[sonick]

I watched a really long review of what it does with bread and I'm willing to try it, my gf has to eat gluten free bread and it's fucking awful... expensive and awful sawdust... if it can somehow toast the outside and keep it chewy on the inside then that's worth it to me so she doesn't have to feel sad every time she wants toast lol

buying a $300 toaster to be able to eat gluten free bread is the most millennial thing ever lol

[SkinnyPupp]

buying a $300 toaster to be able to eat gluten free bread is the most millennial thing ever lol
While true, I don't doubt that 68's gf legitimately can't eat gluten. Some people are highly allergic to it

For me in that case, just don't eat bread. There's plenty of other non flour carb devices out there!

If it's just a gluten "sensitivity" she can try legit sourdough. The fermentation breaks down much of the proteins.

[68style]

Yah it's an allergy for her, she has any wheat products and she practically goes into coma-levels of tired and crazy upset stomach. She's also allergic to all nuts (except mine!), it's super fun.

[sonick]

While true, I don't doubt that 68's gf legitimately can't eat gluten. Some people are highly allergic to it

For me in that case, just don't eat bread. There's plenty of other non flour carb devices out there!

If it's just a gluten "sensitivity" she can try legit sourdough. The fermentation breaks down much of the proteins.

Yah it's an allergy for her, she has any wheat products and she practically goes into coma-levels of tired and crazy upset stomach. She's also allergic to all nuts (except mine!), it's super fun.

Yah for sure I do not mean to disparage anybody with gluten allergies, it just from the surface level sounds very millenial if a boomer were to hear that (e.g. avocado toast).

That said, I also agree with the bolded line above, its not like she's being forced to eat bread at home either.

[68style]

Well now I know you have a ~$200 limit on making your woman happy hahaha

[sonick]

Well now I know you have a ~$200 limit on making your woman happy hahaha

I don't need to spend $200 to make my woman happy.

She's perfectly satisfied with all 5.5 inches. 5.6 on a good day.

[Traum]

FWIW, the Canadian standard is apparently 15.71cm / 6.18", whereas the world standard is exactly 5.5" / 14.1cm.

[sonick]

FWIW, the Canadian standard is apparently 15.71cm / 6.18", whereas the world standard is exactly 5.5" / 14.1cm.

I am a worldly gentleman.

[unit]

unless the same doctor is flying around the world measuring thousands of rock hard men at random then i'm pretty sure these studies are self reported

[Badhobz]

So I was stuck in traffic on knight st today. Wondering if another chinaman plowed into some East Indian driving a dump truck.

Nope….

Fuck you fire brigade. You weak ass bitch! Learn how to drive and not high side yourself.
https://i.postimg.cc/3JXgsX3P/IMG-9330.jpg

[Hondaracer]

We are good friends with a woman who is a celiac and the extent you will go to live a “normal” life is crazy, feel bad for her. A $300 toaster is -nothing-

But it’s kind of like 68 said, you are tired af, feel like you’ve got the flu, etc.

[Badhobz]

unless the same doctor is flying around the world measuring thousands of rock hard men at random then i'm pretty sure these studies are self reported

My dick is 6’2. Basically it encompasses my entire being.

That’s according to everyone who works with me / for me.

[68style]

No wonder you have a hard time driving

[Badhobz]

Well that and I’m Chinese.

[EvoFire]

So I was stuck in traffic on knight st today. Wondering if another chinaman plowed into some East Indian driving a dump truck.

Nope….

Fuck you fire brigade. You weak ass bitch! Learn how to drive and not high side yourself.
https://i.postimg.cc/3JXgsX3P/IMG-9330.jpg

Did they tried to jump the curb and blew a tire and bent the wheel while doing it?

[Badhobz]

Yup. Clowns.

Way to drive honky. Fucking clogged up knight st for like 35 minutes. My clutch foot is all sore now

[donk.]

Firefighters do the most amount of drugs of any public service sector i have seen, and the driver is a senior role where he stays in the truck the entire time, dude was probably coming off last nights bender

And i dont blame em, they clean the bbq, wash the truck, respond to some cardiac arrests, and maybe do 5 real fire calls a year

[whitev70r]

I'm thinking the only reason why firetruck would attempt that (assuming driver wasn't high), is because bunch of moron drivers on Knight Street going Southbound didn't move over for him to go straight. All in a hurry to go back to Richmond.

[spoon.ek9]

not saying this speaks to all of them but one of the laziest, good-for-almost-nothing pharmacists I ever worked with dreamed about becoming a firefighter. he would have spent his days working out, cooking and probably cat-calling any girls that pass by (he's married with a kid).

[Manic!]

But how do you measure?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=133UlXRYIeg

[EvoFire]

I'm thinking the only reason why firetruck would attempt that (assuming driver wasn't high), is because bunch of moron drivers on Knight Street going Southbound didn't move over for him to go straight. All in a hurry to go back to Richmond.

The rolling stock on a firetruck should be able to take the abuse of climbing a curb. It's part of their capabilities to be able to climb a curb to get to a fire. The question is the driver may not have slowed down enough or took it at a bad enough angle where it cause the tire to debead or the steel rim to have bent. That would have been a hell of a blow out though as those tires are >110psi iirc.

[N.V.M.]

update to paying duty on my ransomed jersey. I've chosen not to pay, or prepay as they call it. this takes the hold off the item, and it carries on from the shipping center. it doesn't solve much other than at least it's moving again.

[bcrdukes]

How did you choose not to pay? I presume you spoke to their customer service.

[Razor Ramon HG]

Telus and Koodo customers can get for $5

Amazon Prime
Netflix Standard w/ ads
Disney+ Standard w/ ads
Telus Films and Series

https://forums.redflagdeals.com/telus-telus-stream-package-basic-netflix-basic-disney-amazon-prime-telus-films-5-ongoing-after-code-2700817/

[N.V.M.]

How did you choose not to pay? I presume you spoke to their customer service.

there's an option to do that on the prepay page.

[bcrdukes]

there's an option to do that on the prepay page.

Good to know. I'll keep that in mind for next time.

I went through a somewhat similar ordeal with DHL a month or two ago, except I was completely okay and expected the delivery via DHL and to deal with their brokerage. There were a lot of stupid forms to fill out, some of which were flat out stupid, as the shipper had already completed them. Cost for brokerage was reasonable, and was only charged GST. I'll opt to declare it myself next time around.

The only delay was because of the looming CBSA strike. They hold on to the package and wouldn't release it until the day their contracts were ratified. :badpokerface:

[pastarocket]

Who said golf is a non contact sport? LUL

A fight between a group of golfers at Riverway in Burnaby.

https://youtu.be/28D8HvA4WaU?feature=shared


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Hondaracer]

Don’t know who’s right or wrong, but if you’re constantly being hit up on, let the group behind you play through

People are generally oblivious to basic etiquette on the course these days and it’s only getting worse

[westopher]

I don't believe for a second on a day of a long weekend the guys getting hit up on had anywhere to go. I've been hit into a few times when I had to wait every hole for the group ahead. All playing through is going to do is give me the opportunity to hit into you for the next 10 holes. Burnaby courses are the worst I've encountered too. I swear last time I played at burnaby mountain it was a 6 hour round. Fucking terrible place to spend that much time.
If someone hits into me more than once I'm teeing it up and hitting it right back.

[Hondaracer]

The city courses are the worst, yes

[N.V.M.]

automatically thinking the group in front of you is the problem is retarded. it doesn't say anywhere that they were the slow group.

[punkwax]

I played with my son the other day and the course was ahead of schedule. I go to get some practice putts in, the Marshall confirms our tee time and says we’re up already. The first hole is a par 5 and the group ahead of us is already on the green. We got paired up with some older gals, one of which was just beginning, so already I’m like uh-oh.

The boy hits an ok tee shot, maybe 80-90 yards. The beginner lady duffs her first and hits another. Let’s just say it took a while to get near the green, I look back and there’s a threesome behind us all leaning on their clubs in that classic impatient style. I tell the boy we gotta hurry up so now I’m in his head and he proceeds to whiff 4-5 times in a row. He’s never missed that many in a row before. Gulp.

We get to the green and his first putt goes 3’ past the hole. I tell him it’s good and to pick it up. He doesn’t like that. He wants to sink it but agrees. Fast forward to the 3rd hole which is a long difficult par 5 and these ladies see someone they know and decide to chat for a minute or two. Now I’m like fuck. We get half way down the fairway and the Marshall is heading our way in a cart. Obviously he asks us to hurry it up and I’m sure he’s thinking it’s my son’s fault that we’re behind. He’s part of the reason but we normally don’t slow anyone down.

2 holes later the group behind us lands one maybe 6-8’ away from the green while we’re putting. Well that changed everything for me. No more asking him to pick up his ball. We played every shot, high fived after he sunk a 12’ putt on the last hole and did not rush our handshakes at the end.

I don’t like slowing anyone down and am normally the person encouraging everyone to speed things up if we’re not keeping up well with the group ahead. But if you’re in a threesome playing behind a group where 2 players are clearly learning, have some patience and don’t come close to hitting a 9 year old. Especially when the course is ahead of schedule, not behind. /rant

[Hondaracer]

Imo some courses are not “learning” courses either.

Guildford on a Wednesday afternoon, sure, I’ll give a group ahead some slack if they are clearly new to the game

Playing a Morgan, northview, etc. on a Saturday morning, that isn’t a place/time for learning.

There is a certain demographic you run into on the course that is obvious to pace of play or letting people play through, typically using umbrellas and push carts. Eventually if you’re so oblivious to your slow play, I’ll start hitting up on you, it’s ignorant and a lot of courses could do better to manage these groups.

Sucks that your Son wasn’t the problem Punkwax when marshals should be able to identify that given who is in your group. I’m never not playing “ready golf” regardless of the course I’m on

[whitev70r]

automatically thinking the group in front of you is the problem is retarded. it doesn't say anywhere that they were the slow group.

99% this is the case, I mean, if everything is moving along, what conflict would you have with a group way ahead of you. It's not like you're talking to them in any way.

Excessively slow groups ahead is hella annoying. I mean if you're a beginner group, play where you play the best shot in the group. Move things along. You don't have to hit every shot to get it in the hole. But in the case where you are mixed with 2 people you don't know ... ?? Wonder if the guy behind the counter can match people in similar levels?

Golf courses also book groups in pretty tight ... they wanna make as much money in fees ... what is the usual time difference between groups?

[EvoFire]

Golfing sounds so stressful.... I'm gonna stick with trackdays.

[punkwax]

Ya as I was typing par 5s I figured some might think he might not be ready for that yet but it’s a fairly “easy” course aside from the 3rd which is a long par 5. He doesn’t slow the group down and people are usually super impressed with his pace of play. He has so much energy he’ll whack it anywhere between 50-100 yards on the fairway, run up and hit it again lol

He tagged one on the first tee box last week maybe 125 yards and he’s a super tiny kid. He basically got a standing ovation from all the folks on the patio. He’s still talking about it :lol

[sonick]

This kind of on-course BS is why I've always been hesitant to try golf lol.

I'll stick to the driving range and One Under.

[CivicBlues]

Doesn't help it's been fucking near impossible to book a decent tee time on a public course in the Lower Mainland since COVID. Used to be able to book a week before and roll up on any given Sunday and be done in 5hrs pre-2019. Now every joe blow and their grandmother wants to get into it so you've 10 min headways and a dangerous combo of clueless and pissed regulars these days.

[Hondaracer]

Doesn't help it's been fucking near impossible to book a decent tee time on a public course in the Lower Mainland since COVID. Used to be able to book a week before and roll up on any given Sunday and be done in 5hrs pre-2019. Now every joe blow and their grandmother wants to get into it so you've 10 min headways and a dangerous combo of clueless and pissed regulars these days.

There has to be some BS given preference to regulars at the Burnaby courses, I’ve all but given up trying

Booking tee times 3 days out or whatever their standard is, I’ve spent hours at work on hold a few different times now with zero luck, only to phone back at like 10am and they offer me a time for a pair at 7pm..

People must either have an in, or are booking them ahead of time which is BS.

[Hondaracer]

99% this is the case, I mean, if everything is moving along, what conflict would you have with a group way ahead of you. It's not like you're talking to them in any way.

Excessively slow groups ahead is hella annoying. I mean if you're a beginner group, play where you play the best shot in the group. Move things along. You don't have to hit every shot to get it in the hole. But in the case where you are mixed with 2 people you don't know ... ?? Wonder if the guy behind the counter can match people in similar levels?

Golf courses also book groups in pretty tight ... they wanna make as much money in fees ... what is the usual time difference between groups?

Seems like most times are spaced 6-8 minutes now, if that

[whitev70r]

yah ... that's what I thought. 8 mins is not a lot of time. Maybe golf course is setting things for conflicts.

[CivicBlues]

There has to be some BS given preference to regulars at the Burnaby courses, I’ve all but given up trying

Booking tee times 3 days out or whatever their standard is, I’ve spent hours at work on hold a few different times now with zero luck, only to phone back at like 10am and they offer me a time for a pair at 7pm..

People must either have an in, or are booking them ahead of time which is BS.

Yeah and I refuse to pay for my entire party's green fees in advance like 2 weeks ahead of time. That's BS...sorry.

That or it's bots doing all the bookings.

[whitev70r]

Recreational golfing is for over the hill, pot belly men who can't do any other 'sport'. :lol

With a serving of Badhobz sarcasm thrown in above ... kinda.

[CivicBlues]

I mean I never considered it a real sport, just a nice day out with family and friends really. You'd be surprised at the public courses in the summer it's full of dude bros and youngish-middle aged Asians. Lot of seniors too but not many with pot-bellies.

[unit]

my dads friends who are retired golf like 200+ days a year.. just a way to keep themselves busy and active.

[Hondaracer]

It’s a different place to drink.

[GLOW]

that's why when i golfed i played smaller exec courses and go bright and early where it's usually old retired seniors that are patient, relaxed and nice and let people play their game.

[68style]

Haha these peeps are the same ones who think they need to police traffic for the police... let the marshall know there's an issue or let the marshall handle it. No need to drop balls in on people.

Some fucker drops a ball near me and a marshall hasn't said anything or they didn't even talk to us at all, I'm picking that ball up and hail marying it into the nearest water body.

[Gerbs]

Ya as I was typing par 5s I figured some might think he might not be ready for that yet but it’s a fairly “easy” course aside from the 3rd which is a long par 5. He doesn’t slow the group down and people are usually super impressed with his pace of play. He has so much energy he’ll whack it anywhere between 50-100 yards on the fairway, run up and hit it again lol

He tagged one on the first tee box last week maybe 125 yards and he’s a super tiny kid. He basically got a standing ovation from all the folks on the patio. He’s still talking about it :lol

Is this riverway. Where you're teeing driver 90 yards to the bush to the right. 150 yards past fairway bunkers into lumpy hills.

Leaving 200+ out to carry ravine onto green



People must either have an in, or are booking them ahead of time which is BS.

There's a few backdoors / tricks, I've able to play 1-2x Burnaby muni tee times every week for the last 1.5 years.

- Bot that emails us when anything is posted mid-day
- Bot that Autobooks within a parameter (finicky with their new bot protection + advanced booking fee)
- Maplestory PQ days let me snag the time drops at 12PM
- A few mutual friend golf groups that post tee times looking for +1 or 2's
- If you have friends working at pro-shop, backdoor any time.
- Old folks that randomly que up with us buy tee times from botters on wechat

I mean I never considered it a real sport, just a nice day out with family and friends really. You'd be surprised at the public courses in the summer it's full of dude bros and youngish-middle aged Asians. Lot of seniors too but not many with pot-bellies.

Golf is huge, go to any driving range and it's 80-99% under 30 year olds after 5PM

On the course is a different storey, maybe 20-40% are young asian bros, mostly koreans. Nothing more terrifying than seniors hitting it 100 -150 yards straight and tailing your ass.

[Hondaracer]

That’s all bullshit for public courses, they should audit them and revamp the entire system.

[supafamous]

So I inadvertently bullied someone on Reddit into deleting their post...

Lady posts in r/personalfinancecanada about her friend buying a 2024 Chevy Blazer and getting a 7.99%/72 month term on it and she's kinda freaking out about how her friend has been ripped off so I reply with:

"Not an unusual rate right now. I’d be more concerned about her terrible taste in cars."

It ends up being the most upvoted comment of all (not sure if b/c people think she should have bought a beige Corolla or that they know the Blazer is a shit car) and a few hours later the post is deleted.

Sometimes I really am a jerk.

[bcrdukes]

Now you have to post in "Am I The Asshole?" :troll:

[Traum]

My instant reaction (from reading your post) was -- was that an ICE Blazer? or the Blazer EV?

Apparently the EV is quite the POS -- the vehicle is quite new, but it already has a number of not very good recalls on it. And on top of that, the SUV appears to be fairly buggy still.

The Honda Prologue EV is a rebadged Blazer. I bet a lot of casual buyers wouldn't know that...

[radeonboy]

Considering the car choice of PFC is a 20yr old beige Corolla, you shouldn't be surprised to get all those upvotes.

Though I'm not sure there are enough Beige Corollas out there if all of PFC / PF bought one.

[supafamous]

My instant reaction (from reading your post) was -- was that an ICE Blazer? or the Blazer EV?

Apparently the EV is quite the POS -- the vehicle is quite new, but it already has a number of not very good recalls on it. And on top of that, the SUV appears to be fairly buggy still.

The Honda Prologue EV is a rebadged Blazer. I bet a lot of casual buyers wouldn't know that...

Far as I could tell, she was talking about the ICE one and even that one is a bit of a turd relative to the market - other than looks and big discounts there's no reason to get that over a CR-V or a RAV4 (or any compact SUV). (Car and Driver has it ranked #27 in its class)

Of course the EV one is much worse of a car than the ICE one. That one is seemingly terrible.

[68style]

Fuckin government is trying to make me buy those EV Blazers for every SUV I replace, I keep saying no fuck off but they're pushing it from the Director level down so hard... it's such a piece of shit, total waste of taxpayers money.

[EvoFire]

Fuckin government is trying to make me buy those EV Blazers for every SUV I replace, I keep saying no fuck off but they're pushing it from the Director level down so hard... it's such a piece of shit, total waste of taxpayers money.

Buying cars for a living sound kind of fun.


Maybe for like 5 mins lol.

[GLOW]

you crushed her soul b/c she was the 'friend' Kappa :smug:

So I inadvertently bullied someone on Reddit into deleting their post...

Lady posts in r/personalfinancecanada about her friend buying a 2024 Chevy Blazer and getting a 7.99%/72 month term on it and she's kinda freaking out about how her friend has been ripped off so I reply with:

"Not an unusual rate right now. I’d be more concerned about her terrible taste in cars."

It ends up being the most upvoted comment of all (not sure if b/c people think she should have bought a beige Corolla or that they know the Blazer is a shit car) and a few hours later the post is deleted.

Sometimes I really am a jerk.

[donk.]

Considering the car choice of PFC is a 20yr old beige Corolla, you shouldn't be surprised to get all those upvotes.

Though I'm not sure there are enough Beige Corollas out there if all of PFC / PF bought one.

If you say Beige Corolla one more time in your post, Badhobz might instantly cum

[Badhobz]

I already came.

[Klondike]

imagine sanddrift metallic wrapped GR Corolla :sweetjesus:

https://i.imgur.com/SaPYSPl.jpeg

[Traum]

Fuckin government is trying to make me buy those EV Blazers for every SUV I replace, I keep saying no fuck off but they're pushing it from the Director level down so hard... it's such a piece of shit, total waste of taxpayers money.
I can certainly understand the desire to convert the gov fleet to EVs. So is there any other viable e-SUV that you can realistically recommend?

We need to save our stupid govs from wasting our hard-earned dollars on POS vehicles...

[donk.]

You cant stop the govt from burning money.

My god im turning into hondaracer

[radeonboy]

Why are they pushing the Blazer EV when the Equinox EV is cheaper? And what are these vehicles being used for anyway?

[unit]

You cant stop the govt from burning money.

My god im turning into hondaracer

don't you look at my tiles and countertop corners!

[68style]

Why are they pushing the Blazer EV when the Equinox EV is cheaper? And what are these vehicles being used for anyway?


We can only buy what PSPC gets tenders for and order directly from manufacturers, not from dealerships... obviously the manufacturers don't give us popular vehicles at a discount, so they offer up all the shit they can't sell. They're used for any manner of things from general people moving to science to FSR driving etc... mostly I buy trucks. I don't really want to say what dept I buy for so I can't be too specific, but mostly we do F-250's and F-350 type vehicles which there is no green alternative for currently.

Right now things I can buy as commuter or personnel type vehicles:
Outlander PHEV
Wrangler PHEV up until like 2 weeks ago and it suddenly disappeared
Blazer EV
Lightning in multiple ranges
BZ4X

I try to avoid green categories right now or find reasons to upgrade/downgrade specs to avoid categories with them until better stuff is more widely available. Not against green, just against buying useless shitty vehicles. We also don't currently have in-house charging at almost any office through the province and if you've ever leased an office, which most are, you would know that leasors do not take kindly to you plugging in vehicles anywhere on the premises. I've bought a few of the Outlander PHEV, it's not that bad.

Government doesn't consider Hybrids like the Prius or Highlander or whatnot to be "green" anymore either so that really limits choices.

[Traum]

It's a shame that there are no easy in-house charging options available. I pass by Burnaby City Hall often enough, and every time pass through their EV charging lot on Deer Lake, I feel like that's what all levels of gov and police forces should be doing with the vehicle fleet.

I know someone that regularly drives his Lightning to and from Oliver, often towing a big trailer as well. He told me the trip is not troublesome at all, as long as you keep your speeds no higher than 100km/h. But I suppose FSR would be more difficult when there are few / no charging options available.

[EvoFire]

The Outlander PHEV is not a terrible car in a vacuum. IMO would work well for a city vehicle. Without a reliable source of power, none of the cars really make sense, though I'd think quite a few employees would be happy if you guys managed to get a fleet of Wrangler PHEVs, at the detriment of the maintenance staff. There is a problem with optics of a bunch of city employees driving around in a Wrangler. Some one without knowledge of anything would complain.

[68style]

The Lightning doesn't work for almost anything we do, it's only a half tonne... we need 3/4 or 1 tonne... regularly towing anywhere from 10-20k lbs

We only have 1 and it's the lower range battery, all that was available at the time and they forced us to buy one... or rather Ottawa sent one to us... in the winter time it has trouble doing much more than 140km, it's kinda sad.

[radeonboy]

They're used for any manner of things from general people moving to science to FSR driving etc... mostly I buy trucks. I don't really want to say what dept I buy for so I can't be too specific, but mostly we do F-250's and F-350 type vehicles which there is no green alternative for currently.

Right now things I can buy as commuter or personnel type vehicles:
Outlander PHEV
Wrangler PHEV up until like 2 weeks ago and it suddenly disappeared
Blazer EV
Lightning in multiple ranges
BZ4X

I try to avoid green categories right now or find reasons to upgrade/downgrade specs to avoid categories with them until better stuff is more widely available. Not against green, just against buying useless shitty vehicles. We also don't currently have in-house charging at almost any office through the province and if you've ever leased an office, which most are, you would know that leasors do not take kindly to you plugging in vehicles anywhere on the premises. I've bought a few of the Outlander PHEV, it's not that bad.

I agree none of those are good options given the context. EVs have their purpose in a fleet and I've worked in environments where they make sense (lots of idling in a confined geographical area), but operating them on FSRs is a poor fit, especially if there's no easy access to fast charging.

In the end fleet vehicles still need to fit their purpose. Forcing EVs into situations they're not designed just seems incredibly shortsighted...

[TOS'd]

Any recent CAN-US cell plans that are sub $50? New sign upworks too.

[TOS'd]

Also another question, has anyone used a Faxing service online? There are so many online ones but are they trustworthy or should I go into a UPS/Staples instead?

[Hakkaboy]

Any recent CAN-US cell plans that are sub $50? New sign upworks too.

https://www.publicmobile.ca/en/on/plans?network=5G

$34 for 50g
$40 for 75g
$50 for 100g

only issues besides no live customer support if you need it, is no wifi calling and no international roaming besides US

[EvoFire]

Any recent CAN-US cell plans that are sub $50? New sign upworks too.

Rogers was doing $45 for father's day CAN-US and 50GB iirc. My phone isn't 5G so there wasn't any point and I went to Fido for the $29 20GB plan.

[EvoFire]

So I inadvertently bullied someone on Reddit into deleting their post...

Lady posts in r/personalfinancecanada about her friend buying a 2024 Chevy Blazer and getting a 7.99%/72 month term on it and she's kinda freaking out about how her friend has been ripped off so I reply with:

"Not an unusual rate right now. I’d be more concerned about her terrible taste in cars."

It ends up being the most upvoted comment of all (not sure if b/c people think she should have bought a beige Corolla or that they know the Blazer is a shit car) and a few hours later the post is deleted.

Sometimes I really am a jerk.

I think RS typically condones being a realistic asshole judging from the thanks :fullofwin:

[mikemhg]

Golf is a dying and fucking retarded "sport", the comments in this thread just reaffirm that to me.

Get into road biking like the rest of the C-Suite Zoomers you old farts.

[68style]

I think you're wrong man, golf is super popular amongst kids/younger people

I stopped playing years ago and no interest in picking it back up... but all my friends kids are into it and the VR golf simulators are constantly booked around town.

[murd0c]

Golf is fantastic, you go with your buddys have some drinks play wack fuck and try not to stress over the way you play. A lot of these old fucks need golf to get out and stay active or just a good reason to get away from their wives . It's also more popular and expensive as ever, this is far from a dying sport.

[Gerbs]

At worst, you're in a nice park with 3 other friends having some beers and talking about life.

Also get 10 to 14,000 steps in. Unless you're rich enough to power cart.

[TOS'd]

https://www.publicmobile.ca/en/on/plans?network=5G

$34 for 50g
$40 for 75g
$50 for 100g

only issues besides no live customer support if you need it, is no wifi calling and no international roaming besides US

Rogers was doing $45 for father's day CAN-US and 50GB iirc. My phone isn't 5G so there wasn't any point and I went to Fido for the $29 20GB plan.

Thanks, from my research I saw Public and Freedom basically have the same offerings (just different parent companies). Leaning towards Public since I'll already have Fido sim in the phone. Going to run the new sim as esim (for work).

[Razor Ramon HG]

If you had a business number, Telus had a wild $36/$40 plan last week. It was 250GB with roaming in CAN/US/MEX.

[mikemhg]

I've been reading for years that golf is dying, why do you think Nike pulled out?

https://www.essentiallysports.com/golf-news-dying-sport-rory-mcilory-makes-a-shocking-remark-over-golf-being-inaccessible-pga-tour/

https://www.untracedgolfing.com/en-ca/blogs/news/why-millennials-dont-play-golf

I suppose COVID might've slowed its death, but overall its popularity has gone down.

How would you attract new players to a sport where dudes with bellies are whipping balls down the course at your newbie ass?

I'm probably being hyperbolic, but I've always hated golf :lol

[whitev70r]

Golf is expensive .. and a full round takes way too long ~ 4hrs.

[bcrdukes]

Perhaps people now have more disposable income than ever before. :)

[Hondaracer]

The same people who ruined housing here are ruining local golf hehe

But yea.. your top model driver used to be $500, now they are starting at $799

Vokey wedges, which used to be considered the best used to be $150 a pop (which was still crazy) are now $250 each

Places like Redwoods are now $100 green fees without a cart. Golf is probably one of the few sports more expensive than Hockey to get into

[unit]

cycling has entered the chat!

[Hondaracer]

Cycling is like soccer though, once you have a bike, riding is free. The contents of my bag is probably worth more than most mid range road bikes.

You literally cannot play a full sized course for under $70 these days on weekends

[unit]

a mid range road bike is like 3500 now, and it's still aluminum.
also most cyclists own several bikes and the dedicated ones are upgrading them every few years so they can look cool in their group. it's up there man

[punkwax]

I play a local 9 hole course. Par 35. Takes 2 hours usually. Nice flat walk. Makes for a good day in the park.

[bcrdukes]

a mid range road bike is like 3500 now, and it's still aluminum.
also most cyclists own several bikes and the dedicated ones are upgrading them every few years so they can look cool in their group. it's up there man

The n+1 is real. :concentrate:

[CivicBlues]

Golf is a dying and fucking retarded "sport", the comments in this thread just reaffirm that to me.

Get into road biking like the rest of the C-Suite Zoomers you old farts.

No one plays golf anymore! It's too crowded!

[donk.]

Thanks, from my research I saw Public and Freedom basically have the same offerings (just different parent companies). Leaning towards Public since I'll already have Fido sim in the phone. Going to run the new sim as esim (for work).

Ive been on public for many years, works great.

Downside is no phone support line, absolute garbage self serve system, and if you need help you need to make a second forum account, then wait for some "mod" to help you.

Its no frills, but absolute garbage when you need to add US data or whatever for a weekend get away.

Also those of you that love saving 40$ on your 8000$ tax bill, public mobile offers 1$ for every friend referral.
Get 34 friends signed up = free 50gb plan for life.

[Badhobz]

No one plays golf anymore! It's too crowded!

pssshhh real C-suite people are doing this thing called "embezzlement" and "stock manipulation"... i don't know if you guys have heard these games before.


Also those of you that love saving 40$ on your 8000$ tax bill, public mobile offers 1$ for every friend referral.
Get 34 friends signed up = free 50gb plan for life.

what if you don't have any friends and hate everyone around you? can you force them into signing up via blackmail and extortion instead?

[EvoFire]

cycling has entered the chat!

So I had thought cycling was expensive because of say 6, 7, 8 grand bikes, but a friend is into running and he opened my eyes. For training and just regular running, he's wearing "entry level" shoes which are $200 a pop. When he actually goes for the marathons or any event he wants to place well in, he wears his $500-800 pro shoes.

For just regular running/training, he's going through 2-3 pairs of shoes, and the pro shoes lose their effectiveness if they are too old or gone through too many cycles.

Yes running is not expensive, but holy shit the consumables, he's going through 1k worth of shoes a year easy.

The n+1 is real. :concentrate:

Same applies to wheels.

[donk.]

If you are going through 1k in shoes, you dont have a running problem, but a "i cant wear cheap shoes" problem

Same goes for biking. A 400$ canadian tire special will serve you for 20 years, account for 300$ in parts every few years and your good to go.
If your really into it, a used 1500$ bike and your good to go.
Those that spend 8k on a carbon bike are the definition of enthusiasts, and the 8k is well worth it.

When i was 18 i had a 2500$ bike that i custom built since i worked at a bike shop (5500$ retail price). My car was 700$ at the time. But i rode the bike all summer, every summer, for years, well worth the money.

[bcrdukes]

Same applies to wheels.

I immediately thought of Acura604. :pokerface:

[EvoFire]

If you are going through 1k in shoes, you dont have a running problem, but a "i cant wear cheap shoes" problem

Same goes for biking. A 400$ canadian tire special will serve you for 20 years, account for 300$ in parts every few years and your good to go.
If your really into it, a used 1500$ bike and your good to go.
Those that spend 8k on a carbon bike are the definition of enthusiasts, and the 8k is well worth it.

When i was 18 i had a 2500$ bike that i custom built since i worked at a bike shop (5500$ retail price). My car was 700$ at the time. But i rode the bike all summer, every summer, for years, well worth the money.

That's no different from what the others are talking about with golf. You can go bag a $250 set of used clubs and golf all day long, but the talks of drivers starting at $700 new.

At least, you can buy used clubs. I'm not sure I want to buy a used training/running shoe :ohgodwhy:

[68style]

I used to play golf with my dad's clubs from when he was a kid... the woods actually have a wooden head with a metal face hahahaha

[Hondaracer]

I used to play golf with my dad's clubs from when he was a kid... the woods actually have a wooden head with a metal face hahahaha

I got a custom club made when I was like 6-7 by this old buy, metal shaft but a wooden “wood” lol

Made a nice sound

[CivicBlues]

pssshhh real C-suite people are doing this thing called "embezzlement" and "stock manipulation"... i don't know if you guys have heard these games before.


Don't know why people think golf is some elitist game that only fat cats puffing cigars do while making business deals. It's not in Vancouver.

I don't play with CEOs and politicians at fucking Langara golf course LOL, especially not when it used to cost $40 for 5 hours of play. And I started with an old set of hand-me-down clubs some of which I still use to this day. The basic outlay back in the day was like a couple hundred bucks to buy a decent driver that wasn't made of wood anymore like 68style's clubs :lol

[Traum]

A $400 Crappy Tire bike is nowhere close to being the same as even just a $2k bike though? The $400 CT special will be heavy, numb, and rides like a wad of wet noodles. Certainly you must know that?

With weight, in particular, it should be pretty obvious even to a novice rider. The frame stiffness and responsiveness bits are at least more subtle.
Same goes for biking. A 400$ canadian tire special will serve you for 20 years, account for 300$ in parts every few years and your good to go.
If your really into it, a used 1500$ bike and your good to go.
Those that spend 8k on a carbon bike are the definition of enthusiasts, and the 8k is well worth it.

As an aside, the old man in me often reminds me of how running is bad for my ankles, knees, and hips, esp my knees. No amount of high dollar shoes will be able to save me from that. :(

[Badhobz]

Dats why best bike is e bike. I ride one to the gym everyday and it takes zero effort.

[red kryptonite]

As an aside, the old man in me often reminds me of how running is bad for my ankles, knees, and hips, esp my knees. No amount of high dollar shoes will be able to save me from that. :(
i hate running!!!! during covid gym shut downs i started to go out on jogs, then runs, then sprints at the track, that lead to a torn acl :okay:

Dats why best bike is e road bike. I ride one to the gym everyday and it takes zero effort.
fixed

[TOS'd]

Ive been on public for many years, works great.

Downside is no phone support line, absolute garbage self serve system, and if you need help you need to make a second forum account, then wait for some "mod" to help you.

Its no frills, but absolute garbage when you need to add US data or whatever for a weekend get away.

Also those of you that love saving 40$ on your 8000$ tax bill, public mobile offers 1$ for every friend referral.
Get 34 friends signed up = free 50gb plan for life.

Hopefully I dont run into any issues out of the ordinary, the plans they currently offer already have US data included. This plan is getting comped by work, so if I can get US data out of it for free, I can pair it with my paid Fido plan and don't have to worry about roaming fees anymore.

[Badhobz]

Don't know why people think golf is some elitist game that only fat cats puffing cigars do while making business deals. It's not in Vancouver.

I don't play with CEOs and politicians at fucking Langara golf course LOL, especially not when it used to cost $40 for 5 hours of play. And I started with an old set of hand-me-down clubs some of which I still use to this day. The basic outlay back in the day was like a couple hundred bucks to buy a decent driver that wasn't made of wood anymore like 68style's clubs :lol

Well of course not at langara ! Heavens forbid.

The snobby fuckers are those that go to those private clubs that are invite only.

Anyone a part of royal Vancouver yacht club here ?! You want elitism.. try that club of douchebags. I got a free membership I think through the shipping federation and I still refuse to go to any of their events.

[underscore]

What do you guys use to get splattered bugs off your cars? We hit some juicy ones on the Coq this week.

[Razor Ramon HG]

What do you guys use to get splattered bugs off your cars? We hit some juicy ones on the Coq this week.

For regular bugs from driving on the highway, I just use a microfiber and spray some ONR diluted to 16:1.

[bcrdukes]

I just bought some Seafoam Bug Off. I'll try it out tonight and let you know if it works. :lol

[EvoFire]

I just power wash it off lol

[Badhobz]

I use Adam’s graphene detailer spray. If I don’t have it I’ll just use baby wipes to at least get most it off or worse case scenario just get a Chinese old lady to spit on it.

https://youtu.be/ph-ZcdWquJQ?si=KK961Ij5khh6PTet

[bcrdukes]

Holy WTF! :lol

[sonick]

I use Adam’s graphene detailer spray. If I don’t have it I’ll just use baby wipes to at least get most it off or worse case scenario just get a Chinese old lady to spit on it.

https://youtu.be/ph-ZcdWquJQ?si=KK961Ij5khh6PTet

Are you saying U want old Chinese lady to give you the hawk tuah?

[Traum]

Are you saying U want old Chinese lady to give you the hawk tuah?
Funny how that was the exact thing I was thinking of LOL~

[Badhobz]

I still can’t believe the old bitch just threw up her hands and walked away like waddya gonna do ?

[spoon.ek9]

did you narc on her grandson or something?

[Badhobz]

She stepped out from that Neptune Chinese restaurant and started spitting. Dim sum no goooddddd I guess ?

Either way when our women turn into old ladies they are brutal. You think white karens have an attitude problem ? Chinese old ladies don’t give a fuck about anything.

I can’t wait for spy balloon to hit menopause and starting fights at foodie world

[EvoFire]

That was fun, power out from 5:30pm to now.

[red kryptonite]

how long are u guys going between washes that u need a dedicated product for bugs?

[Klondike]

What do you guys use to get splattered bugs off your cars? We hit some juicy ones on the Coq this week.

Household ammonia in a spray bottle. Leave it for a minute then remove

Tire soap does the same trick. One time, this lesbo brought her old white impreza in, covered in moss, so we washed it with tire soap :lol

[bcrdukes]

Update on the Seafoam Bugs Be Gone.

It's essentially a very concentrated soap. You spray it on, let it soak for a minute to a minute and a half, spray if off with a hose, and wipe it off. It worked, but the stubborn bugs stuck on will require some extra effort. I'll need to clay bar and detail my car given all the dirt and grime stuck on it.

[underscore]

how long are u guys going between washes that u need a dedicated product for bugs?

Usually months cause I barely drive, but it's only when I drive the Coq/Connector that I have to deal with bugs and half of them have been baking on there for a few days before I maoe the return trip. There were lots of big ones, the kind you can actually hear hitting the windshield and leave massive smears of guts.

This time I was able to get on it right away so a pressure washer + microfiber with lots of soap got most of the goo off.

[spoon.ek9]

i just claybarred and waxed the gf's car the other day in 29C weather lol (yes, she helped out). turned out great though of course and well worth the effort.

[68style]

Spoony gettin some poony

[spoon.ek9]

exchanging one wax for another? :smug:

[GS8]

Wax on, whacks off

[68style]

I use Adam’s graphene detailer spray. If I don’t have it I’ll just use baby wipes to at least get most it off or worse case scenario just get a Chinese old lady to spit on it.

https://youtu.be/ph-ZcdWquJQ?si=KK961Ij5khh6PTet

WTF????

Raise the roof after? Why specifically in front of/on your car?!

[whitev70r]

Anybody understand European politics?

UK recently voted in a 'Liberal' Labour majority government over a Cons government that has been in power for like 14 yrs.

France is even more confusing, they have so many parties and a coalition of 'leftist' parties Popular Front - with communists, socialists, greens, etc. They have a first election and a second round election, a President and a Prime Minister (which could be and will be from different parties).

Could the international tilt toward the left be any indication for North American politics which seems to be tilting towards the right ...

[68style]

I mean the UK one is easy enough to understand, they left the EU which was disastrous for them and their economy and social programs are in the absolute shitter like they've never been in recent memory... how the Conservative government stayed in power for as long as it did there is nothing short of a miracle.

[mikemhg]

Anybody understand European politics?

UK recently voted in a 'Liberal' Labour majority government over a Cons government that has been in power for like 14 yrs.

France is even more confusing, they have so many parties and a coalition of 'leftist' parties Popular Front - with communists, socialists, greens, etc. They have a first election and a second round election, a President and a Prime Minister (which could be and will be from different parties).

Could the international tilt toward the left be any indication for North American politics which seems to be tilting towards the right ...

Different voting systems.

But yes, I do think this could be a bit of a tilt.

The Cons in the UK have ruined that country, Brexit has been an absolute disaster for that country. The public is finally waking up that modern conservatism is simply tax cuts (for those who don't need it), the whittling down of pubic services and infrastructure, privatization, all wrapped up in xenophobia, a Faustian trade.

I follow French politics far less than the UK, but the sentiments are similar. Macron essentially called the right's bluff, called an election, a genius move.

I think he realized that once people started to hear how batshit crazy the candidates running on the right sounded on the public stage, it would have an adverse affect. Thus here we are.

[whitev70r]

Oh Sh*t ... just got email that Ticketmaster was hacked and privacy breached ... GREAT !! I hated dealing with them before and hate them even more.


What Happened
Ticketmaster recently discovered that an unauthorized third party obtained information from a cloud database hosted by a third-party data services provider. Based on our investigation to date, we determined that the unauthorized activity occurred between April 2, 2024, and May 18, 2024. On May 23, 2024, we determined that some of your personal information may have been affected by the incident. We have not seen any additional unauthorized activity in the cloud database since we began our investigation.

[PeanutButter]

Hmm. didn't get an email. I wonder if it's isolated.

[whitev70r]

Ticketmaster says customers' credit card information affected by data breach

https://www.cbc.ca/news/ticketmaster-data-breach-1.7257764

[donk.]

Everywhere else you enter all your information, probably just keep it under the radar during a leak

[bcrdukes]

I've mentioned this to a few RS members in person, but I'm back in school doing some pre-course work until my program begins in January next year.

Throughout most of my academic career, I learned and wrote papers using the Modern Language Association (MLA) format. The school and program I'm going into uses APA style. I now have to unlearn everything, and relearn this new-to-me style. The nuances are minor, but make a huge difference. The learning curve isn't steep, but frustrating.

My advice to everyone: Don't go back to school after you've finished it. Move on in life and be done with it. :pokerface:

[Spectre_Cdn]

I've mentioned this to a few RS members in person, but I'm back in school doing some pre-course work until my program begins in January next year.

Throughout most of my academic career, I learned and wrote papers using the Modern Language Association (MLA) format. The school and program I'm going into uses APA style. I now have to unlearn everything, and relearn this new-to-me style. The nuances are minor, but make a huge difference. The learning curve isn't steep, but frustrating.

My advice to everyone: Don't go back to school after you've finished it. Move on in life and be done with it. :pokerface:

Throw it into ChatGPT and tell it to do the MLA -> APA conversion :awwyeah:

[underscore]

I now have to unlearn everything, and relearn this new-to-me style. The nuances are minor, but make a huge difference. The learning curve isn't steep, but frustrating.

I had to do this trying to help my cousin with her math homework a while back. She's not even that much younger than me but they were doing everything in a completely different way so I had to go learn how she was being taught to do it, then help her do it, and then check the answers using the method I learned.

[bcrdukes]

Throw it into ChatGPT and tell it to do the MLA -> APA conversion :awwyeah:

Haha first day of lecture, the professor starts his lecture by saying, “I’ll make this simple for you all. ChatGPT - don’t use it in this class. If you do, I suggest you withdraw from this course. This class is about writing, and the only to learn is if you do it yourself.” Well, shit. :lol

[Badhobz]

Use it anyways and call his bluff. Fuck you old man !!! You’re not the boss of me

[yray]

they had non chaptgpt mla to apa converters 20 years ago lol

heck, i just needed to put in the ibsn and it auto populated the title and author

[GS8]

I've mentioned this to a few RS members in person, but I'm back in school doing some pre-course work until my program begins in January next year.

Throughout most of my academic career, I learned and wrote papers using the Modern Language Association (MLA) format. The school and program I'm going into uses APA style. I now have to unlearn everything, and relearn this new-to-me style. The nuances are minor, but make a huge difference. The learning curve isn't steep, but frustrating.

My advice to everyone: Don't go back to school after you've finished it. Move on in life and be done with it. :pokerface:

I am triggered by APA...

This reminds me of when I was at College taking a pysch(o) course and I had to write my first paper ever in APA (some research project). I had no idea what I was doing and the teacher was no help. By the end of it, she flagged me down at the end of a class and told me that I plagiarized and I would be reported (when, in fact, I incorrectly cited my sources). By this point, I was already fed up so I said to her:

"Well, if you're gonna report me, then add in the part where I told you to go fuck yourself".

I then quit the course with like 4 weeks left.

It was here that I decided to quit the useless college degree bullshit and just pursue what I'm actually interested in.

And I'm still in the same industry I pursued!

EDIT: Looking back, some of the worst college professors I had were not working professionals. They too had useless college degrees and could only become useless teachers as a result. Then proceed to berate and lecture us beyond an academic level to makeup for their shortfalls of becoming a qualifiable and quantifiable member of society. Masquerading as intellectually domineering while proselytizing their vapid and insipid dogma that does not even begin to show much relevance beyond the 4 walls they play their performance as if vaudeville was second in line to their caliber of chrono & spatial occupation.

Decades later, I'm clearly still triggered :derp:

[Razor Ramon HG]

https://www.jguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/RESEM95988The_APA-696x391.jpg

There can only be one APA

[Badhobz]

Way to go you communist fuckers! if youre going to sell cars with speed limiters, you might as well just let robo car drive itself. Why even bother.

https://www.theautopian.com/why-europes-mandatory-speed-limiters-mean-the-end-of-driving-as-you-know-it/comment-page-1/

"If you’re in Europe, it’s now a choice that the government makes. As of July 7th, all new cars sold on the continent or in Northern Ireland have to have a mandatory speed limiter installed. The system is generally known as Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) and it’s probably going to show up on a lot of vehicles in the United Kingdom as well because the country basically shares a car market with the rest of its neighbors."

[GLOW]

apa mla i don't know what this is...

https://31.media.tumblr.com/5c166bcd0831f66dfa362fc52d3e9943/tumblr_mqf1dogBDZ1rzd6w3o1_400.gif

[underscore]

Way to go you communist fuckers! if youre going to sell cars with speed limiters, you might as well just let robo car drive itself. Why even bother.

https://www.theautopian.com/why-europes-mandatory-speed-limiters-mean-the-end-of-driving-as-you-know-it/comment-page-1/

"If you’re in Europe, it’s now a choice that the government makes. As of July 7th, all new cars sold on the continent or in Northern Ireland have to have a mandatory speed limiter installed. The system is generally known as Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) and it’s probably going to show up on a lot of vehicles in the United Kingdom as well because the country basically shares a car market with the rest of its neighbors."

I thought a lot of Euro cars were limited to 155mph anyways? Japan has been limited to 180km/h for ages.

[jcmaz]

I've mentioned this to a few RS members in person, but I'm back in school doing some pre-course work until my program begins in January next year.

Throughout most of my academic career, I learned and wrote papers using the Modern Language Association (MLA) format. The school and program I'm going into uses APA style. I now have to unlearn everything, and relearn this new-to-me style. The nuances are minor, but make a huge difference. The learning curve isn't steep, but frustrating.

My advice to everyone: Don't go back to school after you've finished it. Move on in life and be done with it. :pokerface:

Just use the Purdue APA guide for reference - https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/index.html

[Badhobz]

I thought a lot of Euro cars were limited to 155mph anyways? Japan has been limited to 180km/h for ages.

i think this new adaptive system is where if the road sign shows 100kph, it'll limit itself to 100kph.

[bcrdukes]

Just use the Purdue APA guide for reference - https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/index.html

Thank you for this. I appreciate that it's using the latest APA 7th edition. :fuckyea:

[underscore]

i think this new adaptive system is where if the road sign shows 100kph, it'll limit itself to 100kph.

https://canada.newark.com/productimages/large/en_GB/2518550-40.jpg

[bcrdukes]

i think this new adaptive system is where if the road sign shows 100kph, it'll limit itself to 100kph.

It would be even more intrusive say for example they implemented sensors along the highway with 5G connectivity and from a centralized system, with cars having connected "always on" modules, it limits the ECU/DME from speeding. But how would I know? I'm just a noob. :badpokerface:

[noclue]

Way to go you communist fuckers! if youre going to sell cars with speed limiters, you might as well just let robo car drive itself. Why even bother.

https://www.theautopian.com/why-europes-mandatory-speed-limiters-mean-the-end-of-driving-as-you-know-it/comment-page-1/

"If you’re in Europe, it’s now a choice that the government makes. As of July 7th, all new cars sold on the continent or in Northern Ireland have to have a mandatory speed limiter installed. The system is generally known as Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) and it’s probably going to show up on a lot of vehicles in the United Kingdom as well because the country basically shares a car market with the rest of its neighbors."

God I hate new cars like new appliances, why so many sensors and connectivity to the internet? Stupid ass stuff like ambient lights that look like a nightclub and an inside camera for tik tok.

[bcrdukes]

God I hate new cars like new appliances, why so many sensors and connectivity to the internet? Stupid ass stuff like ambient lights that look like a nightclub and an inside camera for tik tok.

Badhobz's recent vehicle purchase is exactly as you described it. :fullofwin:

[BIC_BAWS]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JP9Swop_Fg

This is a cool af video. I thought this was going to be boring or lowkey childish, but this was actually really interesting to listen to.

[westopher]

Notice what Rimac chose for his favourite car.

[bcrdukes]

God's Chariot! :buttrock:

[Manic!]

andre 3000 is coming to Vancouver.:awwyeah:
He is bringing his flute.:rukidding:

[68style]

The fuck is that crook Hennessey doing in that club of classy gentlemen

[Badhobz]

yeah isnt he like a world class drunk? (with a name like that)

[underscore]

Isn't this immortality's car?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/387125264859

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/wr8AAOSw5w1kvMhd/s-l960.webp

[Badhobz]

WHAT IS THIS? a CAR FOR ANTS!?

pretty sure his is bigger.... at least 1/4 bigger

[PeanutButter]

Hey what's the verdict here.

Four buddies going on a golf trip (flying). Three of the four have Nexus, the regular line looks to be 45mins, Nexus is like 10mins. Is it cool to leave the guy in the regular line while the three go through Nexus and meet him on the other side?

[Hondaracer]

Yes.

[whitev70r]

Of course it is cool, get a beer on the other side while you're waiting for his ass and show him why he should have gotten Nexus!

[whitev70r]

Wow, anyone on COPA Uruguay vs. Canada ...what an exciting last 10 mins! 2-2 after regulation time.

Uruguay tied it in extra time. Looks like it's going into penalty shot finish!

[whitev70r]

Heartbreaking ending :QQ:

[Traum]

We basically sent out the B team against Uruguay's A team. It's a miracle that the game turned out the way it did.

Nobody cares about the 3rd place finish anyway, and that's just sad for both teams.

[noclue]

Hey what's the verdict here.

Four buddies going on a golf trip (flying). Three of the four have Nexus, the regular line looks to be 45mins, Nexus is like 10mins. Is it cool to leave the guy in the regular line while the three go through Nexus and meet him on the other side?

No, they specifically tell you not to do this.

[SSM_DC5]

Hey what's the verdict here.

Four buddies going on a golf trip (flying). Three of the four have Nexus, the regular line looks to be 45mins, Nexus is like 10mins. Is it cool to leave the guy in the regular line while the three go through Nexus and meet him on the other side?

You got 1 yes and 1 no. Try it and report back the results.

[sonick]

Hey what's the verdict here.

Four buddies going on a golf trip (flying). Three of the four have Nexus, the regular line looks to be 45mins, Nexus is like 10mins. Is it cool to leave the guy in the regular line while the three go through Nexus and meet him on the other side?

If you're flying, it used to be before COVID that nexus holders can take co travellers with them thru securit together in the nexus line (just not customs).

Don't know if that's changed now they have different statuses (preferred travellers, etc.)

[Hondaracer]

No, they specifically tell you not to do this.

Maybe driving through the border, but airport security doesn’t care about this, even if everyone is on the same booking.

When you book the flight you can stick the nexus number in the profile for the passengers that have it, and it will show on their boarding passes, they can then break off and use the nexus line individually.

Even when you go through the US declaration portion they don’t care if the entire booking is together or not. I just did this twice in the last year. 2 people with nexus 2 people without were split up

[quasi]

Has anyone applied for this or know anyone who has? My niece who lives in Saskatchewan is coming out here to stay with me so she can attend post secondary here. It would be much easier and probably cheaper if she can just keep her Saskatchewan insurance well she attends school, I think she'll qualify but wondering if anyone else has done the application and the results?


https://www.icbc.com/insurance/moving-travelling/insurance-students-military-tourists

[68style]

I wouldn't even bother informing them. If she ever for any reason gets pulled over, just say she only got here a month ago. The less information you give the govt the better I always say lol

My buddy who went to SFU back in the day lived here and had Manitoba plates on his car for like 5 years because his parents lived in Winnipeg and he never had any issues or reported it to anyone.

Same with other friends who still have AB plates on their car for like 5+ years now.

[Badhobz]

yeah most of these ferrari lambo douchebags run AB plates and i dont think they give them any shit.

[bcrdukes]

Similar experience with a colleague who moved to Toronto from Seattle. He's been here in Toronto for 8 years with Washington plates. :pokerface:

[68style]

^ Wow!! hahahaha

[noclue]

I feel like it's all fun and games until you get into an accident and file a claim with out of province plates. Then the insurer (especially private insurers) start digging.

[Traum]

I feel like it's all fun and games until you get into an accident and file a claim with out of province plates. Then the insurer (especially private insurers) start digging.
I agree with this. Esp given how ICBC already has an exemption process for this, why would you not take advantage of it?

As something else to consider, BC actually has a much lower personal income tax rate than Manitoba. So if she plans on having any income at all -- I think it'd be wiser to defer the tution tax credits until she finishes school and starts working full time -- it'd make more sense for her to become a BC resident instead of keeping her MB residency status -- ie. going through the process of getting BC MSP, BC DL, etc.

AFAIK, BC's healthcare coverage is also better than MB. (Although she will continue to be covered by MB despite being in BC if she so chooses.) So that's something else for her to take into account as well.

[bcrdukes]

I feel like it's all fun and games until you get into an accident and file a claim with out of province plates. Then the insurer (especially private insurers) start digging.

This.

The worst part is the guy lives in (of all places) Brampton, which has the highest case of insurance rates and accidents in all of Canada.

How he's managed to get away scoff free w/o any accidents is beyond me. (He is aware of the risks.)

[mikemhg]

This.

The worst part is the guy lives in (of all places) Brampton, which has the highest case of insurance rates and accidents in all of Canada.

How he's managed to get away scoff free w/o any accidents is beyond me. (He is aware of the risks.)

Brampton you say... I wonder why...

[bcrdukes]

Because his name is also Mike and he is a Black guy originally from Seattle. (Not joking.)

I get what you mean though. :D

[SSM_DC5]

It's Amazon Prime Day! Find any good deals? Browsing doorbell cameras cuz skybell sucks, can't even catch the mailperson consistently.

[Badhobz]

my nest doorbell is very good. its hardwired in though.

^go buy that toyota oil filter tool. its good shit

[bcrdukes]

Real men tighten and loosen the oil filter by hand. :troll: :fuckyea:

[SSM_DC5]

my nest doorbell is very good. its hardwired in though.

^go buy that toyota oil filter tool. its good shit

I bought it like the day after I returned it to you. :concentrate: on a side note, the tool ain't part of prime deals today. :failed:

[winson604]

It's Amazon Prime Day! Find any good deals? Browsing doorbell cameras cuz skybell sucks, can't even catch the mailperson consistently.

No real killer deals. As for door bell I got a ring a few years ago during prime day and it has been fine so far. Though one really weird thing I've noticed is while I generally have never had issues with the doorbell detecting somebody come to the door in every single instance that Big Brothers has come to my door to grab donations it has never once triggered an alert. This has happened 4 times now, it's odd but that aside I'd say it has detected others 99% of the time.

[Badhobz]

So that nest door thingy has a cool feature where it alerts your phone with people who come by. You can give "frequent" visitors names

I renamed her friend "cunt bag" so now Cunt Bag is at the front door pops up on my notification list all the time.

Siri even reminds me, CUNTBAG is here!

[punkwax]

No real killer deals. As for door bell I got a ring a few years ago during prime day and it has been fine so far. Though one really weird thing I've noticed is while I generally have never had issues with the doorbell detecting somebody come to the door in every single instance that Big Brothers has come to my door to grab donations it has never once triggered an alert. This has happened 4 times now, it's odd but that aside I'd say it has detected others 99% of the time.

Big Brother watches you.

[GLOW]

So that nest door thingy has a cool feature where it alerts your phone with people who come by. You can give "frequent" visitors names

I renamed her friend "cunt bag" so now Cunt Bag is at the front door pops up on my notification list all the time.

Siri even reminds me, CUNTBAG is here!

do you have it programmed to say that out loud via a smart speaker?
reminds me of the scene from "don't be a menace" when homies enter a korean grocery store Kappa :troll: :lawl: :lol

[Badhobz]

^of course. my google smart speakers announces the cunt bag and then i laugh my ass off for all of 10 seconds before i have to see her face.

[radeonboy]

Anyone heard from MG1 lately? Haven't seen his posts for a while now.


^of course. my google smart speakers announces the cunt bag and then i laugh my ass off for all of 10 seconds before i have to see her face.

Should put a Google speaker outside so the message gets broadcasted

[unit]

wouldnt be the first time he took a break from rs

[whitev70r]

How are those living in the Six holding out today ... looked like a mess! Videos of drivers driving into a massive pool on the DVP ... WHAT are you thinking ... your car will float or something ??!!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-flood-adaptation-1.7265581

https://i.cbc.ca/1.1490739.1688761408!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/hi-852-train-cp04700579.jpg

https://toronto.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/10/2024/07/16/Stranded-car.jpg

[Badhobz]

Dukes !!!!!’ Rat !!!!!! I hope you toys got your snorkels on.

[sonick]

wouldnt be the first time he took a break from rs

Which one of you made him rage quit

[bcrdukes]

It was pretty bad at our office today in Brampton. I dodged a bullet today by deciding I would work from home.

One guy we work with JUST bought a new car the other week and his car was COMPLETELY flooded in. :lol

[Badhobz]

Dukes did you try and call uber eats delivery? if they don't make it in time, they will give you a free meal next time or a significant coupon!

[bcrdukes]

:peek:

[spoon.ek9]

^of course. my google smart speakers announces the cunt bag and then i laugh my ass off for all of 10 seconds before i have to see her face.

she's going to start connecting the dots lol.

"why does is your husband laugh his ass off every time I arrive?" :suspicious:

[Manic!]

Drake can't catch a break. His house flooded.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6449748

[6793026]

i was stuck on the DVP for 85 mins, i was not at hte flood area and made it out ok. Many around my house had floods and they JUST was about to complete the reno....

now they gotta start all over again.

[6793026]

How are those living in the Six holding out today ... looked like a mess! Videos of drivers driving into a massive pool on the DVP ... WHAT are you thinking ... your car will float or something ??!!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-flood-adaptation-1.7265581

https://i.cbc.ca/1.1490739.1688761408!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/hi-852-train-cp04700579.jpg

https://toronto.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/10/2024/07/16/Stranded-car.jpg

i don't blame them; when i was stuck, many were running low on gas; some ran and abandon ship. Some just peaced out and ran up.

[RabidRat]

We got lucky and weren't affected by the flooding or power outages.

I should probably look into getting a battery battery for the sump pump: seems like it's when you really need the pump to work, that's when you're most likely to have power go out.

[whitev70r]

^ yah, once power is out, the trickle down effect is pretty serious. Cell towers don't work rendering your phone (if you can charge it somewhere) useless, ATM's don't work with either no power or no connection (=no cash, most of us don't even carry much cash anymore), gas stations go down during events like this ... oddly when people need it (imagine if your tank was down to 1/4 or near red!), if they do open, credit card might not work because of communication. Internet service interrupted. If you want to cripple a city, hit the power stations.

[bcrdukes]

Depending on where you are, cell towers do work when power is out. By design, most (not all) cell towers have backup battery or diesel generators on site. Of course, battery backup or diesel backup can only last so long.


If you want to cripple a city, hit the power stations.

Fact: white70r is a terrorist. :D

[Traum]

I should probably look into getting a battery battery for the sump pump: seems like it's when you really need the pump to work, that's when you're most likely to have power go out.
Weren't you planning on getting an EV? With the recent flooding and power outage in TO, I've seen a number of people in the EV discussion groups posting photos of how they are tapping into their EV's battery to provide (essential) power to the house. Could be worth looking into.

[EvoFire]

I had to go to Kamloops late Monday night as a long time friend of mine messaged and told me he has very high brain pressure and wasn't going to make it, take care of his shit after and then he went radio silent.

I called his sister and we booked it up after I put my kids to sleep. We arrived to him just barely conscious in Kamloops ER. The CT returned a big brain bleed on the left side and a small one on the right.

The neurosurgeon operated on him and he now has a tube coming out of his head to relieve any continued bleeding, but he was mostly back to normal. We called his parents and they arrived and take over from me and I had to come back to my family and kids. The neurologists said he'll make a full recovery by a week and walking talking jumping like before, just with a suture in his head and minus some hair.

My friend is 36. He's had a troubling migraine for the last 2-3 weeks and he was given a checklist by his sister (nurse) and he followed through with it in his limited cognitive ability and went to the hospital. If he went a day later the prognosis would have been much worse. This was not a stroke as he didn't lose oxygen to his brain, but it could have developed into one if he waited any longer.

Just a PSA for everyone out there, age doesn't mean anything, there's no tough guy acts when it comes to health.

[Badhobz]

Your friends kind of a dick. Hey I’m dying. Take care of my family and shit bai.

That’s a helluva bomb to drop on a buddy. If I was dying I’d be like evofire come and fuck my wife. Okay bai.

Lucky you can drive 40km for free on a 300km trip to Kamloops. That 140k bmw is worth it

[EvoFire]

He's a single guy so he has no one really, just a dozen shitboxes.

I took the M3 because I didn't know how long I was going to be gone for and I can't leave my wife without a car.

[SSM_DC5]

... wasn't going to make it, take care of his shit after and then he went radio silent.

...
Time to get that notorized.


More importantly, good to hear he will make a full recovery.

[radeonboy]

I'm glad your friend will make a recovery, and I'm sure he'll have a different outlook on life from this experience...

I recently caught up with a friend and she brought up a classmate dying in his sleep randomly one night. He was in his early 30s and nothing was found in the system, so he probably died from a brain aneurysm or untreated sleep apnea. Just tragic...

[bcrdukes]

EvoFire,

First and foremost. Fuck you.

I cannot believe this is the kind of bullshit you would pull off for a dickbag friend while you can barely come out to a parking lot full of internet geeks and jerk offs who get horny over the wrong colour of your car. If you've made it this far in my rant, trust that I am only kidding.

In all seriousness, a shitty situation indeed. Hope your friend fully recovers. He's really lucky to have you as a friend. I'd do the same for Badhobz. :hotbaby:

If I was dying I’d be like evofire come and fuck my wife. Okay bai.

I'm holding you to this, Badhobz.

[EvoFire]

He's getting discharged tmr. His parents and sister are gonna hogtie him back to Vancouver for his recovery :lol

But I think this scared him a little and he wouldn't mind being around family just for a little bit. His bosses all came by yesterday to visit according to his sister, so work isn't going to be a problem. He's in a technical expertise role so it's gonna hurt them short term to not have him at work, but it would hurt even more to lose him completely.

[68style]

You a good bro EvoFire SeemsGood

I would trust you to delete my search history and caretake my cars if something happened to me.

[supafamous]

If I was dying I’d be like evofire come and fuck my wife. Okay bai.

While you're dying so you can watch or after you die?

[bcrdukes]

Why not both? :)

[68style]

While you're dying so you can watch or after you die?

Dis man asks the important questions :concentrate:

[EvoFire]

You a good bro EvoFire SeemsGood

I would trust you to delete my search history and caretake my cars if something happened to me.

Funny cause once his sister and I got enough info that my buddy was going to be fine, she was a bit pissy about why he messaged me first and not her.

I joked about how I need to clear his browser history, and she wouldn't know what to do with a gutted Yaris racecar and the other dozen or so shiboxes :nyan:

[Badhobz]

Evo logic : I’ll take the white m3. It’ll get me to my dying friend faster !

Interior Cops: mmmmmm!!!!!!!! Jackpot.

[bcrdukes]

Any recommendations for a multimeter?

Primary use is for some minor automotive and general household diagnostics. Don't need one that's made for commercial/industrial use. Looking for something that won't break the bank, but also not break after 2 uses. Thanks in advance.

[sonick]

Any recommendations for a multimeter?

Primary use is for some minor automotive and general household diagnostics. Don't need one that's made for commercial/industrial use. Looking for something that won't break the bank, but also not break after 2 uses. Thanks in advance.

I got mine from princess auto. https://www.princessauto.com/en/multimeters/category/360-020-005-020#

Goes on sale occasionally for like $18 or $20

[supafamous]

Parkshore sends me a marketing email about some BMW M tour event and when I see the list of cars my first thought is how ugly the BMW lineup is now. If they had a manual M2 I'd be interested in going for a spin but that's such an unappealing list of cars.

https://www.bmw.ca/m-ultimate-tour

https://i.imgur.com/OCEgX8s.png

[radeonboy]

At least there's no XM. Going to guess the surprise model is a M5.

[Razor Ramon HG]

Any IT bros in here affected by Crowdstrike?

:ohgodwhy:

[Manic!]

Just reading about crowdstrike. They fucked up big time. Whole companies are down. Sky news can't even broadcast.

[Razor Ramon HG]

It's amazing the amount of fuck ups that happened for this to occur.

1. Update was pushed on a Friday (or Thursday depending where you lived)
2. Update wasn't tested and pushed directly to production (if update was thoroughly tested, how was it not caught?)
3. Update wasn't staged by geographical location and was released worldwide all at once

There's probably more fuck ups you can add to the list, but those were the major ones that stood out to me.

[SkinnyPupp]

This is basically what everyone thought would happen for Y2K

[Badhobz]

It’s impacting the ports too. A few terminals are down because of this bullshit.

[sonick]

Gg Mercedes in Hungary this weekend lol

Edit:

https://x.com/ScrewderiaF1/status/1814256353797361980

[AzNightmare]

well fk... no wonder server went down yesterday evening. I was planning to get some work done. Woke up early this morning hoping whatever was the issue would be resolved by now... but nope.

[whitev70r]

Airports, planes, banks, healthcare, and many businesses affected. Make it a long weekend folks ... take the day off work.

[RabidRat]

Man. The one time I book Porter instead of Air Canada, it's Porter affected and not AC. They've grounded their flights.

Could be stuck in Montreal tonight! :p

[EvoFire]

It's amazing the amount of fuck ups that happened for this to occur.

1. Update was pushed on a Friday (or Thursday depending where you lived)
2. Update wasn't tested and pushed directly to production (if update was thoroughly tested, how was it not caught?)
3. Update wasn't staged by geographical location and was released worldwide all at once

There's probably more fuck ups you can add to the list, but those were the major ones that stood out to me.

Yeah one more, they released on Friday. Everyone in tech knows not to do releases on Fridays.

[Badhobz]

Man. The one time I book Porter instead of Air Canada, it's Porter affected and not AC. They've grounded their flights.

Could be stuck in Montreal tonight! :p

Try the strippers and this restaurant in the old port.

Good atmosphere and meat.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/m3eVrQcpK4NMwgnX7?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.cop y

[roastpuff]

Any IT bros in here affected by Crowdstrike?

:ohgodwhy:

Thankfully(?) on Fortinet :badpokerface:

[EvoFire]

I work at Amazon right now, they don't use Crowdstrike and they don't use Azure(obviously) either and most ppl are on Macs

[underscore]

I imagine any IT department that does staggered updates is feeling pretty smug right now.

[PeanutButter]

What's more crazy to me is that Crowdstrike has a PE ratio of 567 right now...This might be the most overvalued company in the history of companies.

Imagine paying $567 for every $1 of earnings for a company and this is after a -12% day. Who's buying this stock? That is crazy.

[CivicBlues]

Traditional P/E logic doesn't really make sense with tech companies though. And 567 isn't the highest https://www.marketbeat.com/market-data/high-pe-stocks/

[Hondaracer]

Hondaracers stock tip of the day - Nintendo

Used to hold Nintendo a few years back and made a nice little profit, sold my whole position though. I listen to a few gaming podcast that continually review the Nintendo directs etc.

The replacement for the switch will likely be coming in 2025, holiday 2025 would be perfect.

As well, Nintendo is likely to cut the price of all switches for this Christmas, and as a result, may take the crown as the best selling console of all time prior to the next gen being released.

Honestly this feels like as much of a slam dunk for a double digit profit in a 1.5 year period or so as I’ve felt in a while as a totally amateur investor lol. Also investing in companies I use and like seems to always result in a nice pay day.

[Razor Ramon HG]

Thankfully(?) on Fortinet :badpokerface:

Luckily when I joined my company several years ago, we were pretty piss poor so the previous IT folks went with Sophos, lol.

Our firewalls are going EOL next year. At one point, I had considered switching the Sophos out with Fortigates + going with Crowdstrike as the EDR.

Will probably reconsider now.

monkaS

Man. The one time I book Porter instead of Air Canada, it's Porter affected and not AC. They've grounded their flights.

Could be stuck in Montreal tonight! :p

My close friend is a pilot for Porter. He lives in Vancouver but works out of Toronto at the moment (they are opening a Vancouver base in October so that's great for him)

He's worried he won't be able to hop on a flight back to Toronto to start his shift tomorrow.

Told him to start driving his ass cross country.

:lawl:

[supafamous]

PSA: I'm pleased to report that the rumours that Chicken Lady of LA Chicken fame is alive and well and working at LA Chicken are real. While she may have put on 20lbs since I last saw her she was spotted working collaboratively with her ex-husband, aka Chicken Man, during the lunch hour service.

In other news, the chicken still rocks and they still don't salt their fries.

[roastpuff]

Luckily when I joined my company several years ago, we were pretty piss poor so the previous IT folks went with Sophos, lol.

Our firewalls are going EOL next year. At one point, I had considered switching the Sophos out with Fortigates + going with Crowdstrike as the EDR.

Will probably reconsider now.

monkaS



Before, we had very basic stuff until we got a new CIO and then a breach happened a week after he was appointed CIO lmao. Emergency deployment of DarkTrace + upgrading our Fortigates, nothing like a good scare to get the money flowing.

DarkTrace seems to be pretty damn cool IMO.

[PeanutButter]

Traditional P/E logic doesn't really make sense with tech companies though. And 567 isn't the highest https://www.marketbeat.com/market-data/high-pe-stocks/

I feel like PE always makes sense, even for tech stocks. At the very least, it'll give you a gauge on the riskiness of the stock. Anyone buying a company with a PE of 567, must really believe in the growth of the company long term.

I get that tech stocks will trade at higher multiples, but if you're above a 100 PE, the company must have some serious growth potential, like 100% quarter over quarter growth for starters.

[HonestTea]

What's more crazy to me is that Crowdstrike has a PE ratio of 567 right now...This might be the most overvalued company in the history of companies.

Imagine paying $567 for every $1 of earnings for a company and this is after a -12% day. Who's buying this stock? That is crazy.

What a fucking rookie error by CRWD and honestly think the company is amazing, heavily invested in them with avg cost hovering around $90~

After what happened today, I might rebalance a good chunk of my CRWD and take some profits.

[whitev70r]

After today, CRWD might drop to $9 per share.

[whitev70r]

Do you think there will be litigation or class-action against CrowdStrike?

[bcrdukes]

Litigation - yes. Outcomes may likely be settled out of court.

Class-action - unlikely

[dark0821]

After today, CRWD might drop to $9 per share.

I was joking with my friends, might be a good time to buy in lolol~

[Badhobz]

I’m at Walmart this morning (7am)
https://i.postimg.cc/pr9LRptQ/IMG-9690.jpg

Saw this epic thing for 99 dollars ! That ain’t bad
Even has his iconic helmet painted correctly

[Traum]

I was at Toy R Us the other day and saw this too, but it was definitely selling for over $100.

[Gumby]

TRU often sells LEGO sets at higher than MSRP.

Biggest complaint for that set is the front and rear wheels are the same width... To correct this, hardcore fans have bought 3D printed tires.