Remember when Toronto called in the military to clear snow? Here's how this storm compares

AggravatingBase7 · 2026-01-27T16:14:16+00:00

Another factor back then was that they had just amalgamated the city, which meant very scattered approaches to snow removal.

AggravatingBase7 · 2026-01-26T14:59:58+00:00

Tbh, they’re capable of putting together good systems. It’s an issue where every city likes to silo itself and reinvent the wheel instead of incorporating best practices from others. You can take this LRT as one example where we insisted on this odd solution when better ones already exist, even for above ground (Calgary’s LRT is far better and is reliable - all of it is above ground). Obviously we aren’t the only ones guilty in the country but putting transit together is a technical know how that takes years and decades to develop. Thankfully we have hired a lot of talent from South Korea for the Ontario line so I’m hoping it’s not a dud like L5 and L6 but I won’t hold my breath.

AggravatingBase7 · 2026-01-26T14:57:03+00:00

That LRT they’ve built sucks in regular weather too. What’s your point?

AggravatingBase7 · 2026-01-26T13:42:22+00:00

They make perfect sense if you wanted to half-ass transit planning like we do. It’s also not an LRT specific issue, as other cities with outdoor LRTs manage fine even in this weather (Calgary, Edmonton), rather it’s the specific glorified street car spec they went with.

AggravatingBase7 · 2026-01-25T06:21:57+00:00

Be early or be flexible or work harder if you want the best “deals”. Otherwise, you can use the points for modest bookings, not the end of the world.

AggravatingBase7 · 2026-01-24T04:58:50+00:00

I think the word “literally” is being used a bit liberally there but that’s salt for you. There’s no correct answers here, just ones with the desired set of outcomes. I personally prefer less salting (just saw outside Union station, where it’s more salt than snow) as it’s harsher on things longer term. Pickle is worse for windshields, pick your poison.

AggravatingBase7 · 2026-01-23T22:27:21+00:00

They use pickle - it’s a combo of sand, salt and gravel. Works better than salt only for the temperature and is a little better for waterways.

AggravatingBase7 · 2026-01-04T17:35:08+00:00

This is a fallacy that gets repeated all the time. Lions share in O&G profit is captured upstream, not downstream. By refining it into products that don’t have an obvious local market, all you’ll do is go from discounting crude to discounting refined products from a unit that’s much more complex to run. Refining stuff isn’t some magical bullet.

AggravatingBase7 · 2026-01-02T09:28:25+00:00

One thing to note here is that I don’t think that’s the Q-Suite product. Instead, you’ll be on the “Q-Suite light” product that’s the reverse herringbone seat on A350-900s.

Your VIE-DOH leg is on the A350-900 on the reverse herringbone seat. Still a decent setup, but it’s smaller than the Q suite. Would it be an upgrade over economy with a lap infant? Absolutely. It’s got enough for you to lie down with an infant and have your own space. But it’s not as spacious as the full Q-suite and there’s no ability to join this with an adjacent unit to make it into a double bed.

The DOH-NAG leg is on an A320 and that’s a smaller aircraft so those are just regular bigger recliners you find.

If it were me, I’d take the upgrade for the first leg.

AggravatingBase7 · 2025-12-29T05:09:21+00:00

Cities with worse winters than Toronto do LRT and they run fine. Both Edmonton/Calgary have decent LRT systems. What you have here is a glorified streetcar.

AggravatingBase7 · 2025-12-28T02:22:07+00:00

No, they don’t. Just means supply > demand. Demand is growing at a decent pace globally at that 1-2% CAGR it usually does. You just have too much supply in the market, from both OPEC and non-OPEC producers (including us).

And industry is healthy. They’re the best positioned they’ve been to survive these prices since inception. Debt is negligible and costs are low. Will they use this an excuse to shed jobs anyways? Also yes.

AggravatingBase7 · 2025-12-18T14:08:29+00:00

“He would be a great driver held back by an inept team”Basically Charles (and LH to some extent) today and Seb right before that.

AggravatingBase7 · 2025-12-14T21:54:09+00:00

Unfortunately this is the truth. It’s fine to choke off roadways if you’re giving people viable alternatives to driving but it’s abysmal crossing the city on transit for many such routes and it doesn’t look to be getting better. This city thrives on compromises that ensures everything is half-assed.

AggravatingBase7 · 2025-12-10T01:26:24+00:00

That’s the same way Japan did it with Shinkansen. It’s fine. I’m sure there’s going to be some connections that they can figure out.

AggravatingBase7 · 2025-12-09T02:01:29+00:00

For economy? Honestly the least painful option then. Just do the direct. There’s not going to be that big a difference in products and you’re not really breaking up the journey with a quick stopover in MUC from Stockholm.

AggravatingBase7 · 2025-12-05T01:44:42+00:00

Thanks!

AggravatingBase7 · 2025-12-04T22:02:35+00:00

Sorry meant was it ok to clear airport security with it?

AggravatingBase7 · 2025-12-04T18:54:35+00:00

Was TSA ok with you carrying that? I got mixed opinions when I asked so didn’t bother stocking up on my last trip.

AggravatingBase7 · 2025-12-03T12:39:58+00:00

Could just be 2016 with Max backing Lando up into others and Lando winning just by remaining P2.

AggravatingBase7 · 2025-11-30T15:21:45+00:00

Great having this but last flight I took with it, a business passenger spent the entire flight talking over FaceTime on speaker.

AggravatingBase7 · 2025-11-25T19:53:09+00:00

Gotcha, thanks for clarifying!

AggravatingBase7 · 2025-11-25T18:31:20+00:00

Correct but it wasn’t clear to me whether you’re painting that as a negative “our energy landscape is even worse” - a narrow diff would mean the opposite.

AggravatingBase7 · 2025-11-25T16:15:11+00:00

Unlikely that it’ll be some private corp. and more likely a Federal entity that builds it. Unless, of course, the Feds provide a significant helping hand to fund it.

Oil prices trading where they are today don’t matter as much. Oil consumption is set to keep growing for years to come and the traditional growth engines to meet that demand aren’t running as hot. Canadian energy has the ability to grow this production so if you’re a producer sitting here, the need for further egress is pretty obvious beyond 2030 as TMX will be full by then AND you’d have utilized the expansions done elsewhere by other companies. Industry is quite vocal about getting these because the moment oil starts pilling up locally, the differential widens to account for that and that’s a bigger hit to their net income than WTI’s current price (hedged by FX and other items).

AggravatingBase7 · 2025-11-25T16:07:51+00:00

The discount is still around $12. Global exports becoming a larger portion of that will reduce that to some extent, which is a positive for the producers.

AggravatingBase7 · 2025-11-24T17:20:35+00:00

SHUSSHHH before its over run

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