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May 22, 2013
Hi all,
It’s has been a long time coming (see my post from December, below) … but I can now report that there’s been substantial progress on Tony’s bench, the upshot of which is that I won’t be surprised to see the bench installed before the end of July. Also, everyone involved should hear that, instead of the location in front of Mabel’s, the bench will be installed about 30 feet north, in front of Timothy’s at the SE corner of Roncesvalles and Grenadier; benches aren’t permitted in areas of interlocking brick; only concrete sidewalks will do.
Thanks to donors for your quasi-infinite patience. And, of course, thanks to Pat Dixon for her infinite efforts.
I will keep you apprised.
ps
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October 27, 2011
Until Saturday, the TD Canada Trust branch (one block south of Howard Park Ave) is accepting donations. If we end up with more money than we require for the bench, the surplus will be used in a fashion acceptable to Tony’s family and to the volunteers involved in the ongoing commemorative effort. [Ed Lamb is in charge of donations; if you want his contact information, please email me at philipATsternthinking.com.
The photo above is from our posting of Aug 20, 2007.
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July 21, 2011
PHILIP
“Hot enough for you?”
TONY
“They said it was going to be the hottest day ever for Toronto and they weren’t kidding, you know.”
PHILIP
“Really? It’s never been this hot ever since you can remember?”
TONY
“Not in the last 50 years, that’s for sure. Maybe I tink sometimes that it’s that global warming and now it’s catching up with us, if you know what I mean. I hope it’s not too late.”
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September 21, 2010
PHILIP
“Tony, you’re talking with people all the time. So what’s behind this incredible popularity of Rob Ford?” [Rob Ford is a candidate for mayor of Toronto.]
TONY
“Well I think that it’s just that people don’t like to see the city wasting their money, if you know what I mean.”
PHILIP
“Do people really trust his judgement though? Being good at hating waste doesn’t make you good at cutting it.”
TONY
“All I know is that folks seem to like him.”
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June 28, 2010
PHILIP
“I forgot to ask you about what you thought about the G20.”
TONY
“Well, if you ask me, that G20 is one big waste of money. You know, they spent a billion dollars for that meeting. It’s crazy. Crazy. Just think what you could do with a billion dollars. It’s really crazy.”
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May 17, 2010
TONY
“You know that guy Stan, he sometimes hung around that new place you sometimes go. You know, ‘Lit‘, down the street there, you know that one, the one called ‘Lit’. Anyway they found him lying dead there where he got that room, down on King there. That’s another one down. We’re falling like flies, if you know what I mean.”
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March 20, 2010
PHILIP
“Hey, what are you doing here?”
TONY
“You know, I take the bus too sometimes.”
PHILIP
“So when you ask people for a bus token, you actually use them? I figured you sold the tickets to get money …”
TONY
“Well how am I supposed to get around if I don’t use the bus? I don’t exactly have a car, if you know what I mean.”
PHILIP
“I gotta admit, you’ve got a point there.”
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October 5, 2009
Hi Everyone,
I just visited Tony at St. Joe’s. He’s got cancer, probably in the lungs, though it’s not certain if it’s in one lung or two — or even which lung. While I was there, the doctors took him for an x-ray, but I don’t know the results, — if any. In addition, he’s got heart problems, and an ugly hernia protruding from his upper abdomen. The three photos above is what he looked like at about 230pm today.
He seemed depressed and feared that they might release him.
Tony wants to thank Gwen and Cathy for coming to visit; the bananas were yummy.
More when I know.
Philip
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August 5, 2009
TONY
“Thank God that garbage strike is finally over. What a stink. And I know what a stink is, I can tell you.”
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September 18, 2008
TONY
“Did I show you this. Actually, I got one for you as well.”
PHILIP
“How’d you get them?
TONY
“Some of the guys from 14 Division took me out for dinner last night if you can believe that.”
PHILIP
“What … they just popped you in a squad car and sped off to the local doughnut shop?”
TONY
“Sort of like that. So after dinner, they gave me one of these things so I just asked them for another one.”
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April 25, 2008
TONY
“Check out my new jacket with a royal colour?”
PHILIP
“Where from?”
TONY
“I was working a the car wash on Dundas, you know the one just up there and I was drying cars. So the supervisor gave it to me. Pretty good, eh?”
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April 23, 2008
TONY
“A cop gave me a ticket yesterday.”
PHILIP
“For what? For being homeless?”
TONY
“Almost. I was standing at the top of the street and this cruiser stopped and the cop gave me a ticket. She said I was panhandling near a bank machine which was an offence. So I asked if I could at least get a warning first, since I didn’t know about the law but he officer didn’t budge at all.
“So today a friend tells me that CFRB radio said that a lot of street people had been ticketed recently for all sorts of things. The guy on the radio said that it costs way more to lock folks up than the city will ever collect in fines. No kidding! I mean, where am I going to find the ninety-six bucks anyway?”
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