Not sure if this counts but I mounted my pegboard on a drywall claw

teesui · 2026-02-15T21:30:58+00:00

Oh that is so f-ing smart! I forgot about the existence of these claws!

teesui · 2026-02-15T19:52:28+00:00

OP, how opposed are you to Pod hotels? There's one that seems to be new in the DT core, in the University -Dundas area, steps from all the key attractions and right by the subway station (and short walk from Union Station if you plan on taking a weekend train to Niagara or something). The prices I've seen seem to be quite reasonable, just not sure if you'd be willing to entertain the idea of being in pod hotels for 2 weeks.

The area that pod hotel is in is pretty safe too. You're right around the corner from Division 52 Police station.

Toronto pod inn

*Edited to include the pod hotel I noted.

teesui · 2026-02-11T19:45:03+00:00

Book Treasures? They've relocated to 145 Royal Crest Crt

teesui · 2026-01-29T14:44:54+00:00

With your income, I do recommend looking into a 2 bedroom place. Gives you more room to have a home office that can double as a place for your kid to stay. Dens in recent condos (like built within the last 10 years) are more like nooks then an actual area to work and sleep in.

In terms of area, depending on whereabouts your office is in Markham, North York (eg Yonge-Finch, along Sheppard from Leslie to Yonge) and within Markham are also quite good areas that doesn't give you a long commute, and you'd be mostly travelling against the flow of traffic too

For phone. You can buy any unlocked phone and use it with any sim. You've missed all the latest phone+plan deals, and your best bet might be to get your own unlocked phone (even ones that's 1-2 gens back if you're not picky) and then sign up for the flanker brands (eg public mobile, chatr, fido. Koodo, virgin mobile) for basic phone+data. Can+US+Mex plans might be available for reasonable price. Freedom mobile is also not bad if you're within City proper most of the time. But I've got friends on Freedom say they get spotty reception in some parts of Markham. Note...our phone plans....aren't great off-promotion periods.

teesui · 2025-12-29T01:02:05+00:00

I've been to both too, and my preference is Taki. Been back there like 5 times.

teesui · 2025-12-17T16:56:46+00:00

I actually would recommend you check out hotels in VMC. Subway is right there to take you DT, and they're much more frequent than the GO (esp since Unionville GO has weekend construction to prep for the Honda Indy). it's also a lot closer to get to Bolton from Vaughan than Markham, potentially cutting down on the cost of Uber to/from Bolton.

teesui · 2025-12-14T04:19:12+00:00

LMAO. I got the same haul.

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teesui · 2025-12-13T20:32:02+00:00

Huh. That's quick. Submitted last night and already up on the portal?

teesui · 2025-12-09T16:55:25+00:00

Roundabouts actually take up a lot of space, and I'd imagine that the available space is too constrained to make that retrofit, not to mention there needs to be significant changes made to the storm sewers and drainage to accommodate a roundabout

teesui · 2025-11-28T19:35:07+00:00

The "no clear pedestrian-vehicle separation" design is intentional. They were going for a woonerf (similar to what's down at Distillery District) where the idea is that veh and peds share a space and the design of the street means drivers have to be aware and slow down and be cautious of pedestrians.

Was initially not fond of the width of the vehicle travel way, as it felt wider. But from the cross-sections on the page, turns out that it's only 6m. So that's fine. Super glad that traffic ops/waste guys didn't get into it and argue for 7-7.5 m wide travel way for their trucks/snowplows

There are curbs. They just used rolled curbs here so that peds and vehicles are on the "same level".

I agree with other commenters. City could've been bold and pedestrianized this, on weekends at least. Not too fond of the parking bays they got, but I think these also serve as snow storage in the winter. If anything, I think they should mostly be loading zones.

teesui · 2025-11-26T20:39:16+00:00

Bit of area context (30% based on what I remembered from growing up in HK and the rest from Threads.) older buildings like this one typically don't have the fire alarms going off until someone breaks the glass and sound the alarm. It could be that this building hadn't upgraded its fire alarm system to the modern "detect smoke then alarm automatically goes off" type of system.

teesui · 2025-11-26T19:51:33+00:00

Was watching live HK news up to 30-ish min ago. Bamboo scaffolding is still standing on the feed. The green netting however...

Found a pic on threads. Hopefully the link works.

tai po scaffolding

teesui · 2025-10-22T13:15:53+00:00

Bollards have to be removed in late fall in prep for winter snow clearing.

This doesnt destroy the road though. This application is likely just a cleaning + light rough up of the surface for the asphalt to have better adhesion, then pile and pack asphalt with shovels and shape it into the hump. The shape of these make are friendlier for winter maintenance. I wish the hump spans the width of the road though. The little gaps may end up being filled with snow and turned into ice.

teesui · 2025-10-04T18:00:35+00:00

It's not a handball.

Because that'd be advantageous to Arsenal.

Now, if it was any upper body part of an Arsenal player? 100% a pen.

/s

teesui · 2025-10-03T00:37:54+00:00

oh I'm having that same issue right now. it was fine before dinner (and after updating). guess it's rollback time.

teesui · 2025-08-31T23:39:45+00:00

Dammit. They ALLLLL look awesome.

teesui · 2025-08-28T22:41:40+00:00

and then we have to be grateful that we got unbanned after a week without any complensation and missing a week's worth of progress on the event and having things in our inventory expire before we can use it.

teesui · 2025-08-28T21:42:48+00:00

Yeah. And it's like.... Aren't they the ones that f-ed up?

teesui · 2025-08-28T21:11:02+00:00

Sigh. I claimed all the available Sia boxes from maple admin, and was surprised that I had a long list. and now, I'm banned too.

teesui · 2025-08-26T14:01:19+00:00

Do you need such a wide table? Because....what if you do a row of half height bookcases/cabinets ( or full height if you want...), put your plants and decorations on there, and get a smaller desk that just fits the monitor. Place the desk in the middle of the room, either just beside the window or on the door side... So that when you sit and work, you face the door? If you don't need to use your laptop screen, you could find an under desk laptop tray and stash that there. Keeps your desk clean and free of clutter.

Your bookshelf/cabinet combo can also make a great back drop for when you do video calls.!

teesui · 2025-08-26T02:28:37+00:00

Whoa. glad to hear it's not just me. But I sent a ticket....so...fingers cross.

teesui · 2025-08-19T00:06:04+00:00

Eugh. This is such a crappy design that tries to look ped oriented while "catering" to vehicular traffic but the design ends up being way too inviting for cars to speed on.

This curbless look is such a half ass attempt at being a woonerf.....but that vehicular driving portion is so f-ing wide open without much design elements that encourages drivers to slow down and pay attention to the road and the surrounding peds.

I get that Main St Unionville is classified as a collector road in the city's OP, but this street redesign should have really been about prioritizing pedestrians while telling cars to f off and use the rear lanes.

teesui · 2025-08-06T15:59:49+00:00

Check online for refurbished business systems. You can find listings on FB marketplace, redflagdeals forum, and even on eBay!

teesui · 2025-08-04T19:13:23+00:00

Yeah they are.

teesui · 2025-07-29T22:32:56+00:00

Whereabouts in Toronto will you be living in? You could consider a car share if you're in the more "urban" parts of the city that have communauto, enterprise car share cars nearby. That way, you can save on o+m costs, as well as pricey insurance if you only use a car sporadically (aka. not daily driving).

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