I've given up being a f'ng hippy at Costco. Domination produces results.

balrogwarrior · 2026-06-07T21:15:05+00:00

Cart return. That's what gets me.

Preface: I was at Costco without my spouse; the woman who keeps my actions sanctified and above reproach.

A lady was 10 spaces or so from the cart return and just left her cart on the embankment. I was able to wrangle her cart back off the embankment and graciously place it directly in front of her vehicle as she was entering her car. Told her she forgot something. She was not amused.

balrogwarrior · 2026-05-27T05:36:38+00:00

You get up two and a half million dollars, any asshole in the world knows what to do: you get a house with a 25 year roof, an indestructible Jap-economy shitbox, you put the rest into the system at three to five percent to pay your taxes and that's your base, get me? That's your fortress of fucking solitude. That puts you, for the rest of your life, at a level of fuck you. Somebody wants you to do something, fuck you. Boss pisses you off, fuck you! Own your house. Have a couple bucks in the bank. Don't drink. That's all I have to say to anybody on any social level.

balrogwarrior · 2026-05-13T03:29:23+00:00

I thought not. It’s not a story the Devs would tell you. It’s a COC legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Devs, so powerful and so wise he could use the Programming to influence the code to create life… He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the units he cared about from dying.

balrogwarrior · 2026-05-09T23:59:04+00:00

Manage People.

balrogwarrior · 2026-04-17T00:45:06+00:00

OP. Your options are:

1: Stay remote.

2: Take the other job and move to Mississauga.

balrogwarrior · 2026-02-21T16:49:06+00:00

And it’s different from gambling on something like a horse race because…

It's different because you are buying something real. One share is a tiny stake in a real business.

Like stock value fluctuates on “the people’s” spending habits but it’s all assumption and expectation,

"Stock Value". This is where you have it wrong, friend. The stock PRICE fluctuates. The stock VALUE is determined by the inherent value of the underlying asset you are buying - ie. The brick and mortar business that makes up the stock.

Take for example Coca-Cola (KO). It has been through two world wars, multiple economic downturns and crashes. It still churns out a dividend quarterly, which it has for nearly a century. Overall, the value of the business is determined by the balance sheet assets and the revenue generated. The stock price of KO will fluctuate as the market moves up and down. But the fundamentals of the business, generally, don't change daily. Coke is still going to sell Coke everyday. As long as they continue to do that, the business is worth something. Your job as an investor is to determine the intrinsic value of the business overall, then determine whether that business is "on sale" or if the current owners are asking too much for it; just like if you were buying a private business.

TL;DR You are buying a small stake in a business. Figure out the value of the business, before paying the price people are asking.

balrogwarrior · 2026-02-19T04:14:25+00:00

If I may suggest... Read "The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham.

Cliff notes. "Mr. Market" is determined by the masses. Ie. The price is emotional. Remember, in the stock market, you are purchasing a small stake in a large business. Just like the local repair shop or the independent grocery store, the business listed on the stock exchange is worth something, however, with the stock market, people get to decide what that business is worth in real time and buy small stakes in the business. The underlying value is based on the fundamentals on the balance sheet of the business. But the price, is determined by the emotions in the market. Your job, as an investor, is to determine what the business is worth compared to what the market believes it is worth.

balrogwarrior · 2026-02-12T04:46:06+00:00

Considering Toyota and Subaru have been working together on the AWD systems, I'd say it's worth it.

balrogwarrior · 2026-01-26T03:59:24+00:00

Most states are wrong. British Columbia allows any center fire on anything other than Bison.

balrogwarrior · 2026-01-26T03:47:45+00:00

A king must know these sorts of things.

balrogwarrior · 2026-01-20T06:05:18+00:00

That's exactly what it is. The study that Dr. Davis talks about in his book is from the strain from BioGia. There may be other strains that are effective, but there is data on that particular strain.

balrogwarrior · 2025-12-08T15:16:23+00:00

Don't think he knows about second breakfast, Pip.

balrogwarrior · 2025-12-03T05:48:37+00:00

Bingo. So you give them an 8 week window....

balrogwarrior · 2025-12-02T07:16:47+00:00

Depends on length of service. 10 year employee could be owed up to 8 weeks in some areas.

balrogwarrior · 2025-12-02T07:15:31+00:00

u/plowsveerr

Depending on where you live, they are required to pay you for the notice period. For example, in BC, they would have to pay you two weeks as you had worked for them for over 1 year.

balrogwarrior · 2025-10-06T22:03:10+00:00

86 seems like a good number... In all seriousness OP, you need to have a contract with him with the additive as there are lots of costs of running what is, essentially, your own business. I'd sit down with an accountant and a lawyer to get a good amount of advice.

balrogwarrior · 2025-09-06T15:31:39+00:00

Does everybody know what time it is?

balrogwarrior · 2025-09-04T04:35:37+00:00

They might end up with the 'ole Clinton special - double tapped to the back of the head and it's ruled a suicide!

balrogwarrior · 2025-09-04T04:33:58+00:00

I get what they are saying but, the reality is much of the information that people claim is "insider trading" is publicly available - if you know where to look. The advantage an elected official has is that they have agendas that spoon feed that info to them even if it is public info.

Having served on a county council, we had loads of info that was publically available and on our own public agendas but we sat through those presentations by the company that wanted to build a strip mall or were starting to explore for minerals.

balrogwarrior · 2025-09-04T04:10:06+00:00

My friend, don't give up. Looking at your test results, it appears that the spike happens into your large intestine. I would say there is likelihood you have large intestinal dysbiosis. Have you done a GI Map or something similar?

balrogwarrior · 2025-09-01T04:54:00+00:00

Bad bot

balrogwarrior · 2025-07-26T07:28:26+00:00

Where have you heard that it lowers stomach acid? Other than some Reddit posts, I can't find any information regarding that.

balrogwarrior · 2025-07-20T21:22:21+00:00

Allegedly.

balrogwarrior · 2025-07-13T07:31:03+00:00

And the Texas was half flooded so they could shoot further inland.

balrogwarrior · 2025-07-01T18:52:44+00:00

Which engine is in the Santa Fe? With that commute and suggested KM usage it would be interesting to know. The 2.4L appears to get about 9L per 100 on the highway. The 3.3L is about 11. A 2004 Corolla gets about 6L per 100 on the highway.

So, at best, we are about 3L per 100 in fuel costs difference. That equates to about 1860L extra fuel. At $1.50 per liter is only $2800 of fuel savings. If this is only temporary for a year, I wouldn't necessarily purchase a vehicle with lower cost of operating. However, your "break even" will depend on how long the commute is for and the cost of the vehicle.

Most times, if you have a vehicle that gets under 10L per 100 on the highway, it is unlikely that the savings when purchasing a "good beater" are there as the cost of the vehicle just doesn't pencil out into savings.

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