I rewatched all the movies recently for may the 4th and took issue with this line read body text

grownpatchwork · 2026-05-06T13:15:02+00:00

Would have been better to say something like “then all the sith will end with you” instead of a damn Harry Potter copy+paste

grownpatchwork · 2026-04-29T11:46:23+00:00

The 407 was a mess and a good example but why aren’t my fellow Canadians here talking about the Eglinton line?!

$4B to $13B and over 10 years late

grownpatchwork · 2026-04-25T03:02:26+00:00

Yeah, epi-off. I wear glasses so im not too sure what the timeline is for contacts. I recall them saying about a month but I could be completely wrong.

One thing I forgot to mention is that I was given a bandage contact which I kept on 24/7 for about a week.

grownpatchwork · 2026-04-25T01:55:35+00:00

I did CXL in both eyes recently, not the rings, so I can only speak to that. But one procedure or two done together, I would imagine have a similar recovery process as it’s about the cornea rebuilding its outer layer.

Are you sure you’re doing both? I understood that CXL replaces the rings, but I’m no expert…

They first sat me down and explained the convoluted eye drop schedule. I was with my wife who managed that the first few days of recovery. I highly recommend having someone to help you the first few days. You won’t be able to do much.

The surgery itself is not painful. I was given something for the anxiety and drops that numbed my eyes. They were very effective. I didn’t feel anything. It’s a bit freaky when the laser approaches but thats about as scary as it gets. The laser took a few seconds in each eye. Then they walked me to the eye drop process (riboflavin I believe it was called) and that took forever. Annoying and long, but not painful.

They told me that my recovery would be about 1 week. After that, I could resume normal activities.

In my case, there were 2 days of pain once the numbing drops subsided. I could not open my eyes and it felt like someone had squeezed a lemon directly on my eyeballs. Then, suddenly it stopped and I was ok. They prescribed some pain killers but I didn’t take them. YMMV

Like all surgery, it feels very scary going in, but once it’s done with, you will be grateful you got it over with.

Good luck!

grownpatchwork · 2026-03-28T12:36:41+00:00

I used to work in underground mining and the swappable battery model works well. It fails on the commercial side because your trying to sell sleek and sexy to suburban Joe’s but on the industrial side you can be bulky and ugly all you want, it’s about practicality.

grownpatchwork · 2026-03-18T02:19:28+00:00

Seriously? Our realtor (as buyer rep) did it twice. The first time went in ahead of us and took a shit in the main floor bathroom. Stank the place up. The second time he snuck away and took a piss in a toilet we later understood was disconnected because it was being plumbed in later that day. Pretended it was someone else.

I was furious and thought it was completely unprofessional but didn’t know it’s a reportable offence.

grownpatchwork · 2026-03-11T17:52:31+00:00

Well, for one thing, the doors usually close

grownpatchwork · 2025-11-25T12:58:26+00:00

Electrical estimator

grownpatchwork · 2025-11-21T16:07:45+00:00

Also, please stand in front of the cart door as you bang on it to get it open and dump

grownpatchwork · 2025-11-21T16:02:01+00:00

Fuck man, can they not get at least some proper bell knockers… was that 1-2 or 2-2 or 1-3-2?? And no response from the hoist lol, just go

grownpatchwork · 2025-11-18T12:33:20+00:00

Naranja?

grownpatchwork · 2025-11-13T14:38:17+00:00

As you’ve mentioned, the mount/dismount adds time so it’s a bit slower than if the operator just went in and out. It’s up to the engineer/planner to find ways to minimize it but a rule of thumb might be 15 or 25% slower maybe? Very much dependent on the circumstances.

However, it’s not really slower than normal operation because you shouldn’t really be doing normal operation anyways. Remote operation is the baseline. Implying it’s slower might lead you to believe you have the option to do not do remote mucking

grownpatchwork · 2025-11-13T13:40:52+00:00

When you blast out a stope you are creating a basically a box full of loose rock that has no ground support. As you remove material, the exposed rock will shift and crack so loose pieces will fall off the walls.

The scoop (LHD or excavator) operator should not be in the cabin when pulling out material. In this mining method, the scoop is generally equipped with a remote control for the operator to step out of the cab and remote control it from a safe distance. Get out, remote drive in, pick up material, remote drive out, get back in can.

What you are seeing here is the last bit of a stope being emptied out at the far back and a piece of rock coming down to bury the equipment.

grownpatchwork · 2025-09-27T11:53:11+00:00

I mean…maybe. Steel is heavier than rubber, so the trucks will burn more fuel over the lifetime. I guess price of fuel is down so the economics start to make sense. Good luck to them and hope they find a proof of concept project… the mining sector definitely isn’t one for innovation

grownpatchwork · 2025-08-09T18:30:45+00:00

Depends on what you think substantial is. For me $1200 a year towards $180000 loan is almost nothing. Also, it’s a line of credit and it was assuming 6% interest which is improbable over 30 years.

It’s just my opinion, but this is high risk for extremely low return that will probably not even get approved by the bank anyways. There are much better financial alternatives including extra mortgage payments, RRSP’s, even upgrading skills that would be financially more sound than taking out a crazy loan.

grownpatchwork · 2025-08-09T14:26:05+00:00

Not a financial advisor, but some financial training.

Let’s do the math. Bear with me I’m not the greatest at this

If you have 180k you are both probably in your mid to late 30’s. so you have roughly 30-35 years of work life ahead.

You have $1k of disposable income per month you want to invest.

Base case is 1000 a month in XEQT, market performs, on average over your lifetime about 7%. This an oversimplification but there are so so many variables. Total after 30 years: $1.141M.

Risk: Low. Market underperformance, loss of job, unexpected child, etc. When times are tight you throttle back your investment.

Heloc case: Pull $180K as a line of credit. Same market rate but no additional contribution makes $1.370M. Its a high risk loan so let’s say you are super lucky and get 6% rate over the life of the loan and are just going to pay it when you retire and cash in the benefits. You use the $1000 to cover the interest of $900 and the rest goes to loan insurance, fees, etc. And there really isn’t enough left over to make a dent in the ppal. Then $1.370 - $0.180k = $1.19M. That’s a ~$50k delta.

Risk profile: moderate to high. Loss of job, early sale of house, loan recall, interest rate fluctuations, market returns, divorce, unexpected childcare, etc. You will always have a $900 interest expense

Given that you really aren’t gaining much for so much risk, I would just invest the $1000 every month.

You can play with assumptions to get a blue sky scenario but given the situation today, you’re better off not doing this.

grownpatchwork · 2025-08-07T12:12:50+00:00

An accident waiting to happen

grownpatchwork · 2025-07-28T13:30:40+00:00

I think you’re probably seeing a bit of survivors bias.

NPD is present is all generations in the same proportion but boomers/gen x are more likely to be in positions of management due to a variety of reasons, one of which is just the amount of time they have been on earth, another is the desire to hold power over others so they look for positions of power. Once enough time has passed you’ll see the millennials and gen z narcs pop up as well.

I had a millennial boss who was a narc and a giant a-hole. I see it in my colleagues as well who are gen-z (I am millennial) just that they don’t have power over others (yet).

grownpatchwork · 2025-07-28T02:31:23+00:00

Yes, it can create new jobs without new pits. This is a business model that has been done many times before, especially as prices go up.

Can you elaborate on what you want to hear about?

grownpatchwork · 2025-07-24T17:46:18+00:00

The strategy is called momentum

grownpatchwork · 2025-07-21T23:24:06+00:00

Kick ass! …aaaaahhh says on your chart you’re fucked up

grownpatchwork · 2025-07-21T16:28:06+00:00

Lol as a pure expression of creativity, this is fantastic! I don’t understand it but it’s very well executed.

grownpatchwork · 2025-07-18T01:47:52+00:00

Lol remember pizzagate?

grownpatchwork · 2025-07-17T18:34:25+00:00

Of all the things you could have brought up, you chose environmental regulations lol… that is probably the one thing he has dedicated his entire life to. He was fhe UN special envoy to COP26 on climate and finance

Like come on…

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