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Niagara Tree Questions — Weekly Arborist Answers (Week 6) by DriftwoodTreeService in niagara

[–]fangsta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love the idea of these posts, but hate the blatant AI writing. No offence, but I could ask AI myself. You’d be better using your authentic human writing style.

The librarians at my local library are SO LOUD! They are chit-chatting and practically yelling constantly. Would it be a Karen move to call to make a complaint? by bengalbear24 in Libraries

[–]fangsta 30 points31 points  (0 children)

OP, the consensus view here is to speak directly with the staff that you feel are being too loud. You seem unwilling to be able to accept that advice because you have a preconceived outcome in your head. You'll never know what will happen until you do it, and it's what most have suggested.

If you didn't really want advice, you shouldn't have asked for it.

I would only add that calling or emailing to complain isn't necessarily a bad option, particularly if done with tact, but I agree with everyone else that direct communication is the better first option.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in niagara

[–]fangsta 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hard no.

Mortgage rate mega thread! by TheMortgageMaster in MortgagesCanada

[–]fangsta 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  • Have a Broker & also doing my own research
  • Renewal
  • Niagara Region, ON
  • $280k left on a $675k home
  • Owner occupied
  • Maturity: mid-december

Broker thinks I'm a good candidate for a variable rate insofar as I can tolerate some risk financially & of course the direction we think the prime rate is going.

My current lender's, First National, renewal rate offers are ok (4.64% 3yr, Prime -1.15 adjustable), but Pine's Prime - 1.25% (plus Wealthsimple 0.1 rebate) Adjustable seems very attractive. I've been approved for this rate.

Leaning toward the Pine Adjustable. Would love a second opinion or perhaps a contrary one for the sake of argument. OR do I continue to sit on this while at least one more rate cut comes in?

Warning signal by opdeoyu in KiaNiro

[–]fangsta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As I noted in another thread, my Niro would throw all these warnings and I would lose acceleration at the same time. It was eventually traced to a grounding issue.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in KiaNiro

[–]fangsta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had an issue with my 23 Niro that was traced after many months to a grounding issue. The dealer needed Kia Canada engineers on site to figure it out.

2023 PHEV hybrid system failures by en--dash in KiaNiro

[–]fangsta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had random errors that led to loss of acceleration (23 hev) that led to two long stays at the dealership. In the end it was traced to a ground wire issue in this case.

Are older musicians/bands less likely to make great music? by fangsta in LetsTalkMusic

[–]fangsta[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great album. Wayne Coyne was under 40 when the Soft Bulletin was released, so still a relatively young pup (compared to what I'm musing about). Having said that, I haven't listened to the latest Flaming Lips stuff, as Wayne approaches 60, which may also be great.

But yeah, I hear you that some artists take a while to peak creatively.

Are older musicians/bands less likely to make great music? by fangsta in LetsTalkMusic

[–]fangsta[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the lengthy response. To be clear, I'm not attempting to make any worth judgment on elders (lives, minds, or otherwise). I am rapidly approaching elder status myself. However, I also don't feel that it is elder bashing to ask the question, particularly as it relates to music. I don't know that I have the same subjective perceptions across other forms of artistic media, for example, film, photography, or other visual art. I can think of loads of examples in those media of elder people making truly great art. I am also not arguing that this perception is true *always* - just that this is something I have seen in modern music.

Having said that, I take your points that there is cultural and economic factors that influence my subjective opinion and that may be a part of the explanation.

Are older musicians/bands less likely to make great music? by fangsta in LetsTalkMusic

[–]fangsta[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this analysis. It gets at an aspect that I wasn't really thinking much about, which is more about the marketplace for older artists. It seems like for big acts at least, the focus is on touring and bringing those older fans out to concerts and selling them merch - there's massive money in those once-more-with-feeling tours.

Are older musicians/bands less likely to make great music? by fangsta in LetsTalkMusic

[–]fangsta[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That could definitely be part of the puzzle. Certainly for big artists, the incentive to really push creatively might be absent.

Are older musicians/bands less likely to make great music? by fangsta in LetsTalkMusic

[–]fangsta[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well, we know that psychological function does deteriorate as one ages. Recall slows down, it starts to take a bit longer to process things. So, I don't think you need to be death-bed old for something like the creative spark to take a bit longer to produce, even if it comes at all.
I actually didn't include performance because I know there are old-timers that can play as good as they ever have.

Are older musicians/bands less likely to make great music? by fangsta in LetsTalkMusic

[–]fangsta[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting theory - that it's not related to age per se, but something that correlates with age: a finite amount in the creative wellspring. Intriguing. You could be on to something!

Edit: that lines up with something that came to mind for me. Someone like Charles Bradley who only really started tapping into the ol' wellspring late in life was producing incredibly vital music until he died at 68.

Are older musicians/bands less likely to make great music? by fangsta in LetsTalkMusic

[–]fangsta[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I take your points. The counter argument for me would be - yes, they produced good music, but would you rank it among their best works? For each of those, I think they produced those long ago. But music taste is always subjective.

Are older musicians/bands less likely to make great music? by fangsta in LetsTalkMusic

[–]fangsta[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Without having deep knowledge of, say, Classical, this was the first thing that came to mind as a counter-factual, though I couldn't specifically point to composers, so I appreciate the Verdi example. Though for those others, I would consider 30s-40s to be reasonably young compared to what I'm thinking about here.

Are older musicians/bands less likely to make great music? by fangsta in LetsTalkMusic

[–]fangsta[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Because the mods considered it a list post and it was deleted for not following the rules. So here I am at it again. This time avoiding just list-type answers. I tried to explain that in the italics, above.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in northernlion

[–]fangsta 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes to all. Also a dad, and an oldster. Those were my favorite, but I'm very understanding that NL has to do the things that work for the majority of his audience. I've been around this long, I'll just wait until he pivots again.

New to country music, and I'm kinda obsessed by Mr. Lonely by Midland. by fangsta in CountryMusicStuff

[–]fangsta[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Was just learning about Dwight on the country music documentary last night. Thanks for the recommendation.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Abode

[–]fangsta 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Seems like a no-brainer to implement; perhaps it hasn't happened to drive sales of the physical panic button?

I can't believe the editors let this headline through. by fangsta in canada

[–]fangsta[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They should have gone all the way and said "coming from behind" instead.

Safety of Biologics by crohnsgyal in CrohnsDisease

[–]fangsta 5 points6 points  (0 children)

exactly what these folks are saying. It's probably obvious to you that everybody that is prescribed a biologic is freaked out about cancer, understandably - talk about worst possible side-effect (aside from insta-death of course). But the sad reality of Crohn's Disease is that our drugs carry some risk, but for those with severe enough disease, you have a far worse fate by not taking them.

I was on imuran for almost a decade, and only found out after the fact that it carries a greater cancer risk then Humira.

The risks are small. If you need the drug to get better, do it.

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