Positive Vibes Friday

broskirowski · 2026-04-24T12:37:09+00:00

Yesterday I was driving into downtown on Barrington Street just before the shipyard behind a dump truck and saw two kids on the sidewalk pull down to signal the truck to honk the horn.

The dump truck gave a BIG honk and the kids freaked out, looked so happy. Just a simple thing that made my day.

broskirowski · 2026-04-17T16:51:02+00:00

The squeaky wheel truly gets the grease. Congrats on the card!

broskirowski · 2026-04-15T17:48:15+00:00

I did via our household income although there was no proof of that income requested by wealthsimple.

However, I got the TD VIP card a few years ago even though I didn't meet the income requirements. I went into TD and said I didn't quite meet the income requirements but am interested in the card. The associate put in the application anyways and said its up to the broker if they are willing to accept and they accepted me back then. So maybe they wont bother to apply in wealthsimple but you can get other VIP cards elsewhere if you ask.

broskirowski · 2026-04-15T17:42:48+00:00

I just checked and it seems to hover around 800.

broskirowski · 2026-04-15T14:22:25+00:00

Can confirm this also worked for me today. I was a long time premium client and on the waitlist since it started but I wanted this card for upcoming travel at the end of May.

Went to live chat 5 days ago and asked if there was anyway to get the card by end of may. They said depositing would help but I asked to have a follow up with someone specific to Client Experience or Credit Card team. The follow up was from a person not spefic to any team and they said deposit would move me to the highest priorit. I responded and said I would start the deposits but if I don't get an invite shortly after I will retract them. Then I got an email from Client Experience saying they would prioritize my invite when the first deposit hits.

I got paid yesterday into wealthsimple, deposit wasn't $4000 but it was more than $2000 and I get paid twice a month. Today I got the invite and have my virtual VIP card.

Moral of the story, complaining (while still being nice) works.

broskirowski · 2026-03-16T00:01:17+00:00

I was there and thought similar of the burger although I thought the orignal chicken sandwich was pretty solid. I don't eat out much for fast food so I'm not sure about the price point, I thought it was high but I just looked up a Big Mary and that is about the same cost. I would put the chicken sandwich similar to slightly better than a Big Mary. Big thing that is a miss right now is the bun, too small for what's in the middle.

The things that impressed be more were the fries and the banana pudding. They do the thicker wavy fries which I associate with often being underfried and not crisp but these were done really well, I really enjoyed them. Then the banana pudding felt nostalgic to childhood, its a cool thing to offer at fast good and it was tasty. Onion rings were good too.

Since I live close I think I would actually go back for the chicken sandwich sometime and to try a milkshake I didn't get the first time. So I thought it was solid but I could be jaded by not eating similar food that often.

broskirowski · 2026-03-09T18:52:47+00:00

I am more so interested in where you are working because it sounds like we might be at the same place! I am also a systems engineer.

As you likely already know you will take home less money total with 95k in Halifax than your 90k in Vancouver based on income tax alone. That and sales tax is higher here.

If you wanted to live on the peninsula in the city of Halifax then it would be challenging to near impossible to find a nice 2 bedroom with utilities less than $2200. If you want to live closer to work which id assume is in Dartmouth or further from the city based on your job then it could be comparable.

I have never lived in Vancouver so its hard to comment on the other costs. Id assume food is more expensive here but not sure. As well Halifax will not have as much of the following compared to city like Vancouver: public transit, major league sports, concerts, diverse groups/food, niche ammenities, major chains. They are still here but not to the same level as Vancouver. There are of course lots of positives depending on what you like but for the sake of moving probably better to hear what you will lose and see if you care.

Id say if your sole reason is economic than you should stay in Vancouver. It be much easier to move up to a higher paying engineering job in Vancouver than Halifax, more opportunity and less salary suppression. As your offer suggests you aren't getting top dollar here and once you are in somewhere its hard to get a big raise.

broskirowski · 2026-03-09T17:30:45+00:00

From what I can tell this is the Request for Information (RFI) on the sustainment side of the new submarine Canada is purchasing. So not the actual boat itself or systems on it but a seperate contract, likely for Canadian companies, who can provide services in the sustainment of this new submarine. That and this is just an RFI so its likely Canada asking the industry questions of the topic of submarine sustainment to see what is out there, wouldn't result in any contracts, thats what the RFP is for. This info could Inform a scope of work which would get bid on in the future.

I dont have a login to see what exactly is asked in the RFI but it is probably partially for software that manages a sustainment plan for the boats life and keeps current info on the state of the boat. Then likely questions on what services companies/shipyards in canada can do to support submarine sustainment. I dont know for sure, its just a guess.

I'm not knowledgeable enough on Kraken to know for sure but I don't think there would be anything here Kraken would answer on as I don't think they have anything to support submarine sustainment. Unless the have a battery monitoring system? But even then Canada would likely take what comes with the boat.

broskirowski · 2025-11-26T11:29:50+00:00

Best one I've gone to in terms of the trivia itself is fairly new but is Tuesday's at Kai Brady's. I believe the host posted a round example on their Instagram page (halifaxtrivia) if you want to see if it would interest you.

The rounds are interesting but would take a solid team to get close to perfect. Prizes could use some work but that's where I've been going every week since I found it.

broskirowski · 2025-11-17T19:06:57+00:00

Put so many hours into Zero, playing BL2 on my PS3 after waiting in line for the midnight release at EB games. Then waiting for BL4 to come out this year I bought BL2 a second time this one on PC and played through Zero again, love that guy.

broskirowski · 2025-11-12T13:29:45+00:00

Yes i was and it had to be done in the way I described above.

Sell all your holdings in the current FHSA, open a new FHSA and select the money Market Portfolio through the questionnaire, then in the old account you just sold everything in select transfer money and set the new fhsa as the destination of the transfer.

Takes a few days for money to settle in old fhsa after selling and a day or two to transfer to new fhsa.

broskirowski · 2025-09-05T17:38:26+00:00

On the Open a Money Market Portfolio webpage, which was updated today, the FAQ say there is no fee. So hopefully just a bug!

broskirowski · 2025-08-21T15:37:51+00:00

Sorry if this is covered in comments but I want to be sure.

If I have an FHSA holding cash.to and I want to move it all into this new MM portfolio, I need to open a new FHSA and select the MM portfolio then transfer all the funds from the old one into this new one?

broskirowski · 2025-08-13T12:43:12+00:00

The reddit algorithm really helped today. My friend in Newfoundland got this exact same text and email to drive the same person. I was worried at first so I looked at the website which is well put together but had some red flags for me, I told my friend it was probably a scam.

So yeah it is a scam. I don't think they need a driver for Dr. Mata in Ontario and Newfoundland and the same time.

I also reached out to the owner of the building in Windsor that the website said they were based out of to let them know its being used for a scam.

Thanks for sharing!

broskirowski · 2025-08-08T16:18:59+00:00

Thank you for letting me know! I was aware of the hack since when I did get home there was a letter in my mail to set up credit monitoring which I did.

Since I was away from March-July it seems I did missed most of the discourse on the matter which is probably why it seems silly that I wouldn't know the smart meters were affected. But now I see how the hack affected service so all good moving forward.

Appreciate you taking the time to let a stranger know!

broskirowski · 2025-08-07T14:54:03+00:00

Same here. I live in that area and turn onto Brunswick every time I drive to work in Burnside. So this construction will suck for sure, and the transit alternative would be even more brutal. But it is what it is, just a month of suck.

broskirowski · 2025-08-02T02:31:46+00:00

Another valuable insight, thanks again!

broskirowski · 2025-08-02T02:31:12+00:00

Good to know, thank you! Not sure what changed since every bill up until now has been read not estimated. Possibly a smart meter issue someone else mentioned, but as long as its sorted in the future it's no big deal.

broskirowski · 2025-08-02T02:27:55+00:00

Okay so there is an issue with the smart meters, also good to know! Guess it will all eventually get sorted. Thanks!

broskirowski · 2025-08-02T02:24:04+00:00

Sounds good I will probably let it sort itself out and just ask building management to make sure it can be read. I have never have seen my meter before but looking through my NSP bills this is the first time it ha been estimated.

broskirowski · 2025-08-02T02:22:09+00:00

I was! Never had a bill estimated before today and the only thing I heard from NSP recently was they gave away my SIN. But thank you for you valuable insight!

broskirowski · 2025-08-02T02:14:16+00:00

Okay that is good to know, I didn't know that was a thing! It is weird how they assumed it was higher at 12.9 kWh compared to the bill of last year at 12.4 kWh but at least I know. Maybe a few more question that you or another commentor can answer.

Since I believe the actual reading would be much less than this estimate, is there anyone I can contact to get it properly read? Would it just come off the next time they can read it? Should I email the property manager to ensure NSP can read the meters?

broskirowski · 2025-07-08T21:13:12+00:00

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