London Coffee Talk Thread - Page 16

K85 · #**301** Posted **Jan 11, 2015, 9:21 PM**

You can either make light of allegations against you, or you can not show up. I support Bill as he hasn't be charged with a damn thing yet...

GreatTallNorth2 · #**302** Posted **Jan 12, 2015, 2:19 AM**

^ A person with any sense of dignity would cancel the shows until their name was cleared. I guess you think all these ladies are liars even though their stories are all similar?

ssiguy · #**303** Posted **Jan 12, 2015, 3:03 AM**

Crosby is innocent until proven guilty so he can go where he wants.

That said it really makes you wonder about the people who would actually go and see him.

K85 · #**304** Posted **Jan 12, 2015, 4:00 AM**

Why would you guess that? Is there a possibility they could be? Yes. They could all be also telling the truth. As of now, there is nothing set one way or the other.

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Originally Posted by GreatTallNorth2

^ A person with any sense of dignity would cancel the shows until their name was cleared. I guess you think all these ladies are liars even though their stories are all similar?

HillStreetBlues · #**305** Posted **Jan 12, 2015, 2:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by K85

Why would you guess that? Is there a possibility they could be? Yes. They could all be also telling the truth. As of now, there is nothing set one way or the other.

The prosecutors in the jurisdiction where these crimes allegedly took place have determined that there is insufficient evidence to prosecute. As far as the justice system is concerned, the case is currently closed.

I only bothered reading about this and forming some kind of an opinion after one of the councillors here in Hamilton took time out of his day to talk to the press about it. Otherwise, I could not have cared less. I’m not sure why a public official would feel compelled to comment about unsubstantiated charges committed decades ago in another country. Except for pure need for publicity, maybe.

I guess you do have to wonder about the people who would go to his shows at the moment, but my guess is that they like his work and are simply not too interested in newspapers and politicians trying to make hay with these types of thing.

Pimpmasterdac · #**306** Posted **Jan 12, 2015, 10:36 PM**

The whole Cosby situation was a farce, perpetuated by grandstander extraordinaire Megan (Me-again) Walker. She has, what I would describe, as a radical feminist & misandry agenda. The Cosby protest was means to an end for her to get his cause some publicity. I doubt her and her yolk would even care about Cosby, but controversy and international media attention were too much to pass up.

Ultimately it's a matter of choice, if people wanted to go they could go or not, no one was being forced to. However Me-again and her agenda aren't about people making free choices, but those decisions being made by "highly esteemed" people like herself that just know better than the rest of us. It's a culture war, where they want to decide what's acceptable and not, rather than individuals doing that.

Disappointing Matt Brown would get involved in this as it had nothing to do with his role as Mayor. Was pandering to politically correct crowd like Walker and such..

Pimpmasterdac · #**307** Posted **Jan 27, 2015, 1:32 AM**

So the 3rd annual food truck debate is now underway. Restaurateurs are predicting doom and gloom, as they have the previous year if allowed. With a new council it looks certain to pass this year, however it's really a matter of what restrictions or regulations council puts in the by-law. Downtown restaurateurs are now lobbying, attempting to ban food trucks from all of downtown, and banishing them to industrial and suburban areas. Hopefully this is the last year council debates this, and finally gives it the full greenlight, few if any restrictions!

What's everyone else thing?

AM980 Article: http://bit.ly/1Dc2JbB

MrSlippery519 · #**308** Posted **Jan 27, 2015, 1:43 PM**

I think it should be allowed and feel the new council will vote it in without a doubt. There certainly should be regulations and permits, as well as approved areas they are able to operate on.

I think it is a good thing if implemented correctly, and the downtown restaurants lobbying against it are going about this the wrong way. They should be embracing the concept and making sure the rules/etc are clear and fair for everyone. Also note there is nothing to say they cant have a "winks" truck now as well so I really do not understand their thought of all these lost sales when other cities have shown that to not be the case.

manny_santos · #**309** Posted **Jan 27, 2015, 4:20 PM**

I and at least one guy who lives in London are both in favour of publishing a list of downtown restaurants that are opposing food trucks, in order to organize a boycott.

The current campaign is being spearheaded by the owner of Wink's. Who has nothing to lose from food trucks since his business is primarily a bar.

Anyone aware of any other restaurants who are advocating for communist-style controls on new business establishments?

MolsonExport · #**310** Posted **Jan 27, 2015, 6:21 PM**

Can somebody please explain what the big attraction is about food trucks anyhow? I just don't get it.

manny_santos · #**311** Posted **Jan 27, 2015, 9:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Can somebody please explain what the big attraction is about food trucks anyhow? I just don't get it.

They are mobile, so they are able to operate in different locations at different times and can easily go into under-serviced areas. They typically provide an alternative to sit-down restaurants, and also provide service in high-pedestrian areas where people want to eat on the go. If they are allowed in London, I would expect that at least one will set up in Springbank Park, which would be an asset for an area like Byron that is typically under-served by quick-service restaurants. Such a truck wouldn't be tied down to that park though; it could head over to Victoria Park for a festival, or head over to the Boys and Girls Club for a fundraiser, or go spend a week out by Fanshawe College.

Basically, it's taking a restaurant concept and making it mobile. It creates new markets for the vendor, and it creates greater choice and diversity for the consumer.

MrSlippery519 · #**312** Posted **Jan 28, 2015, 2:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by manny_santos

I and at least one guy who lives in London are both in favour of publishing a list of downtown restaurants that are opposing food trucks, in order to organize a boycott.

The current campaign is being spearheaded by the owner of Wink's. Who has nothing to lose from food trucks since his business is primarily a bar.

Anyone aware of any other restaurants who are advocating for communist-style controls on new business establishments?

I think that is a great idea, as I mentioned about being opposed in an educated manner is one thing but the way the owner of Wink's is talking just sounds like he is complaining for something to do.

Pimpmasterdac · #**313** Posted **Jan 29, 2015, 12:50 AM**

I know Dennis Winkler, he's a family friend, good man, who supports a lot of good causes for the physically and mentally disabled.

However he was/is President of the Richmond Row Association, which recently joined the London Downtown Business Association (LDBA) as of Jan 1. LDBA has a mandatory 6% tax levy that they now have to pay. Essentially they're pissed that they joined this LDBA, some in protest, which was suppose to help grow their businesses and protect them. Now food trucks can come "on their turf" make money from customers that potentially would've spent it at their establishments.

I'm assuming Dennis is feeling the heat now and has to "get a win" by hindering food trucks downtown, why they suggested to put them in suburban and industrial areas, away from their fiefdom.

They've wanted to hog their business, but now like all hogs it's time to slaughter.

MolsonExport · #**314** Posted **Jun 12, 2015, 5:14 PM**

http://www.country104.com/

I really dislike this station. I loathe "New Country"

Snark · #**315** Posted **Jun 12, 2015, 11:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

http://www.country104.com/

I really dislike this station. I loathe "New Country"

I just clicked on it and caught me a tune named "Drinkin Buddy" by the fine recording artist Gord Bamford. (whoever that is)

I gitta go watch me some NASCAR now.

jaradthescot · #**316** Posted **Jun 13, 2015, 12:12 AM**

Haters will be haters, eh? I'll confess I know nothing about country at all, but I'll assume that what I like is "old" and "good country. Anyone been to Saddle Up since it opened? I went to the opening night with the Manny Paquiao fight but obviously that was hardly country-oriented.

MolsonExport · #**317** Posted **Jun 17, 2015, 1:22 PM**

Authoritative list of the topics of every modern country song:

imgur

ssiguy · #**318** Posted **Jun 19, 2015, 2:08 AM**

What do y'all get when some old boys are drinkin beer around the table at their Alabama Mobile Home Park?........................a full set of teeth.

How do ya know that someone is a good old Alabama country boy?...................his house has wheels and his truck doesn't.

How does the good old Alabama country boy make introductions?..................hi, this here is my brother Jeb and this is my other brother Jeb.

MolsonExport · #**319** Posted **Jun 27, 2015, 11:35 PM**

Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain....

More rain.

tomorrow: rain

Midweek: rain

Next weekend: rain

jesus H christ, the weather has sucked over the past few summers in London.

Snark · #**320** Posted **Jun 28, 2015, 3:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain....

More rain.

tomorrow: rain

Midweek: rain

Next weekend: rain

jesus H christ, the weather has sucked over the past few summers in London.

I guess we're making up for the decade or so of drought that ended several years back (both snow and rain). Since then, I've noticed in the past several years (and this summer as well) just how many trees have been killed off by those hot dry years - as it takes big trees 2 to 5 years to die from the inside out. It's not as noticeable in the city as much, but take a drive out to the country and if one takes a good notice at woodlots and even along roadsides one can see just how many dead or half dead mature trees there are.

Yes the rain and cool weather sucks for us first world humans (I'd hate to be a Grand Bend vendor this year), but generally speaking it's good for the ecosystem and the hydrogeology.

Think of it this way: when climate change really starts to kick in hard and if we are fortunate enough to retain these weather patterns, we will be the envy of the world.