Merivale is the one that will probably close soon. A few months ago, they sold the property and put the “store closing” signs up, but took them down when the sale fell through. I assume it will close again when they sell the property again.
The only one that I believe hasn’t closed or tried to close is the St. Laurent one. Even the one in Gatineau apparently had closing signs, but I don’t know if they actually closed or not yet.
2 of the 4 stores in Ottawa just closed and a 3rd one is going to soon. I don’t think Toys R Us is doing that well.
Them asking you for your grades specifically and not just “how’s school going?” sounds like a control issue on your parents part. If you’re in college, then you are an adult with your own life to worry about and you will deal with the consequences of your own actions. You are out of the house and your parents aren’t your caretakers anymore. While I would recommend keeping your grades up for your own sake, it’s really none of your parents’ business what your specific grades are. Even asking in a funny way can still be controlling, and might be their way of masking that they are being controlling. I’d say lying isn’t ethically wrong in a situation like this. If you are passing your classes, they won’t know. But you may get caught if you’re failing your classes and don’t graduate on time or get dropped from your program.
Not a junk shop, but if you’re looking for electronic components, Accessotronik (aka Gervais Electronics) has quite a bit of individual components.
I also wish I knew of a junk shop in Ottawa. We had a huge one when I lived in Phoenix and it was great wandering around there and finding stuff.
If it’s just a little bit off, you can use a heat gun to heat the PVC until it is a little bit bendable. Then you can gently bend it into shape so it connects to the spot you need it to. Just make sure to heat the pipe evenly from all sides and don’t kink the pipe when you bend it.
Where the movie becomes fiction is when the president realizes that Joe is the smartest person alive, he puts Joe in his government. The president was looking out for his people in the movie, even if he didn’t really know what he was doing.
I mean, the guy on the right was left on read.
This isn’t considered verification in the UK from what I can tell. Companies are now implementing AI face scans, ID checks and credit card verification to comply with the UK law. I’m not a lawyer or even British, but it wouldn’t make sense to me that companies would spend money to turn away their UK customers otherwise.
It’s like that in Montreal too. You aren’t allowed to turn right on red on the entire island. Driving sucks there without having to focus on the entire intersection at once, so it’s kind of nice to just have to wait your turn.
If this makes it safer for pedestrians and bicyclists, I’m all for it. It might even make driving downtown easier if the cars behind you aren’t expecting you to turn right on a red light. Turning on a green light means you really only have to focus mostly on the crosswalk.
Looks like it might be 9 full slices of bread. Maybe he didn’t want to miss the exact spot.
With respect, I think you are confusing technical simplicity with ease. Technically, it is very simple to lose weight. Just eat fewer calories than you consume. But there is a huge psychological, financial and often biological component to it as well. When some people lose weight, it doesn’t cause them to feel like shit, or cause them cravings they can’t ignore, or cause them to have diabetic issues. People with thyroid conditions may be extremely lethargic and have trouble exercising. People who are lower income may have a difficult time buying healthy food for their family (actually one of the biggest predictors of being overweight).
As an example, when I was a teenager, I smoked with my friends casually. I didn’t find that tobacco did much for me though, so when I no longer hung around those friends, it was easy for me to not smoke. However, I have seen how difficult it is for others around me to quit smoking. It is technically simple to stop smoking. Just don’t smoke anymore. But it isn’t easy for a lot of people.
So it may be “easy” for some healthy, active, middle class to upper class person with no health conditions or psychological issues that would prevent them from dieting to lose weight, but that doesn’t make it easy for everyone. It’s technically simple to do, but saying that makes it easy is very dismissive of the struggles people go through when dieting.
🎶 Dumb ways to diiiiiiiiie, so many dumb ways to die 🎶
From what I understand, most ADHD medications are stimulants. Caffeine is too. Apparently a lot of ADHD people self-medicate with coffee or energy drinks unintentionally.
I know that anecdotally it’s true. Almost everyone I know with ADHD consumes caffeine like crazy.
While it’s not exactly what you’re asking about, you can ask the bakery at many grocery stores to slice the bread the long way if you want. It makes for extra long slices.
It’s probably just that you’re not the target market for Harry Potter anymore and the only part of HP that’s still relevant to you is JKR and her transphobia.
HBO and their parent company Warner Bros are making a big deal out of their upcoming TV show. They own the rights to the films and merchandise and HP is a cash cow for them. They flopped with the Fantastic Beasts series, so you can bet there is going to be a push to try to cash in on nostalgia and novelty with the Harry Potter series.
As someone who grew up on HP, there are way better books in the same genre out there anyway. The hype of Harry Potter is all just marketing from Warner Bros (they own most of the rights on merchandise).
If you want an actually good children’s/YA story about a young person learning magic and becoming the hero, try the Tiffany Aching subseries of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels. They are much better written than HP.
As if you all didn’t have stupid hobbies during COVID lockdowns.
Oh yeah. This story is way less interesting and stupid when you realize what the “unicycle” is.
Yeah, that’s kind of my point. 3 of 4 stores in Ottawa aren’t profitable is probably an indicator that Toys R Us (at least in Ottawa) isn’t doing that well.