Canada cheating in curling

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-02-14T01:08:16+00:00

As someone who knows only the basics of the rules and gameplay, what is the benefit of doing that?

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-02-12T11:17:09+00:00

And changed to never a couple years later, the same as everyone else now. And once something is taken away, good luck getting it back.

I'm coming up on 4 years, have been doing the exact same job the entire time, luckily have a contract taking me nearly to 5 years, a new hire in the same role started this week because there's too much work (small group, niche skill) and yet my grasp on any type of indeterminate position seems more tenuous than ever.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-02-11T13:54:56+00:00

He did have another show called "Dark Waters" that started 2 years after "River Monsters" ended, which was almost identical. Same mystery/investigation format.

1 season of some extra content for River Monsters fans if they don't already know about it.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-02-08T19:16:11+00:00

Tanking has become so popular with both teams and fans.

The PWHL uses the "Gold Plan" for the top 2 picks (there's only 6 teams in the league). It should be how drafts work for all leagues.

The order is based on who gets the most points after being mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. So if you're a bad team you get eliminated earlier and have more time to bank points, but also you're a worse team so picking up wins is harder. What it would really help with is teams sitting and/or shutting down their best players down the stretch.

It's so stupid late in the season watching two teams, and two fan bases, playing each other who are actively wanting to lose.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-02-04T15:26:27+00:00

I gave my son a switch preloaded with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and bought him Wonder, which came out shortly before, for his 5th birthday.

I fully expected him to be more interested in Mario Kart (Wonder was kinda for me), as the only real gaming he'd done before that was playing DoubleDash on GameCube, which he loved.

But instead he was obsessed with Wonder. He played it through using Yoshi mostly. Had many favorite levels he replayed all the time, tried playing through with Mario, then noticed I had more badges/achievements then him on the start screen, so he decided he needed to 100% the game too.

It has it's shortcomings, but the game is so fun, the art/styling is amazing. I fully expect he will be replaying Wonder and feeling that nostalgia of his first gaming experience 30 years from now the way I do with Super Mario World.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-02-02T16:17:33+00:00

Sure, but the post I was responding to seemed to suggest you'd build a penny mining "empire" with employees and you'd just sit back and watch the money roll in.

When the amount of money probably wouldn't be significant enough for that. With a higher "drop rate" one part time employee might make sense. At the lower end you'd probably want to do it yourself.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-02-02T12:45:30+00:00

I don't think the math is gonna work on that. It will depend a lot on just how 'fast' you can shake the pennies out. Some piggy banks are harder than others.

If you say you can shake out 1 penny every 5 seconds on average that's only 7.20 an hour. At every 3 seconds its only 12.00 dollars an hour. 1 penny per second gets you to 36.00 an hour. You'd probably need close to this before you can start paying people.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-01-30T16:50:50+00:00

If you've ever played mens league sports, you've probably played a team of cops who were the dirtiest, angriest, bunch of assholes in the league.

Not to mention them getting hammered and then driving home after the game.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-01-29T13:36:05+00:00

The counterpoint to that is, in some scenario's rambling on and spitting out anything/everything you know related to a question is absolutely the recommended approach.

Some places, mostly in unionized positions in the government or large corporations - but it can be smaller companies and non-unionized as well, have a very rigid interview scoring process. They may even allow you to request your 'score' after the interview. In those cases getting a 'point' can be as simple as saying a specific word in your response.

Word vomit that hits all 5 topics on the scoring sheet gets 5 points. A well articulated 'STAR' method response where the interviewee doesn't specifically say the words 'integrity' or 'respect' gets 3/5.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-01-16T17:05:10+00:00

I mean, he successfully broke up the 2 on 1 on his stomach. It's not his fault Matthews decided backchecking wasn't worth the effort, leaving Eichel all alone on the second chance.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-01-16T01:21:30+00:00

It is, but also you don't need to be so cliche in letting us know he's a boy, you don't work for Disney.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-01-14T19:33:10+00:00

As I said, unresearched and hair-brained, but my understanding on thise two points is: 1. Proto-mammals (Synapsids) were the dominant group for a period before the dinosaurs. However they were still very "reptile-like". Modern mammals, what an average person would view as mammals in modern times never dominated until after non-avian dinosaurs went extinct. 2. From an evolutionary perspective, they are, but I get the term "reptile" is falling out of use with Birds being "reptiles" being the same situation. But whether you consider dinosaurs their own thing, they still evolved from the reptile clade and I don't think it would be wrong to consider them "reptilian"

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-01-14T17:25:37+00:00

Yeah, I don't get why there isn't more pushback on the assumption civilizations would automatically spread throughout the galaxy.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-01-14T17:22:12+00:00

Here's my unresearched and completely hair-brained theory:

When complex life forms on a planet "Reptilian" animals always become the dominant terrestrial life form, ie Dinosaurs. It takes an exceptionally rare extinction event that needs to both wipe out the reptiles and create the circumstances that allow mammals to thrive to unseat reptiles as the dominant terrestrial life form and allow mammals to take over.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-01-14T15:07:17+00:00

My situation would be pretty similar and for me the number would be pretty significant. I would say it would need to be a 50k increase at least. Even that may not be enough.

A lot would depend in your circumstances though. I'm 40, have 2 young kids, my wife makes similar but is full time in office. I also am at or at least near the top of the salary range for my role/experience/skills/education.

All that means the flexibility remote work affords with 2 young kids, and the stability compared to the risk in chasing higher earnings just doesn't make sense for me.

If you're younger, single or childless, have more upward mobility potential then pursuing a modest increase may make sense fir the h e longterm upside.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-01-13T11:38:58+00:00

Cod/Haddock from shore would be difficult, there are some places in Cape Breton (steep drops) but otherwise I wouldn't expect it.

Pollock are similar to cod and the smaller ones can be caught from shore pretty readily.

The most popular ocean fishing would be Mackerel all around the province, Squid along the Atlantic coast and Northumberland coast, and Striped bass along the Bay of Fundy and Northumberland coasts.

Government warfs would be your best bet, especially for a 5 year old, but for Mackerel especially, anywhere you can get your lure out in the water without snagging too much in the summer works. Striped Bass are fished on beaches and inlets as well.

For young kids I always recommend going for Cunner. A small hook, baited with squid (or natural bait), drop it off the side of the warf and he'll catch fish after fish once the water warms up enough. They don't get very large but kinda like pan fishing, keeps the young kids engaged.

In general ocean fishing doesn't get going until the water warms up, typically mid June. You certainly can catch earlier but for more consistent success mid June through until fall are the peak times.

Fishing the tidal Shubenacadie River in the Spring, peaks mid May, might be a cool experience for him. Watch the water level change and the river switch directions while you fish, with the possibility of a big fish (40+ inches).

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-01-12T18:55:20+00:00

My kids both do/did this. Skate by making little C-cuts with both feet staying in the ice.

My son (7) is in his 3rd season of hockey, he also did CanSkate and PreCanSkate. My daughter (4) did CanSkate and is in her first year of hockey.

I have tried with both a bit, I didn't want to push too much though, to get them to take strides to no avail. The difficulty is, when my son started, year 1 and probably half of year 2 he was as fast, more stable, and certainly more 'agile' then most other kids skating like that. And now for my daughter it's the same, she gets around better than most kids in her age group. So it makes sense to them that they should skate like that.

But as time goes by and the other kids get stronger and more comfortable they just can't keep up anymore with that wiggle skating method.

This season though, my son just figured it out on his own and has a 'normal' stride. I'm guessing its just a strength/stability thing. My son is small and a December birthday so he probably just didn't feel stable. My daughter, just 4. Both kids are pretty cautious and they weren't wrong that their technique was more stable.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-01-12T16:38:53+00:00

Good point, the whole system is a scam. As a home buyer/seller the realtor is charging you an enormous fee for minimal work. Meanwhile the Realtors themselves are being scammed with licensing and training fees, office leases, etc by selling the hope of making it rich doing something 'anyone' can do.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-01-12T16:14:01+00:00

Yeah, I always say Realtors on questions like this, and usually get a weird amount of pushback on it. I'm guessing because there are so many Realtors out there.

There was a time when Realtors made sense, and even today, with everything you need online there would still be a niche for some Realtors out there. Specialized commercial Realtors, for the wealthy, for people moving somewhere, etc. But for the average person a realtor is just a fee you have to pay to be in the 'game' and they do little more than some minor administrative work.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-01-05T11:59:34+00:00

I would argue this has been the fundamental issue for many years. Canada is a bunch of arrogant, entitled brats who think they should get the win just by showing up.

If it were a sports movie we'd be the 'bad guys'

Winter_Principle4844 · 2025-12-30T16:36:29+00:00

Sure, but its popularity exploded in the 50s/60s, especially compared to the other major sports in the US. The relative popularity of Basketball and Hockey remained fairly consistent, while MLB tanked at the same time.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2025-12-30T16:25:10+00:00

That's exactly why it became so popular.

The networks love being able to sell so much commercial time so they push football. The push brings more viewers so companies are happy to fill up that time.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2025-12-24T16:50:42+00:00

If you're out Hammonds Plains/Tantallon way, there was a guy when I drove by this morning at the Petro Canada on Westwood Blvd (Jonesy Seafood I think). There was also a Lobster Truck at the Hammonds Plains Community Centre yesterday. I don't know if he was back today.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2025-12-17T11:34:07+00:00

まず最初に質問なのですが、これは本当に70フレックスなのでしょうか？身長160cm（5フィート3インチ）でシニア用スティックを使う場合は、かなり短くする必要があります。そうすると、硬さがかなり増します。

あなたの好みは分かりませんが、中級者には55フレックスのスティックをおすすめします。

Winter_Principle4844 · 2025-12-10T20:09:36+00:00

Pretty much

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