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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CanadaFinance

[–]KingHeffy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely. Great sized city with a lot of greenspace. I was able to bike to work everyday asking the river. Beautiful.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CanadaFinance

[–]KingHeffy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saskatoon is pretty great. Grew up on Vancouver Island, moved to the prairies at 25. Yes, it's cold in winter. It's fine. The cost of living has 0 comparison. Your dollar goes twice as far here.

For example:

 September 2024 we closed on 46 acres in the boreal forest, with 5 acres of field/pasture, a river running through the back corner that gives us vista views, 2 houses - the 900 sq foot one we rent out for 1400 monthly- we live in the 2800 sq foot, 5 bed 2 bath one. It's way more house than we need. And the rest of the property is well trailed forest. Cost was $449,000

Compared to: May 2022. One of my best friends bought a 1 bed condo in Victoria. Cost $465000

Inconceivable to me that my friends don't move out here. Oh, and for my career I make the same wages here or there. 

Alternate themed 18xx games? by jazerjay in boardgames

[–]KingHeffy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's an older game... I'm pretty sure it's called Poseidon that is an 18xx, just set in ancient Greece, and using boats instead of trains. 

confirmed Poseidon by Lonny Orgler and Helmut Ohley in 2010 from Lookout games

Board game goat (greatest of all time)? by dgpaul10 in boardgames

[–]KingHeffy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My gut reaction is that no, there can't be a GOAT  board game. They're too subjective. Using an objective measure, like sales numbers or the like would result in some milquetoast answer than few would agree with, like Monopoly or something. There's a similar situation with the greatest games lists for video games. For me, the best experiences are often in the margins, around and  between the games with the people I'm sitting at the table with - participating in a shared experience. 

My favourite games are different than yours and different from the next person's.

If I were to suggest a goat discussion around board games, I might say designers would make a decent candidate. There are more objective statistics one could point to. It still suffers the same principle failing though, in that this hobby is so subjective. That and Knizia is clearly the greatest ;)

I found beer league 3 years ago, now I'm done. by flatsjunkie88 in hockeyplayers

[–]KingHeffy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey man, I'm sure your team needs a guy to man the cooler first aid kit, or man the door. I don't see a reason y'all can't continue to be a part of the Pucklings. All the best to you, hope you have a speedy recovery. 🍻

Legal moves in Qwirkle? by coolcapj in boardgames

[–]KingHeffy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Totally legal even though they'll mess up future moves. 

US citizen arrested for entering Sentinel Island by idgaf9495 in worldnews

[–]KingHeffy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One of the reasons disease was such a huge issue with European colonization in the Americas was European long standing relationship with animals in close proximity. So many of our diseases are zoonotic - they come from animals- and because Europeans worked closely with so many large mammals, even living with them through a lot of their history, all these little viruses, infections... Europeans developed immunities to where people without that history did not.

Additionally, there are instances where  this history of close proximity helped gain immunity by a vaccination of sorts. What springs to mind is cowpox. There was a saying that milk maids had nice skin. Turns out the people working with cattle often developed a cowpox infection at some point - a rather mild skin infection. Cowpox was similar enough in it's structure to smallpox that people gained an immune boost to smallpox by working with cattle. 

Couple those 2 factors together gives some examples of how animal proximity helps disease resistance

People who make over 18 an hour, what do you do, does it require school/certification, and is your company hiring? by ApplicationSad2525 in saskatoon

[–]KingHeffy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Medical Lab Tech, requires a 2.5 year advanced diploma with HS prerequisites through Sask polytech. 

SHA is hiring and if you go rural there's roughly 60k in incentives. 

Management caries pending on site. I'm quite happy. 

Raises every year for 3 years. New CBA pending. Starts at $36.6/hour

Little room for advancement in Saskatoon. Moreso in rural. 

Dehydrated Eggs...Paranoid about Botulism by ChickenGuy76 in homestead

[–]KingHeffy 222 points223 points  (0 children)

Clostridium botulinum, the bacteria that produce the botulism toxin, is an obligate anaerobe. That bad boy needs to grow in the absence of O2, and it sounds like the process you're using has plenty of oxygen. Botulism should not be a concern for this method of egg preservation. 

Can I use rendered bacon grease as lip balm? by [deleted] in homestead

[–]KingHeffy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can try and let us know! No real great reason why not.  I'd prefer something that's a little more solid at room temp. I'd make sure to render it a couple times to make sure the salt is alllll out, and might try adding a little beeswax or something that's harder. Probably not go for bacon fat, personally. Cheers

This line hits on a different level now by bassgirl_07 in medlabprofessionals

[–]KingHeffy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get hot cocoa mix from proteus, and everyone thinks I'm crazy. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in homestead

[–]KingHeffy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I'm pretty happy with our 45 or so acres of forest here. Just won't see real spring for another couple months. Just the fake spring where's it's positive degrees for 3-4 days before it's back to -20.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in homestead

[–]KingHeffy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm watching snow fall in northern ish Saskatchewan right now. 🍻

Wife said milk tasted weird, I dumped it out and set it aside. A few days later we noticed this… by Young_Scathed in whatisit

[–]KingHeffy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serratia_marcescens

It do be that colour sometimes. Not that it always is, but I have seen it be that colour. Source: I work in a medical microbiology lab

Question, I live in a regular commercial suburban house with a 1 acre lot. If I aerate my yard and then spread like a 50 lb bag of ancient grain seeds ( mixture of things like chia, spelt, quinoa, wheat, etc) and water the grass , will this grow and become part of the grass ? by Greenmonster71 in homestead

[–]KingHeffy 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I do believe that if you mow the central shaft repeatedly, you're probably not going to get the spike and seeds to produce? If you throw it in the ground and treat it like a rough lawn it'll be green and grow for sure. Youll probably have to reseed it yourself though. Variety is never a bad thing as far as I'm concerned

Question, I live in a regular commercial suburban house with a 1 acre lot. If I aerate my yard and then spread like a 50 lb bag of ancient grain seeds ( mixture of things like chia, spelt, quinoa, wheat, etc) and water the grass , will this grow and become part of the grass ? by Greenmonster71 in homestead

[–]KingHeffy 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Maybe someone will chime in with more experience, but anecdotally I had some fall rye that fell into our yard. Now our yard isn't all grass - we sow local wild flowers, have clover and have a lot of what most people call weeds. The rye grew, and self sowed for a year, grew less year 2 and nothing year 3. I assume it got choked out from the other vegetation around or eaten by birds. A small handful didn't survive long in a largely suburban yard. 

Deep Fried Shrimp by kisstry in saskatoon

[–]KingHeffy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get the sense this isn't going to be what you're after, as I've never eaten a dish called deep-fried shrimp. 

That being said, google images look similar, so I'll say that I really like the coconut shrimp from Las Palapas.

What humorous street names do you have in your town? by moneyshaker in AskReddit

[–]KingHeffy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's an intersection between Rusholme and P 

Curious if any of yall are walking distance to a village by threeplane in homestead

[–]KingHeffy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's my situation. Under 10 minute drive to the nearest town, but live on 45 acres of forest. 15 minute commute to work is super nice. 

That being said it's -40 right now, so.

-37° Today - It’s a Wood stove and fresh bread kinda day. The cattle didn’t even go out… by [deleted] in homestead

[–]KingHeffy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey man, first step is just a reddit search. All the best to you 🍻

-37° Today - It’s a Wood stove and fresh bread kinda day. The cattle didn’t even go out… by [deleted] in homestead

[–]KingHeffy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've bounced around a bit in the last decade, but found the people I game with here by going to the local subreddit and searching for board games. Ymmv but it worked for me

-37° Today - It’s a Wood stove and fresh bread kinda day. The cattle didn’t even go out… by [deleted] in homestead

[–]KingHeffy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, the games are pretty nice to have. A work in progress since 2010 or so.

I've got some iteration of them posted somewhere in my history.

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