Uncle Buck

Glad to help ?. To study in England you need a student visa which allows you to work up to 20 hours a week. Not sure about Canada though.

Studying in Montreal is a great choice, it really is a world class city and you will have tons of fun. Montreal is a cheap place to live and McGill is a relatively inexpensive university. Also the city is crawling with hipster girls. McGill has a pretty good rep too, it does well in the McLeans rankings in Canada and people from other countries seem to have all agreed to regard it really highly (If you've ever seen the show House you'll see Dr. Wilson wearing his alumni sweatshirt now and then.) A lot of your classmates will be from the US and will want to party their balls off all the time. You might even pick up some french if you ever leave the ghetto (which is like the 4 block radius where all the McGill students live).

Oh yeah and it's super cold in the wintertime but that's OK cause everybody wears gigantic parkas.

I'm currently studying in London, it is an amazing city and there are a lot of great universities here. I'm very impressed with the quality of education I'm receiving. The job opportunities are amazing as well, and I've generally been exposed to all kinds of opportunities I wouldn't have had if I had stayed in Canada. There are lots of attractive and friendly girls all over the place too, and for culture London is really unparalleled. Your favourite bands will be here all the time and there's so much going on that missing one thing to is really no big deal because something equally great will happen in about 4 days. Making friends with British people is easy (especially if you wait till they've had a few, but that goes for Montreal too). The major drawback of London is the cost. It really is one of the most expensive cities in the world and my masters degree is costing me roughly the same amount as my entire undergraduate in Canada. McGill would be a lot cheaper. If you want to study in London to be cost-effective it helps to go to a really good school and to study something where people will want to throw money at you when you graduate.

Hope this helps!

HMn.

Shoreditch on a friday night ....

Thrashed jeans of any description/ unwashed 'vintage' T shirt, the more untraceable the design the better /Canvas slip ons or similar/ chunky designer glasses which make you look like an architect/designer/ someone creative.

OOh! oOh! bring coke and don't shave for three or four days either ...

Sooo... basically the exact same thing everybody wears in North America. Except for the slip-ons - you guys are really overdoing it with the plimsouls over here. I'm surprised the NHS isn't overwhelmed with skinny coked-out british youth complaining of foot pain.

Thought I would bump this one for a question to you Londoners: What does one wear for a night out? I'm planning to hear to either Fabric or Ditch bar on Friday night and a few rough guidelines would be appreciated. Also what time should one show up if one wants to get in?

A thousand thanks.

Bad news it closed down. Try Trustfund it's probably the best remaining store in Ottawa.

Saturday night.

http://www.myspace.com/drugmoneyunderdogs

Boom.

http://www.beerfestival.ca/

Boom.

This is great e'ybody thanks for the advice. I am feeling more assured about this move already.

It is definitely looking like South or East for me. When I touch down in September I have some place to focus my search which is key.

But hey if I lived in Brixton, the next time somebody crushed and/or bruised me they would have something to answer to... an intriguing possibility...

LSE is neer fleet street right?

i'd sugest looking around old street, liverpool street, betnaaaaall etc. the trend pocket. but atleast its close and alot of bars around

p.s. you wont find 'williamsburg 6 years ago' or whatever (which was probably just as gay and trendy then as all of londons 'grimy-cool areas were).

thats kinda what that spanner PANG or whatever was banging on about earlier.. the 'cool' areas before the hipsters moved in.. truth is hipsters are everywhere, and the biggest jeb ends of the lot are the ones that think they are one step ahead.

dan ashcroft?

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Thanks for the advice dude and good point about spanners and jeb ends... I hate fucking jeb ends.

Heading to LSE in the fall as well, this thread is perfect keep it going.

fuck there's already a thread on this and thus my rep sinks further.

So I'm moving to London from Canada in the fall and will be going to University right in middle of zone 1. I'm looking for a place to live and I have no damn clue about which neighbourhoods would be good and which ones to avoid. The place I'm looking for is hip and cheap, hopefully undervalued and grimy with some bars and restaurants and galleries and interesting shit. Like Williamsburg was 6 years ago. I am not afraid of the occasional crackhead and/or pile of fetid garbage.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can point me in the right direction.

Assuming you don't get a too-elaborate cut this can really work. I used to do my own hair and the hair of most of the dudes in my frat house and get compliments on it all the time (even from ladies!). I would just buzz the sides and back with clippers and trim the top with scissors. The only caution is to resist the urge to cut too much; a few times I attempted to even out some rough spots and ended up with like no hair at all. Cutting your own hair is like fistfights or shopping: Every now and then you just have to walk away.

Biology and jeans, my two favourite subjects.

So, as I can see it, there are really 2 angles to consider here:

1) Did the tick leave any bacteria and/or nasty viruses on my jeans, and 2) Are there any more ticks actually on my jeans?

To answer 1, I'll quote Penn State's department of agricultural sciences website: "Although in theory Lyme disease could spread through blood transfusions or other contact with infected blood or urine, no such transmission has been documented. There is no evidence that a person can get Lyme disease from the air, food or water, from sexual contact or directly from wild or domestic animals. There is no convincing evidence that insects such as mosquitoes, flies, or fleas can transmit Lyme disease." - http://www.ento.psu.edu/Lyme/default.htm

As for 2, if there are any other ticks hanging around on those jeans, a cold soak probably won't dislodge them. I would give your jeans them a really good check, and if you're satisfied they are clean, all good.

Just for future reference, freezing and cold soaking may dislodge some grime and smelly stuff, but it won't do much to kill any bacteria or viruses that may be hanging around.

Bump for a classic blazer, if nobody takes this thing before I get paid I am all over it.

Does it have to be a crewneck? Jockey v-neck underwear tees have larger necks than most and fit slim dudes perfectly.

I've bought from this guy before and he's a complete pro. Buy this stuff you will not be disappointed.

PS there are currently like 9 "where can I find ___ in Toronto" threads going on eh? My theory: Canadians spend way too much time on the internet because if we go outside we will freeze.

I believe they regularly stock sperrys at Urban Outfitters on Younge

Blazer is mine!

Awesome.

Ashimself, a good spot for vintage suits in Toronto is Queen Vintage, on the South Side of Queen between spadina and Bathurst. I picked up a dior glen plaid suit from the 70s there a couple years ago and I rember them having a really solid well-edited selection so it's definitely worth a trip. Be warned though that this is one of the priciest of all the Toronto vintage shops (up there with 69 vintage and less likely to give you free beer).

oh and a disclaimer, I haven't lived in Toronto for over a year so just maybe I have no clue what's going on any more...

Thank you gentlemen! I am going to try to pick a pair of these up. Not usually a Levis fan, but I think they look great.

Hello denim experts,

Here is a chance to use your powers of encyclopedic jean knowledge for good instead of solopsistic vanity! (Or at least for my solopsistic vanity instead of yours). Can somebody please identify these jeans that Kele from Bloc Party was wearing at their new york show? They are nice jeans and I want a pair. Photos here: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/42078-photos-bloc-party-new-york-ny-033007

They are black, with arcuates and a relatively slim fit, but damned if I don't see too many other identifying features. Anyone who figures this out is a true champ in my books.

As a response to those of you wondering about the fit of the regular black raws, I would suggest going down two sizes. My waist is a 31-32 and I bought a pair in 32 (last pair, on sale). Even after an agressive shrinking in the dryer they were too big to stay up on their own. Keep in mind that these are not a very slim jean, although they have a lot of taper their will likely be some room around the thighs. Unless you are a bodybuilder or something.

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