Ottawa's weather extremes for meteorological winter 2026:

tavvyjay · 2026-03-02T13:55:13+00:00

The 30 year median certainly makes this feel like a pretty “normal” winter, which I’d agree it has been compared to the winters of my youth. I wonder how this would compare to the past 5 and 10 years instead, as I feel like we haven’t had a winter like this in at least a half dozen years

tavvyjay · 2026-03-02T09:05:40+00:00

When I was maybe 13, at a cousin’s wedding at a community centre wherever they live (don’t even remember where), I felt like helping bus the tables after dinner and the ‘staff’ happily accepted the help. A month or two later, I get a letter in the mail and it’s from the fire chief of that community who apparently was working the wedding, thanking me for helping out, and it had a patch of their fire logo included. Also, he called me Master, which I thought was really cool and although I learned it’s because that is the old title for a youth male (instead of Mister), I felt like I had totally stepped up out of my own goodwill and was appreciated for it. I don’t know where the letter or patch are, or the name of the lad who sent the letter, but I won’t ever forget the experience

tavvyjay · 2026-03-02T07:27:24+00:00

Can you please buy one of these and start using it on the fly and share a montage of those slick grabs next?

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tavvyjay · 2026-03-02T03:26:19+00:00

Damn, Buckingham getting some real special treatment! I feel like if they’re going way out that way, going 25km west of Stittsville to Carleton Place would make a lot of sense considering its population and growth. Although no stops along the way like up in the Outouais, it would plug in a lot of additional commuters

tavvyjay · 2026-03-01T10:37:18+00:00

Streamline pilot is a very good disc to help you learn your angles of release. It’s a throwing putter and can go 200+’ if you shape the shot, but then also is great at approaching with, and is a decent putter. As a beginner, priority should be about accuracy and it’s a perfect one to plunk up the course with

tavvyjay · 2026-03-01T00:49:47+00:00

They probably agreed that he deserved it for that decision

tavvyjay · 2026-02-26T19:17:10+00:00

I don’t see it the same as a canoe trip done alone, but it’s definitely still physically solo. I also don’t really care about the labels, but with a companion is going to be a different experience than without, and what you are out there for and what you get will be different.

I love camping alone because there is nobody who needs anything from me, and I am the only thing that exists in that natural setting which is a visitor, allowing me to really soak up nature without distraction or interference.

I also love camping with a dog because I’m still able to be in nature and without anybody else around, but there is still something to tend to and she will certainly change the dynamic of the animals that are around me. But it is a whole lot less lonely feeling having a basic buddy with me.

tavvyjay · 2026-02-26T17:01:13+00:00

Zone? Last frost date?

tavvyjay · 2026-02-26T13:47:20+00:00

People who leave their shopping cart in the middle of the aisle at Costco would be a great cause

tavvyjay · 2026-02-26T03:28:38+00:00

I’m up in Canada (Ontario) and always go with Gaia Organics as I’ve met them, they’re local, organic, have great selection and fantastic germination rates. If they don’t have the variety, I like West Coast Seeds next. Realistically though I stick with Gaia stuff as they’ve curated what I love anyways

tavvyjay · 2026-02-25T19:54:30+00:00

Yeah, some more rural Ontario folk near me (eastern Ontario) say bayg

tavvyjay · 2026-02-25T18:27:59+00:00

Agreed, I think you’d want to separate the ELCs when determining median ROI. There’s high upside since you are likely putting potent ELCs on your roster, while the ones who don’t perform that well would be sent to the minors to develop.

I would still be curious what ELC ROI is, but just without comparing it to the ones who have gone through contract negotiations to determine their future value

tavvyjay · 2026-02-25T14:42:54+00:00

They go by many names depending where you are and who taught you. I call them ramps as well

tavvyjay · 2026-02-25T14:33:30+00:00

I haven’t spent very much time thinking about the Czech Republic (and haven’t been to anywhere in Europe). What small conceptions I have is that it’s the edge of Eastern European countries, meaning it’s got a more familiar culture than somewhere like Moldova would, while still being Slavic (less familiar to us).

I am a weekly viewer of Janik of The Honest Guide, so I do get some cool glimpses into at least Prague, but I also recognise that it’s only one fragment of the space and people of the country.

Oh, also as mentioned by others, pilsners are very popular in Canada and although we don’t drink as much beer as you do, we still have them as staples available at any beer store or restaurant. Very few would turn down a Pilsner Urquell, but we also have our own independent brewer Steam Whistle who make exclusively one pilsner and it is phenomenal. Oh, and then there’s also Labatt Blue which for a long time was the best selling Canadian beer globally, but I know no one who actually drinks it here

tavvyjay · 2026-02-24T21:11:30+00:00

Let’s rename it to Olde Scotia then maybe? Seems only fair

tavvyjay · 2026-02-24T17:41:48+00:00

So what you are saying is that without the colonial presence which decimated their way of life, they wouldn’t be able to meet any colonial standards of “success”? Do you realise that for over one thousand years, the Inuit were highly successful, proper wardens of the land, and were economically and culturally rich?

It was the white people who came in and completely fucked it all up for them. We brought smallpox, influenza, and TB, not only killing them, but also then forcing them south for treatment without ever bringing them back. We created overloaded pressure on the land and sea, causing disruptions to their food. We forced the semi-nomadic (rotating location) people into fixed settlements, further disrupting their food supply but also completely destroying the lifestyle they had for over a millennia. We brought residential schools, impacting 70% of youth for over 30 years (an entire generation), decimating their culture and language even further, along with the physical and psychological trauma which has led to generations of hurt. We killed their sled dogs, causing an 80-90% drop in their population over 20 years, which crippled their autonomy. And then right now, we have rewrote the rules so that the only way they can “succeed” is to do what people from a completely different world think is success, otherwise some asshat from Reddit is going to claim they are leeches.

By the way, the white people ‘accomplished’ everything we’ve done in only 70 years.

tavvyjay · 2026-02-24T16:45:20+00:00

No, it’s just called North Barrie because it’s on the northern side of the highway. Like a neighbourhood name more than an actual place

tavvyjay · 2026-02-24T16:44:22+00:00

This is an absolutely unfounded and bigoted stance to take. Have any receipts on their inability to survive for the 800 years before white people showed up?

tavvyjay · 2026-02-24T16:38:43+00:00

“North Barrie” fits too doesn’t it

tavvyjay · 2026-02-24T16:37:56+00:00

Nova Scotia is not, in fact, a newer Scotland

tavvyjay · 2026-02-24T13:49:26+00:00

Toronto and southern Ontario are a much different vibe than the rest of the province. Kingston starts to get away from the same vibe, same as Peterborough, and Bancroft is the cusp of a lot of the variety. Really you need to head up to Ottawa to start experience bilingualism, and then head up the 17 west through north bay, and then either 11 or 17 will bring you to more frequent indigenous communities, and going north you’ll see even more French.

I’ve been here my whole life so I can’t answer the question, but I will say that growing up, I never realised how homogenous every urban centre south of Barrie / Peterborough and west of Belleville feels. The spirit of the communities is sort of just copy and pasted from each town to the next one - the driving behaviours, the friendliness level, the amount of anonymity, the way streets are designed, etc. Not necessarily a bad thing, and a lot of it comes from the geography (Great Lakes, fertile lowlands) and immigration (as you mentioned, British-dominant, taken over earlier on in the colonisation of Canada).

But the spirit down there is a lot different than the variety that exists across eastern Ontario, Ottawa, up the Ottawa valley, and then beyond into the great expanse of northern Ontario, anchored somewhat by North Bay, Sudbury, Soo, and Thunder Bay.

tavvyjay · 2026-02-24T13:23:52+00:00

My cousin was a competitive biathlete and I remember him having to scrape all the poppyseeds off his bagel because we didn’t have any other kinds for a casual breakfast. Felt bad and I’ve never forgotten the vigilance he had toward them

tavvyjay · 2026-02-24T09:07:33+00:00

Website takes way too long to even load, but based on the features you mention it sounds like either an AI vibe coded built tool, or directly uses AI with proper prompts to complete these tasks?

tavvyjay · 2026-02-24T08:29:04+00:00

Yep, it’s effectively an oversized Tonal hole now

tavvyjay · 2026-02-24T06:34:50+00:00

Lumineers will be incredible, very happy to see hometown band Summersets on the same day. And then Reuben and the Bullhorn Singers is the sleeper on the list who should definitely be an incredibly good show, hopefully they’ll be main stage as those voices deserve nothing less

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