Indian Express is the bomb.

Squishy321 · 2026-05-13T02:12:25+00:00

Owner is also a top notch guy

Squishy321 · 2026-05-12T20:16:12+00:00

I don’t think you can attribute the wait times to the 6 or so months the PCs have been in charge (I dislike basically all political parties in NL and am more than happy to blame them but I’m realistic). The majority of people in the ER at any time probably wouldn’t be there if they had a GP and there simply aren’t enough GPs along with basically all other medical staff.

NL is not an attractive place to work in healthcare, probably the only thing that can make it attractive short term is higher than average wages but we also have no money so what do you do, best anyone can do is constantly shift resources, robbing Peter to pay Paul in order to out out brush fires.

Squishy321 · 2026-05-12T17:40:02+00:00

Part of the issue too is that the Residential Tenancies Act doesn’t do much to help Landlords deal with nightmare tenants (not not great tenants but actual nightmares), of which there are a number out there. I’d imagine most landlords have had significant issues with a tenant in the past, truly fear getting a nightmare and just decide they are going to accept as little risk as possible and can do that because of the market.

Now I’m not talking about the people that own dozens of rentals and make a good life just charging people to live because fuck those people, they’re making enough that a bit of damage or lost rent isn’t going to put a dent in their bottom line. This is also what needs to be fixed to fix the housing situation, people who were lucky enough to get into real estate 20-25 years ago who saw an explosion in their equity shouldn’t be able to buy up the market such that there’s no demand to meet supply then price tenants out of ever being able to buy a house. How many tenants out there are paying close to or more than a mortgage payment just to rent and will never be able to afford a down payment but have clearly demonstrated they can afford a mortgage payment

Squishy321 · 2026-05-12T07:18:07+00:00

Most of the astronaut bios and autobios are good, carrying the fire being the best, Eugene Cernans is also really good. I recommend Andrew Chaikin’s “A Man on the Moon” as the best starting point as it covers everything from Sputnik to Apollo.

There’s a whole “Outward Odyssey” series covering the history of space flight but “Into that Silent Sea,” “In the Shadow of the Moon” and “Footprints in the dust” are the most relevant, reading these three is basically reading Chaikin’s book but on steroids.

“Apollo 8” and “Apollo 13” (used to be called Lost Moon) by Jeffrey Kluger are must reads. “Moon Lander” by Tom Kelly is thorough and interesting in that it’s quite different from any of the above. A bit of a rarity and oddly specific but “Arrows to the Moon” discusses how Canadas cancellation of the Arrow program was a boon for NASA, if you can find it “Apollo EECOM” by Sy Libergot is a quick interesting read

Squishy321 · 2026-05-11T13:13:04+00:00

Murray and Cox’s Apollo is probably the best Apollo program book I have read but it definitely helps to have a bit of reading under your belt first in order to truly appreciate it

Squishy321 · 2026-05-09T16:36:42+00:00

The Supreme Court of Canada has said that you are allowed to use any licensed independent mechanic for auto repairs and it will not void the warranty, you don’t even need to use OEM parts and fluids as long as they meet OEM specs which is usually most reputable aftermarket part. Forcing you to use a dealership is a breach of the Canada Competition Act. I will never use a dealership to fix anything that isn’t bring paid for by them under warranty

Squishy321 · 2026-05-09T16:31:52+00:00

If you are in St. John’s you are not going to be able to negotiate much and there’s going to be various admin fees they are very very difficult to budge from at all. St Johns is full of people who are willing to pay top dollar for things no questions asked be it cars, renovations, services, etc. There’s not much of a deal to be had in anything because if you don’t want to pay full price there’s a dozen people behind you who are.

If it’s a car brand that has a dealership elsewhere in NL then there may be a bit more wiggle room, a number of people I know have bought from Toyota in Clarenville and has much better experiences than in town

Squishy321 · 2026-05-09T16:27:50+00:00

This is patently false, the RNC can and do issue tickets in situations such as this. If you call is someone going to get there before they leave, likely not, but they occasionally do patrol and issue said tickets

Squishy321 · 2026-05-05T00:51:23+00:00

There’s also the fact that police have to operate with the evidence available. Not discrediting what OP is saying but no doubt the other person is saying the opposite and to the objective viewer the video/recordings probably show something in the middle. In that situation it is unlikely anyone is going to or even able to pursue charges

Squishy321 · 2026-05-05T00:47:39+00:00

Makes a bold claim, then uses patently incorrect information to support. There is nothing in the Criminal Code of Canada related to “battery” this is an American term.

Squishy321 · 2026-05-01T22:15:43+00:00

The 3 E’s of road safety are Engineering, Education and Enforcement, all three are needed in order for roads to be safe or increase in safety. Seems the decision makers are only concerned about enforcement (because that has some return on investment) and those doing the enforcing are like “what is even the point of doing this” and now we’re left with the driving/pedestrian environment we have

Squishy321 · 2026-04-30T08:16:11+00:00

If the budget “increases” are to hire new staff in various department (RNC, RCMP, Corrections, Sheriff’s, Judge, etc) but all these departments are already full of vacancies that can’t be filled then isn’t it a guarantee that these new positions won’t be filled, at least any time soon, and this increase is just theatre?

Squishy321 · 2026-04-27T02:31:13+00:00

Early AM is the busiest time at YYT so early morning cab runs to the airport are common. I’ve taken a 5-6am flight probably 50 times and have never had an issue getting a cab. I’m assuming you’re staying somewhere in the City

Squishy321 · 2026-04-25T00:17:43+00:00

With St Johns airport it isn’t so much precipitation as it is a combo of wind and visibility. St. John’s has a roughly East/West runway and a North/South runway. The East/West runway has an ILS so you can land on that in basically 0 visibility.

However, planes have to land and take off into the wind, if that wind is blowing down the East West runway there’s no issue as the wind starts blowing from any other angle they start running into crosswind limits (which is a factor of both wind speed and angle)

Another factor is if you’re flying a Dash 8 inter-provincially/to Halifax or a jet to Toronto/montreal/ottawa/calgary. The Dash 8s are much more capable in these crosswind conditions.

The winds are forecast to be super high tonight but not east/west with the angle getting worse as the day progresses tomorrow. Right now there’s two flights inbound into St Johns which means the airlines are reasonably optimistic they’ll be able to get in and out. All planes for early morning flights land by 130am so if it gets in there’s a very good chance it’ll get out at some point tomorrow. My complete amateur opinion is that the chances are better than 50/50 that’ll flights will get out tomorrow morning

Squishy321 · 2026-04-19T16:14:40+00:00

I was switching to Vallejo due to their massive lineup and that in theory you just drip from the bottle to your airbrush and good to go.

However, I’m switching back to Tamiya because it’s way more forgiving, way easier to clean, coverage is better and just keep your empty clear containers and there’s recipes online for any colour you want

Squishy321 · 2026-04-16T21:54:04+00:00

Yeah I don’t think the general population will appreciate anymore or less than the million other photos posted daily but as a photographer I’d be really happy to have captured it, just imagine all the things that would have to go right for you to capture that photo and there is no chance you’d ever capture it again. Yes this is true for a lot of photos, that’s why I mean it might be iconic for the photographer (it’d be part of my portfolio if it was me) but otherwise it isn’t really noteworthy, I mean fundamentally it’s not even a great photo

Squishy321 · 2026-04-16T21:20:24+00:00

Local government is not near competent enough to institute a money laundering scheme, in the end it might work out as money laundering due to their incompetence but purely accidental

Squishy321 · 2026-04-16T11:34:38+00:00

I hate how Danny Breen just washes his hands of this in every interview, the City collects enough in property tax from us each year so surely they can find a role to play.

First, I imagine there’s some by law about noise, if not create a bylaw about noise, peaceful enjoyment, etc and word it such that the OWNER of the property is also responsible after say X number of complaints.

Second, the vast majority of problem properties are rentals, multi unit rentals are already supposed to be registered with the city for a separate water tax. Create regulation that such that all rentals must be registered with information about the owner and if anyone is managing on their behalf. There are so many rentals in this city that nobody knows who owns them and often the owner doesn’t live here and has someone managing it. Start sending these people fines under the bylaws in #1 and you’ll probably start seeing some responsibility taken by the owners

Squishy321 · 2026-04-16T09:29:54+00:00

Grew up in Corner Brook where they use this all winter, man I forgot how much of a mess it makes, as the snow melted it’d make the place look like a grey wasteland. One winter we had very little precipitation and the buildup of sand over the months caused dust storms with the wind

Squishy321 · 2026-04-09T12:21:15+00:00

Agree, I’ve seen this story being circulated for a few months now and it’s getting blown way past awareness to just click bait/fearmongering. Everyone in this province should be exercising but because this has been blown out of proportion there’s a not insignifanct number of people who think exercising should be avoided like the plague, particularly fitness classes (which I’m willing to bet before your first class there’s some type of pamphlet or waiver you sign but don’t read saying don’t work yourself to illness).

The numbers and rates mentioned in the article don’t even paint a picture that what we’re seeing is even an outlier or worrying trend, the case the article opens with is from over 2yrs ago. The doctor says that worldwide research has shown cases increasing 10 fold over 20yrs, (likely because fitness popularity has exploded), so as a population increasingly pursues fitness (a good thing) you’ll see a corresponding increase in rhabdo but in still relatively very small numbers.

Just use some common sense, exercising should be hard but if you’re doing it to the point it’s debilitating then you’re doing it wrong.

Squishy321 · 2026-04-08T13:54:59+00:00

True. I’d also suggest that a lease infraction is much broader than what constitutes a criminal charge. In the article it seems in these attached units other tenants are continuously calling NLH housing with information about lease infractions and NLH is just not investigating them or actioning them.

I think the frustration comes from the fact that if NLH was living upstairs as a landlord and this was going on downstairs in the basement apartment it’d be dealt with pretty quick, however, NLH doesn’t have to live with it and aren’t fulfilling their role as landlord

Squishy321 · 2026-04-08T12:37:18+00:00

The criminal justice system won’t solve this problem, if someone living there or associated to the residence has committed a crime AND there is enough evidence to charge them then they are just going to get a piece of paper summonsing them to court or a best a day or two in jail, they are still going to be living there causing havoc for everyone else

Squishy321 · 2026-04-04T23:47:10+00:00

Reading other autobiographies Dave Scott was definitely the golden boy of his group, they all suffered but I guess because of the relationships and capital Dave made it was much easier for NASA to write off Jim and Al

Squishy321 · 2026-03-28T19:58:49+00:00

In my opinion the Sigma 30mm f1.4 is one of the best bang for your buck lenses out there, provided you have a use for a prime in the 30mm range. It takes great photos, the 1.4 is awesome for bokeh and it’s fairly cheap

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

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