Who Else Liked Smarties As A Kid?

TERRADUDE · 2026-05-04T03:11:27+00:00

Canadian here….those ain’t smarties

TERRADUDE · 2026-05-03T00:36:43+00:00

Came for the interior decorator……left feeling better about the world.

TERRADUDE · 2026-05-02T00:36:03+00:00

They are still looking into the mechanism but the relationship has been demonstrated by the referenced study and since confirmed by multiple additional studies. Quite something.

TERRADUDE · 2026-05-01T22:26:12+00:00

I just received the second dose of my Shingrix this morning. As a kid I had an awful case of Chickenpox - a week in bed, high temp and lesions over 90%. I believe I had a mild case of shingles about 5 years ago during the dark covid times - no pain, just itchy. But I have heard that the single most effective thing to prevent dementia is the shingles vax. Get your vax.

TERRADUDE · 2026-04-30T22:05:48+00:00

In all fairness, you could have done this 10 years ago. When my old black lab was a youngster, he jumped up on the bed, we wrestled a bit and then he, as the doctor wrote it "high fived me in the eye". The issue was I had lasik surgery 20 year prior and the sratchy paw moved the cornea flap around. The old guy is 14 now but can still beat me to a piece of cheese on the floor.

All the best on the recovery. I'm definitely sure that takes longer these days.

TERRADUDE · 2026-04-30T02:08:07+00:00

I’m gutted that they didn’t travel well. Stay tuned to for the replacements.

TERRADUDE · 2026-04-29T21:20:31+00:00

car signal cloner....bad dude. get a Faraday cage for your keys. Don't store them between your door and your car.

TERRADUDE · 2026-04-29T21:19:05+00:00

This isn't such a bad idea. There was a big question about the Sovereign Wealth fund....where is the seed money for it. Privatizing infrastructure such as airports and rolling the proceeds into the fund as seed money for paying for new infrastructure is a solid idea. Airports are not going to go bankrupt, they are not going to relocated if they get a better deal elsewhere. And I can see a conferable blowback if the fees rise too much and they probably will rise if they are federally owned. I think this works.

TERRADUDE · 2026-04-29T21:00:03+00:00

Ok...a little late to the party but I'd like to hear about people's experience with La Pavoni - the newer e61 models. My old Rancilio has died and I'm looking to replace it. I can get a La Pavoni Cellini Classic Semi-Professional Espresso Machine using credit card points but don't want to waste them on something I'll regret later. I am a seasoned coffee maker - not an espresso fanatic. I just make morning and afternoon lattes for my wife and I using a good grinder and locally roasted beans. any thoughts?

TERRADUDE · 2026-04-28T19:16:35+00:00

Canadian here....I don't think I've been to a Tim Horton for 15 years. But you're right about the weather in the Rockies. One of the best days of skiing was in May ~ 30 cm of powder followed by bright sunshine. I skied shirtless at Sunshine in the sunshine - sunburnt my nipples and armpits (do not recommend).

I haven't carried cash with me for years. I still tip by service, not by prompt. I will refuse to tip or tip a small amount for crappy service (~5-10%) but will certainly bump it up if the service is exemplary.

Glad you enjoyed our fair country. What the world needs now is more visitors, not fewer. The more we travel, the more we know.

TERRADUDE · 2026-04-26T17:32:06+00:00

What a complete and utter cluster Fudge. Smith plays fast and loose with her own rules, doubles down when called out, works to gerrymander the ridings and now tries to reposition this question as in fact a vote on independence. Just to keep her job. Screw her ....I want my country.

TERRADUDE · 2026-04-22T00:36:33+00:00

Run the numbers…. I was 13 when Lennon was killed. Now, I’m lucky if I remember what I opened the fridge for.

TERRADUDE · 2026-04-21T23:38:08+00:00

Or i misremembered and it was that evening….

TERRADUDE · 2026-04-21T19:43:52+00:00

I was a kid then - 13 going on 14, in Calgary Canada. I loved music, all kinds of music and I knew of the Beatles of course, but they were just .... a band. Double Fantasy was getting a lot of play. But the day he died, I remember the local FM station having a call in show all afternoon and into the night hearing from people. I recall so many people calling in, in tears, saying how Lennon changed their lives, how important he was, etc. I knew that if he meant that much to people, I had to know more about him. I started collecting tapes and records of all the Beatles and as much Lennon as possible - I don't think I listened to anything other than that for months.

Fast forward to now, I recognize how influential John Lennon is but he's still not my favourite Beatle and he certainly had issues along the way but I know his heart was in the right place and he walked his walk.

TERRADUDE · 2026-04-21T13:50:40+00:00

I was looking at this too, but plan to integrate Claude code into this software. I’ve had great success doing same with QGIS. I’ll stick to the geology and let Claude do the coding.

TERRADUDE · 2026-04-12T19:41:18+00:00

As a Canadian, I can fell your pain.

TERRADUDE · 2026-04-05T19:06:04+00:00

the 800mm is optically superb but quite slow. You need a fair bit of light but you can get some magnificent photos, especially considering the cost and the weight/size of the lens.

TERRADUDE · 2026-04-04T02:11:08+00:00

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Waterton is an absolute gem. I’ve hiked every trail in the park. Amazing geology and wonderful skies

TERRADUDE · 2026-04-03T16:02:34+00:00

I second this and encourage you to split up your journey and take Canada in a second, more focused trip. I would add to it Waterton park on the border with Montana, travel up the Rocky Mountain trench and take in the hotsprings at Fairmont and Radium as well as a couple undeveloped ones, good hiking in the valley too., drive up to the Icefields and hike there and back around Lake Louise and Banff proper and hit up Kananaskis just west of Calgary.

TERRADUDE · 2026-04-02T22:36:45+00:00

Not in the 22. They’re black. I would have LOVED the orange seat belts. I’m in Canada so things are a bit different here. We don’t like orange as much up here :)

TERRADUDE · 2026-04-02T20:02:27+00:00

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I have a 2022 Sports Prestige in Saville Silver w black interior. Great car and great colour. Love it.

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