No, I am not 4 people, that would be Jesus, but even then only he is 3. ABBA is much better in any case.

(August 23, 2015 at 7:07 pm)MTL Wrote:

(August 23, 2015 at 6:25 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: It seems we have several things in common.  I love opera and Montréal.  I have never been able to get a baguette in the U.S. that compares with what is commonly available there.  I even sought out a supposedly French bakery in the U.S. that is run by immigrants from France, who have a thick French accent.  My theory is they were deported from France due to their bad baguettes.  As for my avatar:




From the link, it is evidently adapted from a Greek vase painting.  I have a fondness for ancient Greece.


Edited to add:

I see while I was searching for the relevant posts, you posted again, making much of this unnecessary.

Sorry, I probably should have replied to your last post, instead of adding onto my own!!

Then you would have seen it.

but I like the avatar, regardless.

I am by no means an expert on opera, but I am certainly open to it.
Do you have any favourites?

Montreal is also known for its bagels, which differ from the standard New York style of bagel.
Montreal is very proud of its unique bagels.
They are mainly in either sesame seed or poppy seed,
but the style with which they are made is different,
and they look different too.

Two good bagel shops to try in Montreal are both in the Plateau neighborhood;
one is called St-Viateur Bagel, the other is called Fairmount Bagel.

And if you've never had a real Montreal poutine, you should try that, too.
La Banquise is best, but you can get lots of good poutine all over Montreal.
But go easy....it's delicious and it's easy to pack on the pounds quickly!
Especially in the cold Montreal winters.

Sorry bud but the real poutine came from Moncton NB. Which is the most truly bilingual city in Canada. It's actually a pretty crazy thing when you walk by random people in a grocery parking lot and they one is speaking in English and the other replies in french and this goes on like its nothing.

(August 24, 2015 at 3:33 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote:

(August 23, 2015 at 7:07 pm)MTL Wrote: Sorry, I probably should have replied to your last post, instead of adding onto my own!!

Then you would have seen it.

but I like the avatar, regardless.

I am by no means an expert on opera, but I am certainly open to it.
Do you have any favourites?

Montreal is also known for its bagels, which differ from the standard New York style of bagel.
Montreal is very proud of its unique bagels.
They are mainly in either sesame seed or poppy seed,
but the style with which they are made is different,
and they look different too.

Two good bagel shops to try in Montreal are both in the Plateau neighborhood;
one is called St-Viateur Bagel, the other is called Fairmount Bagel.

And if you've never had a real Montreal poutine, you should try that, too.
La Banquise is best, but you can get lots of good poutine all over Montreal.
But go easy....it's delicious and it's easy to pack on the pounds quickly!
Especially in the cold Montreal winters.

Sorry bud but the real poutine came from Moncton NB. Which is the most truly bilingual city in Canada. It's actually a pretty crazy thing when you walk by random people in a grocery parking lot and they one is speaking in English  and the other replies in french and this goes on like its nothing.

lol, no arguments

(August 24, 2015 at 4:28 pm)Tartarus Sauce Wrote:

Hi.

(August 24, 2015 at 3:33 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: Sorry bud but the real poutine came from Moncton NB. Which is the most truly bilingual city in Canada. It's actually a pretty crazy thing when you walk by random people in a grocery parking lot and they one is speaking in English  and the other replies in french and this goes on like its nothing.

Kitty and I are friends with a Québécois couple that runs a B&B in Mexico - conversations in that house tend to be tri-lingual: French, English and Spanish.

Alas, I know not where to get good poutine. Tabarnak!

(August 23, 2015 at 8:54 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: As a further extension of taking ownership of my opinions I have now uploaded a photo of the real me.

Where?  Is that you in your avatar?

My avatar is a very meaningful symbol for me and something that gives me great comfort in life, in so many different ways.

Before this it was a picture of me dressed as Odo meeting Rene Auberjonois at a sci-fi convention. I changed it to the Clockwork Universe after I made a monumental arse of myself in a mafia game, both because I felt ashamed and wanted to basically become anonymous again and to remind me of its message that it, and everything else in life, couldn't have been any other way.

Now that game is long forgotten and I'm much more philosophical about all mafia games, but I still like my new avatar so I'm keeping it. I only wish I noticed it more often because it really is all I need to get over or deal with pretty much anything life throws at me.

(August 24, 2015 at 7:37 pm)emjay Wrote: My avatar is a very meaningful symbol for me and something that gives me great comfort in life, in so many different ways.

Before this it was a picture of me dressed as Odo meeting Rene Auberjonois at a sci-fi convention. I changed it to the Clockwork Universe after I made a monumental arse of myself in a mafia game, both because I felt ashamed and wanted to basically become anonymous again and to remind me of its message that it, and everything else in life, couldn't have been any other way.

Now that game is long forgotten and I'm much more philosophical about all mafia games, but I still like my new avatar so I'm keeping it. I only wish I noticed it more often because it really is all I need to get over or deal with pretty much anything life throws at me.

Hey emjay,

I remember you were one of the first people I talked to when I first came here a little over 4 months ago. Glad to see you around.

(August 24, 2015 at 12:02 pm)Brian37 Wrote: No, I am not 4 people, that would be Jesus, but even then only he is 3. ABBA is much better in any case.

They at the very least have the benefit of being real. Plus, four "is one higher".