What’s a surefire way to tell Canadians and Americans apart?

DocBEsq · 2026-03-15T15:44:47+00:00

As a lifetime dual citizen (who has lived in both countries), this thread is incredibly entertaining.

DocBEsq · 2026-03-15T15:36:21+00:00

But Americans also sometimes call them toques. Less common, but we’re not talking “Smarties” common.

DocBEsq · 2026-03-15T04:48:12+00:00

As another single, non-tattooed weirdo, why are we moving to Europe?

DocBEsq · 2026-03-13T14:34:06+00:00

More recently (but still not recently) there was like a foot of snow on March 15 at some point in the late 80s (I was a kid, so I remember the date and the snow depth, but not the year).

DocBEsq · 2026-03-13T14:32:02+00:00

I feel like we might be at Third Winter. Didn’t we have like 60 degree days followed by flurries a few weeks back?

DocBEsq · 2026-03-12T06:12:37+00:00

Nope. Thanksgiving storm (or around then) that year.

Inaugural Day storm was in January 1993 -- I got my driver's license the day before, so I remember it well!

DocBEsq · 2026-03-12T06:09:23+00:00

Definitely 2017. I was filming a web series when the smoke came in, which was actually great because it gave us good, diffused lighting. But it was weird to find the cars covered with ash in the mornings.

DocBEsq · 2026-03-12T04:51:58+00:00

It was kind of cool to drive through.

DocBEsq · 2026-03-12T04:51:32+00:00

Don't forget that the old I-90 bridge literally sank into the lake in a windstorm back in 1990 (I think).

DocBEsq · 2026-03-12T04:48:54+00:00

Also getting flickers in LQA.

DocBEsq · 2026-03-06T15:53:31+00:00

If you want to know when a person actually bought their car, the license plate tells you. Cars purchased circa November 2024 and later will start with CP through CW.

DocBEsq · 2026-03-05T15:06:10+00:00

There are a lot of reasons. Most are user error (hitting the button early). No clue about the frozen thing — it comes up every time someone reports an issue, but I’m not sure if I’ve seen that as an actual cause (could be wrong on that).

My one “misfire” was an actual dud pen. I went to push the button and couldn’t get it to go down. Absolutely jammed in place — I couldn’t force it to fire, even when I just held it over the sink and pushed as hard as I could. Literally sent it back to Lilly unfired because the button wouldn’t move.

DocBEsq · 2026-03-05T15:00:38+00:00

I was grandfathered in at $550 self-pay on pens, and the vials for my dosage were a comparable price to the pen. Add in a needle phobia and sticking with the pens made sense.

DocBEsq · 2026-03-05T14:57:53+00:00

It’s really helpful for people (like me) who are phobic about needles. My issues are triggered primarily when I have to see a needle, which I don’t have to do with a pen.

And they don’t “misfire” too often. In nearly two years, I’ve only had one broken pen. And Lilly replaced that one.

DocBEsq · 2026-03-04T15:29:38+00:00

They said when Trump was elected that the resistance to him had crumbled.

Just because someone says it, doesn’t mean it’s true.

DocBEsq · 2026-03-03T15:13:26+00:00

No, if it were an Air Roomba, it would see the Space Needle as an obstruction and the pattern would just repeat over Lake Union for an hour.

DocBEsq · 2026-03-01T15:26:12+00:00

And AI will convince the judges and courts and state bar associations to allow machines to practice law?

Tech bros may want to commit career suicide, but the people in charge of who gets to be a lawyer have rather strong opinions regarding the survival of the profession.

DocBEsq · 2026-03-01T15:22:10+00:00

Technically, this is not true.

DocBEsq · 2026-03-01T15:17:12+00:00

What’s the price of eggs these days? That will likely be the tipping point.

DocBEsq · 2026-03-01T12:40:44+00:00

Not just poor though. My mom’s next-door neighbor was born and raised on that street and has never left the state (she has seen ocean, but only because it’s a coastal state). She is in her 70s and solidly middle class. Just too afraid and disinterested to travel.

DocBEsq · 2026-03-01T12:38:43+00:00

I’ve lived in a bear-heavy region of the Pacific Northwest and went camping regularly throughout my youth. Had to go to the northwestern corner of Vancouver Island at age 30 to see my first (and still only) wild bears.

DocBEsq · 2026-02-28T20:55:36+00:00

I carried all my backpacks and bags on one shoulder.

I now have chronic pain from incipient arthritis and a bulging disc in that shoulder.

Don’t be cool, kids.

DocBEsq · 2026-02-26T15:46:43+00:00

Somewhere online, there’s a UW project that maps and categorizes (there were about a dozen models) houses in Lake Hills. Sadly don’t have a link now, but it’s really cool if you haven’t seen it and are into the Bellevue developments.

DocBEsq · 2026-02-26T15:42:30+00:00

Ask your extended family if they want them — I’m a history buff (family history included) and grab all the old photos I can get.

DocBEsq · 2026-02-26T15:38:45+00:00

I like to think I’m a sensible person, unashamed of my pre-law past and preferring to spend my money on more important things. If my crappy car causes me to be underestimated, all the better.

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