London Coffee Talk Thread - Page 3

haljackey · #41 Posted **Mar 11, 2011, 5:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by Simpseatles

That's so awesome! Thanks for that, I'm definately following him.

Doesn't the real Joe Fontana have a twitter account? I thought I heard that he used it as part of his "hip", new campaign strategy.

No idea, but I love this farce.

Check out FontaMa's tweet from today:

"Time for my daily ritual of rubbing my face with sandpaper. For that respectably weathered look."

Kokkei Mizu · #42 Posted **Mar 12, 2011, 5:05 AM**

That tweet you quoted will be the only one I'll see... The account has been suspended...

haljackey · #43 Posted **Mar 12, 2011, 4:41 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kokkei Mizu

That tweet you quoted will be the only one I'll see... The account has been suspended...

Bleh! Well it was good while it lasted.

Simpseatles · #44 Posted **Mar 23, 2011, 9:08 PM**

I thought this might be an okay place to ask a stupid question.

How do you post pictures on here? I've read the directions page carefully, and made attempts several times, but every time I preview the post it shows up as a box with an x. Is it because I'm using photobucket? It sems so simple, just copy the URL and put it in the insert image box, but I consistantly fail at it!

BTW the pictures aren't from London, but when I learn how to post them I might be able to do construction updates of Old East!

bolognium · #45 Posted **Mar 23, 2011, 10:05 PM**

Hmm, I've never had a problem with images here. I just throw the URL between some [IMG][/IMG] tags and it always works. Maybe you have them saved as a weird format?

For the record I tend to use http://imgur.com/

Simpseatles · #46 Posted **Mar 23, 2011, 11:14 PM**

^Thanks for the info! I figured out that the second image tag I used didn't have a / in it. Now I can finally post photos!

bolognium · #47 Posted **Apr 20, 2011, 2:58 PM**

Not sure if you guys are interested, but I posted a little thread in the 'Urban Art' section here and thought you guys might enjoy it. Here's a link: Pixel Art - nerd's hobby

Simpseatles · #48 Posted **May 22, 2011, 11:56 PM**

Random thought occured to me today:

London must be the largest city in the world, named after a metropolis. When you think about it, it makes sense (Maybe I'm a bit slow to realize it now!) . But just imagine another city, that's reasonably important, with nearly half a million people that's named Paris, Rome, Vienna, Madrid etc. I have a hard time doing it, and yet that's what anyone outside of North America would go through when they find out there's another, reasonably large London in the world.

Just a thought.

new age · #49 Posted **May 23, 2011, 2:36 AM**

New York. New Orleans, Las Rosas.... Just add the word New? New London there is only 6 or 7 of those.

MolsonExport · #50 Posted **May 23, 2011, 4:00 AM**

New York. 21 million strong.

Simpseatles · #51 Posted **May 23, 2011, 2:29 PM**

But the city New York is named after is only maybe 200 000 strong. Obviously I'm not an idiot. I realize that New York is a metropolis that is named after another city, but that's not what I was trying to say, was I?

Alright, I'll try this again. I think that London Ontario is probably the largest city (in terms of population) that is named after a very important metropolis (not some smallish city). Even if I said it was the largest city that shared a name with a metropolis, I still think I might be correct. Like I said before, York is considerably smaller than London (200 000), same with Orleans (100 000), and I could not find any New London's that were comparable in size to London Ontario.

Phew, do you get what I'm trying to say now? If you still think I'm incorrect, tell me, but I am aware that New York is much larger than London!

MolsonExport · #52 Posted **May 23, 2011, 11:32 PM**

Saint Petersburg Florida is named after Saint Petersburg, Russia. City proper of the former is smaller than that of London, but the urban area is larger.

ForestryW · #53 Posted **May 24, 2011, 12:42 AM**

Birmingham, AL?
Athens, GA?

Simpseatles · #54 Posted **May 24, 2011, 1:58 AM**

^Ya, I think you guys are right. My mistake.

Could have sworn I was onto something there though!

But, are we the city with the most similar names? Thames River, Oxford St., Piccadilly St., Hyde Park...etc?

MolsonExport · #55 Posted **May 24, 2011, 1:25 PM**

Hyde Park is being renamed Liver&Onions.

haljackey · #56 Posted **Jun 24, 2011, 12:23 AM**

Funny little comic I found about current events in London:

http://cripzthecomic.com/2011/06/22/2302/ (Via Reddit)

MolsonExport · #57 Posted **Jun 24, 2011, 12:23 PM**

^funny, but lacking two important voices: AMdeC-B and TWorst.

haljackey · #58 Posted **Jun 25, 2011, 7:56 PM**

Well I did it. Spent a Saturday afternoon at Costco. Never again.

MolsonExport · #59 Posted **Jun 26, 2011, 2:04 AM**

I spent my afternoon at the International Food Festival in Victoria Park. When the sun came out, half of London showed up. Totally pigged out on Korean and Columbian food. Also pulled pork on a bun. Also, a big heaping poutine from "Di's Fresh Cut Fries". There was also some dessert (Belgian Waffle).

Snark · #60 Posted **Jun 26, 2011, 3:45 AM**

I had the ribs. They were excellent.