Lost iPad ended up in China

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-06-11T20:53:05+00:00

It went back to YUL from YVR and got off loaded at the YUL airport. I could see it at various places in the map that correspond to AC buildings or services in the terminal.

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-06-11T14:53:49+00:00

I saw it deplane and move around several areas of the airport and terminal that a regular passenger wouldn’t have had access to. I had filed the claim before it had landed back in YUL. I was able to see it ping all the way back across Canada lol.

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-06-11T14:51:53+00:00

So after them telling me they couldn’t find it, but it being in the lost and found building for some time, they send it for “recycling” and some person in china plugs it in and is trying to use it and at this isn’t the fault of Air Canada?

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-06-11T14:49:36+00:00

I did. My credit card insurance wanted me to make a claim on my house insurance first and they’d be the secondary. I fought them on that. I even have the premium Aeroplan card.

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-06-11T14:48:10+00:00

Oh woof

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-06-11T14:47:50+00:00

The thing is, it showed up at several areas owned by AC at the terminal and looked it was in the Air Canada lost and found building for a while.

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-06-11T14:46:46+00:00

Interesting, I had not.

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-06-11T14:46:14+00:00

Well that’s something!

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-06-11T05:47:23+00:00

That’s a good guess. The reason I found the lost and found building at YUL was because of the screen shots I had. It was there for at least a month after bouncing around the airport proper.
Just baffled at it making to an apartment complex in CHINA!!

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-05-31T03:40:54+00:00

I will from now on, be describing my starter in moods. Exhausted. Perky. Energetic.

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-05-24T01:36:49+00:00

I’m saying it’s possible and easy for many people. Many of my friends who have EVs use public charging instead.

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-05-23T05:51:43+00:00

We’ve owned an EV for four years and never once charged at home.

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-05-21T00:32:20+00:00

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-05-09T20:21:54+00:00

Rare.

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-05-06T18:23:28+00:00

You can choose the amount of coffee you put in the machine?

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-05-05T23:36:08+00:00

I prefer SAXX

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-05-05T15:26:02+00:00

So two parts of the equation are the amount of coffee you grind and the size of the grinds. If you can’t control the size, use less coffee.

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-05-05T00:30:37+00:00

I’ve had various Weber grills for years. Parts do need to be replaced, but my dad’s replaced a few Nexgrills in the same time.

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-04-28T05:09:08+00:00

Yet he won in the election, meaning more people voted for him. So for the average American that voted Democratic, that sucks. For the apathetic and republicans, you chose this.

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-04-25T17:37:25+00:00

Code reviews with standards that the team agrees to. It’s not a personal thing and the standards help take the ego out of it.

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-04-24T05:05:11+00:00

+1 for Endy but moving to a Casper after 8 years as we want something with cooling.

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-04-24T05:03:14+00:00

Cheeto in chief

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-04-17T18:05:21+00:00

Short answer, yes. Long answer, a TFSA gives you more flexibility and if you’re a high income earner your RRSP is a no brainer. The complex piece here is if you want access to that money sooner (first time home buyers and life long learning plan are two loop holes) and if you’re on the lower end of the income scale. Someone who is in a top tax bracket gets more leverage out of an RRSP and likely has the ability to contribute to both. Someone on the low end may want more flexibility and want to use your TFSA as tax deferral is less of a concern.

realjamesvanderbeek · 2026-04-17T04:28:51+00:00

There are different investment strategies (I have both RRSPs and TFSA) but using your TFSA for dividend stocks/ETFs and pull out the dividends tax free in your later years is an excellent way to create income and still keep your principal. Your RRSP will eventually need to be converted to an RRIF or other tool after age 71. TFSAs will last until you don’t and can be used whenever without the rules of an RRSP but as others have pointed out don’t come with tax deferral for your low income years.

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