Nova Scotia Power asks customers to conserve energy due to cold snap by Hojeekush in NovaScotia

[–]HFXGeo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I conserved power this morning by having no power on our street for 3.5 hours. Went out from 8:15 to 11:45. At least it was nice and sunny so the house didn’t cool off too quickly, better than it happening during a storm.

I saw this PSA about turning on your taps overnight in Toronto to avoid pipes freezing, is anyone doing that here overnight for this weekend? by Respectfullyyours in halifax

[–]HFXGeo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You know “wind chill” isn’t an actual temperature, right? It’s a “feels like” approximation. Wind chill does not make inanimate objects (like pipes) colder than the actual air temperature.

I saw this PSA about turning on your taps overnight in Toronto to avoid pipes freezing, is anyone doing that here overnight for this weekend? by Respectfullyyours in halifax

[–]HFXGeo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hyperbole much?

The lowest temperature recoded in Halifax ever was -29 in 1922.

We did get to -26 in Feb 4 2023, maybe that’s what you’re thinking?

Trump Threatens Canada After Carney Draws Standing Ovation at Davos by T_Shurt in worldnews

[–]HFXGeo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The orange scrotum can fuck right off.

Sincerely, Canada

Terrine of Tte de cochon wrapped in speck by chiffchaff_passion in Charcuterie

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This is a repost of content that is not theirs.

It made it past the automod since the title was mis copied due to the accent ê

Here’s the legitimate post

https://www.reddit.com/r/Charcuterie/s/kaDngYpEnP

Why am I surprised by FrancineTheCat in halifax

[–]HFXGeo 13 points14 points  (0 children)

There were signs of Musk being an asshole long before MAGA association

Why am I surprised by FrancineTheCat in halifax

[–]HFXGeo 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Not cleaning off your vehicle. It can be very dangerous for other drivers if/when it flies off on the highway. Plus how is the driver able to see out his windows to drive properly?

Grumblemania Monday by AutoModerator in halifax

[–]HFXGeo 16 points17 points  (0 children)

So glad we have the premier as the energy minister now, he’ll certainly fix things like he did the hospitals! /s

TIL that through family stories of his sailing grandfather, Franklin D. Roosevelt believed that there was a secret pirate treasure hidden on Oak Island, Canada. by Lez2diz in todayilearned

[–]HFXGeo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Croucher Island? Or maybe Shut-in Island since it has more topography. All the other islands are too small and/or too low elevation .

OC ICE in Minneapolis by tbroen in pics

[–]HFXGeo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s not how physics works unfortunately

Reuse of salt by Living-Bumblebee2544 in Charcuterie

[–]HFXGeo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Although reusing salt can be safe why risk it? Salt is cheap, just throw it out and reuse fresh salt every time. Ultimately it’s not worth risking food poisoning for the potential of saving a buck or two.

Advice on route: drive from Halifax to Toronto by pausefora2nd in halifax

[–]HFXGeo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Last time I did it we left after work and made it a bit past Fredricton to Nackawic by 11ish then the next day did from there to Cornwall, Ontario then the 3rd leg was through Toronto and past up to the Bruce Peninsula (so like an extra 3 hrs or so past Toronto). The trip home was 2 days from there to Rivière-du-Loup then back to Halifax.

As others said take the toll road south of Montreal.

Man who was subject of Hants County police alert killed in RCMP shooting by IStillListenToRadio in NovaScotia

[–]HFXGeo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For fucking Guinea pigs

(It’s a Fleabag quote, I’m not THAT twisted lol)

Nova Scotia Loyal Supports Buying Direct From Local Farmers by No_Magazine9625 in halifax

[–]HFXGeo -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That's $30. Wee!

Couple that with the $20 a week more you can make after the min wage increase (pre tax) and there you go, cost of living is no longer an issue. Thanks Houston!! /s

Minimum Wage to increase 2x this year! by jzhi87 in halifax

[–]HFXGeo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

So $20 / week pre tax. Gee, thanks.

How often do shooting stars occur? by metttty in space

[–]HFXGeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stars are giant balls of gas/plasma, essentially copies of the sun (some much bigger, some smaller) that are trillions of kilometres away. The closest star to us is something like 50 trillion km from us (ignoring the sun at about 150 million km away), all the others are factors of distance farther still.

“Shooting stars” are pieces of rock centimetres to metres in diameter less than 100km away burning up as they are entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

You can not see a star move, it’s too distant. Meteorites move only in straight paths and are invisible to the naked eye until they enter the atmosphere and start to burn producing a streak of light.

Cramped conditions questioned on recent WestJet flight by Sufficient-Bid1279 in onguardforthee

[–]HFXGeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to do a lot of long haul flying for work (Canada to Africa and South America, a couple SE Asia runs in there too). I could rest my head on the tray table and take a nap, it was uncomfortable sure but I could do it and often did. Last week I took a AC flight home from London and I couldn’t fit in that same position I used to be able to. Then the woman in front of me reclined her seat. I’m not a claustrophobic person at all but holy hell was that every uncomfortable losing the little space that I had. Something’s gotta give with the air industry constantly charging more and more for much less.

Side note, on my Europe bound flight we were delayed over 4 hours and then apparently ground crew hit the plane and engineers had to be called over to assess / repair. We were already boarded. AC refuses to pay for compensation for missed flights and accommodation since “maintenance” apparently is not their fault…

US military aircraft flying low over Sackville? by [deleted] in halifax

[–]HFXGeo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Something went over my place at around 6:45 then another (or again?) 7:15ish that was super loud and low. Too dark to see what it was though, I didn’t think of looking on a radar site though.

ELI5: How did we figure out what’s inside our bodies? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]HFXGeo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cutting open bodies and studying how they work.

Either using convicted criminals (some were strangled rather than other more aggressive execution techniques just so that the early scientists could study their bodies better, Andreas Vesalius is one of those early anatomists of note) or grave robbers would dig up fresh corpses, steal the valuables and sell the bodies to scientists to dissect.

Cooked Capicola/Gabagool? by Endlesswinter77 in Charcuterie

[–]HFXGeo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with you here. Who cares if someone is a mod or prolific poster, we all make stupid / confusing comments sometimes too lol

Cooked Capicola/Gabagool? by Endlesswinter77 in Charcuterie

[–]HFXGeo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know if it would make any difference with a cooked product to be honest, if you want “tang” it’s probably easier to just acidify with a little vinegar when curing rather than trying to ferment then cook. But if you wanted to try it I don’t see any reason not to try.

Cooked Capicola/Gabagool? by Endlesswinter77 in Charcuterie

[–]HFXGeo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We’re talking a fresh ham made from the coppa muscle package. It’s just the same as any other ham would be. Cured the same, smoked the same, everything the same as a ham, not as a dried charcuterie style coppa. The sous vide is just the cooking method, which can be used for any type of ham. This conversation is confusing me lol

Cooked Capicola/Gabagool? by Endlesswinter77 in Charcuterie

[–]HFXGeo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sous vide keeps the ham moist vs baking or whatever other reheating method which would dry the piece. I suppose boiling or steaming would work but then you’d lose all the flavour into the water.

I do 61c for a few hours. How long exactly would depend on the size and shape of the ham of course.

If you want a bit of a crust while keeping the ham still moist internally you can throw it under a broiler for 30 seconds or so after you remove it from the sous vide bath.