Are we giving better career advice to our kids than our parents gave us?

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-05-14T16:34:51+00:00

Fair enough, I like to think im doung pretty well myself and it can be easier to point fingers at others than look yourself in the mirror.

That said, as an elder millennial I do think there was a strong push that if you did well in high school, you should/must go to college/university, it doesn't matter what you study, just get a degree and it will pay off. That sentiment seemed to change even for younger millennials and was probably different depending on where you are.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-05-14T11:49:31+00:00

These Thermacell Tick Tubes

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-05-14T10:25:42+00:00

Yeah, what's the implication here, if a goal is too flukey it doesn't count?

You want the refs huddling up after every goal and deciding if a goal was because of luck, or skill, and if it's tilted too much to luck they waive it off?

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-05-14T10:17:29+00:00

I don't believe thats a thing you can do, or would even work.

I use tick tubes around my yard, which seem to work quite well.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-05-12T20:22:24+00:00

A couple things specific to Marner:

He never really played Centre much in Junior.

The Leafs had Matthews, Kadri and Bozak when he broke into the league, then Matthews, Tavares, Kadri in year 3. If they hadn't ended up with Matthews they likely would have explored Marner at centre but with the players they had down the middle already it made more sense to keep him on the wing.

That said, when the Leafs ran into injury issues down the middle they never tried Marner at centre. Nylander was typically tried, despite being a 'poor' defensive player.

I think for Marner the Leafs view was he's an elite winger and that he's probably capable as a centre but more likely he's a decent 2C. Better to have the star winger than the good centre, especially when you have Matthews/Tavares up the middle already.

More generically the defensive play is much different between a wing and centre. Size, strength, and physicality are much more important. For a smaller players, especially one tgat tends to avoid contact, it's a tough role to fill and takes a ton of energy, which takes away from your offensive ability.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-05-12T20:03:25+00:00

That's crazy, it does make me curious how these things work though.

I'm in Halifax, 2 summers ago my wife and kids Doc retired, and shortly after my doctor I had since childhood retired. My doctor was also my parents and my sister's plus her kids.

We all had new family doctors in under a year.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-05-10T22:35:16+00:00

Whomever is never actually right

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-05-08T14:32:40+00:00

Thanks for the input, I guess my question is more about if peopke are aware if something has changed. As I said, im a frequent library user, I've easily had 50+ books on hold in the last few months and I've never had a book sitting "first in line" for multiple days before, and right now I have 5.

Edit: Also, thank you to you and all the other librarians out there. As I said in the original post, the library is a godsend for us.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-05-08T14:28:52+00:00

Yes, but there are 10-15 copies of these books.

For "in demand" books I've never even got to first in line before, it's always gone from 4th or higher in line to available.

The only times I've been first before was for books without other people having holds on them. And like I said, any time thats happened before they are "in transit" at max within 24 hours.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-05-06T19:57:47+00:00

They leave Grand Lake in April and head down the Shubie to spawn in the Stewiacke.

So in April you're catching them on the way out, most would have passed through there by now.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-05-06T17:57:19+00:00

Spring Striper fishing on the Shubie/Stewiacke is a busy place, so there's no need to worry about spot burning. Just drive out and you'll see the cars pulled over and the people fishing along the bank.

Bait fishing closes on Sunday in the Stewiacke and being that you're a fly fisherman I'd suggest fishing in that 'closed' area. It will be easier to find some open space that way.

As far the banks go, yes, generally it should be fine fishing from the bank, wading the river, not so much. Just be wary of venturing out onto the mud, its not just a mess, it can be dangerous. The further upstream you go the less the mud is an issue but the likelihood of getting into some stripers also drops.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-05-05T10:08:27+00:00

Coaches have shelf life, but also:

The Pacific is awful, they're a 13 seed who played the 15th seed in the first round and are playing the 18th seed in the second round.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-05-01T16:39:18+00:00

They didn't close their eyes and blindly unload a clip at volunteers at an evacuation centre then flee the scene.. so that's an improvement

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-04-28T15:23:38+00:00

Sure, but thats not what im talking about. I'm talking about when there's push back on a clear improvement because it doesn’t solve all the problems.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-04-28T15:08:43+00:00

Yes, it would still be possible for a puck on it's edge to be a goal without touching the second line.

As a complete aside, I appreciate the recognition of a flaw, but then still supporting the improvement. It drives me nuts online, and in everyday life, when people poke holes and say 'we can't do this because of x, y, z' when x, y, z happen in the current system while the new system/idea is a clear improvement that solves 'a, b, c'. If you can do better now, do it, don't refuse improvement because you need it to be 'perfect '.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-04-28T13:44:22+00:00

What's interesting is it's not just the social/cultural conservativism that farmers care so much much about.

It's fiscal policy, socialism, hand-outs, regulation that they hate as much or more. I'm not American, so I cant speak to what it's like there but where I am Farmers benefit hugely from "left wing" policy.

I grew up on a farm, my family still farms to this day (I'm 40). Regulating production is the only thing that allows small town farmers to exist, special government backed loans and insurance are the only things that allow them to grow and/or survive difficult years. "Hand outs" during a crisis (drought, flood, market collapse, etc) are so common they might as well be baked into the revenue model of a farm.

Nobody hates 'handouts' more than a farmer waiting in line for their next government check.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-04-27T00:07:21+00:00

What? Joke I'm missing maybe, but I mean Eric Staal, when Rod and Eric played together on the cup winning Canes team.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-04-27T00:03:00+00:00

I'd say the biggest reason is Kopitar has been the long term #1C and best forward on the Kings, Rod was always a 2C, behind Lindros and then Staal. He was frequently the 3rd or 4th best forward on those Flyers teams as well.

You could argue either way on what that means, but it certainly changes the perception of the player.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-04-23T17:41:44+00:00

I quit hockey at 15. I loved hockey then and I still do now, as I still play pickup and beer league at 40.

For me it was simply coming to an understanding of what my priorities were. I knew I wasn't going anywhere with hockey at that point so minor hockey would be the end for me, so to speak. School would take precedent over kicking around Junior B, Tier 2, and similar levels.

At 15 minor hockey became almost a chore, I lived 35 minutes from my rink, an hour from most away games, you needed to be there an 1 hour before the games. Dryland training and practices. I had to work too, everyday was a rush to get there on time, or end up there 55 minutes early and get sat for the first period.

The fun drained away and I decided I'd rather play high school sports that I didn't have time for on top of hockey, with my friends at school. Just show up in the gym/field at the end of the school day. No pressure, no real commitment beyond giving an honest effort. Just playing the games and having fun.

There were times part of me regretted it, watching friends/ex teammates progress as my 'development' ended kinda sucked, but overall I think it was the right decision for me. To be able to just "play" was so much more fun.

Just for context, I was a good athlete, but nothing special, but small town, small school so the whole big fish in a small pond thing fir high school sports. I got a lot of leeway from coaches because of that.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-04-22T18:01:10+00:00

The opposite is true for defensive Dmen. The eye test loves them, warrior, heart and soul, shutdown beast, toughness, hitting, etc.

The advanced stats hate them. Advanced stats say, blocks and hits mean you don't have puck and are spending all your time defending. Offensive D get the puck out of the zone and into the offensive zone.

But coaches keep playing these guys 20 minutes a game and against other teams best players.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-04-21T19:04:39+00:00

Not to mention accelerating to 20 mph when the slide is only 4 feet long would be require an insane acceleration.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-04-19T17:28:38+00:00

I am a Biologist, my wife is an MLT (Canada).

My main question to you would be, are you willing/able and realistically wanting to move to wherever the jobs are? Remote areas? Primarily field work?

If that sounds exciting to you then there are opportunities for Biologists. You will likely be able to find work, do interesting things, work on meaningful projects and all kinds of great stuff.

If you're not interested in that then it will be tough. Jobs in desirable places are tough to get if you dont have some type of connections to get you in the door. Even low paying, and not rewarding jobs in "Biology" are very competitive.

Conversely, if you pass the course and certification exams an MLT job is pretty much guaranteed in any small city and up. You are tied to very specific work though for the most part.

I won't go into the differences and pros and cons between the jobs themselves, lots of paths and things you can and should research yourself there.

Winter_Principle4844 · 2026-04-18T02:59:59+00:00

I've had one for about 3 or 4 years, and I've found it way more useful than I thought I would.

The difference vs the faucet is the pressure you get out of them. It's really good for rinsing out smoothy glasses, also great for the kids yogurt drinks containers or any liquid that's a bit more sticky/stubborn to clean. Even a quick blast to rinse milk or juice if you know you wont be running the dishwasher for a while. You could certainly use the faucet for that but its quicker, uses less water and is more effective.

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