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HONOURED & HUMBLED
What an honour to receive volunteer recognition from @LGLizDowdeswell today at #QueensPark, along with so many other fine people, for work with GlobalMedic. Thank you #LGLizDowdeswell @globalmedicdmgf #globalmedicDMGF
#volunteer #honour #medal
Hey @stackedpancake when will you open the Queen West location? You’ve been advertising the $6.99 breakfast all summer and it’s nearly Thanksgiving. Will you honour the price, or is this just a lure? #stackedpancake #notopen
Some personal satisfaction derived from completing the copy editing of a PhD engineering thesis. Over 250 pages…done!
It was a favour for someone I know. Phew! Thanks CP Spelling & Oxford
(FYI - Not looking to repeat anytime soon)
#phd #thesis #copyediting #engineering
Hey @311Toronto - is this demolished planter going to remain on the sidewalk for weeks more? An accident two weeks ago and still no change. It’s on the south side of Queen St W at Crawford.
WAY, WAY TOO CLOSE & LOUD!!
Blue Angels buzzing overhead at Trinity Bellwoods hit 121dB.
CIAS Toronto should keep the jets over the lake & not residential areas +2 km from the show. @BlueAngels @cityoftoronto
The famous “United Breaks Guitars” song, written after….well, you know.
Now a classic.
Dave Carroll was a singer-songwriter and a member of the band Sons of Maxwell. In 2008, he flew with United Airlines from Halifax to Omaha, with a layover in Chicago. He checked in his Taylor guitar, which he valued at $3,500, as part of his luggage.
Upon arriving in Omaha, he discovered that his guitar was broken, apparently due to mishandling by the baggage handlers. He contacted United Airlines to file a claim, but faced indifference and bureaucracy. They informed him that he had missed the 24-hour window to report the damage and was not eligible for compensation.
In his attempts to escalate his complaint to various managers and executives, he received no satisfactory response or resolution. Frustrated, he decided to take matters into his own hands and wrote a song called “United Breaks Guitars”, recording it with his band and posting it on YouTube.
The song quickly went viral and had a significant impact on United Airlines' reputation and customer satisfaction. Within four weeks of the video's release, United Airlines' stock price fell 10%, costing stockholders about $180 million in value.
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The UAL stock did not fall 10% creating a $180 million loss for shareholders.
UAL opened at $3.31 on July 6, 2009, and dipped to an intra-day low $3.07 (-7.25%) on July 10, but that very day closed at $3.26 and traded as high as $6.00 (+81.27%) four weeks later on August 6
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Photo of the Day | A male Bornean orangutan climbs 30 meters up to the crown of a fruiting strangler fig tree to feed, deep in the rainforest in the Gunung Palung National Park, on 12 August 2015. By Tim Laman, @natgeo, awarded in the #WPPh2016 Contest: worldpressphoto.org/collecti…
Summer treat!
Grilled figs with drizzled balsamic reduction, honey & mint. Dinner later…
#grill #grilledfruit #grilling
The old Silverstein Bakery on McCaul Street is now nearly fully condo-ized.
#SilversteinBakery #Toronto #gentrification
One last platter of #schnitzel!!
The famous Wooden Platter for two at Toronto’s well-known #CountryStyleHungarianRestaurant on Bloor.
After 62 years, it will close on Aug. 1. Thank you Katalin Koltai Sr & Jr, there since 2000. #hungarianfood #CountryStyle
Reflecting on the month of June on its final day. Wristbands worn in support of National Indigenous History Month and Pride Month.
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#NIHM #Pride #pridemonth #NationalIndigenousHistoryMonth
A new sticker going up on our Student Services Office door in CivMin Engineering at U of T to show our commitment to offering a Positive Space.
#engineeringpositivespace #pridemonth #skule #civmin
Found him!
Author Ian Rankin (aka @Beathhigh) is mystifyingly far away from The Oxford Bar in this puzzle. He’s been left a long stroll to reach his refreshment.
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Question: What would be his “walk-on” music? (Think along the lines of a baseball player coming up to bat.)
I’m watching the #KingCharles coronation with the big, fancy crown & immediately thought of the “Johnny English” movie. (See GIF)
(No, in case you’re wondering, I didn’t get up crazy early to watch it - just woke up as usual and turned it on) #Coronation #KingCharlesCoronation
Be on the lookout GTA!
The headdress of NFN was stolen in Mississauga. Chief McLeod asks for its kind return: nfn.ca/chief-mcleod-asks-for…
Hey there @311Toronto - the parking meter in area 4212 on north side of Queen West just west of Strachan (in front of Trinity Bellwoods Park) looks like it took a hit.
Spadina streetcar in front of U of T’s Daniels Faculty building. I like all the graphic lines. #streetcar #ttc #uoft
Hey @TPSOperations This pickup truck driver thought it fine to drive into and fully occupy the bike lane, park there and dart into a building, then drive along further to merge on University Avenue. A @TPS52Div vehicle drove right by without addressing the scofflaw. Sat at 1535.
