On Wed, Feb 13, 2019, 10:24 AM Kevin Cozens via talk <talk@gtalug.org wrote:
> On 2019-02-13 9:45 a.m., Stewart Russell via talk wrote: > > Yes. The owners retired and sold up. > > > > Graham Greene, former manager, has kept some of it going at SteamLabs > and > > the Science Centre: > > Good to know that the Gorilla is still around. It was a Toronto landmark > on > Queen St. West for so many years. > Actually the mechincal gorilla was stolen from out in front about ten years ago. The owners even put up a no questions asked reward but no luck. I read an article in Now Magazine where the owner said it took a lot of the joy out of operating at that location. That coupled with rising rent prompted the move north. My last purchase there was over 5 years ago. A five foot usb printer cable $3.00. When I couldnt find it browsing on my own, the guy at the desk walked me right to it. Nice friendly people and it was sad to see them go like that > > -- > Cheers! > > Kevin. > > http://www.ve3syb.ca/ | "Nerds make the shiny things that > https://www.patreon.com/KevinCozens | distract the mouth-breathers, and > | that's why we're powerful" > Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | > #include <disclaimer/favourite> | --Chris Hardwick > --- > Talk Mailing List > talk@gtalug.org > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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