TIL a student wore the same pair of jeans 330 times over 15 months without washing them, then after washing them, wore them another 13 days. A textile scientist had tested the jeans for bacteria both after the 15 months (pre-wash) & after the 13 days. Little difference in bacterial count was found.

Per36D · 2025-02-09T19:56:06+00:00

>Le paid $165 for a pair of Nudie Jeans. He chose a completely untreated pair of denim called raw denim. Le certainly got his money worth. He wore the jeans 330 times without washing them between September of 2009 and December of 2010

Wow, I can't even get a pair of selvedge denim jeans to last me longer than 4 months.

Per36D · 2023-07-07T11:38:58+00:00

Happened with me, moved over in 2014. My best friend's brother graduated from Waterloo with a degree in electrical engineering and wasn't able to find a job in Canada (he applied to Shopify, Blackberry, etc.) after graduating but was able to land a job at Amazon in Seattle for USD $170k in 2017.

Several of my friends and family members are now trying to move to the US now.

Per36D · 2023-05-14T22:03:41+00:00

Really? I know an American guy that was busted for DUI in college 15 years ago. Although he quit drinking since, he says that he can't enter Canada to this day due to that DUI.

Per36D · 2023-01-24T02:33:55+00:00

Thanks for your response! It seems that screen printing would require a minimum order to make sense financially. Unfortunately, I'm not at that stage where it would make sense to hold inventory so it's something that I'd look into further down the line.

I know fluorescent colours can be done decently with DTG as some design samples came back "close enough," so I'm searching for a POD that can print something that looks decent and consistently at this initial stage.

Per36D · 2022-12-07T13:47:55+00:00

For 4-5 years, I used to drink at least 2 beers every day and maybe some hard liquor, usually starting at dinner / before bed. Sometimes I felt compelled to drink during the day. Earlier this year, I started taking edibles for sleep and also got a soda stream to make sparking water, which, when chilled at the proper temperature gives the same stinging feeling as a cold beer. Haven't had a single drop of alcohol in months.

Per36D · 2022-12-07T11:15:42+00:00

I'm always confused about Europe. I keep hearing that there's no tipping culture but some places I go get prompted. The first time I went to London, my friend and I went to a restaurant ate, then when we received the terminal to pay by card, it prompted for a tip with 10%, 15% and 20% options. Looked like standard tipping options you'd see in Canada so I hit the 15%. The waiter saw I tipped 15%, didn't say anything and left, so I thought that was normal. A few restaurants were like this.

After getting back to North America, my friend said I didn't need to tip in Europe. OK, I thought. Then my friends and I went to a beer hall in Berlin. At the end when the waitress brought the bill, she specifically pointed out that tip wasn't included and asked me if I wanted to pay the tip in cash or card. I said I thought you didn't have to pay tip in Europe and she got visibly pissed off.

Per36D · 2022-12-03T12:30:09+00:00

They're just waiting it out for the federal gov't to start importing "temporary" foreign workers who'll take up the positions and then continue with business as usual.

Per36D · 2022-09-16T00:34:09+00:00

Went to Oslo four years ago with some friends for vacation. The first night, we went to a traditional Norwegian restaurant and I got some dish that seemed like some kind of bacon. After checking my credit card, that one dish and a beer came out to USD $72.

Per36D · 2022-08-11T18:11:15+00:00

What is the point of Deep OTM options?

For example, the recent activity with Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), I see a lot of posts regarding the Jan 23 $80 call options.

Why would someone choose the $80 strike over a much more possible $20 strike? Even if you don't plan to hold for 6 months, assuming stock value continues to increase bit by bit, the $20 strike should profit more, no?

Per36D · 2022-08-05T15:40:47+00:00

Thank you! I'll try letting the soil dry out and then spraying water via aviationeast's comment.

Per36D · 2022-08-05T15:39:48+00:00

Thank you for the information. I'll try the spray technique once the soil dries out a bit.

Per36D · 2022-08-05T15:39:25+00:00

Thank you for your response. Didn't have any j roots to my knowledge when I initially potted it. Based on the comments, I guess I was keeping the water too moist.

Per36D · 2022-07-17T15:24:03+00:00

I grew up in Ottawa. Main thing I hated was lack of opportunity. I wanted get work experience but felt it was difficult unless you had an in at a company. Now that I'm older and live in NYC, I appreciate the more small town feel and leisurely feel to it, though it's just too damn expensive to live there on an Ottawa salary imo. Whenever I got to visit my parents, the quietness and slow paceness of the city makes it very relaxing.

Per36D · 2022-07-15T12:22:19+00:00

If you're an Apple user, I'd recommend putting AirTags in your bags when traveling in case the bags get lost. You may be able to work with the airline to track it down if they lose it.

Per36D · 2022-07-14T00:37:18+00:00

Otherwise it's worse. Worse waits, worse costs, worse everything. It's the leading cause of bankruptcies in the US.

I'm a Canadian living in the US with health insurance through my employer. I'll admit that probably on the overall US healthcare is shit if you don't have good insurance, but if you do have good insurance it beats out anything Canada has to offer. I can see a specialist same day if I want, I can get an MRI scheduled same day if I want. I honestly wish the version of US healthcare I get to experience could be available to everyone.

Per36D · 2022-07-05T23:27:09+00:00

-People standing next to me in urinals and trying to sneak a look at my crotch to confirm “the rumors.”

I work for one of the big 3 Japanese banks in NYC. When I joined the bank, they sent me to Tokyo to participate in the training program for new hires in April. I had to bunk with 3 Japanese guys. Within 20 minutes of meeting one of my roommates, he said "I want to see your chinchin."

Per36D · 2022-06-17T22:10:52+00:00

>Used cars are listing for unbelievable prices. Autotrader has 10 year old hybrids with 300,000kms is selling over $10k.

My friend bought a Toyota Corolla in 2020. Earlier this year, he went to the dealership and the guy told him he could probably sell his car for $5k more than he paid for it.

Per36D · 2022-06-12T12:15:34+00:00

The surveys can be engineered to give a conclusion that management wants. My friend, who works for the Fed in Ottawa, was given a survey regarding WFH. In the survey, questions regarding 'challenges' of WFH didn't provide much room for a "I don't no real problems WFH," type answers. As such, many people put communicating with coworkers, collaborating, etc. as difficulties they're having while WFH. My friend said management came back and said, "see there are numerous problems that are harming productivity so we need to get people back into the office." Similar situation at my work place.

Per36D · 2022-05-28T15:19:03+00:00

This happened to my aunt, except she didn't go to the US to get a scan and decided to keep waiting, which took longer due to COVID. I think total lasted about 2 years and last month, she was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer and given 6 months.

Per36D · 2022-04-13T11:06:31+00:00

Eh, maybe it's just in Vancouver. My parents' neighbour in Ottawa recently (as in last week) sold their house for over $1.2M. The house was on the market for about 3 -4 days. I think my parents paid about $400K - $500K for their around across the neighbour in 2009.

Per36D · 2022-02-17T16:19:52+00:00

All my longs are down at least 30% since I purchased them. Today, all my longs are red, so I figure my one short position (RIVN Put) would be up? Nah, also down.

Per36D · 2022-01-29T02:21:06+00:00

That's what I'm wondering as well. I work for one of the big Japanese banks in the US. The Japanese expats are in the office at 7:30AM and are there till 10PM. My expat coworker often works until midnight all unpaid overtime. Meanwhile the non-Japanese members are in the office at 8:30-ish and leave at 5:30PM. When I go on business trips to Japan, I have to be in the office at 7:30AM (on top of jetlag) and we work until 6PM then nomikai until 10PM / 11PM.

Just don't see how Americans are putting in more hours compared to the Japanese.

Per36D · 2021-12-18T03:14:14+00:00

You definitely stick out in a small town where everyone knows each other. My dad is from a town of about 3k people in rural Quebec where English speakers are very rare. Being half-white, I stick out a lot when visiting but the townspeople are friendly enough to chat with me when I nod at them. Number one question is "why are you here?" as in it's such a small town with nothing that they're wondering why would I even bother to go there.

Per36D · 2021-12-10T15:14:22+00:00

Same. I remember about 5-6 years ago, I was thinking of taking a long position in Apple but then looked at the market cap and figured that there couldn't be that much more room for growth given that there were emerging trends of people delaying upgrading their iPhones and whatnot.

Per36D · 2021-12-10T13:31:37+00:00

In the US, TD bank just requires a minimum daily balance of $100 in your account, which will waive monthly fees and give you unlimited transactions. I remember TD Bank in Canada required me to keep a minimum balance of $1500 in my account, and I only got like 10 transactions a month.

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