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Had the Columbus/Dallas game streaming in the background of whatever else, I come in to take a shower and it's dead air. The announcer comes back and says they are deciding what to do based on the emergency, I'm seeing people in the crowd ready to cry, boys last time I've seen shit like that would be 9.11. It turns out Rich Peverley of the Dallas Stars collapsed on the bench, he was recently diagnosed with Afib.

Boys that arena is cleaned out, they said reports were he was conscious, etc. but I'm thinking the executive decision to clear everyone out was not an indication things were working out.

Fingers crossed for Rich Peverley.
 
Matty
Just the screen. Ima swap it meself.

Have not pooped yet, nor do I remember previous Habanero poops as being remarkable in any way (?)
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Damn, I find that impressive you can do that yourself!

Normally when one eat hot peppers and what not, it tends to burn or feel "hot" when they shit.


Bacon, I hope that dude will make it.....:fingerscrossed:
 
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reno cool
commentator's a bit of a tool. Whats on the upper floors of Jilly's Plommer?
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Room rentals, by the week. The strippers stay there. I've stayed there myself a few times.

Back in the 80's was $80 a week, shared bathrooms/showers.

That property is worth millions. Thats old school Toronto architecture there boyz.

I don't know who owns it now but when he was alive I knew the owner of Jillys through his son.
The Kamin family owned the Bargain Harolds chain of discount stores in Toronto in the 80's.

The commentator sounds like a dick cause he's a real estate salesman.

I know Howard Kamin well, we are FB friends on my real acct.


Harold Kamin, 82: Bargain Harold’s founder
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2010/07/06/harold_kamin_82_bargain_harolds_founder.html

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Best known as the namesake of the kitschy low-cost emporium Bargain Harold’s, Polish immigrant Harold Kamin found success despite unassuming beginnings.

But he was remembered by his family as a doting father, grandparent and role model. “He had all the time for us in the world,” said his grandson, Aaron Hart.

Kamin died June 25, two weeks shy of his 83rd birthday.

His father came to Canada in 1934, seeking a safer life for his family as things became increasingly difficult for Jews in eastern Europe. The next year, he was followed by his wife, daughter and 8-year-old Harold. They settled in Hamilton.

As a child, the future Bargain Harold spent evenings and weekends working in the family variety store. Forced to leave school to earn a living in Grade 10, he later paid for many of his seven grandchildren to pursue the higher education he never could.

In 1953 he married his wife, Norma, and the two moved to Toronto, eventually having three children. Kamin ran a variety store and a discount cosmetics shop before throwing in with a partner, Arthur Anisman. In 1970, they spent $2,400 to open the first Bargain Harold’s on Kingston Rd.

As the chain grew into a mini-empire employing 2,000 people, Kamin could often be found bagging groceries, said Hart, recounting a story told at his grandfather’s funeral.

Grand openings were big at Bargain Harold’s, often attended by local celebs. Preparing for one, Kamin and his staff spent all day hanging decorations and stocking shelves. At quitting time, Kamin told everyone to get ready for dinner out, on him.

“How can we go to dinner, we’re all dirty?” Hart said an employee asked. “My grandfather said, ‘Never be ashamed of a hard day’s work.’ ”

By 1983, Bargain Harold’s was ringing in $100 million a year, and in 1985 the 52-location chain was sold to Kmart. Not even a decade later, the chain went bankrupt during the early ’90s recession.

“It was difficult for him. It was his baby,” said Hart. “It felt like an extension of himself.”

In the last two decades, Kamin led a property management company — one of his purchases was the iconic 1893 Romanesque building at Queen St. E. and Broadview Ave. that houses the strip club Jilly’s.

Eight years ago, Kamin beat prostate cancer. When his time finally came, around 400 mourners filled Benjamin’s Park Memorial Chapelto remember an immigrant who built a rags-to-riches empire on elbow grease.
 
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