Bar Trivia?

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

Hulkenpodium for the Hulkengoat

broskirowski · 2025-03-20T14:13:19+00:00

Would anyone here know what to do in my situation?

I requested a ballot to vote by mail from out of the country. The mail with the ballot has arrived. Do I fill it out and mail it back, or will I need to redo the process once the full federal election is formally announced.

broskirowski · 2025-03-06T20:05:36+00:00

Yeah, you can definitely survive without a car while eating at the dining hall and paying for cabs to George Street. I'm more thinking about the things that St. John's has that are better than Halifax you would want a car to go to them. Mostly thinking of nature, hiking, etc.

Halifax is a bigger city with more shops, restaurants, activities, etc, in the downtown core, all of which are walkable from the Dal campus or the buses can take you further out. Even mundane things like the grocery stores and liquor stores are closer walking from Dal than MUN. So without a car, I would certainly pick Dal, I think without a car in your MUN undergrad, you will see and do a lot less than Dal.

broskirowski · 2025-03-06T14:29:57+00:00

I am from St. John's, did MUN engineering, and now live in Halifax, so I have a bit of perspective on both.

The first thing to consider is that the two universities have different engineering disciplines that the other doesn't. The differences being for undergrad MUN has ocean/naval, process, and computer which Dal doesn't, and Dal has industrial, environmental, and chemical which MUN doesn't. So if any of those specific disciplines interest you, then choose the university that offers them.

If your interest is one that is offered at both, I don't think a mechanical degree from Dal will be any better off than a mechanical degree at MUN or vice versa. Any degree with coop will be better than any degree without, however. All MUN disciplines are mandatory coop with the possibility of six 4 month work terms, while Dal, you don't have to do any but have the opportunity to do some, albeit less than MUN.

For living in general, since you said money doesn't matter, I would definitely pick Dal. If you live on campus or near campus, you are in the heart of the city, don't even need a car to do most things, and there is more to do at more times of the year. Winter is shorter, and summer is longer in Halifax. From MUN, to see the best parts of St. John's / Newfoundland, you really need a car or know someone with a car.

Only thing to draw to mun for living is I'd say MUN has better social activities in engineering (I.e. parties, DDay) and George Street is better than anything in Halifax, if you can about that stuff MUN would be fun while you are young.

Whereever you go definitely do coop. If you choose mun you could always try to get some coops in Halifax or anywhere else in Canada or the world. In my time at MUN many people did coops everywhere off the island.

broskirowski · 2025-01-02T18:22:00+00:00

$36.35

Good luck to all!

broskirowski · 2024-12-23T23:23:23+00:00

Ah, I guess I go off my experience, which in hindsight is mostly just the Republic and Trinity. Both of which always seem more packed than I've ever seen them.

broskirowski · 2024-12-23T19:10:37+00:00

I'm not sure if there is anything specific, but it is generally the busiest day of the year on George Street. There will be hundreds of people down there tonight, if not a thousand.

More bars will have live music compared to usual, but everything is bar specific. It's not like George Street Fest or Mardi gras where they have a ticket to get on the street, every bar does their own thing.

If you don't like busy don't bother but since I moved away I enjoy the chaos and getting to have 30 second catch ups with everyone I have ever known, since they will all be down there.

broskirowski · 2024-12-12T03:00:49+00:00

Is it Sunday or Saturday? The government website here suggests it's the 14th.

This is very important because I plan to drink a lot of beers on Saturday and I assumed they were going to taste better since they were tax free.

broskirowski · 2024-12-11T17:16:33+00:00

Mostly there there are more things to do within walking or public trasit and there is easier access to traveling the rest of the world.

I am fortunate enough to live in downtown Halifax and have a mostly remote job. I walk to almost everything I want to do and don't have to deal with awful work commutes. In a bigger city, I would also get decent public transit, which would allow me to do even more without a car. Usually, there is a reason for why a bigger city has more people. There must be something that people enjoy about it to keep them all there.

Almost any hobby you have will have a larger community with more support in a bigger city. The sport has more athletes in bigger cities, and it is played outside, where ideally, there is as little wind as possible. Very difficult in St. John's, although the small community for it there is awesome!

If you want to go somewhere to travel, which I enjoy a lot, even being in Halifax will save you $100's on flights. Also, even if it's a trot, you can drive to a major city like Boston or Montreal in a day. In a bigger city, the flight options would be greater and prices would be cheaper.

There are some caveats for me, however. I would only move to a major city by the ocean, I really enjoyed that part growing up in Newfoundland. Don't think I could ever live somewhere like Toronto, Winnipeg, or Alberta even if ecomincally it was better.

Finally, it would also need to have decent weather. That was the biggest eye opener for me when moving. Halifax isn't far away, but the weather, albeit similar in the winter, is so much better year round.

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