So another recent find was the McGill Sports clinic. If you are physically injured and say it was sport or exercise related you can see a doctor very fast here.
(514) 398-7000
http://athletics.mcgill.ca/sportsmed_home.ch2
It is not free and McGill people get it on insurance apparently but it is quick and if you are in pain maybe $50 is worth paying....basically they offer lots of physio after check-up by doctor.
It is open to the public.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Dying for the snow to go away, fatal 'accidents' an annual event.
Well I warn visitors to Montreal that the snow removal people are total cowboys who are irresponsible at best and darn right aggressive at worst. I have to dig out press clippings to prove that they kill someone every winter and after visitors have had the pleasure of some prick ing a mini snow tractor AT them at 60 km/h., they soon realise that snow clearance is best avoided if you'd like to live.
Well this winter they surpass themselves, 4 dead and 3 more months to go. It is pretty clear what that limp dicked mayor needs to do but of course he'll do nothing, because what's a few dead when there are private drives to be cleared...
They even have the nerve to give us instructions on how to assist them. My only interactions with them have shown them to be rude, agressive and ignorant, so I say do what you can to piss them off, like hit the emrgency off button, throw snowballs at them and drive really slowly in front of them..Mind you they might kill you for daring to inconvenience these overpaid morons.
Talking of pavement clearance I want point out that the quality of it depends on where you live. Westmount is a pleasure to go running in on clear ice and snow free pavements and NDG has a 5 inch thick layer of perma-ice welded to the pavement. I am sure if those lazy buggers tried clearing it instead of trying to beat the land speed record for minitractor racing then we could do crazy shit like go for a walk. Perhaps they should be paid on square feet of clear pavement, then they's be pretty cheap. Oh, hang on these are the guys who smashed the windows of the homes of councillors who tried to sue them for not doing their jobs properly about 4 years back...Errr..Sorry then I meant great job, worth every thousand of those reasobale city taxes.
Well this winter they surpass themselves, 4 dead and 3 more months to go. It is pretty clear what that limp dicked mayor needs to do but of course he'll do nothing, because what's a few dead when there are private drives to be cleared...
They even have the nerve to give us instructions on how to assist them. My only interactions with them have shown them to be rude, agressive and ignorant, so I say do what you can to piss them off, like hit the emrgency off button, throw snowballs at them and drive really slowly in front of them..Mind you they might kill you for daring to inconvenience these overpaid morons.
Talking of pavement clearance I want point out that the quality of it depends on where you live. Westmount is a pleasure to go running in on clear ice and snow free pavements and NDG has a 5 inch thick layer of perma-ice welded to the pavement. I am sure if those lazy buggers tried clearing it instead of trying to beat the land speed record for minitractor racing then we could do crazy shit like go for a walk. Perhaps they should be paid on square feet of clear pavement, then they's be pretty cheap. Oh, hang on these are the guys who smashed the windows of the homes of councillors who tried to sue them for not doing their jobs properly about 4 years back...Errr..Sorry then I meant great job, worth every thousand of those reasobale city taxes.
restore, photos, undelete, pictures, memory card recover, Picassa, Google, picassa help, Camera get back my photos fotos videos
So I borrowed a camera and the new version of Picassa made it look like all the photos had been uploaded to hard drive, I pressed delete...and in one click and woosh had erased all my friend's photos and videos. No, not in recycle bin, gone.
Sadly for me they had great value and I had to get them back. Picassa help page recommended a program that cost $110. No fanx.
Anyway I found a good program PC Inspector Smart Recovery which is free and works.
Just select JPG or AVI and off you go, takes a while but who cares?
XXXXXXXXX2 APRIL 09XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Just found a better one called Recuva
http://www.recuva.com/
It is a ton quicker and has quite a good function to make deleted files unrecoverable, quite useful if lending out memory sticks cameras etc
Also they do a defrag program that helps freshen up a bulging computer HD.
http://www.defraggler.com/
And of course Ccleaner is nice...
Sadly for me they had great value and I had to get them back. Picassa help page recommended a program that cost $110. No fanx.
Anyway I found a good program PC Inspector Smart Recovery which is free and works.
Just select JPG or AVI and off you go, takes a while but who cares?
XXXXXXXXX2 APRIL 09XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Just found a better one called Recuva
http://www.recuva.com/
It is a ton quicker and has quite a good function to make deleted files unrecoverable, quite useful if lending out memory sticks cameras etc
Also they do a defrag program that helps freshen up a bulging computer HD.
http://www.defraggler.com/
And of course Ccleaner is nice...
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
reservation rewards tiger direct
So I was buying an external harddrive when a window at tiger direct pops up...would you like $20 off next purchase?
Yes please I say and get rediected to Reservation Rewards I get mildly suspicious when they ask for a credit card number to 'refund' me with. Turns out the whole fkin thing is a scam and the only thing you get is a monthly fee of $12. Silly me for not reading pages of small print and assuming Tiger Direct would deal with reputable firm.
What assholes they are...I will complain bitterly.
DO NOT SIGN UP TO RESERVATION REWARDS
****UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND YOU WILL BE CHARGED MONTHLY****
A quick google search will show them up to be total crims. Now I see why the UK card was refused and only residents of canada could apply...because only Canada is so backward that it does not prosecute these peenarses.
Yes please I say and get rediected to Reservation Rewards I get mildly suspicious when they ask for a credit card number to 'refund' me with. Turns out the whole fkin thing is a scam and the only thing you get is a monthly fee of $12. Silly me for not reading pages of small print and assuming Tiger Direct would deal with reputable firm.
What assholes they are...I will complain bitterly.
DO NOT SIGN UP TO RESERVATION REWARDS
****UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND YOU WILL BE CHARGED MONTHLY****
A quick google search will show them up to be total crims. Now I see why the UK card was refused and only residents of canada could apply...because only Canada is so backward that it does not prosecute these peenarses.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Savings Acounts for Kids
RBC = rubbish
Took my 4yo to the bank to get into the concept of saving.
So the deal was no charges, a little paying in book that doesn't even have name on, we declined the bank card......
After handing over our cash we got $5 bonus. Then I asked about the interest...........
wait for it
0.1%
Current inflation rate 3.5%,
So in 10 years of diligent saving the $50 will be worth $35.
Great.
They refused to handle our pot of change unless we 'rolled it ourselves', note to RBC we don't freaking roll. You buy a freaking coin counter or stop being tight and let us use yours..
Go roll your coins......is this a Canadian hobby?
Apparently Loblaws has a coin counter....great we'll just mosey on down to Loblaws, and while we're there we may as well invest our money in propane or food or something that will be worth more in a few years..
Crap.
I looked on the Canada govt web page and they have some bond things that are also rubbish
premium bonds 10 yr bonds that pay less than inflation, canada savings bonds, similarly bad.
This is half decent but not many 4y0 have 500$ saved up..
Took my 4yo to the bank to get into the concept of saving.
So the deal was no charges, a little paying in book that doesn't even have name on, we declined the bank card......
After handing over our cash we got $5 bonus. Then I asked about the interest...........
wait for it
0.1%
Current inflation rate 3.5%,
So in 10 years of diligent saving the $50 will be worth $35.
Great.
They refused to handle our pot of change unless we 'rolled it ourselves', note to RBC we don't freaking roll. You buy a freaking coin counter or stop being tight and let us use yours..
Go roll your coins......is this a Canadian hobby?
Apparently Loblaws has a coin counter....great we'll just mosey on down to Loblaws, and while we're there we may as well invest our money in propane or food or something that will be worth more in a few years..
Crap.
I looked on the Canada govt web page and they have some bond things that are also rubbish
premium bonds 10 yr bonds that pay less than inflation, canada savings bonds, similarly bad.
This is half decent but not many 4y0 have 500$ saved up..
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Green Laser Pointers etc
This place on Cavendish in NDG is pretty good, quite cheap. Good presents for boffin types.
very powerful, locally based so great for last minute purchases etc,
Monday, October 13, 2008
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/
I should have known someone cleverer than me would have done this.
Someone has changed googlemaps to look at running routes and have a calorie burn calculator.
I'd say the only drawbacks with it are
1) it does not snap to the roads so you need to click lots of small segments, it just does a straight line between points.
2) none of the help stuff works so it took me a while to figure out how to use it.
so here you go:
1) press start recording, double click to add a point, double click at every corner etc
2) when finished add you weight
not sure what elevation is doesn't seem useful, what is cool is it allows you to save a route with its own link like this one
*******Update*******
They guy fixed it like he said he would, it is really much better now
You can do snap to road, straight lines whatever..
Very good, thanks Mr gmap-pedometer
Someone has changed googlemaps to look at running routes and have a calorie burn calculator.
I'd say the only drawbacks with it are
1) it does not snap to the roads so you need to click lots of small segments, it just does a straight line between points.
2) none of the help stuff works so it took me a while to figure out how to use it.
so here you go:
1) press start recording, double click to add a point, double click at every corner etc
2) when finished add you weight
not sure what elevation is doesn't seem useful, what is cool is it allows you to save a route with its own link like this one
*******Update*******They guy fixed it like he said he would, it is really much better now
You can do snap to road, straight lines whatever..
Very good, thanks Mr gmap-pedometer
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