Random stuff - the anything else thread
#5131
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
"At the end of the day, we have rules that make fire-resistant trees illegal in our forests. That's just nuts," Steidle said.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...year-1.4907358
A bit of a crazy policy.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...year-1.4907358
A bit of a crazy policy.
#5132
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
The storm is still blowing in the Atlantic:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...pill-1.4911091
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...pill-1.4911091
#5133
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
The storm is still blowing in the Atlantic:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...pill-1.4911091
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...pill-1.4911091
#5134
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Said minister was interviewed this morning on CBC radio and was utterly unconvincing as always. I was out of the province last week so my initial assumption was that the spill was related to coupling/uncoupling a shuttle tanker as previous, smaller spills. (The Sea Rose FPSO is a floating installation & oil produced is pumped into shuttle tankers to be taken to shore for transhipment to refineries). But this is very different - a leak somewhere in the sub-sea infrastructure. It has been rough here following last weeks windstorm (I landed in St John's at 5pm on Friday & the pilot told us that we were flying through salt spray at 1500ft altitude) so I get that they haven't been able to send a ROV down yet to see whats happening. However, the reality is that in the event of any major subsea problem, there is a paucity of equipment available compared to say Gulf of Mexico or North Sea and it can be bloody rough offshore. So if there were a serious problem, I think response would be a problem.
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#5136
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Interesting article, guy gets taken to hospital by paramedics, same paramedics 2 hours later attend a murder scene. DNA comes back and implicates the guy who was taken to hospital. In the end things were sorted and he never had to go to trial, but kind of scary could happen to anyone.
https://www.wired.com/story/dna-tran...med-murder/amp
https://www.wired.com/story/dna-tran...med-murder/amp
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Every day sometime between 2am and 4am a lady starts to yell Tristian over and over for about 45 mins.
MIL thinks we can find an apartment for $600 a month...lol
MIL thinks we can find an apartment for $600 a month...lol
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#5141
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Stepkids were trying to work out the HST on something advertised at $260. (15%)
Well, $200 would be $30 so 15% of $60 is...uh...er...
I say it's much easier to just take 10% and then halve that again.
Silence.
Then
"OMG that is so easy!!!!"
Well, $200 would be $30 so 15% of $60 is...uh...er...
I say it's much easier to just take 10% and then halve that again.
Silence.
Then
"OMG that is so easy!!!!"
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I’m having a really really bad day today and this has had me in tears of laughter.
Kevin the Carrot and the chaos he is causing!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46301917
Kevin the Carrot and the chaos he is causing!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46301917