Recent content by jimintoronto

How typically Canadian.......A snow shovel on the bridge, for anyone who needs to use it. It's what we do, look after each other. JIMB>

I did a quick internet search on this question "What percentage of Americans choose to be cremated "? Over 60 percent was the answer based on 2025 stats. By 2030, that percentage is expected to be over 80 percent. JIMB>

Which is why cars have an inline fuel FILTER that should be replaced every 2 years.

The running joke here in Canada is that they are our "Cobra Chicken Attack Squadron". They are dangerous in the spring time, when their eggs hatch and the little geese are still in the nests. Some cities here in Canada employ Border Collie dogs with handlers, to herd the adults away from public...

My computer chair has a Obus Forme cushion that I bought from their Canadian website online. 7 years of daily use, still holds it's shape and looks like new. They are also sold in the US through Amazon. JIMB>

I will point out to our American members that the Canadian Coast Guard is not a military force. Their ships do not have any weapons. Their mandate is rescue, repair and mainteneance of navigation aids, ice breaking, and enforcement of fishing regulations in our waters. JIMB>

Based on ten years of personal experience as a Toronto Ambulance officer. I say this.........Suicide is the most selfish act a person can do. They are dead, BUT the people who are alive, who knew the dead person, are forced to suffer the results of that selfish act. JIMB>

Good call on using the GSR evidence to prove who actually fired the weapon. Some times the basic facts are the ones that bring a solution to a case. JIMB>

You are most welcome. A long time ago in the 1980's I was licensed here in Ontario as a Private Investigator. I bought a Bear Cat radio scanner, for use in some of my investigation cases. At that time, all of the emergency radio channels were "wide open" meaning it was possible to monitor...

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Here in Canada it is illegal to listen to Police, Fire, or Paramedic radio broadcasts, for the purpose of making money from the information derived from listening in. Most of those types of frequencies in Canada are now encrypted so that private individuals cannot hear them. Authorized media...

The first example is a USA wide two way radio monitoring website. It allows people to listen to a wide range of commercial, law enforcement, railroad, and industrial radio channels. To use it, you enter in the location that you want to listen to (For example Chicago ) on the map, select what...

In the 1980's ,I was a long distance courier owner/operator here in Toronto, contracted to a expedite freight company. I drove my own Ford E350 cargo van, doing "direct door to door deliveries "and most of my destinations were in the USA. All of the shipments were either high value materials, or...

That was "The Shakey Lady " who was exposed by the Toronto Sun newspaper. She was followed by a private investigator, hired by the newspaper. At the end of the day, she went home to a house in an upper class part of Toronto. Investigations showed that she owned that house and 2 more in a suburb...

Its that time of year, again. The sugar maple harvest has begun. When the over night temp is around minus 5 Celsius, and the day time temp is around plus 5 C, the sap begins to run in the trunks of the sugar maple trees in Eastern Canada. A long time ago, the collection of sap was done by...