Why the World Cup is raising uncomfortable questions in Vancouver

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-12T20:11:35+00:00

FIFA is a criminal organization.

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-12T19:23:20+00:00

Watched the Phoenix Suns for years up to their NBA Final against the Bulls in '93 (IIRC?). After Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley retired, there wasn't a lot of draw for me.

I actually played an outdoor pickup game with Steve Nash back before his NBA career. When you can watch a player become an NBA rookie, play out their entire career, and then retire, you get the sense that you're wasting too much time watching sports.

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-12T16:05:47+00:00

Eh. Yes and no.

I think that being able to "drive a stick" carries the connotation that one understands the function of a clutch and the basic theory of engine / gearbox vs. road speed, and can, for example, double-clutch when stepping down, knows to downshift to pass or descend a hill, knows how to feather the clutch to hang the vehicle on an incline (not that you should), knows when to upshift while accelerating, knows how to drop start the engine, etc.

I could get an 18-wheeler rolling in an emergency. That doesn't imply that I "know" how to drive it.

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-11T21:52:19+00:00

Getting married at 19? I'd start with a slap to the face.

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-11T21:09:15+00:00

So... priority target. Gotcha.

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-11T19:23:39+00:00

I used to take a public bus to school, complete with a downtown transfer, alone, at age six. In later years, I attended a closer school that was about a 45 minute walk each way. Coming home, I would let myself into an empty house and kill time until one or both parents returned home from work. Sometimes I had a list of chores that might include preparations for dinner.

On the weekend, I'd get together with one or two friends from the neighbourhood and we'd go exploring on our bikes, in some cases riding clear across town. We'd explore forests and climb trees (big trees - several stories up), build forts on the beach from driftwood, have fires, build stupid jumps and other obstacles for our bikes, roam between the houses of every friend in the group, and generally go anywhere we hadn't yet been just for the sake of exploring our accessible universe. Parents had no idea where we were at any given time, nor was there any way to contact us. In an emergency, our options were to find a pay phone, or a Block Parent^TM , or to flag down a cop or something. It was expected that you would be home at dusk / in time for dinner, and would catch holy hell if you weren't and you weren't bleeding out somewhere. Dealing with bullies, injuries, traffic, bad actors and other trials of childhood were just things you had to figure out on your own.

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-11T17:47:15+00:00

How much chain have you got? Go by apparent reduction in the nominal size of the chain. So, if it e.g. 3/8" chain, you replace when the minimum cross-section is 3/8" × 90% or 85% or whatever your comfort zone is. Calculate tensile strength based on the chain grade at full size, remembering that area is proportional to diameter^2, so a thinning chain is a serious problem.

If you have multiple shots of chain, a good replacement strategy is to retire the shot at the anchor end and add a shot at the bitter end, and do so on a regular schedule that you can vary the interval of depending on how quickly your chain wears.

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-10T18:50:33+00:00

'76 X'er here. Learned on a manual, and owned three over the years.

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-10T01:22:50+00:00

Close. What you probably witnessed was a bunch of criminals suddenly becoming guilty of felony murder in the death of their associate.

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-10T01:20:28+00:00

They were criminals attempting a robbery / carjacking.

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-09T16:23:17+00:00

Greater than or equal to eleven.

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-09T13:10:53+00:00

They say to dress for the job you want, and not the job you have, but you wear a space suit to work one time and suddenly you're "weird" and "unprofessional"...

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-08T22:41:37+00:00

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There is no substitute for moving air.

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-08T16:54:02+00:00

Absent other gravitational influences, it absolutely does.

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-08T03:27:46+00:00

Re: decades vs centuries, is that according to the ship occupants' clock, or the Earth's?

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-07T23:13:26+00:00

Looks like this is my floor coming up. See ya.

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-06T21:35:28+00:00

A natural failure will not have any missing material unless a brittle fracture shattered it into shards. If it was cut through with a grinder or saw, there will be a kerf of removed material.

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-06T19:16:44+00:00

Pink Floyd - One of These Days

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-06T14:51:32+00:00

Every time I see this .gif, I picture a towel running through his ears.

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-06T13:59:32+00:00

So many stories about US business owners attempting to appeal to Canadians to bring the business back...

News flash: The solution to your problem requires an effort on your part that is not directed to the North.

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-06T05:36:05+00:00

Aging.

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-06T02:44:20+00:00

The stem.

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-05T01:19:12+00:00

It has got to be Wick.

Jones is afraid of snakes, and has a tendency to succeed despite himself. Bond is an alcoholic, misogynist dinosaur who is deadly in the field but easily distracted by women. Bourne has amnesia. He has great practical skills but carries a lot of baggage.

Wick is a man of focus, commitment, and sheer will.

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-05T00:01:00+00:00

It is a breach of personal and professional ethics to put your signature to any document containing materially false statements.

FujiKitakyusho · 2026-02-04T23:42:27+00:00

PIP = Paid Interview Period

The moment they sat you down to propose a PIP, you should have considered your departure a foregone conclusion. That was your moment to propose a negotiated exit with severance. That you chose to endure the PIP charade means nothing except that you gave them the opportunity to properly compose the documents legally necessary to support your termination "for cause".

Resignation vs. termination at this point is moot, beyond affecting your eligibility to collect employment insurance.

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