rbos

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[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 hours ago
[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

There is often very limited table space and stacking the dishes can be more about making room than server convenience.

That said, obviously don't be dumb about it. Stack dishes properly and maybe stick the utensils in a cup so they aren't at risk of falling during transport.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

New Brunswick: billionaire fiefdom.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

Only they are allowed to use that word.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

They needed a symbol to spray paint on their tanks to easily differentiate them. Z is simple and it's not a a Cyrillic letter.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (4 children)

They tag some of their military assets with 'Z' for battlefield identification

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 36 points 2 days ago (7 children)

They'll still have to pay the tariff when crossing the border back to the USA, unless they want to risk smuggling it.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

They wouldn't need to. Soft power would be sufficient to get them nearly everything they want, without risking boots on the ground.

The main risk to us, from a military perspective, is if the USA collapses federally and the states end up fighting amongst each other. The Midwest states will collapse into chaos and feudal fiefdoms, lacking access to trade opportunities (IMO) so border raids there will be the big risk. Actual military occupation might be a concern if the dice rolls the wrong way in the East - Toronto and Quebec are very vulnerable, and sitting on huge reserves of fresh water plus the St. Laurence seaway.

It would be a hell of a thing if Canada ended up with alliances with the southern slaveholding states.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I live in Canada and in the event of US autocratic regime, we are in danger. I would like it if the European Union had our back against (say) incursions from former US border states, but I get that they would have their own problems to deal with.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I get the need for them, to pay for shared building services. Strata fees pay for exercise rooms, pools, grounds maintenance, whatever. I 100% am behind them, as long as the Strata council is responsive to needs and not corrupted, but there's the rub.

I'd generally be happier with few services and low strata fees tho.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Yeah. I'm pretty much resigned to living in our rental until we get renovicted. No kids, double income, a lot of savings... but the mortgage payments would be way more than it's worth to have a minor upgrade. Strata payments alone are often more than our rent!

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Not Vancouver. Nothing that size would go less than 2 million until you hit Coquitlam. MAYBE.

 

Apologies for the English, my monolingualism is entirely my own fault at this point.

The tldr: my grandmother grew up during WW2 in the occupied Netherlands, and migrated to Canada in the 1950s in her 20s.

She is likely in the stages of early dementia, and one of the recommendations for dementia patients is to find music that they'd likely enjoyed as teenagers or young adults. I'd like to see if I can find something that fits that rough description. I expect I can make do with the English catalogue of classic rock and country from that time, but it'd be nice to find something a little different.

Can someone make any broad recommendations for popular Dutch music from the 1950s? Ideally, something I can find in mp3 format, but I'm willing to spend some money.

 

From a Youtube comment:

"Sadly the creator of this mash-up has passed away. His name was Erwin Beekveld and he died on 30th of march 2022 aged 52. Thank you for all the joy you gave us, Erwin. Rest In Peace"

Pour one out for an OG memelord.

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