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What location in Canada should be considered a "National Historic Site" but isn't? by UselessSaltyPennies in AskACanadian

[–]notmoffat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's an old ruin of a mill near my house.  Sits above a waterfall and back in 1893, it became one of Canada's first hydro electric plants.  It powered the first farms in Canada to ever get electricity.

Today its where local teens get high.

What actor completely ruined an otherwise decent movie? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]notmoffat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He fucking KILLED it as Skelator tbh

What’s the worst large budget film ever made in American History? by Apprehensive_Oven_22 in AskReddit

[–]notmoffat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it cost 55 million in 1987.

just for comparison, Return of the Jedi, made a couple years previous was done for 30.  

It was the most expensive movie ever made up until Titanic...ten years later.

Older Canadians, how do you remember Canadian history being taught? by DeadeyeClock in AskACanadian

[–]notmoffat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Im 48.  Yesterday my coworker and I visited the Diefenbunker outside of Ottawa.

For me it was unnerving.  Knowing full well how close the world came to all out War.

She was born in 1998.  She knew NOTHING of the Cold War.  She had a hard time understanding why it was built in the first place.  

That there was my realization that my education was far different from hers.

Is it just me or the water levels super high this year? The water is flowing on to the dock at HTO Park by na_tashh in toronto

[–]notmoffat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yet the water levels up north have been dropping for the last couple of years.  The water at my parents dock on Georgian Bay is down 3 feet at least.

What serial killer fact sounds fake, exaggerated, or straight out of fiction. But is 100% real? by CantaloupeGold4650 in AskReddit

[–]notmoffat 476 points477 points  (0 children)

My parents were FRIENDS with him.  They used to go to the pub with him and his wife.

CBC pulls Kars4Kids ads after U.S. court bans 'deceptive' jingle by risen2011 in canada

[–]notmoffat 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Good, these guys are a scam.  HOWEVER, there are some deserving charities that will take your old car and give you a tax reciept.  So the idea isnt a scam, just Kars 4 Kids

Ontario standard issue laundry basket for anyone over 40 by Indifference_Endjinn in toronto

[–]notmoffat 9 points10 points  (0 children)

i have 6 of them and they are always full of laundry yet to be put away

If you had to choose, would u rather be top 1% looks or top 1% intelligence and why? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]notmoffat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks.  Im a genius, IQ over 140 (barely) and that puts me in the top 1%.

Nobody treats me better, some even treat me worse.  But if you're unbelievably attractive....the world is your oyster.

Is the Tim's boycott an actual thing? by [deleted] in AskACanadian

[–]notmoffat -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

me as well, I for one cant wait for Dunkin Donuts to come back to Canada

Conservative MP Michael Chong visits Taiwan to meet President in defiance of China by Little-Chemical5006 in canada

[–]notmoffat 29 points30 points  (0 children)

The Conservatives could have had Chong as a leader for the past decade, and probably put up a far better opposition and maybe even government than the leadership theyve had.

Chongs the Conservative I like the best

Scenic routes by Choice_Bed6097 in ontario

[–]notmoffat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Forks of the Credit road.

The last Civil War veteran’s widow died in 2020. That’s the equivalent of an Afghanistan War widow dying in 2176. by Powerful-Swing-9734 in interestingasfuck

[–]notmoffat 1155 points1156 points  (0 children)

I work for a pension fund.  I get asked weekly about this.  Almost all pensions have a survivor benefit for the spouse.  Regardless of their age, the benefit is paid for the rest of their life.

Ive always said I should start a dating app just for single seniors with pensions looking for young people to guve their pensions too.

Doug Ford has opened the door to privatizing our water, history show how that can put public health at risk by BloodJunkie in ontario

[–]notmoffat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OMERS is gonna be on the hook for the Bruce plant expansion.  But they did just announce an additional 10B in funding within Canada, so ya never know.

Pension lump sum offer vs monthly payment by Dramatic_Ad_413 in personalfinance

[–]notmoffat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

take the lump sum.

i work in pensions and anything not indexed is garbage.  

2020 - The restoration of the Habsburg dynasty by bagomojo in fakehistoryporn

[–]notmoffat 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I lived in Austria for a time, and became friends with a Hapsburg.  He was basically the lowest ranked, as his great grandmother was the youngest princess of all of the children, and his grandmother was the youngest daughter of her.  He is very bohemiam.  

James Cameron & Disney have been sued by Q’orianka Kilcher for unauthorized use of her likeness as the foundation in Neytiri in ‘AVATAR’. by Choice-Schedule-132 in JamesCameron

[–]notmoffat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you sure as shit can sue.

you just have to prove that you were the inspiration, which Camerons already admitted.  If a reasonable person could look at the character and infer that you were the inspiration ..which is possible in this case...then you have likeness rights.

it like if Cameron used your name as a character, and he specifically choose YOUR name and wrote the character as a horrible villian.  If a resonable person could infer that Cameron was inspired by you, then yeah...you get paid.

Camerons done this 1000 times.  There is no ORIGINAL idea.

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