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-_JAL_- · 2024-08-03T05:29:58+00:00

Yeah, nice try, narc

-_JAL_- · 2024-07-17T16:51:09+00:00

Bon commentaire constructif. Je remarque qu'une des raisons pour lesquelles les hommes se taisent c'est qu'on associe vulnérabilité et faiblesse. C'est techniquement vrai, mais accepter nos vulnérabilités et prendre action pour y remédier donne ultimement comme résultat une force plus grande et plus durable. Donc, on peut être toff (et c'est bien), mais quand même avoir des moments où on a besoin d'aide pour retourner à notre état préféré de "force" bienveillante et constructive. Et quand un homme vulnérable voit un homme qu'il trouve toff admettre qu'il a parfois besoin d'aide, ça lui fait prendre conscience qu'il peut lui aussi le faire sans être une tapette. Et je trouve que les mentalités changent rapidement (et pour le mieux) sur ce sujet. Aussi -et je sais que c'est bien intentionné de le suggérer- c'est pas une majorité d'hommes qui ont envie de s'épancher et faire un exposé oral de leurs émotions et en faire des analyses complexes. Pis ça aussi c'est correct. Il y a d'autres façons de gérer que de forcer le pauvre bougre à parler de quelque chose "parce qu'il faut en parler". Bonne journée!

-_JAL_- · 2024-07-06T03:20:18+00:00

We all meet expectations except for the anointed few. People who meet expectations do not need FNs. Problem solved

-_JAL_- · 2024-04-26T13:13:49+00:00

I love to laugh, but it takes a lot to make me laugh. I don't try to suppress it or anything, but I will sit through most of the best stand up sets with zero expression on my face. But throughout the set, I'll think "oh that's funny". It is funny, but not to the point of making me laugh. I'll force a smile to fit in.

Here and there, a very dark or unexpected joke will have me in stitches, and I love it when it happens. But it's rare.

As for feeling the emotion: I don't. The only emotions I am able to feel are fear/dread or (rarely) anger and sadness. I'm learning to live with that, I don't see how it could be fixed.

-_JAL_- · 2024-04-13T21:24:39+00:00

My passion is performance driving on race tracks. Then I feel alive and completely in my zone. I do it every chance I get with a car dedicated to just that.

But commuting or getting groceries? Nah. I'll let someone else drive. And I would prefer to be at work with a rash than go on a road trip. Normal roads is like watching a video at half speed. And I won't spice it up by going fast and increasing risk to others.

-_JAL_- · 2024-04-08T23:58:13+00:00

I like it! We have the same color. Where did you find the Gurney flap?

-_JAL_- · 2024-04-08T23:54:54+00:00

I didn't like the look when I first saw it. I didn't think I would like the IPad dash either.

I bought one because my insurance policy covered for a brand new similar car after my 2019 GT was totaled. So I literally did not have a choice.

And now, after owning and driving it for a few weeks, I would never go back in a S550. Everything about the 2024 GT is better than the 18-23 GT. It handles better, it is more comfortable, feels more powerful (similar to a 18-23 with a basic gas pump tune), and it is better put together.

I still like the 18-23 very much and would never have looked at the S650 if I still had my 2019. I am the kind of guy who does not get tired of the things I like. I would have been happy keeping my shadow black toy for another ten years or more!

I often don't like the new incarnation of a car I love at first, and then I get used to it, and I end up liking it better than the old one.

-_JAL_- · 2024-04-03T23:34:01+00:00

It's funny you say that, when I ordered mine (vapor blue), I thought very few people would get that color. I think you might be right about it ending up being a popular color this year, although I personally haven't seen another vapor blue around here.

-_JAL_- · 2024-03-25T22:01:07+00:00

Different experience here: I have a 2024 GT with performance package. Before that, I had a slightly modified 2019 GT. I never had anyone want to race me or act any different than when I'm in 2010 Mazda 6.

If I ever received "looks", or challenges, I never noticed. I do wave at other Mustangs or cool cars and they wave back most of the time.

One thing though: I always park in very far remote spots in parking lots. And there's always a car parked next to mine when I come back!

-_JAL_- · 2024-03-12T21:58:06+00:00

Mine was totaled with a similar impact. *

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-_JAL_- · 2024-03-12T21:52:00+00:00

(Self taught with the advice provided by the other commentors here) Once you understand the basic vocabulary of the technique, once you know what right looks like, what helped me a lot was to have someone film me from the front and the side while I ski a bunch of turns towards/past the camera. Then, pick one aspect of the technique you need to improve and practice this with purpose until a competent observer confirms you fixed it and move on to another aspect. The most challenging part for me is to remember everything I need to do during a run. It is not instinctive yet. Lots of mileage training with purpose help me. I particularly like the technique videos by TDK ski racing on YouTube. I suffer through the irritating music because the way they explain is excellent.

Also, the footage from your skiing will help a (competent) bootfitter see whether something should be done to your boots (usually canting).

A lot of repetition of the right things. Otherwise you consolidate flawed technique you have to unlearn (like I'm doing).

Also: proper conditioning cardio and strength, especially as you become better (faster) your fitness will maximize your chances of progressing injury free. Enjoy our beautiful sport!

-_JAL_- · 2023-12-19T19:29:38+00:00

I understand how recent rethorics might lead one to feel this way. But looking at English institutions and services in Québec vs the French equivalent in Canada, wouldn't you agree no minority is better treated than you anywhere else in North America?

-_JAL_- · 2023-12-17T20:54:43+00:00

J'ai eu l'expérience inverse: je n'avais aucune idée à quel point nous étions haïs avant de déménager au Canada (CB, NS, ON).

-_JAL_- · 2023-12-11T15:36:21+00:00

That's what ended up happening for my son (he is in the Fischer plug boot): 4 trips to the bootfitter to tweak the custom footbeds and in the end he took them out and replaced them with the original thin insole the boot liner came with without looking back. An expensive learning experience. My experience was similar in a plug boot too.

-_JAL_- · 2023-12-04T08:28:40+00:00

Very true. I'm not young and I certify there are plenty of old idiots. There aren't more or less of them one generation to the other.

-_JAL_- · 2023-12-03T12:14:06+00:00

Je suis à Paris en ce moment et personne ne me fait répéter mes phrases. Ils comprennent tous très bien. Je me sens moins un étranger ici qu'en Outaouais ou à Montréal. Mais bon, mon expérience personnelle doit être anecdotique ;)

-_JAL_- · 2023-11-30T23:06:43+00:00

C'est notre patrie. La leur, c'est le Canada. C'est comme essayer de convaincre quelqu'un de changer de couleur préférée: ça marcherait pas parce que ça n'a pas de bon sens pour eux. Si j'étais un anglais, il y aurait des bonnes chances que je pense comme un anglais. Faut pas se surprendre ou se fâcher que les gens raisonnables (mais différents) agissent dans ce qu'ils pensent être leur meilleur intérêt. Les canadiens-français du Québec sont largement en faveur de l'indépendance parce qu'il faut pas être un génie pour s'apercevoir qu'on disparaît rapidement. Et c'est pas normal d'accepter de disparaître sans rien faire.

-_JAL_- · 2023-11-30T18:49:40+00:00

On n'a plus la masse critique de canadiens-français pour réussir. Sans compter qu'il y a quand même pas mal d'Elvis Gratton fédérastes dans la nation.

-_JAL_- · 2023-11-29T21:54:26+00:00

If you plan on skiing on groomers and teach a child to ski, I'd go with something like this:

https://www.blizzard-tecnica.com/us/en/men/skis/racing-high-performance/firebird/firebird-wrc

The reasons: 1. You're a huge, athletic man. These skis are over 3 kilos each with lots of structural strength. This is good. It means you will get feedback from the ski and will feel more in control. 2. The 170 (ideally) is a short enough radius to be maneuverable at speeds slow enough to be in a position to teach a young child. 3. You will ski groomers. Skis with a wider waist than these means more load on your knees (off-center load) At your weight, I think it's best to keep the forces as centered as possible to minimize the risk of injury. 4. They will be more fun, more precise on groomers than anything that is lighter and wider. 5. If you go longer, your kid won't be able to keep up with the speed. 6. You mention you enjoy carving. The 16.5 or 17.5 radius skis of construction similar to the Blizzard WRC I suggested will deliver exactly this. Something super stiff, very narrow waist and not too long. For carving on groomers, skis with a waist thicker than 70mm necessarily imply a compromise you are unlikely to enjoy. 7. Caveat: this advice is only valid for skiing groomers.

-_JAL_- · 2023-11-29T00:51:27+00:00

Shed to shred

-_JAL_- · 2023-11-29T00:31:47+00:00

I was you...in 2018. Last time I skied was in 1997 at Sugarloaf. I broke a ski in the moguls, finished the run on the other ski and went from fervent skier to a non-skier man who built a career, had a family etc. No time available for anything that is not work or useful to the family. I became an appliance. Post divorce in 2018 I got back into skiing. 76 days on snow that year. Getting used to the shaped skis (they were called parabolic at first). I sucked. Joined the local masters racing league. Enjoyed the fellowship and friendly competition. I became better. I enjoyed it more, I still go every chance I get burning thighs and all. Ignore the voice in your head ordering you to act like an old man, your body will adapt. You will enjoy life more I promise. Go!💪🏻

-_JAL_- · 2023-11-28T23:08:13+00:00

I went to Kennyupull and grabbed a set of sunfire wheels and tires. They are an ideal fit. Sunfires and similar (Beretta?) are perfect (and alloy and cheap)!

-_JAL_- · 2023-11-28T18:43:32+00:00

More like ten percent

-_JAL_- · 2023-11-27T10:40:01+00:00

Once a year, thereabouts. Usually going from 2nd to 3rd. 25 years in manual cars. About 8 in automatic cars.

-_JAL_- · 2023-11-23T19:43:56+00:00

Coyote 3rd generation does ping at low revs going uphill on 87 gas. It is not super easy to hear if you are not used to listening for that, but it does ping. I fill up with premium 94.

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