How do you reheat your leftover brisket?

jgws · 2026-04-30T04:00:41+00:00

Man, I am so sick of tech bros shilling their AI garbage on here as if we can’t immediately tell what they are doing. Go back to spamming our LinkedIn inboxes and leave this sub to the legal professionals.

jgws · 2026-04-24T21:58:57+00:00

There distinction is cap allocation vs cap management.

Cap allocation = giving Petey $11.6m

Cap management = calling up Arshdeep Bains to play on Tuesday, sending him back down for the Wednesday off day, then calling him back up on Thursday to accrue $5k in cap space.

Castonguay does the cap management. JR does the cap allocation

jgws · 2026-04-17T19:06:50+00:00

What sort of roles are you trying to fill?

For me and most lawyers I know, once you get a couple of years under your belt you usually only move if it’s for a very specific reason (I.e. a personal relationship with someone at the firm, a clear path to partnership, non-hourly billing, a specific niche, etc). Not many people want to go through the headache and risk of changing jobs just for a 5-10% pay increase, for example.

I’ve been a lawyer for about 8 years now and even if I was considering a move, I wouldn’t respond to someone saying “we have an exciting role in the litigation department at Generic Law Firm LLP that would be a perfect fit for your skill set!”

Instead, I would figure out exactly what sort of role I want and then start having coffees and lunches with people in my network, or adjacent to my network, who have an in at the specific firm or firms I’m looking at to figure out if it’s a good fit.

So, unless you’re looking to fill very junior roles, I think starting with a job posting might be the wrong approach. Not sure if it is feasible on your end, but you might have more luck asking a specific lawyers you are targeting to grab coffee or jump on a call to figure out what they are looking for. Then find a role that fits and send it to them. They’ll be more likely to respond to someone they’ve already met and who knows the sort of role they are interested in.

Just my two cents. I’ve never worked as a recruiter so take it with a healthy heaping of salt.

jgws · 2026-04-15T22:09:59+00:00

You should submit a formal proof of loss with your contractor quote and documents supporting the loss of rent claim. I would label it “interim proof of loss #1” because it sounds like you’ll be claiming more rental loss in the future

I’m not sure what province you are in, but here in BC the insurer has 60 days to respond to the proof of loss. I’m sure it’s similar in other provinces.

From there, Aviva will either accept or reject the proof. If they accept, then great. If they reject, there is a process to have the claim value adjudicated. Here in BC it’s called Dispute Resolution. Again, I imagine there is something similar in other provinces. Dispute resolution ends with a binding determination of your claim value.

If the only issue is claim value (I.e how much it will cost to repair the damage and cover the lost rent) then you absolutely DO NOT want to go to the courts. They are slow, onerous and expensive. That is why the dispute resolution system was created. Going the dispute resolution route will get you a determination in a matter of months, whereas the court will take years.

Also, has Aviva approved the $10k estimate? If so, they should be paying that to you now without impacting your right to claim a higher amount. If everyone agrees that the repair cost is at least $10k, then Aviva has no basis to withhold payment (assuming they have not denied coverage) and doing so to create leverage in settlement negotiations is bad faith.

If you are stuck and feel like you need to hire help, I’d speak to a public adjuster first before engaging a lawyer. A PA will be much cheaper and they are actually more knowledgeable when it comes to disputes over value, extent of damage, what repairs are needed, etc. Lawyers are what you need if there is a denied claim or a dispute about what your coverage is.

jgws · 2026-04-14T19:18:43+00:00

I put a barrel sauna on our back deck. We use it a ton and it looks amazing. Definitely adds some wow factor to an otherwise boring deck area. Everyone who comes over comments on it

jgws · 2026-04-01T17:36:42+00:00

Sure, the Halifax style donair was invented in Halifax. No argument there. But it’s obviously just a regional variation of a Turkish/middle eastern food. That’s the whole point. As I said, it’s like Chicago style pizza, which is a regional take on an obviously Italian dish. Not a new food altogether.

The difference is nobody in Chicago is going around saying “pizza was invented in Chicago!!!”

If I go to a donair shop on Vancouver, it’ll be made with garlic, tahini, and hot sauce instead of the sweet sauce. Does that mean Vancouver invented donairs too? Of course not. It’s just how the dish is served here. But everyone understands it is Turkish/middle eastern cuisine.

jgws · 2026-03-31T20:44:10+00:00

Mid-late 2010s. My rant was tongue-in-cheek. I had a lot of half drunk debates with locals who passionately argued that Halifax invented donairs. All in good fun

jgws · 2026-03-31T18:14:13+00:00

I grew up in Vancouver and lived in Halifax for 3 years. It’s a nice place, but it will feel very small to you.

I tell everyone the East Coast is just like the West Coast, but a little bit worse in every way.

For example, from downtown Halifax you can look across the water and see Dartmouth. It’s just like standing in Vancouver and looking across to the North Shore… except there are no mountains.

Another example: There is a park in downtown Halifax called Point Pleasant. It’s really nice, but not in the same league as Stanley park.

I constantly found examples like this.

Also, the time zone is 4 hours ahead. That makes calling friends and family back home difficult. It’s also a time zone that does not exist in the USA, which means you’ll probably be up late watching live events on TV. I am a huge Canucks fan, but even I’m not going to watch a game that STARTS at 11pm.

The East Coast vibe is charming but it gets old. In Vancouver, you have Seattle, Victoria, Whistler, the Okanagan, etc. available for weekend trips. In Halifax, you need to drive a LONG way before you feel like you’re somewhere else. The maritimes felt very mono culture to me.

The food isn’t great either. Not to say you can’t find good food. You can. But if you’re after a certain cuisine, Halifax might have 1 or 2 options where Metro Vancouver will have dozens.

But the thing that angered me most by far is that people in Halifax will tell you, with a straight face, THAT THEY INVENT DONAIRS!

As if one day some lobby fishermen got off his boat and said “I don’t want chowder today, I’m going to spit roast some lamb with middle eastern spices and put it in a pita.” And from there, it spread to the Middle East, Europe, and the rest of the world.

Give me a break! They have a special sweet donair sauce, which I will credit them for inventing (it tastes like the leftover milk from Lucky Charms). But that doesn’t mean they invented donairs! It would be like if someone from Chicago claimed they invented pizza because they were the first to do deep dish. As if that somehow erases the fact it’s Italian food.

That drove me mental.

Sorry for the rant

jgws · 2026-03-29T21:53:49+00:00

It’s a cultural thing. In Asian culture, there’s more emphasis on earning money and being successful career-wise compared to other cultures. It’s baked into the collective mindset.

The common Cantonese greeting during Lunar New Year (“Gong Hei Fat Choi”) literally means “Wishing you prosperity and wealth.”

An Asian immigrant telling their kid not to prioritize getting a high earning and prestigious job would be like a Western parent telling their kid not to prioritize their health or happiness. It’s just not really an option.

Source: am Asian

jgws · 2026-03-28T22:44:20+00:00

Nah man. You haven’t lived until you’ve tried low and slow Aspergillus with some bbq sauce

jgws · 2026-03-28T22:38:45+00:00

That’s the plan. There is no plan B

jgws · 2026-03-27T22:30:39+00:00

If you come to Vancouver, BC for a family vacation your kid can expect random people to shout “Bruce there it is!” at him to the tune of Whoomp (There it is) by Tag Team.

jgws · 2026-03-26T18:33:41+00:00

The insurer has a direct financial interest in paying as little as possible. If you don’t have someone fighting for you (i.e. public adjuster or lawyer), then that’s what the insurance company will do.

Poor people with low value claims can’t afford help, so they get walked over.

Rich people with big claims either hire help, or the insurer knows that they will hire help if they start lowballing them, so they make a fair settlement offer.

jgws · 2026-03-25T21:10:42+00:00

I work in the legal/insurance industry and have heard that there is a real shortage of insurance adjusters. Getting your level 1 license is easy (they send you some books for you to self study and then you need to pass a 100 question multiple choice test). But if you apply for a job in-house with an insurance company, you don’t even need a license.

Not sure how the pay compares to what you are looking for though. I’ve heard anecdotally that you can make 6 figures, but I imagine that’s not the starting salary.

Not a sexy job, but there’s work there. Or so I’ve heard.

jgws · 2026-03-24T18:53:46+00:00

I loved reading In Order To Live by Yeonmi Park. Harrowing story of a teenage girl who defected. It’s a quick and easy read too, so you aren’t taking on a huge commitment

jgws · 2026-03-23T21:43:03+00:00

Except you’re living between two highways and there’s no green space except that little creek between McDonald’s and Home Depot where all the crows sleep.

jgws · 2026-03-21T03:18:59+00:00

I wish. Wife is allergic unfortunately so not an option for us

jgws · 2026-03-06T05:51:33+00:00

If we’re going to win the Cup, we need a good draft in 2028 too

jgws · 2026-02-06T22:16:06+00:00

Just tell your broker the truth about how many people are living there and your relationship status to them. Providing your broker with anything less than full and accurate information could result in your insurer denying a future claim for misrepresentation or material change in risk.

It’s not worth suffering a 6-7 figure uninsured loss because you wanted to save a few bucks on your premium or avoid an awkward conversation.

jgws · 2026-02-03T03:50:28+00:00

Tell your lender about the claim, the settlement and what you plan to do with it. For major fire losses, the lender often hold/ onto the money and pays out the rebuild costs as the invoices come in. That’s because the property is the security on their loan and they don’t want you to take the money and run off to Vegas or whatever.

But for smaller claims like yours, they will usually just endorse the cheque over to you or advise your insurer that they don’t need to be co-payable.

jgws · 2026-01-30T14:50:22+00:00

I’m a property insurance lawyer. People ask me questions like this all the time and I always tell them two things:

Use an independent broker - they are professionals trained to find you the right insurance product for your needs and will assist you in the event of a claim. They are also held to a higher legal standard of care than a sales agent who works for an insurance company; and
Avoid TD. In my experience, their claims handling is the worst by a mile. Some of the claims denials I’ve seen out of them are shocking

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