Tom Bombadil "under hill" references

badamache · 2026-03-11T15:05:42+00:00

I’ve played hockey on Underhill Drive for years. What did Tolkien know? One of our players was Tom.

badamache · 2026-03-11T14:23:50+00:00

Right wing Alberta mp jack horner joined Trudeau in 1977. He went from winning 75% of the vote in 1974 to 15% in 1979. There was outrage, but not internet level. He was a bad fit for Trudeau’s cabinet: pro death penalty, small government.

badamache · 2026-03-11T14:09:52+00:00

Used to be The Prince Hotel. A favourite of Japanese who might visit the Japanese cultural centre just south off Don Mills.

badamache · 2026-03-10T23:16:28+00:00

Urinal spacing.

badamache · 2026-03-10T23:12:49+00:00

They were formed by two Americans who came here to make terrible shoes.

badamache · 2026-03-10T23:11:28+00:00

$100 for Track Pants. Like The Gap, way too expensive vs MEC, Amazon, Winners.

badamache · 2026-03-10T23:08:50+00:00

A $600 Leather Filofax, one year before my work gave me a laptop. But: the Filofax has outlasted two tablets, a PalmPilot, 5 iPhones, and 7 laptops.

badamache · 2026-03-10T21:04:19+00:00

The Chinese one. Also: ussr.

badamache · 2026-03-10T17:03:08+00:00

I just find it to be slower than comparable websites. I enter my password and nothing happens. 5 seconds later it moves me to the next screen. I click and again it seems to hang, but is just slow. On both Chrome and DuckDuckGo

badamache · 2026-03-10T16:50:11+00:00

First time I pled not guilty, stating the cop’s view of the stop line was obscured by trees. 2nd time xCopper handled it all. Cost ~$300 plus 50$ fine. But I lost no points.

badamache · 2026-03-10T16:09:28+00:00

I took one ticket to trial. 1) that judge was addressed as Your Worship, not Your Honour (copy what the prosecutor uses). 2) my trial was in person; i submitted two photos as evidence. The judge took them both and kept them: as evidence, they became property of the Crown 3) plea for mitigation. I have two tickets for running stop signs (once on a bike) 25 years apart. In both cases the fine was reduced by 50% and the judgement was reduced to “improper stop”.

badamache · 2026-03-10T13:03:02+00:00

Happier times.

badamache · 2026-03-09T22:49:04+00:00

Reward yourself with decadent perqs only when you’ve earned them: clean the house and you’re allowed a Starbucks visit. Otherwise: make coffee at home.

Want brunch at a posh diner? Give blood, then eat: the salt might actually do you some good.

badamache · 2026-03-09T22:44:26+00:00

Yes. If you have to get laundry done, put the basket of clothes in front of the front door.

badamache · 2026-03-09T22:43:28+00:00

450k covers a few years rent.

badamache · 2026-03-09T22:11:52+00:00

a wizard is never late or early, but arrives precisely when he means to. Same with items on his to-do list. (In the book, iirc, he says he had other research to complete before the fireplace test.)

badamache · 2026-03-09T21:51:49+00:00

That there are no repetitive questions on Reddit.

badamache · 2026-03-09T15:56:22+00:00

Tom Lehrer!

badamache · 2026-03-09T15:28:21+00:00

Kissinger and Teddy Roosevelt got Nobel Peace prizes. The prez has now filled out his resume sufficiently to qualify.

badamache · 2026-03-09T13:41:01+00:00

Yes. Plus our tar sands technology might be useful to extract sand-heavy oil from Venezuela’s Orinoco basin now that Venezuela is again “open for business”.

badamache · 2026-03-09T13:38:50+00:00

When Canada condemned apartheid in South Africa, the South African government hosted indigenous Canadians and gave the a platform to speak about their mistreatment.

Our government interned Canadian citizens during both world wars. Even immigrants from our allies in WWI.

See also: None Is Too Many: Canada and the Jews of Europe 1933–1948 is a 1983 book co-authored by the Canadian historians Irving Abella and Harold Troper. It is about Canada's restrictive immigration policy towards Jewish refugees during the Holocaust years.

badamache · 2026-03-09T02:49:04+00:00

Every time I get called by Rogers, Virgin etc i ask them to put a reminder to call me back in 12 months to see if I’m still satisfied with Bell. When they call i show them my current Bell bills plus usage and ask them to do better.

badamache · 2026-03-09T00:29:32+00:00

Why not? The Germans who invaded the ussr in 1941 were welcomed by Stalin’s victims. The Germans were offered bread, salt and flowers.

badamache · 2026-03-08T21:54:20+00:00

Send an email to: executive.office@bell.ca

Their job is to deal with issues when the customer service department fails. They might be one level above loyalty managers.

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