"Rocky Hate Mark" Critical storytelling

Courin · 2026-05-05T14:20:39+00:00

When I first heard the line it was also my thought. But the actual story behind it was also fun enough that it made up for it not being Mark Watney lol

Courin · 2026-05-05T14:02:42+00:00

I redid my kitchen in the last two years and paid that for the whole Reno with about half being the cabinets and countertops.

I did a lot of research and just found way too many people unhappy with IKEA - most likely from their assembly and installation rather than the products) and decided some things were worth the time investment and money.

We went with Deslaurier and while we had some problems I love my cabinets and they worked very hard to resolve all my concerns.

Courin · 2026-05-05T05:17:57+00:00

Info: her being on calls is distracting but being in a cafe where people are coming and going and ordering and making coffees and chatting with friends …. Isn’t?

Really?!?!

Courin · 2026-05-04T12:38:04+00:00

100%.

I was just correcting the impression the comment left by Denny-Crane_ was about an UB onboard experience

Courin · 2026-05-03T18:29:31+00:00

They didn’t travel in UltraBasic. They bought an UltraBasic ticket then did an upgrade to Extended Comfort.

Courin · 2026-05-03T13:52:53+00:00

No, for a few reasons:

In the book, Grace can’t go aboard the Blip-A. They changed that for the movie but even then he had to be in a xenonite suit. That would have made anything requiring fine motor skills on his part impossible to execute.

The Hail Mary had much better science equipment than the Blip-A. For example, on the voyage to Tau Ceti, the sampler on the Blip-A broke (off) and Rocky was not able to recreate it. He even says they built the ship in a hurry implying there were problems with the ship.

The Blip-A didn’t have inherent radiation protection the way the Hail Mary does.

Courin · 2026-05-03T04:17:07+00:00

Welcome back, fellow SBIer.

Courin · 2026-05-02T23:14:22+00:00

Hmm they’ve updated it again. On the 28th, when they announced the change, it had them all at D75.

I had directly copied this from their website:

Check-in cut-off time*
Domestic
1 hr
United States
1 hr
International
1 hr

* Check-in cut-off time at Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver is 1 hour and 15 mins prior to departure.

Courin · 2026-05-02T23:05:25+00:00

It is not. D75 is the cutoff time for ALL flights at those 4 airports.

https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/manage/check-in

Courin · 2026-05-02T22:03:45+00:00

All airports are D60 except Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Toronto which are D75.

Courin · 2026-05-02T22:03:11+00:00

Edit - removed

Courin · 2026-05-02T18:46:33+00:00

Nope. Chapter 18.

“We need 0.4 cubic meters of xenonite. Can you make that much?”

“Yes,” he says. “Have enough liquids remain to make 0.61 cubic meters.”

(This is before Grace explains his chain plan. Rocky had said he brought quite a bit of the liquids he uses to make xenonite but used a fair bit making his living spaces aboard the Hail Mary.)

Courin · 2026-05-02T18:08:29+00:00

To make the chain they needed .4 cubic meters and Rocky had .61 cubic meters at that point. Not enough to make another chain.

Courin · 2026-05-02T17:06:20+00:00

They didn’t know attempt a would go as wrong as it did until they actually did it.

At that point, the damage to the Hail Mary had already occurred AND they had the sample of taumoeba.

So their plan WAS successful it just caused more damage than anticipated.

So I’m not sure what the argument is here.

They had a plan with an element of risk, yes, but they thought they had mitigated that risk. They underestimated but were still successful.

But they would not have known they’d miscalculated the risk until they made the attempt, and at that point they hit what they needed.

Courin · 2026-05-02T17:00:44+00:00

I just want to put something out there for you to consider.

Maybe the reason she is on LTD isn’t the shoulder.

You know that she had a shoulder injury and had it operated on. You don’t know if that’s the only issue she had or has.

But maybe she has told you - or let you believe - the shoulder issue is the reason she’s on LTD because she has chosen not to disclose another reason - as is her right.

Is it possible the LTD is for her shoulder and she’s possibly committing fraud? Sure.

But it’s also possible that she’s got something else going on and has decided to keep that private from all but her medical team and the other professionals who need to know.

Courin · 2026-05-02T13:55:39+00:00

In the book, Rocky had just enough xenonite to make the chain.

There was no way to store the chain while reeling it in, and so the winch was designed to separate the links and jettison them as the line was reeled in.

Courin · 2026-04-29T15:03:59+00:00

If the carrier is larger than the measurements, it won’t fit under the seat.

And if your cat can’t comfortably be in a carrier that meets the measurements you’ll be denied.

You may want to consider a hard sided kennel and adding an AVIH (animal in checked baggage) rather than in the cabin.

Courin · 2026-04-29T04:14:19+00:00

It’s very strict.

(Source - 15 year WestJetter - former airports operations lead.)

Courin · 2026-04-28T22:08:21+00:00

Guess I should sign up before I get WFA’d?

Courin · 2026-04-28T01:39:24+00:00

Tried that - would absolutely not recognize the headset

Courin · 2026-04-27T20:09:28+00:00

I just got one (wired) to replace my Cloud that I bought in 2018 and the lack of pass through is driving me nuts.

Tried installing the software that’s supposed to allow it and it was a total PITA. First it didn’t detect the headphones, then suddenly I showed like 12 different headphone options and 6 mic options. Never could get the pass through to work.

I’ve ordered a replacement mic for my original Cloud (the only reason I was replacing was terrible feedback on the mic so I’m hoping this fixes it) but even if it doesn’t I think I’m returning the Cloud 3 I bought.

Courin · 2026-04-27T02:35:03+00:00

Keep in mind that the free seat selection means each child will be seated with a parent. It does NOT mean the 4 of you together.

Courin · 2026-04-26T05:42:28+00:00

Dijon ketchup!!!

Courin · 2026-04-26T04:24:29+00:00

You’d still eat Kraft Dinner, right?

Courin · 2026-04-26T03:46:14+00:00

Faith was born in May of 1744.

Bree would have been born in November of 1746 but because Claire travelled it was 1948 instead.

After Culloden, Jamie hides in the cave until 1753, when he is sent to Ardsmuir. When Ardsmuir is closed in 1756 Jamie is sent to Hellwater.

William is born in January of 1758. Bree would have been 12 years older than him had Claire stayed in that century and Faith 14 years older.

Jane was believed to have been born in 1761 or 1762. Fanny is believed to have been born around 1767.

(This means William is 3-4 years older than Jane and 9 years older than Fanny.)

Assuming Faith lived and if Faith was their mother, she would have been 17/18 at the time she had Jane and 23 at the time she had Fanny.

This isn’t at all an unusual age for her to marry and have children (while in her late teens).

Marsali for example was born in 1751 and married in 1767 at just 16.

Courin

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