at that one. Also met harls in Ottawa / Gatineau on a number of occasions I believe. Still likely have a picture way back in my facebook from a pub in Gatineau from one of those! Definitely the peak of SSP, and wish I could have made it to one of the Montreal meetups back then.

Much more recently (pre-COVID though) I met up with kool maudit on a trip of his back to Canada. I still also chat with a few former members via fb/instagram or when they happen to be in town on occasion.

Proof Sheet · #**247** Posted **Nov 22, 2022, 5:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by harls

Jealous.

He would be a very interesting forum member to discuss retail hierarchy with and the tragic issues impacting the malls of Bari.

MolsonExport · #**248** Posted **Nov 22, 2022, 5:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by Proof Sheet

He would be a very interesting forum member to discuss retail hierarchy with and the tragic issues impacting the malls of Bari.

Indeed. Artisanal cupcake emporiums and completely redesigned, overly ambitious GTA bus routes.

I kind of miss him. The forum definitely has fewer interesting characters than it once did.

Maldive · #**249** Posted **Nov 22, 2022, 6:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

This kind of reminds me of when people used to point out that Chicago and Toronto both have 7-letter indigenous-derived names ending in the letter 'O' as a commonality.

The debate about the #2 skyline in North America (Chi-town and Hog-town) will obviously continue unabated for the next decade or 3.

But in the (Indigenous) NAME GAME, I'd venture there's a clear winner:

1. Most believe the name Toronto is derived from the Mohawk word “Tkaranto” meaning “where there are trees standing in the water.”

NOTE: others believe that Toronto is derived from the Huron word “toronton” which means “meeting place” or “abundance of people”… which certainly foreshadows the human mosiac of the city today.

2. Chicago is a French translation of the Miami-Illinois word “shikaakwa” or “Stinky Onion” (garlic) which grows along the Chicago River.

So... “where there are trees standing in water” (alternatively “meeting place”) or “stinky onion”? Voting is currently underway.*

*The early poll returns show a likely Canadian victory on this important urban identifier.

harls · #**250** Posted **Nov 23, 2022, 5:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by niwell

I was at the Toronto meet in 2006(?) and met MikeToronto as well as a number of other forumers - both current and former. Big American contingent at that one. Also met harls in Ottawa / Gatineau on a number of occasions I believe. Still likely have a picture way back in my facebook from a put in Gatineau from one of those! Definitely the peak of SSP, and wish I could have made it to one of the Montreal meetups back then.

Much more recently (pre-COVID though) I met up with kool maudit on a trip of his back to Canada. I still also chat with a few former members via fb/instagram or when they happen to be in town on occasion.

I remember going to the last Expos game in 2004 with Philly forumer Giovanni Sasso. I wish he was still around. That guy was great!

MolsonExport · #**251** Posted **Nov 23, 2022, 1:36 PM**

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Giovanni Sasso

Wow. there is a blast from the past.

A lot of formerly prolific forumers have disappeared from SSP.
LMich
Evergrey
10023
Dr. Nevergold
Surrealplaces
Freeweed
rockyi
SHiRO
harryc
Sulley
JChurch
Lecom
Wooster
Mr.X
Boris2k7
Ayreonaut
The Watusi (this guy was hilarious back in the TalB/Daquan13 era)

and many others.

niwell · #**252** Posted **Nov 23, 2022, 1:50 PM**

I remember all of those forumers seeing them listed but wouldn't have been able to pull a list like that together from memory. Arbeiter is another one that comes to mind who's posts I always enjoyed (just checked and he hasn't been here since 2011!).

Got to meet up with Boris2k7 in Calgary for a mini-tour and some beers years ago. Was fun! Always wanted to meet up with Gio - he seemed like good times.

I'm still in contact with KeninOttawa who used to post in the Canada section a fair bit, and have met up for beers when he's been in Toronto (no longer lives in Canada).

Proof Sheet · #**253** Posted **Nov 23, 2022, 2:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Wow. there is a blast from the past.

A lot of formerly prolific forumers have disappeared from SSP.
LMich
Evergrey
10023
Dr. Nevergold
Surrealplaces
Freeweed
rockyi
SHiRO
harryc
Sulley
JChurch
Lecom
Wooster
Mr.X
Boris2k7
Ayreonaut
The Watusi (this guy was hilarious back in the TalB/Daquan13 era)

and many others.

You forgot the Woot Woot poster

lio45 · #**254** Posted **Nov 23, 2022, 2:43 PM**

Pedestrian and 10023 both "quit" due to pride -- in both cases, they just never came back after a suspension.

lio45 · #**255** Posted **Nov 23, 2022, 2:44 PM**

One active Canadian poster who's gone too (without explanations) is "mistercorporate". I really liked him.

Docere · #**256** Posted **Nov 25, 2022, 1:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by lio45

Pedestrian and 10023 both "quit" due to pride -- in both cases, they just never came back after a suspension.

Good riddance to "Pedestrian." I hope "JMKeynes" the anti-Semite is next.

harls · #**257** Posted **Nov 30, 2022, 3:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by niwell

I'm still in contact with KeninOttawa who used to post in the Canada section a fair bit, and have met up for beers when he's been in Toronto (no longer lives in Canada).

Yep, still friends with that dude too.

giallo · #**258** Posted **Nov 30, 2022, 5:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by niwell

Got to meet up with Boris2k7 in Calgary for a mini-tour and some beers years ago. Was fun! Always wanted to meet up with Gio - he seemed like good times.

Gio/Brad is a really good dude. I hung out with him in Vancouver a decade ago.

He's active on IG.

harls · #**259** Posted **Dec 6, 2022, 8:36 PM**

https://www.flickr.com/photos/blix61...ith/322634669/

I see Yarabundi, GDS, Serge, Habsfan, MTL-514, TV-Man, Floraleca (spelling?) , BD.. did I miss someone? Bueller?

suburbanite · #**260** Posted **Dec 6, 2022, 8:45 PM**

What about vid? Didn't he have the record for most posts on the forum? I swear it was like 60,000+.