On January 16th, I put a toonie in an Impark machine, looking to pay for $1.00 worth of parking. I, naturally, expected some change back.

Instead, I got a ticket telling me to call a number for my refund.

I called the number and was given an email address, which I emailed with the details of the incident.

On January 24th, they asked for my mailing address.

Today I received a cheque by regular mail (postage $0.59) from Impark.
A cheque for $1.00.

Brilliant.

Apparently the Blue bomber is lost in the phantom zone...

Or some people should look for another job.

Howdy!
Thanks for the suggestions, Tony.

Here's an interesting Wikipedia = Hitchhiker's Guide article.

My coworker tried out Google Translate. "Bonjour, je m'appelle Ian" came out as "Italian yellowpages". They still need to work on it. He's articulate.

Two possibilities:

-Avira (works well, but has these annoying pop-ups)
-AVG (haven't had any issues so far, seems to work well, also has features like website screening etc.)
-Both are available at download.com

And Alison, I echo your sentiments on "Marwencol": it was playing here at the Bytowne Cinema (Ottawa's equivalent of the Garneau) at the end of January and I missed it by a just a few days!

Also, Google Translate may be good for a the odd term or phrase here and there - handy for a iPhone, especially with the visual text recognition part. But beyond that, it starts to lose it. No, really, I've tried!

Hey Gang,
Quick question: do you have any recommendations for free online (downloadable) antivirus software?



And Par: That's like the Wikipedia-on-smartphone app that essentially acts as a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ... How would Douglas Adams feel about this?

Also, the babel fish is nearly here.

Beck! That's hilarious! Absolutely freakin' hilarious. ;)

Damn you, you e-towners, Marwencol? :( Enjoy!

Sunday at 9 would be doable for me.

Marwencol is showing at Metro theater sunday and monday at 7 and 9, if anyone is interested. I'm going to try to go to one of the sunday showings.