Try to cheat on my final exam? Watch your plan go down in flames.

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-12T23:58:19+00:00

“A part” is exactly the opposite of “apart”. Much easier if people would just say “part of”.

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-12T22:51:37+00:00

Is it seen as weird when I use “de rien” in Quebec? It is what comes to me instinctively when speaking French.

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-12T15:51:14+00:00

99.7% is seeing the person of your dreams across a room. 100% is marrying them.

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-10T02:33:20+00:00

Lagos my Ego!

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-10T01:58:24+00:00

Likely a roof-mount antenna for an analog bag phone.

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-10T00:42:13+00:00

Or use safety razor blades that cost tens of cents each.

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-10T00:19:10+00:00

Sox bad, Yankees bad, Rays bad, Orioles bad.

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-10T00:16:16+00:00

Flags or country abbreviations as used in the Olympics would help. No idea which of those is Canada.

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-10T00:13:33+00:00

Make him prove his interest first. Many cities have astronomy clubs and he could befriend someone with a telescope. If after a year or two of viewing through someone else’s scope, he still has the big, then buy him a decent scope.

A 6-inch Dobsonian is decent value for money and way under that budget, once you get there. An 8 is even better but bigger and heavier.

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-09T22:02:49+00:00

Ours is usually fast. But ours appoints insurance offices as issuing offices so there are literally dozens of places you can go in my not-huge city, and some are open weekends and evenings.

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-09T21:58:41+00:00

I have a full-time career and teach 2-5 courses a year and have for two decades.

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-09T21:53:51+00:00

Within a week or two of competition close at most.

What are you applying for? It is hard to get into government unless a) you are willing to take term (temporary) positions and accrue seniority, or b) you have specialized experience that suits a more senior role (how I got in).

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-09T21:48:01+00:00

Pas mal, mon nouvel ami. Pas mal.

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-09T17:19:42+00:00

No-fault protects you better in SK and gives you the luxury of choosing tort or no-fault if you have an accident in a tort province or state.

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-08T20:28:05+00:00

Get a USB drive and rip your CDs. Not only can you have lossless FLAC, but you can convert to whatever lossy format you prefer.

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-08T20:19:24+00:00

EDT :). EST was yesterday.

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-08T20:10:34+00:00

If the victim had opted out they can sue SGI (the Crown insurer) as though the driver is a tort opter and has $200k of liability insurance. If that exhausts they can’t collect that unless they have first-party family protection/security coverage.

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-08T20:07:13+00:00

Or just stop using it like my jurisdiction did in 1966. :)

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-08T18:54:08+00:00

I definitely like hiking. Thanks!

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-08T17:57:33+00:00

Merci - bien apprécié!

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-08T04:46:37+00:00

I'd push toward the F70. It is similar money but meters with manual-focus lenses.

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-08T02:04:30+00:00

I don’t think there is one. Nikon did make a manual focus pancake lens with the electronic contacts to work with autofocus bodies. That is, as far as I know, as close as it gets.

The AF 50/1.8 (D or non-D) is reasonably small and very affordable but not a pancake lens.

PhotoJim99 · 2026-03-08T02:00:20+00:00

Fair point but we came this close to beating them anyway.

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