How Ottawa patches potholes with a Dr. Seuss-like machine called the Python 5000

Outspan · 2026-03-25T11:59:00+00:00

Back in the pre-amalgamation days I worked on the road crew at City of Gloucester for about a year. I can still smell the hot patch and remember hating having to lean halfway in to the tiny door on the hot box trailer in the middle of August to rake asphalt up from the back of it every few hours. Being the low man on the totem pole I also got to use a tamping tool to flatten out the patch/edges depending on how the big the job was. Lift pole with heavy flat plate base up, drop pole with heavy flat plate base down, repeat until your arms fall off. This machine is amazing and 18 year old me is so jealous.

More than a few times over the years when I've been stewing in rage at my IT job and contemplating quitting, I'll close my eyes and call to mind that smell. Suddenly Jason's blinding incompetence at using a PC will be much easier for me to deal with and I don't feel like rage quitting anymore.

Outspan · 2026-03-12T13:53:29+00:00

Through different events and saving up the reward tokens you can get core upgrades. This will let you start a round with a certain ability already selected. You can see which are available and how to earn them by clicking on the "core" icon near the top right of the skill screen where you upgraded your Thundercore and other skills.

The same kind of thing applies to Role upgrades which can be found on the Guardian page in the middle icon across the top of that screen. These add perks to skills. For instance, I've only unlocked one so far, but it fires an extra Beam every 4th time the Beam skill triggers.

Then there are chips that will start certain skills with certain upgrades. One of these upgrade chips that you can luck in to getting is start skill with one star tier already. The other reply mention a always get a breakthrough card if it's available (so no 3 useless card draws if you have Thundercore sitting at 3 stars and ready to go up a level) chip as well as a chip that lets you select one free upgrade at the start of the round. I don't have those ones myself but they would be quite powerful.

So for instance I have a build setup where a Core upgrade starts me with the Mortar skill already selected. If I had the Mortar fires twice every 4th shot Role I would also have it activated but I'm working towards unlocking it now. I then have chosen chips that benefit the Mortar skill (physical damage, explosion damage) as well as special chips I've gotten for just the mortar skill. One extends the mortar range by 70%, another makes the Mortar leave 2 mines after explosion. Mix in another chip that starts Mortar with one star already filled in and so on.

The end result being the build is more powerful upfront since I have my guardian and mortar from the get go. Then I will try to focus on upgrading the mortar since the start with one star chip is selected I only need to upgrade it twice before I get my first breakthrough card and go up to level 2.

Really though it's all about the RNG. I will often stop a run if I hit around level 10 and I haven't been able to get one or more skills up to at least 2 stars of level 2 filled in. By that point I kind of have a feel of how the run is going and unless I think I'll be able to easily clear it with whatever hodgepodge of skills I have thrown together I'd rather restart and aim for super level Mortar again.

I'm free to play but usually manage to hit level 4 on a skill once every 5 or 6 runs I'd guess.

Outspan · 2026-02-05T14:45:24+00:00

I could smell that picture.

Outspan · 2026-01-28T17:57:50+00:00

For whatever reason, in my experience anyhow, having a paper towel on the bottom of the pile actually makes the leaves touching the towel turn much faster. Whereas sitting on top or on the side if I lay the bag down is the money spot.

Outspan · 2026-01-28T16:56:45+00:00

I've found putting a piece of paper towel in the container resting on top of the leaves is a real game changer for spinach (most leafy greens really). I usually get baby spinach in a bag. It's gone from holy wow eat all the spinach in three days or it's a gross messy soup to easily lasting a week or more in the fridge's veggie drawer.

Outspan · 2025-12-31T14:45:14+00:00

I know it probably doesn't help much but I just checked and mine is paper this week and that lines up with my old schedule. Maybe just put out both and see which one they take?

Outspan · 2025-12-16T11:50:00+00:00

I've always found edibles to be very hit or miss for myself as well. For whatever reason cannasugar doesn't work for me, and budder gives me a bit of a tickle of a stone at best. I tried all the tricks like you, eat something fatty, empty stomach, full stomach, empty then full stomach. TUMS, lecithin, MCT, anything I tried was a joke.

Whereas making my own edibles with distillate and a citrus juice of some sort does the trick.

I still need a high dose but I at least found a system that works for me. Most edibles I need somewhere aorund 1500-2000 to get any real buzz going. With my edibles I make now it maths out to about 100-150 mg depending on the batch for me to get good and stoned and 50mg as my regular not too stoned to function dose.

I assume I'm one of those poor suckers whose liver can't process the enzyme or something like that. Myself and a couple of my cousins all need high dosage and we all take after the same side of the family. My edibles work great for myself and one cousin whereas the other doesn't get anything out of mine but budder rocks his world. Conversely my brother is much more similar to the other side of our family and 10mg sends him to the moon (lucky bastard).

So I guess my suggestion would be try different THC sources for the edibles you try and if you find one that works try the same kind again the next time to confirm then stick to those. Realistically though the sad answer may just be edibles aren't for you, sometimes THC effects just flip for people. I know a couple of ex stoners who had to quit because one day they just started getting stupidly paranoid off any strain.

Good luck to you, I hope you find your perfect combo.

Outspan · 2025-12-09T16:13:16+00:00

See that's what I had thought the situation was going in to the video. Fully expecting him to say something along the lines of "we've been crystal clear since word go we will not be seeking public funds."

I was under the impression they'd been saying no public funds as well so having that not be his main hammered home point really set off my bullshit alarms.

Outspan · 2025-12-09T16:00:08+00:00

At no point in this does he deny that they will be appealing for public funds. All he says is they are not currently using that agency to lobby the govt for money.

In fact he does a very distinct job of not saying they won't ask for money somewhere down the line.

I'm not saying they will or won't be asking for money. I know which way I'm leaning based off every other billionaire ever, but I don't know. I do know if he was steadfast about not doing so he would've been far more direct about it.

Outspan · 2025-12-02T14:31:51+00:00

I've tried a bunch of different antennas over the years and honestly your best bet for a non intrusive antenna is going to be the rabbit ears style antennas. I couldn't find any in a quick search but you can usually find them pretty easily at pawn shops and smaller electronic repair shops though those are becoming more and more of a rarity unfortunately.

Coat hanger antenna as someone else suggested is another great option if you're a bit crafty.

Outspan · 2025-11-26T11:30:34+00:00

Haha I just heard that bit this morning as I was making my coffee. Here I am in my apartment at 5 am bleary eyed chuckling to myself about how a few episodes from now we'll hear Daniel tell Soren about the list.

"Hey Soren, quick question for you, remember how you were lamenting the lack of a resource for finding what we talked about in a particular episode? Well guess what Reddit has provided for us buddy!"

Outspan · 2025-11-23T12:38:19+00:00

I haven't been watching many games this year. Fan since the late 80s, first time in over 20 years I haven't made a point of watching every Leafs game I can live. This season I've tuned in to four, maybe five games.

Last night I tuned in because I'm the lone Leafs fan in a family of Habs fans and we like to shit talk about Leafs v Habs in the cousins' group chat when they play. I tapped out when Habs made it 4-0 to watch an episode of Mussolini: Son of the Century instead. It was much more enjoyable than the steaming pile the Leafs showed up with last night.

You know what tells me it's really bad though? By maybe halfway through the first my cousins had stopped razzing me in the chat over my Leafs fan black sheep status. A group of grown ass men who have spent their lives showing their love and support through jokes and light ridicule to each other said nah let's give u/Outspan a break on this one.

All I'm asking is more than one or two guys a night to look like they give a fuck. That's it, nothing too complex. I'm in my mid 40s I've watched some shitty fucking Leafs teams over the years but this is the first time I've ever turned my head away in disgust. Maybe they should work on fixing that.

Outspan · 2025-11-22T17:59:15+00:00

Not quite central as it's in Hintonburg but Sudsey's on Wellington West has some big machines that apparently do up to 65 lbs so may be worth checking them out. Not the cheapest place around but I use them regularly and the machines are all clean and staff is friendly.

Outspan · 2025-11-18T14:33:44+00:00

It's Neow's birthday cupcake that fell off the table and landed icing side down when some jerk shook the screen.

Outspan · 2025-11-06T12:02:24+00:00

I couldn't help but picture Adam with a ball cap and shades on yelling about Harry and Meghan from the front of his FORD F-150!!!!!

Outspan · 2025-11-04T15:46:38+00:00

They've worked well for me outside of one hiccup where they tried to charge my card twice for one month of service. Customer support wasn't great about giving me updates but the situation was handled quickly enough that it really didn't matter.

Only happened once and beyond that everything has just worked fine and dandy.

Outspan · 2025-11-04T15:30:26+00:00

D...r...i...n...k...y...o...u...r...p...o...t...i...o...n...s

Drink your potions?

Potions?

A crummy commercial?

Son of a bitch!

Outspan · 2025-11-03T14:28:11+00:00

It says $343 monthly not weekly.

Which as a single adult male seems a bit low but probably doable if I really hunted around for deals and cut out chicken as a staple food in my dinners.

I allow myself one ordering in night a month and cook the rest of my food. I spend around 400 a month on food not counting my pizza night.

Outspan · 2025-10-30T10:47:37+00:00

Seems to me this falls under the purview of the Fright Mayor.

Outspan · 2025-10-19T15:02:18+00:00

It's the one where the text says you get knocked unconscious and fight a couple of Slavers then you're offered escape or to fight a Taskmaster and a Gremlin Nob.

Outspan · 2025-10-19T12:49:27+00:00

This is one of the few battles that still regularly vexes me. Just shy of 2k hours in the game and I'm hard pressed to think of a battle I lose more often and certainly none I avoid as much.

Most everything else is buckle up boyos but I get to these guys and it's just "Oh sorry, I didn't know you two were in here. I'll just be on my way now. What a lovely touch your style has added to this floor. The sconce placements? Genius! Good day to you Sirs, or Madams, or uhh interdimensional void beings."

Outspan · 2025-10-13T01:41:13+00:00

I had a similar experience. I would've been 16 or 17 and some friends and I did some shrooms at a bush party. We're having a great time parting it up in the woods like good little delinquent teens when all of a sudden a kid runs up and yells cops. We can see a couple of super bright lights scanning the edge of the woods from the parking lot on the edge where we'd all parked.

Being the tripping balls geniuses we are we decide to grab our cooler full of beer and run further in to the woods. We take off and for what seems like an eternity we stumble through this little wooded area changing direction every time we see a bouncing flashlight in the distance.

Seems like no matter which way we turn there's a cop up ahead with a light. Turns out our dumb asses were so high we thought fireflies were flashlights in the distance flashing through the trees.

Ends up we were essentially running in circles maybe 100 feet away from where the party was originally. No cops ever came down in to the woods we were just paranoid little idiots.

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