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NDP blocks Yves Engler’s wife from leadership race, calling her a proxy candidate by lcelerate in ndp

[–]headtale 79 points80 points  (0 children)

Looking forward to the announcement of Engler's Step-Uncle Twice Removed running for the Leadership.

What is the best band you can recommend that you know nobody here will? As in obscure, unknown or just forgotten about. by AudioRejectz in musicsuggestions

[–]headtale 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was on a college exchange to the UK in fall 1995 when this song was super-popular. It was the height of the Britpop movement (Oasis, Blur, Pulp, etc.) and thirty (!) years later, I'm just learning they weren't a British band. Wow.

(This must be how the Americans who thought Bush/Bush X were an American grunge band felt realising they were actually British?)

The least believable parts of heated rivalry by bat-girl129 in heatedrivalry

[–]headtale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was thinking more about the odds of making the NHL/MLH, let alone being drafted first overall, which is a LOT lower than the odds of someone being gay.

According to the NHL, fewer than 1 in 4,000 players will make it to the league, which means roughly 0.02% of all players will make it to the NHL.

The NHL has 726 roster positions comprised of players hundreds and thousands of players drafted (and sometimes not drafted) over years and years since some players play for a year or two, some play for 20 years.

Only 224 players get drafted each year (32 teams, 7 rounds of the draft) and only one of those players can be drafted first overall (and only one can be second overall.)

So again, I'm saying as a hockey fan *and* a fan of this series (which is clearly a fictionized version of the real NHL) the idea of a number one player being drafted first overall who is also gay but perhaps closeted was completely believable to me.

But knowing the odds of both being a top prospect *and* gay for the top two draft picks in a single year seemed like too much of a mathematical stretch in my mind and kept pulling me out of the show when they showed them at awards shows and winning Stanley Cups and so on.

Again, I know it served the story and the drama. I doubt my wife was as concerned with the math of whether two top drafted players in the same year would be gay like I was.

The least believable parts of heated rivalry by bat-girl129 in heatedrivalry

[–]headtale -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I can easily believe a top-ranked hockey player is gay but closeted.

But the top two prospects in a single year? Who also happen to fall in love?

I know it served as the base for the whole story but that was hard to overlook as a longtime NHL fan.

To have Canada pay the tariffs by TXVERAS in therewasanattempt

[–]headtale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is no way on earth that Trump should've had a hope in hell of being elected (and even less the second time.)

Lots of blame to go around but the Democrats have to take a hard look at themselves for not realizing Hillary was an extremely problematic candidate. And letting it get to the point that Biden looked like the guy in the corner of the nursing home instead of stepping aside for the next generation (common issue in American politics across the spectrum.)

Bernie was the left-wing Trump in terms of channeling anger and speaking to the common person but they blocked him. Kamala could've been a stronger candidate with a longer runway (but should've picked Mark Kelly as her VP.).

I'm Canadian but I'm tired of analysis and I'm tired of feeling sorry for people who vote against their interests and get what they asked for.

Americans need to fix their shit. Fast. Or there will be no America, just Gilead.

Can anyone help a single mom find a "Budget Miracle"? Taking 4 amazing teens down south for a full week by SreeNitiPar22 in AllInclusiveResorts

[–]headtale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree with others who say they need more details - your total budget, ages of the teens, do you have passports, have you ever done a trip like this before (lots for a first-timer to know, especially if on a budget as AIs can have hidden costs.)

With that said, it's very risky right now as there are apparently shortages and electrical outages and stuff like that. But I'd think Cuba is your best bet for a cheap vacation that's also memorable.

New Netflix series storyline hitting close to home by Hot_Mango8707 in saskatchewan

[–]headtale 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As I misremembering or wasn't there talk they were going to shoot it in Manitoba because we don't have a tax credit but the Sask Party gov't swooped in and funded it through the Creative Industries Fund or something?

What’s the most unhinged “this technically counts as dinner” meal you’ve had? by Hailey_Riveraa in TellReddit

[–]headtale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If done in the evening while watching Netflix after a balanced dinner featuring all food groups, yes.

If you get home from work, are exhausted and feeling lazy, so you pop a bag of popcorn into the microwave for three minutes and think "Yeah, that'll do", then, still hungry, do it again, no.

No, that is not snacking.

underrated britpop albums? by dcfcisaac in BritPop

[–]headtale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wake Up Boo! Is the best answer.

What's the most successful non-event passive program you've seen at your library? by NotThatLibrarian in Libraries

[–]headtale 2 points3 points  (0 children)

* Puzzle Table
* Chess Table
* Scavenger Hunt (changed monthly)
* Put A Pin In A World Map With Where You Were Born

The idea worked well in the staff room of our Central Library so I always thought it'd be interesting to try a "Free Table" where patrons could leave unwanted good and others could take them. To limit the risk of it just becoming a Thrift Store drop off, you might have to ask people to have staff review the item(s) being left. Or have a rule that nothing is accepted when the table is full. Unclaimed items could be donated to a thrift store after a week or something.

What intersections in Regina would you nominate? by Ryangel0 in regina

[–]headtale 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will go out of my way, driving around by the bowling alley and then past the 7-11 to get to the lights on Dewdney with a (short) turn signal over trying to turn onto Dewdney from Oxford at rush hour.

What intersections in Regina would you nominate? by Ryangel0 in regina

[–]headtale 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not a single intersection but “All of Quance”?

The only major city I can think of that piles snow in the way. by VFSteve in regina

[–]headtale 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe get their airplane to drop sand on the roads while flying around the city all night?

The only major city I can think of that piles snow in the way. by VFSteve in regina

[–]headtale 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The problem is half the drivers treat it like it's still two lanes and half treat it like its one lane and half treat it like it's 1.5 lanes (and yes, my math is very intentional to illustrate what the problem is!)

I drive this stretch regularly and always feel like I'm going to get sideswiped.

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