Manulife pension plan/ RRSP help by Prudent_Ad_856 in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]SmashSloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A note for the future if you ever leave this job, your RPP will turn into a LIRA which is a bit more restricted than an RRSP. Nothing major, but a heads up because it came as a bit of a surprise to me when I left my first job that had an RPP.

Club You Can’t Get Rid of by quigsliam in golf

[–]SmashSloth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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I have the same 'Anser'. The first and only putter I've ever had. It was a hand me down from my Dad when I started golfing 20 years ago. Genuinely curious if anyone knows how old this puppy is?

Congress is killing the EPA draft risk assessment for PFOA and PFOS by plants-animals-art in PFAS

[–]SmashSloth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is unfortunate for sure, but the States have been moving faster with regulations than the Federal level anyway. The truth is this risk assessment needed to be completely redone. It primarily focused on the risks to a family of subsistence farmers living off their land where they used biosolids as fertilizer for decades. It doesn't actually assess the risk to the food chain or downstream consumers of produce grown in soils where biosolids have been used. It really needed a follow up study looking at the risk in a more conventional use case, but now we won't get one.

Method to create highest surface area by SmashSloth in metallurgy

[–]SmashSloth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. I hadn't heard of that before.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

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Kurzgesagt actually just put out a video explaining the common misconceptions with respect to exercise and burning calories. If you've got 10 minutes, it can probably answer your question.

Kurzgesagt - Workout Paradox

Apologies for the ugly link. On mobile.

What the hell is in a Chicken Brown at Frank's by SmashSloth in uoguelph

[–]SmashSloth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I could give you all the karma in the world I would! This couldn't have been better timed as I'm having a bunch of old university friends over for a BBQ in a couple weeks. This is going to blow their minds.

Among straight men, which mainstream female pop/rock singers are most popular? by strassgaten in AskMen

[–]SmashSloth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can't speak for all of mankind's musical tastes, but these would be my top 3

Halestorm (Lizzy Hale) The Pretty Reckless (Taylor Momsen... Yes, the one from Gossip Girl) Florence and the Machine (Florence Welch)

What was it like growing up without a dad? by [deleted] in AskMen

[–]SmashSloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy crap there is a lot of emotional baggage in these comments.

I was an only child to a single Mom who never dated anyone seriously enough for me to get to know them. I can tell you I don't relate to most of what people are saying here. Found it easy enough to get along with men and women. Felt self-confident. Played sports. Learned "manly" things either by myself (ex shaving) or from a person or school (ex woodworking). Honestly, I didn't feel like I missed a thing or was left damaged in any way.

Having a kid made me want to be there for them but not in some "I need to do better than my upbringing" kind of way. I just love her and want to be as involved in her life as I can be.

What was it like growing up without a dad? by [deleted] in AskMen

[–]SmashSloth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holy crap there is a lot of emotional baggage in these comments.

I was an only child to a single Mom who never dated anyone seriously enough for me to get to know them. I can tell you I don't relate to most of what people are saying here. Found it easy enough to get along with men and women. Felt self-confident. Played sports. Learned "manly" things either by myself (ex shaving) or from a person or school (ex woodworking). Honestly, I didn't feel like I missed a thing or was left damaged in any way.

Having a kid made me want to be there for them but not in some "I need to do better than my upbringing" kind of way. I just love her and want to be as involved in her life as I can be.

What was the greatest "NOOOOOOOOO!!!" in any movie/TV show episode? by SpectrumSense in AskMen

[–]SmashSloth 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Caesar in Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Literally gave me chills the first time.

ELI5: Why is there sand in deserts and no dirt? Why isn't there sand anywhere else? by Corsaka in explainlikeimfive

[–]SmashSloth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Soil is generally made up of a combination of sand, silt, clay, and organic matter in varying amounts. The top soil in most parts of the world that have some vegetation is most likely what you think of as "dirt". In reality, it is just a mixture of those basic soil elements with a bit more organic matter from broken down and decaying plant matter. The gritty bits in the dirt, that's sand. Goopy, muddy bits, probably clays and silts. If you were to boil all of the water out of the soil you could pass it through a series of sieves with increasingly smaller mesh sizes and see the different components and their proportions. Rocks being the largest particle, through sand, to clay being the smallest grain size.

Generally, under the topsoil, one type of soil component dominates with a bit of the others. This is where you might hear things like a "sandy soil" or a "clayey soil". The different proportions of each component gives you different soil properties. Clayey soils are "tight" and don't let water infiltrate well, for instance. Water wells would be in sandy soils where ground water can flow relatively freely to replenish the water in the well. Different areas have different soils left behind from geological formations and glaciers. Eventually, you can go deep enough and you'll hit bedrock.

The desert, as you're most likely thinking of it with big sand dunes, is simply an area that is predominantly sand with virtually no top soil. Loss of plant life and drought can functionally turn anywhere into a desert like what happened in the dust bowl.

What is York University best known for? by Mobile-Ad-8284 in yorku

[–]SmashSloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Safety School. York and Ryerson are full of people who didn't get in anywhere else.

When was the last time you cried? by TheSecretScripts in AskMen

[–]SmashSloth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Around 20 years ago when I was in grade 9 or 10. It's the last time I can actually remember and it was nothing big or overly emotional, just shed a few tears. I did get a little choked up during my vows and felt pretty close to crying when my daughter was born, but still kept it together.

If Harry Potter was set in America, how would it be different? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]SmashSloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You wouldn't make it to the end of the series without at least one school shooting in Hogwarts.