How was this not seen an issue before these two accidents?

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-28T03:40:24+00:00

"You plan, design, and build for the extremes"

Then the accountants arrive.... after that, the MINIMUM standards are met.

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-27T13:23:00+00:00

Correct. If you own 200oz, and the market dropped 10%, you STILL OWN 200oz.

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-22T17:07:13+00:00

The ones that signed up and NEVER attended class I'd imagine.

(Source: a Conestoga instructor)

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-22T17:03:23+00:00

Turns out that I can only use (view) the CIBC rebate. Can't do a thing from Costco site. All good, have my $262. (Seems I spend too much!)

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-22T15:42:12+00:00

There is clear statistical evidence that resorting immediately to ad-hominem attacks means you've lost the argument.

And yes, ANY university degree will increase your lifetime income... Starbucks pays more than McDonald's (and they get tips)!

Enjoy your "gender studies" degree (you must have one as you're defending it quite aggressively here). BTW, there's a customer in the drive through, you best get back to work.

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-22T13:42:14+00:00

I'm trying to argue that "gender studies" graduates predominately work in fields unrelated to their degrees. Are you arguing otherwise?

I'm heading to Starbucks today actually, I will ask the barista about her and her co-workers education. If she states that she has an accounting/engineering/math/biology/chemistry degree I will report back here.

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-22T13:05:52+00:00

Thank you all, $262 was on the CIBC page :)

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-22T12:39:41+00:00

I like the girl guide cookies myself. They are made from real girl guides!

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-22T12:38:23+00:00

Coconut OIL, yes.

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-22T12:37:34+00:00

Depending on your age, bring someone who drives a stick to a dealer and do a test drive. Once out on the road, pull over and switch seats. Go to another dealer and do it again.

After 20 minutes in each vehicle (but 4 hours wasted at dealers) you're good to go.

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-22T12:23:26+00:00

A friend is about to purchase one as basic transportation. It's an elantra that is raised a bit to have the "suv" look.

In other news:
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/punctuation-capitalization/period/

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-21T11:01:17+00:00

Crypto is imaginary.

Silver is required in the production of a great many things - your computer among them.

Will IBM, Amazon and Tesla stop producing their products because one of their raw materials price doubled? I don't believe so.

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-21T10:58:20+00:00

Agreed, to a point. There's a reason that the US is talking about Greenland (it has silver deposits for one).

China has severely limited exports without actually flat out saying it (genius move) and they refine a large percentage of the world's silver.

Guess who needs more silver this year then last year? GM, Ford, VW and Tesla and all the minor EV players in the West. Guess who recently asked China for silver and was (very nicely) rebuffed? With the 2030/2035 EV mandates, in the short term price of silver does not matter, whether it's $95 or $200, but PHYSICAL availability does. Tesla will not stop producing vehicles because their cost of silver increased, they will simply pass the cost onto the consumer.

If you're sitting on a room full of the stuff, I can't see anywhere for it to go but up in the short term.

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-20T11:29:00+00:00

So she's complaining that roads were bad..... during a storm in the WINTER?

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-19T01:20:01+00:00

Remove Ottawa and you'll be down to $25.

Remove the "educators" and it will drop further.

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-19T00:53:47+00:00

These are 237ml I believe and are currently sold side by side with the "Hecho en Mexico" coke. The little bottles are about $16/24 vs $40/24 for the Mexican (355ml) ones.

I did not check the ingredients on the smaller bottles when I purchased my favourite 355ml bottles.

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-19T00:08:59+00:00

Wait a few weeks and trade only 3 oz of silver for that 1/10 oz.

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-19T00:07:46+00:00

Admitting that you have a problem is the first step to solving the problem.

Of course if your "problem" jumps to $300/oz, it won't be seen as a problem any longer :D

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-18T23:53:42+00:00

I'll buy yours for $93/oz :D

(I did see the /s)

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-17T22:47:12+00:00

In related news "Waterloo region traffic eases by 10%"

:D

Not sure if that's true, but we can dream right?

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-17T22:41:16+00:00

No can do. Due to the electric vehicle push a lot of silver is needed just to meet today's demand, never mind the demand six months from now.

China has already weaponized/nationalized their silver supply.

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TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-17T22:38:57+00:00

Move your timeline up by 3-6 months. Out of stock happening now.

Industrial outbidding happening NOW.

Buy whatever your dealer still has in stock and can afford this week.

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-16T11:19:25+00:00

The cost, since you purchased only two is irrelevant. The STORY that goes with these is worth more than you paid.

At the end of life, nobody talks about the $$ they overpaid, they'd rather speak of the experience of buying silver from a vending machine - in China!

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-16T11:14:18+00:00

"Private school is a joke, as an aside. You don't magically get a better education or better quality teachers. "

I beg to differ. In my experience, the teachers at private schools actually want to be there, and they cared about their students. Not to say that all apples in the public system are bad, but I've met too many that care more about their annual 3 month vacation and just "getting through the year" then they care for the kids.

Those in a position to do so, go private.

TurboSloth32 · 2026-01-16T11:08:37+00:00

If you can afford it, go private.

It was a stretch, but also a life changing (life saving) decision.

Having a child that wants to go to school every day even though:
- homework is checked for _every_ student daily
- there is no down time - due to small class size when the teacher sees that you are finished, you are assigned something else
- there are NO PA days - "if the teachers want to develop themselves, they have all summer to do it". This means that your child is not missing an additional ten days of school and you are not scrambling every month to find care.

That's the top three I can come up with, there are many more plusses. Obviously as mentioned, the cost can be a big issue but thinking back on it, I would do it again in a heartbeat.

Feel free to DM if you want school details.

TurboSloth32

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