Recent content by nuprin001

I'm looking for something as close to TERB as possible. Not just reviews but a forum, so someone can ask questions. Example: I'm looking at Bratislava, Slovenia, and the strip club Angel's Cabaret prominently has on their website "We Are Not Polish Club". Is this an ethnic tension thing I...

So, I'm a big college football fan, and I'm scheduled to be in Toronto on a couple of Thursdays and Saturdays this fall. Any recommendations on places that will allow me to request my team's games, if my team's games are part of the usual college football PPV package in the States?

Flood insurance in the US is a government product. It's a voluntary government product, but it's highly subsidized by the federal government (in my opinion, a bad government policy decision but at least in the short term you'd be crazy as a homeowner not to buy it). This is going to cost the US...

...well, no. Not really. American slave owners could be quite brutal, but unless you were talking about actual sadists (and they were generally dealt with by their neighbors) it was counterproductive to punish your slaves that way. Whipping, etc. and other inexcusable punishments were quite...

Convenience: gas Better quality, but time investment each time you cook (but often a cheaper grill): charcoal Best of both, but expensive: wood pellet grill. To what degree are you obsessed with food? You're in Toronto: how often are you really going to be cooking out?

So, how do you all think the lower value of the Canadian dollar is impacting foreign investment in Canadian real estate? If Canadian real estate is going down in value, then an American buying into the Canadian market could be a good investment. When the real estate market goes up AND oil...

This. Ever feel uncomfortable in a really ritzy neighborhood? Think the locals are giving you the stink eye? Wave hello to them. Give them a smile. It really does go a long way. The confidence that you belong there is MUCH better than drawing in and feeling persecuted.

Meh. Usher's been known to hook up with women that other men, with many fewer options, would decline. His tastes are not my tastes. There's a well-known rumor that there's a sex tape of Usher out there, but because he's never signed off on the Section 2257 paperwork it hasn't been made widely...

Go to your local convenience store, or Walmart, or whatever. Buy a pay-as-you-go smarthpone. Might cost you as much as $50. Buy a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) plan to go with it. Maybe $50/month. Create a Gmail account with that phone. Use that Gmail account with that phone. If you're really...

Human pilots are on planes mostly for emergencies these days. Most accidents, by far, are caused by the meat in the seat, not the wires in the dash. Would I be nervous? The first couple of times, probably. That's just human. But I'd do it. And I'd get used to it. Legitimately, they could...

I think it's been clear that she has had serious mental health issues from the moment her personal life became public. I'm very sorry for her, I wish her the best, and I hope she is able to get her life pulled back to some semblance of stability. The other 90% of this thread is about people...

Well, that's why I mentioned triple net. Most commercial property in the US is under NNN leases, which means (among other things) that the tenants pay the property taxes on their leased portion of the building. Commercial real estate in the US is VERY hands-off, if you have the cash to get into...

I can't speak as to likely/unlikely, but it's perfectly possible for the property tax rate to rise to the point where historically protected buildings are not financially viable for commercial space. Modern, built-to-be-commercial buildings are much more efficient for commercial ventures. Unless...

For me, "sexy" is a completely different thing than "attractive". For "attractive", it's all about the woman's face. But for "sexy", that's a different thing entirely. It's rare, but I've known women who aren't all that objectively pretty that I've found incredibly sexy. Sexy is an "it" factor...

They're legit. But I don't know if a lot of Terb members, regardless of cost, would be comfortable with it. 1.) Yes, it's expensive. 2.) TLC and other similar companies require background information. Your employer, your full name, etc. I haven't heard of (and I likely would have, if it had...