The Soul-Sucking Canada Thread - Page 86

megadude · #**1701** Posted **Sep 16, 2021, 4:32 PM**

Like the London "area" airports?! lol. Like London Stanstead and London Southend. 63 and 64km away from London respectively.

megadude · #**1702** Posted **Sep 16, 2021, 4:41 PM**

And it's easy to say it's in Milton because people know that city and it's right next door. And just feels so Milton-y. Everyone will know what you're talking about. Practically no one knows what the municaplity of Halton Hills is. That relates to a thread I made a few years ago about new city names formed by amalgamations and how Halton Hills was a very uninspiring choice, though that was decades ago. The region is called Halton and consists of Milton, Oakville, Burlington and Halton Hills (as in Halton Hills, Halton).

In retrospect, they should have picked a more unique name then people might have actually used that name. Residents and non-residents. The two population centres are Acton and Georgetown. Those people will always say they live in those two places. And I've talked to people who say they live in Ballinafad, Norval, Terra Cotta, etc. and not Halton Hills even though virtually no one knows of those hamlets.

If they picked a better name, people might actually use it like Cambridge, which was formed after mashing together Galt, Hespeler and Preston.

Innsertnamehere · #**1703** Posted **Sep 16, 2021, 4:54 PM**

It should have just been Georgetown. Sucks for Acton but there are similar conditions elsewhere (Brooklin being in Whitby for example).

Acajack · #**1704** Posted **Sep 16, 2021, 5:21 PM**

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It should have just been Georgetown. Sucks for Acton but there are similar conditions elsewhere (Brooklin being in Whitby for example).

Hull being in Gatineau.

urbandreamer · #**1705** Posted **Sep 16, 2021, 5:28 PM**

I like Limehouse and Terra Cotta. When I think of Halton Hills, the beautiful semi rural routes through the trees comes to mind. Old Georgetown is nice; Acton seems like your typical grim small town Ontario. However, I've since come to realize the towns and rural routes between Port Hope and Peterborough are better.

Acajack · #**1706** Posted **Sep 16, 2021, 5:46 PM**

I know the names Georgetown, Acton and Halton Hills, but not being from the area I always assumed the two first ones were their own municipalities.

I never thought they would have been part of the latter.

ScreamingViking · #**1707** Posted **Sep 16, 2021, 7:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

the bowel of materialistic assholedom

That's quite Shakespearean!

The Merchants of Halton.

thewave46 · #**1708** Posted **Sep 16, 2021, 7:56 PM**

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That Milton Premium Outlet mall is truly one of the worst places in the known universe. It is the bowel of materialistic assholedom, and an absolute traffic nightmare.

I preferred it when it was farmland.

I say that the RCAF should use it as an aerial bombing practice target.

lio45 · #**1709** Posted **Sep 16, 2021, 10:36 PM**

Passed yesterday on the 15 in front of this thread's star Laval's Résidences Soleil. The Réno-Dépôt in front of it is super visible too from the freeway.

I used to merely find that building ugly, now I absolutely can not pass near without immediately thinking of this forum and community. (Same thing happened when crossing the country on the TCH and seeing signs for Maple Creek.)

I wonder if Mr Savoie is aware that his building excels at something (i.e. is not just any building), and has thus built a following of internet fanboys. Probably not...

Acajack · #**1710** Posted **Sep 17, 2021, 1:04 AM**

I see the clockzilla all the time these days from A15 as one of my kids moved to Montréal this summer and it is on my route.

MolsonExport · #**1711** Posted **Sep 17, 2021, 1:09 AM**

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I see the clockzilla all the time these days from A15 as one of my kids moved to Montréal this summer and it is on my route.

Don't stare at it too long, lest you be turned into stone.

vid · #**1712** Posted **Sep 17, 2021, 2:29 AM**

When you see Résidences Soleil, it also sees you.

O-tacular · #**1713** Posted **Sep 17, 2021, 2:55 AM**

O-tacular · #**1714** Posted **Sep 17, 2021, 3:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by lio45

Passed yesterday on the 15 in front of this thread's star Laval's Résidences Soleil. The Réno-Dépôt in front of it is super visible too from the freeway.

I used to merely find that building ugly, now I absolutely can not pass near without immediately thinking of this forum and community. (Same thing happened when crossing the country on the TCH and seeing signs for Maple Creek.)

I wonder if Mr Savoie is aware that his building excels at something (i.e. is not just any building), and has thus built a following of internet fanboys. Probably not...

I have only seen it from afar de L’Oratoire St. Joseph. Even from that great distance it was an imposing beast. Seeing Leonardozilla from the highway was like seeing Frank Stallone or Eric Roberts in real life. Not quite the big celebrity themselves but close.

What a truly deep observation about Eddy Savoie (honestly). The evil mad man who designed that abomination inadvertently helped bond a group of internet weirdos from across Canada. I feel like I could put aside all differences between us and any other forumer if we were to ever meet in person and have a laugh about Clockzilla.

esquire · #**1715** Posted **Sep 17, 2021, 2:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

A fitting image for a place that is literally a gateway to the afterlife... with a stop at Reno-Depot first!

I feel like when I go on a family vacation through Montreal, I'll need to make a pilgrimage there. But then I'll have to figure out how to explain it to my wife ("Is this one of your internet things?")

MolsonExport · #**1716** Posted **Sep 17, 2021, 2:27 PM**

Reno-Depot is the rendering plant. A place where the knackers do business, before sending the remains to Eddy Savoie's mausoleum.

O-tacular · #**1717** Posted **Sep 17, 2021, 2:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

A fitting image for a place that is literally a gateway to the afterlife... with a stop at Reno-Depot first!

I feel like when I go on a family vacation through Montreal, I'll need to make a pilgrimage there. But then I'll have to figure out how to explain it to my wife ("Is this one of your internet things?")

Indeed. It is from a cover from The Dark Tower series after all.

I had to beg my wife to take a picture of Leonardozilla for me as we drove by on the highway (I was driving). She knows about Clockzilla but still took some explaining.

MolsonExport · #**1718** Posted **Sep 17, 2021, 3:50 PM**

Answering why people want to see such a horrible building in person is like answering why people rubberneck when there is a terrible car accident, or why people like horror movies.

O-tacular · #**1719** Posted **Sep 17, 2021, 3:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Answering why people want to see such a horrible building in person is like answering why people rubberneck when there is a terrible car accident, or why people like horror movies.

My wife still doesn't understand why I like horror movies. Yet she watches every iteration of awful Real Housewives of (insert city here).

MolsonExport · #**1720** Posted **Sep 18, 2021, 2:37 AM**

I'd like to see a battle with all of Eddy Savoie's offspring, ganging up on Mecclocky (who could be allied with Chavril, Missingsausage City Hall, The Venetian, Ches' diner, and those horrible tempos in Suburban Montreal).

.jean-pierrebusque