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Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 13055318)
I found reports of a shortage last fall, but nothing recent...
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 13055307)
Turkeys.
I don't remember the last time Turkeys were featured in the flyers. I've been used to seeing them advertised at lower than usual prices around half a dozen times a year - definitely including approaching Canadian Thanksgiving, which is October 11 this year. But here were are, in the flyer period including 29th Sept and no sign of them. My local independent would usually have had something advertised by now about their fresh ones but not a thing. The frozen ones are in-store as usual but I'm used to maintaining a supply so that when the sales promotions come along I'm replacing the one we're about to eat, so always having the next one ready and waiting. But we had our last one at Easter thinking there would be a flyer deal in time for the next one and there's been nothing. We just bought one so we're sorted, but the last time I paid this much was because it was way bigger than normally needed. Is there an expected shortage? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-b...nner-1.5850239 |
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Originally Posted by spouse of scouse
(Post 13055434)
Turkeys are flying off the shelves this holiday season — and grocers aren't entirely sure why· Posted: Dec 22, 2020 7:00 AM AT | Last Updated: December 22, 2020 |
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Originally Posted by Siouxie
(Post 13055557)
That was 2020 :D
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Originally Posted by caretaker
(Post 13055227)
Who is the celebrity?
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Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 13055601)
Wayne Lineker
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Originally Posted by spouse of scouse
(Post 13055434)
Originally Posted by Siouxie
(Post 13055557)
That was 2020 :D
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Originally Posted by spouse of scouse
(Post 13055577)
Ground hog day?
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 13055618)
What do they taste like? :lol:
Oh...and do they repeat on you? |
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I am starting to think wife and I may never be able to leave at the same time again, we did today for about 2 1/2 hours but the apartment was baking when we got home and poor dog was not happy, just gets too hot with the windows closed, but its not safe to leave the windows open when not home, so best solution of the dog can't come, someone just stays home.
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This has probably been posted before, but eh I still think its interesting everytime I come across it, interesting to see how things were 46 years ago.
https://www.nfb.ca/film/whistling_smith/ |
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Oh yes, Whistling Smith!!
I don't have to read the story, he comes immediately back to mind. he was a great guy! |
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Got an email from the place we used to get our dog food from, and they are having to move as the building they are in is being torn down for condos, I hope they continue to do well at their new location, they are losing their advantage downtown, hopefully their customers will continue to support them now that they had to relocate outside of downtown, they are a nice group of people who run the store.
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Hopefully the rest of the provinces follow, and hopefully the eligiblity requirements wont be too difficult for patients with CF to meet, but good news for CF patients in Ontario, Alberta, and SK though, this drug is pretty revolutionary for CF and patients and groups have fought a battle to even get it approved, which finally was done in June, and now finally got some provinces to provide coverage for it, as few people with CF can afford the 300,000 a year the drug costs.
Unlike other medications used for CF, that treat the symptoms, Trikafta targets the cause which is a faulty protein that causes people with CF to have thick mucus that clogs up the lungs and digestive system. Science has come a long way with CF and there might be a day when people with it will be able to live a full life, in 1962 average life expectancy for someone with CF was 10 years old, today the average is 37.5 years, and people born today who have CF are expected to be able to realistically live to their 50's. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saska...oved-1.6189824 |
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MIL neighborhood has been on a lock down for a couple hours after a man was reportdly walking around with a rifle in the area.
I'd think if the RCMP haven't found anyone, and there has been no reports of any shooting, that maybe its not real, or it was just an idiot who is now hiding at home realizing they were an idiot. |
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Was in my condo's hot-tub tonight, no-one was around thank goodness. Turned off the bubbles and did my impression of the last minutes of Brian Jones’ life. I turned them [bubbles] back on and did other impression of the hopeful drowning of Simon Le Bon but with a dead and suspiciously underage fluffy Persian kitten. I suppose underaged and kitten is rather redundant. Anyway it was a lovely evening.
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Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 13056810)
Was in my condo's hot-tub tonight, no-one was around thank goodness. Turned off the bubbles and did my impression of the last minutes of Brian Jones’ life. I turned them [bubbles] back on and did other impression of the hopeful drowning of Simon Le Bon but with a dead and suspiciously underage fluffy Persian kitten. I suppose underaged and kitten is rather redundant. Anyway it was a lovely evening.
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Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 13056812)
Oh how fancy a hot tub in your building. ;)
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Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 13056810)
Was in my condo's hot-tub tonight, no-one was around thank goodness. Turned off the bubbles and did my impression of the last minutes of Brian Jones’ life. I turned them [bubbles] back on and did other impression of the hopeful drowning of Simon Le Bon but with a dead and suspiciously underage fluffy Persian kitten. I suppose underaged and kitten is rather redundant. Anyway it was a lovely evening.
We bought an inflatable hot tub and it's been the best purchase in a long old while. Himself is off hunting over the weekend so I'm planning a husbandless home in tub alone hour or so. The hunting is to shoot feral pigs in what is a national park . |
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Originally Posted by BEVS
(Post 13056815)
Fab stuff.
We bought an inflatable hot tub and it's been the best purchase in a long old while. Himself is off hunting over the weekend so I'm planning a husbandless home in tub alone hour or so. The hunting is to shoot feral pigs in what is a national park . |
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Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 13056795)
MIL neighborhood has been on a lock down for a couple hours after a man was reportdly walking around with a rifle in the area.
I'd think if the RCMP haven't found anyone, and there has been no reports of any shooting, that maybe its not real, or it was just an idiot who is now hiding at home realizing they were an idiot. Turned out to be all made up. Psychiatric evaluation following his court appearance. |
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Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 13055943)
Hopefully the rest of the provinces follow, and hopefully the eligiblity requirements wont be too difficult for patients with CF to meet, but good news for CF patients in Ontario, Alberta, and SK though, this drug is pretty revolutionary for CF and patients and groups have fought a battle to even get it approved, which finally was done in June, and now finally got some provinces to provide coverage for it, as few people with CF can afford the 300,000 a year the drug costs.
Unlike other medications used for CF, that treat the symptoms, Trikafta targets the cause which is a faulty protein that causes people with CF to have thick mucus that clogs up the lungs and digestive system. Science has come a long way with CF and there might be a day when people with it will be able to live a full life, in 1962 average life expectancy for someone with CF was 10 years old, today the average is 37.5 years, and people born today who have CF are expected to be able to realistically live to their 50's. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saska...oved-1.6189824 She died aged 13 .............as you posted life expectancy was low back in the day. |
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One lucky person/s who bought a ticket in Burnaby, BC is 70 million dollars richer.
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...ba64f55802.jpg |
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I wonder if this contractor underbid and now can't afford to continue the project, either way sucks for Metro Vancouver and its residents.
Wasterwater plant was supposed to cost $700 million and be completed by end of 2020, its now at $1 billion, wil be almost 3 years behind on completion, and now the contractor has done mass lay offs apparently and work has stopped. Doesn't seem like a good sign, kind of seems maybe the contractor bit off too much and now maybe lacks the funds to continue? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...lays-1.6195813 |
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Always seems to be the US charging Canadians for money laundering and other financial crimes, anyhow some shady Canadians in the pandora papers leak, one while dead was a criminal mastermind, another is in prison in the US for conspiring to launder money, another is facing security fraud charges in the US, also a skater and race car driver in the papers.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/pandora-pape...ance-1.6197303 |
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Outdated breast cancer screening guidelines could be costing people their life and delayed diagnoses, some provinces wont even let women book their mamograms without a doctors requisition and Canadian taskforce on preventative care doesn't reccomend women get mammograms until 50.
BC once 40 women can self book mammograms, no need for a doctor requisition but apparently this isn't the case in every province. https://globalnews.ca/news/8239335/b...canada-report/ |
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Originally Posted by caretaker
(Post 13056896)
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This wastewater saga is getting interesting, seems the contractor Acciona is also involved in the Broadway Skytrain, Patullo Bridge & Site C.
Metro Vancouver still doesn't seem know know why they laid off most of the workers and appear to have abandoned the wastewater site, Metro says they have upheld all of the terms on their end, and made all payments due on time, but the contractor keeps missing key milestones on the project, Metro even agreed in 2019 to give them an extra 2 1/2 years, and in addition the cost is $1 billion and counting, was supposed to only cost $700 million. |
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Originally Posted by BEVS
(Post 13058290)
Where is that ? We once had a couple of neddies in what used to be the paddock next door to us.
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G'won - away wit choo. I had to google that. :lol: |
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If you can't travel and see the world, youtube is next best option really...
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I heard an interview with Peter Mansbridge in the middle of the night - a repeat of a Sunday morning show and he was talking about being recognised and how it was sometimes an advantage. He recounted an incident where he was stopped by a traffic cop and upon passing out his driving licence and insurance, the cop, in recognition of the name exclaimed "Peter Mansbridge!"
(thinks...I love this job) "We were at such and such school in Ottawa together" says the cop. PM looks up at him, doesn't recognise him but he did go to that school so says "Oh yeah!" So for a couple of minutes the cop says something about remembering camp and they talk about various mutual acquaintances. Then a pause and suspense as to whether he gets a ticket. The cop says - "So what do you do now?" :rofl: |
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 13058443)
I heard an interview with Peter Mansbridge in the middle of the night - a repeat of a Sunday morning show and he was talking about being recognised and how it was sometimes an advantage. He recounted an incident where he was stopped by a traffic cop and upon passing out his driving licence and insurance, the cop, in recognition of the name exclaimed "Peter Mansbridge!"
(thinks...I love this job) "We were at such and such school in Ottawa together" says the cop. PM looks up at him, doesn't recognise him but he did go to that school so says "Oh yeah!" So for a couple of minutes the cop says something about remembering camp and they talk about various mutual acquaintances. Then a pause and suspense as to whether he gets a ticket. The cop says - "So what do you do now?" :rofl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mansbridge Perhaps he should have been working for the BBC - because he's a British Born Canadian :rofl: (although he was born in Britain, his grandfather was Canadian).. |
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Was looking through some old photos of me from 2012 when I lived in Ontario, amaxing how much aging I did in 9 years...I didn't have any grey in my hair or beard yet, now I am basically entirely gray on the beard and mostly grey or process of turning grey on the head and thinner by a good chunk, I am going to look my grandpa in 10 more years. :rofl:
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It really does take a talent to built model train layouts, some people do quite a good job.
N scale so smaller than HO and some of the larger scales. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...802efb6b72.jpg G Scale is bigger and even found outside set ups. Of course some people even go big and take it to the next level and build a railroad they can ride on. This guy has a good one too. And my favorite railroad of them all the Disneyland Railway and might be the best job in the entire theme park. :lol: |
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My favourite rail track
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