Canadian Retail Thread

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Hey... it was a joke.

Jokes about killing based on religion or ethnicity. You're a modern day Seinfeld.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Jokes about killing based on religion or ethnicity. You're a modern day Seinfeld.

Hey, I'm not the one shooting bullets and tossing firebombs at Jewish schools, daycares and community centres.

But you worry about what you want to worry about.

[MonctonRad]

Well, this is spiralling wildly out of control......

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Well, this is spiralling wildly out of control......

Indeed it is. Truer words were never spoken.

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Hey, I'm not the one shooting bullets and tossing firebombs at Jewish schools, daycares and community centres.

Neither are 99.999% of Montreal Anglos (or Montreal Francos, for that matter).

[YOWetal]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Neither are 99.999% of Montreal Anglos (or Montreal Francos, for that matter).

You think only 8 people support violence against Isreal/Jews as their proxy in Montreal?

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by YOWetal

You think only 8 people support violence against Isreal/Jews as their proxy in Montreal?

Yeah, obviously I was using hyberbole very generously, but it's very shocking how extreme hostility and hate towards Israel (and by extension, all Jews) has become normalized among certain demographics.

One has to be wilfully blind to not see it or to deny it.

[Justanothermember]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Yeah, obviously I was using hyberbole very generously, but it's very shocking how extreme hostility and hate towards Israel (and by extension, all Jews) has become normalized among certain demographics.

One has to be wilfully blind to not see it or to deny it.

As the Bible states, most of the entire world will turn against the Jewish people, wanting them dead and destroyed, and Russia will play a big part in leading the charge in the final days.

Most of the world has been wanting the Jewish people gone for Millennia, specifically the Arab nations that surround Isreal.

[YOWetal]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Yeah, obviously I was using hyberbole very generously, but it's very shocking how extreme hostility and hate towards Israel (and by extension, all Jews) has become normalized among certain demographics.

One has to be wilfully blind to not see it or to deny it.

Well I think 99.999% is no more hyperbole than your statement was.

[Wigs]

Holy fawk this is the retail thread.
The SSP Canada subforum sux. No wonder I spend less and less time on this section of the forum.

Good grief, guys.

[Loco101]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Dollarama planning for 600 new stores in next 10 years, pushing total to 2200

https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2024/12/...s-de-chez-vous

I've wondered if Dollarama is looking to become like Dollar General in the US where they will at some point move into smaller towns and rural areas and carry more food and toiletry items as well as things that cost 10, 20, 30 dollars and much more. The stores have frozen and refrigerated foods and beer.

[Loco101]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Yes the Italians are there too, but I'd say they came onto the scene later than the Ashkenazi Jews.

But pure anglos in the WASP tradition aren't really big players in that industry.

I thought of people of Jewish and Italian backgrounds when thinking about fashion in Montreal for sure. But both francophones and anglophones have definitely been involved. And we definitely can't forget the LGBTQ+ community.

Not sure why anglos are seen as being WASP when so many are Catholic or non-religious. But I was looking up some Montreal anglo fashion people and many of them were Jewish.

Well the first Anglo I could think of was Laurence Lewin who founded La Senza in Montreal. He was born in England so that's pretty Anglo LOL.

[Acajack]

I am pretty sure MonctonRad had anglos with origins in the British Isles in mind, and he is the one who brought it up.

I was just following (what I assumed to be) his lead.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Wigs

Holy fawk this is the retail thread.
The SSP Canada subforum sux. No wonder I spend less and less time on this section of the forum.

Good grief, guys.

So you spend more time on Current Events where the chatter is mostly about Trump as Hitler 2.0 and Hunter Biden as a pedo druggie?

[SteelTown]

Tesla opens largest Service Center in Canada in Hamilton, Ontario

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tes...ilton-ontario/

Tesla has officially opened its largest Service Center and showroom in Canada, a massive 60,000 square foot facility at CF Lime Ridge Mall in Hamilton, Ontario.

The new Service Center is housed in the former Home Outfitters/Bay Home store on the east side of the mall. The facility boasts a showroom, which first opened its doors on Sunday, where customers can explore Tesla’s lineup of vehicles, including the Model S, Model 3, Model Y, and also the Cybertruck.

Additionally, Tesla owners can book test drives starting immediately. However, Cybertruck test drives are not available at this location yet.

The service area, which makes up the majority of the 60,000 square feet, opened on Monday and has its own entrance on the outside of the mall. It is equipped to handle a full range of maintenance tasks from tire services to alignments, to even full battery replacements.

For added convenience, CF Lime Ridge is also home to a 20-stall Tesla Supercharger, allowing owners to charge their vehicles while visiting the Service Center or showroom. However, development plans for that area suggest the Supercharger may soon be removed to make way for a new transit terminal.

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by Acajack

So you spend more time on Current Events where the chatter is mostly about Trump as Hitler 2.0 and Hunter Biden as a pedo druggie?

I know what that section is about.
The Canada subforum, on the other hand, appears to be turning into one big ugly Canada section (and I don't mean the architecture mockery thread)

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by Wigs

I know what that section is about.
The Canada subforum, on the other hand, appears to be turning into one big ugly Canada section (and I don't mean the architecture mockery thread)

I concur. I was petitioning the administrators to create a CE forum for the Canada section, so that it doesn't appear dominated by polarizing politics.

This site used to be focused on urban issues and skycrapers, but many forumers seem to have zero interest in these topics.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

I concur. I was petitioning the administrators to create a CE forum for the Canada section, so that it doesn't appear dominated by polarizing politics.

This site used to be focused on urban issues and skycrapers, but many forumers seem to have zero interest in these topics.

I was surprised when I started the thread about Condo Living on how a) how many forummers don't seem to live in a highrise b) how few of those acually living in them rushed to their defense...

[MolsonExport]

Such a thread is absolutely connected to the core remit of the SSP forum.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Such a thread is absolutely connected to the core remit of the SSP forum.

Yes but the surprise was how few forummers actually lived that reality.