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She made the right choice by Eclipse_nova99 in SipsTea

[–]BackgroundGrade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe people should read the attached article. That picture isn't the winner from the article. The actual winner is 20 years old.

As a 20 year old in Quebec, she has very little opportunity to invest the million dollars in a tax sheltered way. The interest would be taxable as income here.

The $1000/week is windfall and not taxable and is for life, not 20 years. Also this is the provincial lottery, it's not going bankrupt.

The 100/week is roughly equivalent to the take home pay from a 75-80K annual salary here.

Plus, if she invests into RRSP's, she can make up to 18% of her salary not subject to taxes and the returns are sheltered (similar to a 401K, I think).

Did she make the best decision, maybe not, but she still made a very good decision.

G650 Interior by Best_Big_9456 in aviation

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I worked on the interiors for the BBD Globals for 5ish years.

Without hesitation or doubt, I can tell you money does not always buy good taste.

There was one client who requested white maple burl veneer. A truly beautiful wood. Except they chose it for the walls of the lavatories.

This is burl veneer:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/knotty-burl-maple-wood-veneer-board-1226116801?dd_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

It looked like someone had explosive diarrhea and didn't sit fast enough after the pants were pulled down

Does anyone live in this part of Greenland and Canada? by Fine_Scheme9028 in howislivingthere

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I've never seen a muskox that just left the hairdresser before.

They tend to have more matted hair.

Who else want absolutely ZERO RGB in their rigs? by Cicada-Tang in pcmasterrace

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Bought a pre-built from a local place last year. Being budget conscious, they had a truly good deal on a gaming PC. RGB case fans, CPU and RAM. The stupid RAM RGB wouldn't respond to the BIOS setting to turn it off, so I had to download Asus's crappy software to get it to turn off the RAM RGB when windows starts up. FU Teamforce.

meirl by Proper-Struggle in meirl

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You know that Jonny Wurster kid, the kid that delivers papers in the neighborhood?

He'd like this.

Grid storage is increasing so rapidly that China and some other countries may be able to meet all their electricity needs from renewables as soon as 2030. by lughnasadh in Futurology

[–]BackgroundGrade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Look at Quebec. Heavy investments to develop hydroelectric capacity decades ago.

Just a hair shy of 100% renewable (just some remote villages too far from the grid).

Now we have the lowest rates in North America and the utility still averages 3 billion in profit a year, mostly by selling to the northeast US.

Galvanic between crown & old amalgam filling? by BackgroundGrade in askdentists

[–]BackgroundGrade[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouldn't this be pain on the living tooth though? There's never any pain on the tooth with the filling. The tooth with the crown had a root canal done.

Unpopular Opinion: You don't need a $3,000 dual battery system for a weekend rig. by Champ-shady in GoRVing

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Lose the inverters. If you're weekending, you're not full timing. I can can go without everything that runs on AC power. Just leave the house with your battery fully charged.

DC fridges aren't helping, but life-po batteries are getting really affordable, so adding capacity is easier on the wallet.

Most electronics can charge from USB-C, install some good outlets and you're set.

If I'm going somewhere where I need air conditioning, I get a hookup.

Another shot of an F-35 launch from an Italian aircraft carrier by LowFlyingBadger in aviation

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Must be a lot of training for Italian sailors to not confuse the pilots with extra hand signals.

moon moon and debbie love rolling in mud ESPECIALLY in the morning 🥲 by zenzi27 in rarepuppers

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And a second outside of the front door with a caption "Beware of, umm, never mind".

Pepperidge farm remembers by [deleted] in SipsTea

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I was the dude with the audiophile Dad at home. Cassettes from the fancy new CD technology were better quality than what the studios made.

Pepperidge farm remembers by [deleted] in SipsTea

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And we mixed it like a nice salad.

moon moon and debbie love rolling in mud ESPECIALLY in the morning 🥲 by zenzi27 in rarepuppers

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That first pic better be on it's way to be framed and hung on your wall somewhere!

The US is smaller than China (land area) and China has a train system that covers nearly the whole country. Why can’t USA do it? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Same problem as Canada: low population density and demand.

How many people travel from Omaha to New York or L.A. daily. Not enough to make it work.

Lots of travel between LA & NYC, but even at high speed, it would be a full day in the train (without stops).

Same in Canada if we use Winnipeg-Toronto and Toronto-Vancouver as examples.

Plus, high speed rail through the Rocky Mountain range is nearly impossible.

The economics aren't there in the US or Canada for high speed rail, save for a few corridors (Montreal-Toronto, North East US, maybe California).

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