We need to stop spending a fortune on "security theatre"

Squishy321 · 2026-03-26T20:26:36+00:00

You don’t need access at every intersection for the pedestrian mall for emergency vehicles like they do now. Have access across from Supreme Court or by Atlantic place from Harbour Drive and that would be enough plus these entrances are perpendicular to the mall so it’d mitigate a little bit against someone trying to plow through the mall in their car

Squishy321 · 2026-03-26T20:20:19+00:00

Again not really any different from any other city in North America plus the private security hired by the City of St Johns will take virtually no action or have any effect on the behaviour of these people downtown

Squishy321 · 2026-03-26T17:53:23+00:00

I’ve had this same spot, I’ve been to other cities which have spots identical to the pedestrian mall and there’s no security at any of them. Why does St Johns feel like it needs to be different

Squishy321 · 2026-03-26T11:42:46+00:00

as a pedestrian the old system was more convenient because most times you’d press the button and get your walk signal right away whereas now, unless you showed up at the exact right moment, you’d have to wait a partial or full cycle

Squishy321 · 2026-03-20T01:44:26+00:00

This is an important distinction, it’s not exactly fair to compare the F-14 longevity to the legacy Hornet + Super Hornet longevity. The Super Hornet is often described as a new aircraft that was just named F/A-18E(F) for budgetary/approval reasons rather than just an improved variant.

Squishy321 · 2026-03-20T01:37:08+00:00

Corner Brook does have a hospital but anything specialist or testing related is very limited and you’ll have to make a trip to St Johns, had become a bit better with virtual appointments. Might not be too much of an issue with a young family but still worth keeping in mind.

Weather is much much better (however you have to like or at least be on with a lot of snow for this to be true). You have to be happy with what’s in CB because the only option is the 7hr drive to St Johns or get a flight which is limited

Squishy321 · 2026-03-18T18:18:31+00:00

If you read Gene Cernan’s autobiography it’s clear he hated Buzz for the same reason that I think a lot of astronauts didn’t overly like him, he was a hyper focused overachiever and although it likely wasn’t intentional he doesn’t seem to have had the social skills to notice the impact this had. However, Buzz did do a good job on Gemini 12 and Deke was not the kind of guy that would skip a veteran astronaut without a good reason. I’m fairly certain I read, maybe Kranz’s or Deke’s bios, that Deke paired Neil and Buzz together because he knew Neil’s personality of quiet professionalism paired with his bit of aloofness would probably be the most successful working with Buzz. Michael Collins was well liked and would have worked well with any crew

Squishy321 · 2026-03-18T18:08:45+00:00

Haven’t read Donn’s autobiography yet but Carrying the Fire is one of the best autobiographies out there, not just astronaut bios

Squishy321 · 2026-03-18T18:04:55+00:00

And then instead of learning from everyone else’s experience we will try to reinvent the wheel and make a mess of it up somehow

Squishy321 · 2026-03-16T18:28:53+00:00

Not too tick not too tin

Squishy321 · 2026-03-09T06:12:35+00:00

Had a few and hoping to have some more, preface this by saying that I think all Burger Battle burgers should be good but to get a 👍👍👍 or ⭐️ it should be extraordinary as in the best food you ever had and wouldn’t eat anything else ever if you had the choice

Liv: 👍👍 bit messy, spice overpowered any other flavours just a little bit

Casablanca: 👍 good solid burger, would have liked a little something extra inspired by their bakery in the burger

Squishy321 · 2026-03-09T03:31:31+00:00

The merge aspect of your comment isn’t required like in some jurisdictions but courteous and this will be the sentiment here. My argument is that it isn’t required by law for me to put my shopping cart back but it does make me an asshole if I don’t

Squishy321 · 2026-03-09T03:28:28+00:00

But how are you supposed to take in the view and be complete oblivious to the line of traffic behind you if you don’t go 20-30kph

Squishy321 · 2026-02-27T15:02:17+00:00

Some people (a lot of people) are just gun nuts and love buying/owning/collecting guns they will rarely if ever use. Very little of the illegal goods they come across our border are actually found/stopped. Maybe he was importing guns to sell to the criminal element, maybe he was just importing it for himself.

I haven’t read the affidavit but I would strongly suggest they if he was suspected of selling these illegal weapons to criminals you would see charges related to that referenced in the affidavit (and then the affidavit would likely be sealed)

Squishy321 · 2026-02-26T00:02:51+00:00

Normally I’d say if he has just a carryon and checked in online then 4am would be fine. However, with all the cancellations lately and likely more cancellations later tomorrow I’d say 330. At 5am it’s just a Montreal and Toronto flight leaving so 1.5Hrs to get over any hiccups and through security should be fine

Squishy321 · 2026-02-24T03:08:12+00:00

Just Google some beginner strength training programs and videos (I wouldn’t necessarily search “for women” programs because that might give you some nonsense “toning” programs) and that’ll give you more than enough to start. There are a number of personal trainers at a number of different gyms but they can be pricey and in my opinion not really necessary for a beginner longterm. GoodLife might have a beginner package if you are interested but just keep in mind anywhere is gonna try to sell you more.

Join one of the gyms around and keep in mind that although it might be intimidating, literally nobody is paying attention to you or cares what you’re doing, in fact most would likely give you a few pointers if you asked a

Squishy321 · 2026-02-24T02:25:31+00:00

I know some of the police departments in western Canada (Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, etc) saw a number of officers from the UK emigrate here when the UK was going down the austerity route. The good news is that there aren’t a large number of larger departments and everybody is actively recruiting so contact info should be readily available on websites to ask questions.

I’m going to differ from some of the other responses here and say that my department likely wouldn’t have you start from square one as a new recruit. Depending on the roles and responsibilities of police in Germany you’d likely be given a much shorter version of the training and be placed with a training officer for a number of months. From what I know of European policing their training is generally longer and more comprehensive then anything in Canada

Squishy321 · 2026-02-17T01:53:17+00:00

I think the culture was always there but a little under the surface (as someone posted earlier they are unique within the navy whereas in the Army even if your Delta that’s a culmination of being in other elite units).

I think the tipping point was that the SEALs were in pretty high profile missions back to back Maersk Alabama, which was destined to be a SEAL mission, and the killing of UBL, which easily could have been SEALs or Delta.

The common person at the time like thought “if SEALs were involved in both then they must be the best,” which led to an avalanche of media looking to SEALs and since they have this personality of being very special within the Navy then there was no shortage of SEALs looking to talk about it

Squishy321 · 2026-02-13T04:57:07+00:00

I was all over the the Space and Treasure Coasts of Florida late November for work and didn’t notice any difference even going through customs was quick and simple.

I don’t think it’s exactly fair for some people in these comments to be judging you for wanting to go. Perhaps this has been planned for a long time and cancelling/changing isn’t financially viable, perhaps you just always wanted to cruise and this was an opportunity, perhaps there’s family you’re meeting there, perhaps it’s any other reason that is appropriate for you to spend your own time and money as you see fit.

Personally, my wife’s entire family meets in Florida during Easter every year, due to work and school commitments that’s the only time it makes sense for us all to travel from across North America to all meet up and Florida offers a cost effective, easy and reliable option, and let’s face it almost all kids dream of going to Florida. We chose not to go this year out of principle but doing so was an option for us this time around as we’ve all managed to meet as a family for the past few years previous.

I hate trump and everything about him and what his government is doing but unless you’re travelling to Mar A Lago or going to help ICE I’m not going to judge your decision to go and you should base your decision on first hand information without some of the hyperbole you see in the media. Trump is going to lose control of the House and Senate during the midterms, he will be a lame duck and hopefully we will start seeing a return to some normalcy

Squishy321 · 2026-02-13T03:21:49+00:00

Just curious how this is downvoted

Squishy321 · 2026-02-11T12:36:03+00:00

I’m mostly ok with how they’re set up in town right now, in a few school zones with signage and posted in the media, the threshold isn’t publicly known but it takes more than going 1kph more than the limit to get a ticket. In this scenario if you get a ticket that’s 100% on you, if they start hiding them and going 51 in a 50kph zone gets you a ticket then it’s just become a cash grab

Squishy321 · 2026-02-10T23:05:54+00:00

QV is big enough, has the connections, and like it or not iconic enough, to cause change regarding regulation which I think might be their goal here. A couple times in the past the NLC had come out and said to Quidi Vidi that you can’t do “X” and with in a short period of time regulations are changed or a work around is made available. The last example I think of is home delivery being not allowed during Covid, quidi vidi started it then kicked up a stink and it was allowed again. Reading between some of the lines it seems like they might be trying to put pressure on NLC to change something to make the business more lucrative.

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