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tenpenny · « **Reply #16040 on:** March 24, 2019, 02:12:07 pm »

Watching the Clarkson Cup, Calgary vs Montreal. Good hockey.

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pi314 · « **Reply #16041 on:** March 24, 2019, 04:30:28 pm »

Quote from: rrocket on March 23, 2019, 03:36:55 pm

Quote from: pi314 on March 23, 2019, 11:21:33 am
Put in a claim with VW last June for my door rubbing against the front fender.

Dealer messed it up, had personnel issues, and tried to make that my problem. Here we are nearing the end of March; they're now going to book an appointment to fix it.

Maybe I should have stuck with Japanese cars
Wait...it as rubbing from the factory? Misaligned?

Yup. I'll grab a picture after next carwash.

rrocket · « **Reply #16042 on:** March 24, 2019, 04:47:49 pm »

FFS...was your car assembled by Tesla?

Bubba · « **Reply #16043 on:** March 25, 2019, 12:20:05 pm »

Wednesday's Powerball jackpot: $750M USD or $1.0B CAD.

blur911 · « **Reply #16044 on:** March 28, 2019, 12:18:45 pm »

Looking at local auctions in the paper, there's an interesting one near Airbalancer.
https://sullivanauctions.com/event/auction-garage-equipment-and-vehicles-auction/

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1968 Shelby 2 door Fastback GT500KR 8 cyl with 428, 4 spd trans, – 61,500 miles; 1970 Ford Mustang “Boss” 302 4 spd, 72000 miles; 1971 Plymouth 440 Road Runner, 4 spd, 52000 miles; ( All vehicles stored inside and in good running condition); 1929 Dodge Bros “Whippet” 4 door sedan – running condition; 1939 Plymouth 4 door sedan – running condition; 1951 Chevrolet “Power Glide” 4 door sedan- running....

Ex-airbalancer · « **Reply #16045 on:** March 28, 2019, 12:43:42 pm »

Quote from: blur911 on March 28, 2019, 12:18:45 pm

Looking at local auctions in the paper, there's an interesting one near Airbalancer.
https://sullivanauctions.com/event/auction-garage-equipment-and-vehicles-auction/
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1968 Shelby 2 door Fastback GT500KR 8 cyl with 428, 4 spd trans, – 61,500 miles; 1970 Ford Mustang “Boss” 302 4 spd, 72000 miles; 1971 Plymouth 440 Road Runner, 4 spd, 52000 miles; ( All vehicles stored inside and in good running condition); 1929 Dodge Bros “Whippet” 4 door sedan – running condition; 1939 Plymouth 4 door sedan – running condition; 1951 Chevrolet “Power Glide” 4 door sedan- running....

If you are buying on the reserve do you have to pay HST ?
I wonder if there will be a pot truck set up beside the fries truck

BWII · « **Reply #16046 on:** March 30, 2019, 10:36:06 pm »

Nice, I'll take both Mustangs and the '39 Plymouth.

tenpenny · « **Reply #16047 on:** March 31, 2019, 04:08:02 pm »

Mussolini’s granddaughter is in a twitter fight with Jim Carrey, because he posted a cartoon about what happens to dictators.

LOL.

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Bubba · « **Reply #16048 on:** March 31, 2019, 11:01:06 pm »

There was a Canadian Women's Hockey League? Who knew?

tenpenny · « **Reply #16049 on:** April 01, 2019, 09:32:26 am »

I used to watch the occasional game when I could find that it was on, and I did watch the Clarkson Cup a couple of weeks ago.

It was interesting watching some of the US and Canadian Olympic team women playing with each other. Also interesting is that there are several cases where a US Olympic player and a Canadian Olympic team player are married (ie, to each other). I would think that would make an interesting dynamic.

I do hope something resurfaces out of this, it would be good to have somewhere for these really good players to continue playing at a high level.

Solstice2006 · « **Reply #16050 on:** April 01, 2019, 09:53:24 am »

Quote from: Vmango on April 01, 2019, 09:38:43 am

Quote from: tenpenny on April 01, 2019, 09:32:26 am
I used to watch the occasional game when I could find that it was on, and I did watch the Clarkson Cup a couple of weeks ago.

It was interesting watching some of the US and Canadian Olympic team women playing with each other. Also interesting is that there are several cases where a US Olympic player and a Canadian Olympic team player are married (ie, to each other). I would think that would make an interesting dynamic.

I do hope something resurfaces out of this, it would be good to have somewhere for these really good players to continue playing at a high level.

Certainly agree with your last statement. I can't say I'm a connoisseur of women's sports but I really enjoy women's tennis and skiing. I also prefer women's gymnastics to the men.

I wonder why? Could it be the eye candy?

Fobroader · « **Reply #16051 on:** April 01, 2019, 10:32:11 am »

Quote from: Vmango on April 01, 2019, 09:06:54 am

Quote from: Bubba on March 31, 2019, 11:01:06 pm
There was a Canadian Women's Hockey League? Who knew?

I didn't until seeing the scorn across my timeline this morning of why I didn't support the women

Pretty rich seeing this from Sportnet as well. I mean, why wouldn't they have put the ladies on primetime Saturday night or given them a huge TV deal or ran an ad or two if they wanted our support.

I feel terrible for the women but give me a break.

Yup, I had no idea either till I saw the CBC article throwing shade at hockey fans for not supporting this league.....kinda hard to support something I don't know exists. I enjoy womens hockey in the olympics, I would watch it without a doubt.

BWII · « **Reply #16052 on:** April 07, 2019, 12:36:40 am »

Went to the Home & Garden show in Wpg today...yawn. Don't need to do that again. Kortney from Masters of Flip is better looking in person, and smaller too. TV really does add pounds! lol
Waiting in line 25+ minutes to get a parking pass. One friggin' machine to hand out tickets, ate one guys money and wouldn't give him a ticket, so he punched it and alarms went off.

I suggested to the guy in front of me as I saw someone leaving "should go ask that guy for his ticket" - so he ran up to the truck, and the guy gave him the ticket!

Fack me.
Next car leaves a guy behind me runs up, pays full price, gets a ticket and gone. I'm still 10 minutes or more to the dispenser...
3rd guy runs to a car leaving and same thing...FFS...

At least it wasn't cold. Much.

I "sold" mine to some guy in a Tesla for 2 bucks...he had a Tesla...should've made him pay the full $5!
Now I can't find the toonie.

Went to Princess Auto for some E-Track...more exciting than the Home show...until we were done looking for what we wanted, and then there was really nothing to look at. Don't need to go there again either. Not for a long time...another 50 yrs should be good.

tenpenny · « **Reply #16053 on:** April 07, 2019, 01:27:17 pm »

Thought today would be appropriate to re-read Shake Hands With the Devil (Dallaire), after hearing him on Sunday Morning, but it’s turning my stomach, and I cannot possibly take any more.

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Sir Osis of Liver · « **Reply #16054 on:** April 08, 2019, 09:20:29 am »

^ I couldn't read it.

Around 6:30 Sunday morning I was looking out the window and noticed someone checking the doors of a Volvo XC90. Then the car next to it. Then they jumped the barrier into the parking lot of an adjacent building. A little while later the popo showed up and the person was given a ride downtown.

Apparently the cars are very rarely damaged, but unlocked cars will get rummaged through.

tenpenny · « **Reply #16055 on:** April 10, 2019, 07:53:57 am »

When co workers leave their laptops unattended, I like to google search really bizarre random things (always suitable for work), so that their google ad feeds get filled up with oddball stuff.

OliverD · « **Reply #16056 on:** April 10, 2019, 08:10:36 am »

Quote from: tenpenny on April 10, 2019, 07:53:57 am

When co workers leave their laptops unattended, I like to google search really bizarre random things (always suitable for work), so that their google ad feeds get filled up with oddball stuff.

This is why I always lock mine when I leave my desk.

Brig · « **Reply #16057 on:** April 10, 2019, 04:52:57 pm »

Quote from: tenpenny on April 10, 2019, 07:53:57 am

When co workers leave their laptops unattended, I like to google search really bizarre random things (always suitable for work), so that their google ad feeds get filled up with oddball stuff.

Love it! Like what?

rrocket · « **Reply #16058 on:** April 10, 2019, 04:59:27 pm »

Quote from: tenpenny on April 10, 2019, 07:53:57 am

When co workers leave their laptops unattended, I like to google search really bizarre random things (always suitable for work), so that their google ad feeds get filled up with oddball stuff.

LOL.

You'd be "disappeared" if you did that here.

Even the IT guys can't touch our workstations without our permission. Much to their chagrin.

Sir Osis of Liver · « **Reply #16059 on:** April 11, 2019, 08:48:55 am »

There was a power plant manager I worked for who was pretty strict with people keeping their unattended workstations locked.

One day at lunch he noticed an unlocked workstation. He got on it and wrote a very, very nasty and crude email and sent it to his own email address. He went back to his laptop and responded with "See me."

To help frame it a bit, he was a tall, older German fellow with a face that looked mad regardless of how he felt.

The person who left the computer unlocked came back from lunch, noticed the emails and went to the manager's office. The manager was going to drag it out a bit, but the fellow looked like he was about to stroke out, so he explained what happened.

Never had an issue with unlock computers again as far as I know.