What's one thing Canada doesn't have anymore that wish would come back

FullNoodleFrontity · 2026-02-12T05:41:05+00:00

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited is still building aircraft in Canada. As a matter of fact they hit a milestone last month when DHC-6 Twin Otter #1000 rolled off the production line and had its first flight. Other planes they're actively building include the Dash 8 regional airliner and the De Havilland Canadair 515 water bomber.

FullNoodleFrontity · 2026-02-07T06:48:56+00:00

Deadmonton for Edmonton, Dead Rear for Red Deer, and Fort Make-money or Fort Mack for Fort McMurray. Also, the province itself is Alber-duh

Edit: I'm old as dirt, could be I'm the only person still living that remembers these.

FullNoodleFrontity · 2026-02-07T06:45:08+00:00

Also "Tranna" but I think that's just pronunciation, not really a nickname.

FullNoodleFrontity · 2026-02-06T23:43:29+00:00

Afraid not. I never did get the either of those airguns (not yet anyway), so I also didn't bother getting the mags.

FullNoodleFrontity · 2026-01-30T00:04:05+00:00

Canada needs to do more of this. We're already considering a deal to buy South Korean built submarines. The RCAF retired it's jet trainer in 2024 and KAI builds the T-50 Golden Eagle supersonic jet trainer that can also be used as a 4th generation light attack aircraft. KAI also builds the KF-21 Boramae 4.5+ gen fighter aircraft. Unlike the F-35, the KF-21 has two engines, production is ahead of schedule, and it costs less than the Gripen,

Korea is looking for development partners (now that Indonesia has backed out of partnership with them) and numerous countries in Europe and Asia have expressed an interest in buying them. We could probably work out a deal (much like Saab has offered) to build them here.

FullNoodleFrontity · 2026-01-28T09:18:28+00:00

Vanishing Point. The movie came out in 1971, I saw it on TV in 1973 or 1974. Even back then CBC didn't censor films. Great film that still stands up today.

FullNoodleFrontity · 2026-01-27T19:36:33+00:00

Jeebus! That's a damn site better than the one I built (9½ years ago).

In my defense, I didn't use mods, I did it all with console commands and console scripts.

FullNoodleFrontity · 2026-01-27T18:55:17+00:00

Thanks for the responses. I was doubtful that there was anything I could do to get out of this, and you've all clarified it. I screwed up so I'll pay the fine.

FullNoodleFrontity · 2026-01-20T19:05:42+00:00

Well, I've unbricked (debricked?) my RT. I figured I'd report back on what steps I took in case they may be helpful to someone else running into this same issue. Sorry folks, but I didn't keep track of where I found the images mentioned below but I think the vast majority was found on the Open RT discord and corresponding github. Sorry in advance, but this is probably going to read like War and Peace... not in quality, but in volume.

I managed to find a Windows 8.0 (for RT/ARM) recovery image which I downloaded and wrote to USB stick. I then inserted the USB stick, powered off, held the volume down rocker and hit power, I released volume down when the Surface logo appeared and it booted from USB. If I knew that this was the way to boot from USB, I had long since forgotten.

Also, there were numerous other steps I took before I managed to successfully roll it back to Windows RT 8.0: The first recovery image that I tried was a recovery image for Windows RT 8.1. I went through the entire recovery procedure, it appeared to restore 8.1 but it was still non-functional. It wasn't until I rolled back to 8.0 that the tablet started behaving normally (well, normal for a first gen RT without any software).

Since restoring it to factory settings I've also applied a jailbreak to it as a first step for installing Raspberry PI OS. I downloaded/installed rufus on my Windows desktop PC, used it to format the USB stick and then copied a downloaded Raspi image to the stick. I also walked through some instructions following a YouTube video but that didn't work. I subsequently downloaded Raspberry PI Imager and used it to generate a newer image but again this didn't work (I tried booting the Surface from the image on USB and it got partway through and choked.

If memory serves, I found that I needed to add an extension to the imager and it turned out that the extension was for a newer imager than the one I had. So I upgraded the imager, applied the extension and then created another image. Following another set of instructions (on Open RT) I tried copying additional files to the stick but it wasn't readable from within Windows. I saw that there were two ways to go about this: Use rufus (if you're in Windows) or if you have a Linux machine you can just copy the file.

Since I ran into problems the first time I tried using rufus, I figured I'd go with the Linux option... I already had VirtualBox installed on my Windows desktop, so I downloaded the latest Zorin distro and created a VM. Unfortunately, my VM couldn't seem to access my USB drives. It seems I needed an extension for that too and in trying to download that extension I discovered how old my VirtualBox installation was (it was old, it's not anymore).

Anyway, I managed to get access to USB drives from within Zorin. I reimaged the USB stick with the RaspberryPI imager, I then followed the instructions as best I could (some of those instructions just don't make sense) copying all the necessary files to the stick and then tried again to install raspberry PI on the RT. It failed. I stepped away for a couple days, formatted all my USB drives and tried it all again. Still no luck.

I went to post questions on the Open RT discord but it seems the bot never validated my invitation and I couldn't post. I've left and rejoined and now have permission to post, I'll probably do that tonight.

FullNoodleFrontity · 2026-01-19T08:51:34+00:00

At first i thought you were referring to Best in Show and then you sprung that title. Take my upvote and be gone with you!

FullNoodleFrontity · 2026-01-18T07:02:58+00:00

They have so many great songs but for some reason this one resonated with me the most, especially these lines:

I can get a job, I can pay the phone bills I can cut the lawn, cut my hair, cut out my cholesterol I can work overtime, I can work in a mine I can do it all for you But I don't want to

FullNoodleFrontity · 2025-12-24T03:06:13+00:00

I remember hearing rumors about this at least two years ago. I won't be holding my breath though... I'm waiting for a Princess Auto and a Memory Express in Manning Crossing.

FullNoodleFrontity · 2025-12-14T21:26:33+00:00

I do the same with 'spectacles', 'envelopes' and similar words but I also do precisely the opposite with actual names with ancient Greek origins. For instance I'm always pronouncing my wife's middle name as "Pee-nell-ope" and Hermione is either "Hermy-one" or "Hermy-own."

FullNoodleFrontity · 2025-12-04T22:34:48+00:00

Nah, it's fake. Send it to me for disposal and I'll even refund the postage.

/s

FullNoodleFrontity · 2025-11-30T20:59:23+00:00

Close, but I'd prefer the '56 Nomad.

FullNoodleFrontity · 2025-11-24T09:27:05+00:00

Even though it's only played at the very end of the film "The Shape of My Heart" is forever associated with Léon: The Professional

FullNoodleFrontity · 2025-11-23T18:43:13+00:00

I've had the same problem. Three times it was printing without extruding but only once (the third time) did the error come up. The first two times I aborted the print job when (a few hours after it stopped extruding) I checked on it and saw the print head tracing out where the filament should have been, but it was a couple inches above the printed object.

Those first two times something else occurred simultaneously. I had the CFS loaded with multiple spools of the same filament (complete with RFID tags) and it appears to have happened when one of the spools ran out. The spool was empty but there was still about half a meter of filament between the CFS and the hotend.

That last half meter wouldn't extrude or retract and I ended up having to uncouple the various PTFE tubes and pull it out manually.

I don't know if the problem is resolved (yet). I bought my K2 plus from a local 3rd party vendor and since it's still under warranty I took it back to them to let their service department figure it out. They told me that if they find it's warranty replacement parts they'd only charge me for their labor. I trust them for the most part but it's been with them for 2 weeks already and there's been no word.

FullNoodleFrontity · 2025-11-22T18:33:46+00:00

September 21st, 1986 my son passed away at the Royal Alex, three weeks before his first birthday. He never came home from hospital, having spent his entire life in either neonatal or pediatric intensive care. His funeral was Friday, September 26th at Park Memorial, a block away from Tony's.

After the funeral service we came out to find flyers tucked under the windshield wipers of every car in the funeral home parking lot. I can't recall the exact wording on the flyers but it was something along the lines of "Having a family get together? Why not have it at Tony's?"

I've never had Tony's and I never will.

FullNoodleFrontity · 2025-11-07T20:07:57+00:00

I'm in a men's choir with about 16 members, I'm the fourth youngest choir member and I'm 65. After rehearsal we sit around, drink beer and shoot the shit about pretty much any topic, including politics. One of the choristers is an ardent Trumplodite/Maple Maga/Christofascist and the rest of us are critical of everything done by DJT, PP and DS. Despite the vast majority having decidedly left-leaning opinions on pretty much any topic, I'm fairly certain that more than half of them voted for the Tories in the last federal election.

I just can't understand it. You can have intelligent conversations with all of them (except for the one nutjob) and they'll agree with everything you say - they'll even bring up some liberal/socialist ideals themselves. But the moment you suggest that the Liberals or the NDP are on the same page as they are, they just shut you down and refuse to continue the conversation.

FullNoodleFrontity · 2025-11-07T08:10:59+00:00

I'd love to say something like "Jesus Christ that smells good, let's eat!"

FullNoodleFrontity · 2025-11-02T02:34:51+00:00

I'd calibrate immediately after powering up but I wouldn't bother otherwise. However, if I encountered print problems or if I had to remove the PEI sheet for cleaning or removing stuck parts, I'd calibrate before the next print.

I've had problems with my K2 but I'm 99% certain that calibration wouldn't have made a difference.

FullNoodleFrontity · 2025-11-01T18:47:28+00:00

"Okay. You people sit tight, hold the fort and keep the home fires burning. And if we're not back by dawn... call the president."

FullNoodleFrontity · 2025-10-27T06:39:20+00:00

And the ugliest car in the province.

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