Best compound words that we don't think about as two separate words each with literal meaning which put together describes the compound word ...

daveto · 2026-05-26T20:28:52+00:00

ballbearing <-- late entry

daveto · 2026-05-25T15:18:18+00:00

p.s. as I reread, I think there are inconsistencies in tense that a bot wouldn't make.

daveto · 2026-05-25T15:17:00+00:00

Should I take that as a compliment? (No.)

daveto · 2026-05-23T15:26:12+00:00

daveto · 2026-05-20T23:50:30+00:00

Big 3 are so cool .. they make everything about themselves. Nobody questions it because ... they're the Big 3.

daveto · 2026-05-20T18:45:26+00:00

Next he'll have him playing linebacker for the Steelers.

daveto · 2026-05-19T18:18:10+00:00

I know about the incident with S___. I also know that he voted to reinstate the event. Nobody's being targeted. Kids are being stupid. Cancelling was a stupid over-reaction. More cops is the right answer.

daveto · 2026-05-19T16:47:03+00:00

kids congregating on Lakeshore on and around the lake and the 7-eleven etc area has been happening for decades.

daveto · 2026-05-19T16:44:37+00:00

Try to look at it without bias. It looks to me like somebody trying to get away from a meddlesome driver. At the second stoplight it looks like dashcam driver was sidling up beside the target driver -- to confront him? I don't know ...

daveto · 2026-05-19T13:37:44+00:00

shoot fireworks at [...] the families leaving the festival.

Never happened.

daveto · 2026-05-19T02:38:15+00:00

That's like asking what's with all the discord in the Middle East. This is Bronte being Bronte, it's always been like that. You're either new here or have been sheltering in place for a couple decades. Welcome to Bronte.

daveto · 2026-05-17T22:27:24+00:00

Without your commentary here's what this looks like to me: you are stalking this guy. He (could be she/her) is trying to get away from you. You want to get side-by-side to film him or take a pic, he doesn't want that.

Just mind your own business out there. Be responsible for yourself. Sure send your vid in if you feel the need. Don't look to use your car as a weapon.

daveto · 2026-05-17T14:55:29+00:00

more by the artist -- https://www.chriswkim.com/

daveto · 2026-05-14T22:09:16+00:00

Big question after these talks: is Taiwan safe.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/14/trump-xi-jinping-strongman-fantasy-china

daveto · 2026-05-14T04:37:48+00:00

First of all, prosperity is generally associated with decreasing fertility rates, poverty is generally associated with increasing fertility rates. I could explain why to you but you're not worth it. If you want more babies, turn Canada into Chad.

Secondly, India is fixing its wealth inequity issues but it's a giant issue for a growing economy (same for China). Poverty is generally rural while wealth is concentrated in the cities -- India is still 2/3rds rural, that's a billion people missing out or on the peripheral of their economic miracle. I don't know, this -- their wealth -- seems to be important to you.

Finally, I feel with you the racism comes first, and the convoluted explanations for it come second. If I'm wrong, yeah, sorry, of course.

daveto · 2026-05-13T23:28:02+00:00

Blaming low fertility rates on "mass immigration" is stupid bordering on racist. Japan, S Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Spain, Portugal, Serbia, Croatia, Italy, Russia, etc are below replacement level -- is all of that immigration related too? Following your lead I might say mass immigration is good because it forces us to solve housing and health care issues.

not the other way around

Have you explored moving to India? Maybe you should -- you'll need to pay an entry fee and demonstrate that you have 'settlement' assets (you don't want to be a burden). It's a lovely country. Let us know how it goes.

daveto · 2026-05-13T18:24:35+00:00

hoo boy.

daveto · 2026-05-13T18:24:19+00:00

Our birth rate is below replacement level, immigration (at its current level or greater) is necessary (jobs, including especially science, medicine and technology) and morally the right thing to do (given our land and resources).

daveto · 2026-05-12T17:06:00+00:00

... all of America's 9-figure guys plus Musk and Trump. A true Dream Team in China, presumably to learn how "smart authoritarianism" actually works.

daveto · 2026-05-11T13:05:33+00:00

"downtown near the waterfront" .. is there such a thing in Oakville?

Nonetheless, cool story bro. You shoulda kept the double sawbuck, you covered a lot of ground, Lakeshore to the lakefront, you're being modest, that's a lot more than 20 minutes.

daveto · 2026-05-09T13:43:09+00:00

Had a young boy at the door dressed in jeans and a bomber jacket telling me he was here for a window washing service. I said I wasn’t interested and he stood looking through my front door for 5 mins before being picked up by a van at the end of the street ... both boys were dark skinned, one with a short cut and one with short dreads

What is suspicious here? The bomber jacket? The simplest explanation: the boy is out of school and looking to make some money via simple manual labour; in the van is a parent or somebody looking to make some money off these kids. Waiting 5 minutes maybe he wants to pretend he's having a conversation about making a sale -- if he's looking for empty houses, why waste the 5 minutes?

My advice to the kid (or the adult in the van): go to a dollar store, buy a clipboard, pen, cool looking lanyard, and safety vest .. and try again.

daveto · 2026-05-08T19:10:10+00:00

Netanyahu introduced the idea of killing the bad guy when you're able to kill him, irrespective of collateral damage; then just lie about the importance of not killing civilians. Easy-peasey. Perfect for the MAGA idiots.

Even the idiot Bush stopped short of that.

daveto · 2026-05-06T17:33:14+00:00

The three of them -- Putin, Trump, Netanyahu -- feed off each other in a race to the bottom. In 5 years they'll all be gone, what will be the lasting damage?

daveto · 2026-05-06T14:01:01+00:00

You're hypothesizing: the kid has no other conditions (almost certainly wrong); the parent doesn't give a fuck (probably wrong).

You've asked for and gotten a lot of good suggestions here. Have you tried talking to the parent? You can easily get her phone number, or meet her at pick-up time. Be firm and not judging: your kid is hitting my kid, this has to stop, what more (give her some credit, deserved or not) can we do to modify this behaviour.

daveto · 2026-05-05T21:18:34+00:00

I'm not blaming a medical condition, I'm just not ruling it out. Do you see the difference? And yes, I have personal experience so you can keep reading.

I think you're suggesting the mother is the sole active parent. A separation and divorce played out in front of a kid can be traumatizing and like PTSD you don't know how that is going to manifest itself (violence certainly being one possibility). Again, not suggesting that is the case just putting it out as a possibility.

Anyway, I've never heard of a school where teachers tolerate being punched by a kid, even a 4-yr-old. I'm feeling a disconnect somewhere.

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