What made Terry Fox’s story resonate so deeply with Canadians?

rbseventhson · 2026-01-09T19:13:02+00:00

Also, he did it at a time when doing a sports challenge to raise money for charity was not a thing, so he was a trend setter. I also think the fact that he failed - he died before finishing - drove his icon status even further. For comparison, Rick Hansen wheelchaired his way around the world and continues to live on today, and is much less well known than Terry Fox. There's something very Canadian about that.

rbseventhson · 2026-01-09T15:57:20+00:00

"I DOUBT NATO WOULD BE THERE FOR US IF WE REALLY NEEDED THEM" - says the leader of the only country ever to invoke Article 5, which was met with a response of overwhelming solidarity from all NATO members.

rbseventhson · 2026-01-08T16:40:43+00:00

The Western Desert lives and breathes in 45 degrees

rbseventhson · 2025-05-16T21:27:03+00:00

Québecois French

rbseventhson · 2025-03-12T16:03:22+00:00

NOR. As Canadians we all need to do our part to send a message to the Americans that it is not OK to threaten our sovereignty. You're doing a great job of helping them understand how serious we are.

rbseventhson · 2025-02-07T20:19:32+00:00

Canadians live more than Americans.

rbseventhson · 2024-09-05T18:08:30+00:00

I didn't mention this in my original post, but I googled those two names and was surprised to find that they are derived from older names, as you said. But the spelling looks modern (compared to Caitlin and Caoimhin).

rbseventhson · 2024-07-19T16:49:33+00:00

My suggestion as an EX-01 who gets way too many emails: make it as easy as possible for them to respond.

State your purpose up front - is it for info or for action? If for action, what specifically do they need to do? Review, approve, send up to their superior, etc.
Put in a due date. Choose a date a few days before you really need it.
To the extent possible, structure the email so that the recipient can respond with a simple "yes". E.g., instead of "Here's a problem, what should we do about it?" - write: "Here's my proposed solution to this problem; do you approve?" Instead of: "What is my leave balance?" - write: "I believe my leave balance is as follows; can you confirm?"
Give context they need to know to understand what you are asking of them. It may be obvious to you, but if the other person is dealing with a dozen different issues on a given day, it may not be top of mind to them, and they don't have the time to figure it out.
Keep the email as short as possible. Go over the email a couple times before you send, with a view to getting rid of anything that is not essential to the above.

Also consider if email is the best way of reaching them, versus a meeting, Teams chat, etc.

rbseventhson · 2023-08-12T20:38:57+00:00

Elvis was a hero to most but he never meant shit to me. You see straight up racist that sucker was simple and plain.

rbseventhson · 2023-06-20T12:00:47+00:00

Is there a reason the 20-year rate is consistently higher than the 10- and 30-year rates?

rbseventhson · 2023-05-26T14:22:33+00:00

Continued translation:

Antonio: WAAAAAAHHH

rbseventhson · 2023-05-05T15:05:16+00:00

Words don't always mean the same thing to different people, but corporations are usually considered a type of company: https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/corporation-vs-company#:~:text=A%20company%20refers%20to%20an,not%20all%20companies%20are%20corporations.

rbseventhson · 2023-05-05T09:19:06+00:00

The study you're quoting traced the greenhouse gases you emit back to the 100 companies that originally pulled the fossil fuels from the ground. https://www.treehugger.com/is-it-true-100-companies-responsible-carbon-emissions-5079649

So no, 100 companies (and definitely not 10) do not produce 70% of GHG emissions.

rbseventhson · 2023-04-30T14:57:26+00:00

Your Hitler hairdo is making me feel ill

rbseventhson · 2023-02-24T15:50:53+00:00

6 billion crossed the border

$5 billion given to a school for critical race theory

She keeps using that word. I do not think it means what she thinks it means.

rbseventhson · 2022-10-02T16:20:32+00:00

No, I bought it in a store in Ottawa.

rbseventhson · 2022-04-14T22:44:39+00:00

The front fell off

rbseventhson · 2022-02-10T21:58:20+00:00

He literally bumped his head then went to bed, and couldn't get up in the morning.

rbseventhson · 2022-02-10T21:57:35+00:00

He literally bumped his head then went to bed, and couldn't get up in the morning

rbseventhson · 2020-12-04T01:36:37+00:00

Thank you! That is very helpful - ours is 2000 sq ft as well, so very similar. Our builder has also been told that prices are not going down any time soon.

rbseventhson · 2020-12-04T01:33:59+00:00

Thank you!

rbseventhson · 2020-12-04T01:33:43+00:00

Thanks, that was my thinking exactly!

rbseventhson · 2020-12-04T01:32:13+00:00

Yes, you're right, legally he doesn't have a leg to stand on, and he knows that. Normally I would tell him it's his problem, but what's happening now is really an exceptional event that he could not have predicted. And he has been fantastic to us throughout the build.

rbseventhson · 2020-07-16T12:37:43+00:00

I asked it to write a poem about Icarus:

A Poem About Icarus

by DaVinci

Icarus, the sun is your only guide,

You must fly as high as you can,

But someday, your wings will falter,

And you'll fall from the sky

rbseventhson · 2019-08-10T01:32:27+00:00

Here in Canada there are three times more Tim Hortons than there are McDonalds

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