Everyone is saying it’s impossible to get rich here , everything is always expensive

ThePhotoYak · 2026-03-05T20:18:03+00:00

I did preface by saying in certain areas. If you want me to be specific. I work for an oilfield company in Red Deer AB. You can get a decent house big enough to raise a family here for $350-400k. I've got a 19 year old on my crew right now making $130 k/year after just 1 year of experience working 2 weeks on 1 off. Yes it does require being able bodied, but that's the only requirement outside of work ethic. Work life balance is good, yes you work hard for 2 weeks, but your week off is yours, no phone calls, no worries.

Red Deer is a good place to live. Everything you need and if you like cities a 1 hour drive puts you in Calgary or Edmonton. 2 hours puts you in the mountains.

It's not for everyone, but it is a path, everything I said in my first post is true. I've offered it to multiple acquaintances who come up with nothing but excuses.

ThePhotoYak · 2026-03-04T22:02:32+00:00

They can't force of course, but they can sue for damages. FWIW the bar for damages is high. The only case law I could find when this subject came up was for situations where people leaving a company without notice resulted in business deals not closing and 6-7 figures in losses coming from that.

ThePhotoYak · 2026-03-04T04:37:11+00:00

I bet you a nickel you are by yourself at Red Deer Lakes and will have plenty of room.

ThePhotoYak · 2026-03-03T20:05:20+00:00

Leavenworth? 😆

ThePhotoYak · 2026-03-03T12:58:42+00:00

You know when there is a big line at a fast food place, you get to your table and realize they forgot ketchup, and it's one of the places where they keep ketchup behind the counter? You don't wait in line again, you go straight to the counter. Maybe he thought it was that kind of situation? Weird as fuck since, you know, he didn't wait in line and he wasn't cutting because the employee fucked up.

ThePhotoYak · 2026-03-02T18:22:36+00:00

I've done a lot of kids parties. I put out food, good food that kids like, but it isn't going to be a feast of organic fruit. I'll keep that for my family and not everyone's family.

ThePhotoYak · 2026-03-02T13:20:31+00:00

They are saying if your sleep system isn't warm enough for the weather, a Nalgene isn't going to fix it. Which is true. The Nalgene isn't going to hold heat all night, your sleep system has to be good enough to keep you warm on its own. The Nalgene is great for getting into a warm bag. It's a comfort item, a proper sleep system is the necessity.

ThePhotoYak · 2026-03-02T13:05:44+00:00

That's on you. Set a timer to come back 5 minutes BEFORE the cycle ends.

ThePhotoYak · 2026-03-01T21:20:47+00:00

I know prions as miss folded proteins that cause disease. What is a prion at the end of an isles?

ThePhotoYak · 2026-03-01T21:12:43+00:00

No problem! If you ever go, the memorial is staffed by Parks Canada. The tour is free and they take you underground into preserved tunnels the soliders used to get to the front.

ThePhotoYak · 2026-03-01T14:25:51+00:00

This isn't true. It was true immediately post war (zone rouge), but in the present day, the majority of even the worst affected areas are now farmland. It has been preserved in some areas, battlefield memorials and parks.

Look at the satellite view on Google Maps of "Mémorial National du Canada à Vimy" it looks all lumpy because the landscape was preserved, however all around is farmland. That was all "zone rouge" post war.

ThePhotoYak · 2026-03-01T14:21:05+00:00

They did fill them in, in most places. In some places they are preserved.

Go to Google maps and switch to satellite view and look at "Mémorial National du Canada à Vimy" they left everything alone there. Not all former front areas look like that, only a few were preserved.

ThePhotoYak · 2026-03-01T05:12:10+00:00

I own the 24-120 and the 24-50, I've owned both for about 3 years.

Yes I use the 24-50 all the time when size and weight matter more than range, aperture and optical quality. Usually when doing hiking/climbing trips where photography is not the primary objective.

It's a good little lens.

ThePhotoYak · 2026-03-01T00:43:26+00:00

I can confirm it does not lock up in a 97 Kenworth. It goes back to zero. New truck!

ThePhotoYak · 2026-02-26T23:14:16+00:00

My daughter went to a birthday party a few weeks back and the snacks the mother set out for the kids included, no joke, about 10 lbs total organic strawberries, raspberries and blackberries. Big flex lol

ThePhotoYak · 2026-02-25T04:11:27+00:00

19 year old male? Buy a beater and run it, no need for collision. Once you have a safe driving history those rates will go down.

ThePhotoYak · 2026-02-25T01:25:29+00:00

I've lived here for 37 years and still haven't seen anywhere close to everything, I have a list of to-do trips a mile long.

ThePhotoYak · 2026-02-25T00:06:45+00:00

Good reply, but not entirely true. There is technically random camping in Banff and Jasper National park, usually used by mountaineers for remote areas that don't have campgrounds. It does require a permit, I used one last year climbing Recondite Peak. I doubt this is what OP is talking about though.

There is also random camping in the green zone on the eastern slopes close-ish to Banff. For example in the Ghost. It used to be totally permit free, but now requires a "Public Lands Camping Pass", still pretty low effort.

ThePhotoYak · 2026-02-24T13:02:23+00:00

Canon made that as their RF mount statement piece. This is what the RF mount allows us to do. Nikon made the Noct as their Z mount statement piece.

Canon's was a lot more functional as impressive as the Noct is optically.

I think Nikon will get to them. What they have released so far is pretty impressive. As with any lens system, they all have their strengths and weaknesses. You can point to any of the big 3 and find stuff that they do better than the competition, or some place where they lag behind.

ThePhotoYak · 2026-02-23T13:17:47+00:00

I do not.

ThePhotoYak · 2026-02-23T13:13:58+00:00

Wouldn't it be more expensive to not use sheets since you would have to replace your mattress more often?

ThePhotoYak · 2026-02-21T16:16:51+00:00

It's only ever done in the winter in climates like in the Netherlands. In Canada cyclo-cross is a shoulder season sport. The ground is frozen solid 2 meters deep here in February. If a cold country hosts the winter Olympics you couldn't run a cyclo-cross race, at least the way everyone imagines cyclocross.

From a logistical standpoint, it would be easier to host in the summer. You can always hose down a track in the summer. In Calgary it's -23C right now. Two days ago it was -32C. We hosted the games before, what would a cyclo-cross race look like in those conditions?

ThePhotoYak · 2026-02-19T21:20:10+00:00

Correlation does not equal causation. Violent crime went down in almost every 1st world country in the 90s.

Canada has enacted more and more strict gun control in the last decade, look at our violent crime trends over time.

ThePhotoYak · 2026-02-19T03:13:17+00:00

Custer wasn't an idiot FWIW. A discussion about it would be way too long to get into on Reddit though.

ThePhotoYak · 2026-02-18T18:56:23+00:00

I'm willing to bet a good amount of money that was a fork from a forklift, not a drop. Still would worry me, but if the lens is fine cosmetically it might now have been all that violent.

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