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Has the city lost it's mind...

woot said:
Blame boomer and Gen X lawyers / elected leaders.

Kids don't make these rules. I was given a participation trophy every year in hockey. It was boomers giving the trophies. Us kids all knew they were worthless.
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I think participation trophies are a little different, the ban on tobogganing is not only a massive overreach, its another giant waste of tax payers' money -- I can't imagine how much staff time was spent evaluating the toboggan risk of every hill in the city.

Participation trophies -- a completely different thing -- here's a little history lesson on that. Till the late 80s, kids who played recreation-level sports had club jackets they wore to games, practices, and sometimes to school. After each season, players & coaches got a fancy chenille or embroidered participant patch for their jackets. In the late 80's club jackets faded away, and the crests became obsolete, so clubs changed their end-of-season participation trinkets from a fancy crest to a little trophy.
 
I liked the jackets , if you were really lucky and got on a team with a sponsor ( some buddies dad with a company) you got custom jackets , wool body and leather sleeves , and you wore that proudly. We have dozens of soccer , baseball , and hockey trophies from tbe kids , 99% are “ you showed up” awards


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crankcall said:
I liked the jackets , if you were really lucky and got on a team with a sponsor ( some buddies dad with a company) you got custom jackets , wool body and leather sleeves , and you wore that proudly. We have dozens of soccer , baseball , and hockey trophies from tbe kids , 99% are “ you showed up” awards


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I'm old enough that good high school athletes still got the letter patches. Not old enough that they had coats to put them on though (maybe one or two kids had the coat as they were ridiculously expensive).
 
GreyGhost said:
I'm old enough that good high school athletes still got the letter patches. Not old enough that they had coats to put them on though (maybe one or two kids had the coat as they were ridiculously expensive).
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School letters were always a big thing in our house, I don't think they are such a big thing at High Schools these days. My 3 kids graduated with full letters, there were 6 or less full lettermen from each of their classes, only 1 in my Daughter's class (of about 400 students).

My guys were lucky enough to make OFSAA in football and hockey. Their school always rallied enough financial support to outfit players with warmup suits. When they won OFSAA, they got rings.
 
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GreyGhost said:
Renaming of yonge-dundas square was budgeted at 335k. Board now says it needs another 500k. They have a ceo, gm, board and God knows how many employees to manage a single concrete pad. Blow it all up. Millions saved.

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If you're going to rename something every time someone gets their nose out of joint can't they just use post-it notes. Cheap, efficient and come in pretty colours.
 
GreyGhost said:
I'm old enough that good high school athletes still got the letter patches. Not old enough that they had coats to put them on though (maybe one or two kids had the coat as they were ridiculously expensive).
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The good: my HS had the wool/leather jackets for the various team athletes (it was the city's "90210" school).

The bad: the school colours were purple and white.
 
"We really wish to encompass and embrace the philosophy, the intent of the word Sankofa."
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FFS. Don't tell me. Let me guess. The extra $500K to rename the square is to cover multiple 12 Martini lunches and bulk buys of pink and electric blue hair dye.
 
nobbie48 said:
Coffee is a no-no but Dougie says "Have a beer."

www.cp24.com

'It's a death sentence': Local Toronto grocery store told it can no longer serve coffee

A cup of coffee is keeping a small business in Toronto alive – but it could also be a death sentence.
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Sounds like they're going to amend the bylaw, especially with all the neighbours (aside from the solo anonymous complainant) on board with her. She's permitted to continue on as is until then, so it's not really the "death sentence" she's making it out to be.
 
FullMotoJacket said:
The good: my HS had the wool/leather jackets for the various team athletes (it was the city's "90210" school).

The bad: the school colours were purple and white.
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WCCI? That was the big purple in my day.
 
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