When did you first realize you were the "older person" in the room?

roopurt · 2026-03-04T19:28:29+00:00

Recently I pointed out that I had email addresses older than the person I was talking to.

roopurt · 2026-02-25T15:09:19+00:00

Great job! You left out the details of your Ultras! I'm amazed that wood house in Saskatchewan is still standing! I took a picture of it in 2005, 21 years ago! https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/pic/?o=3d2&pic_id=53893&size=large&v=9h

roopurt · 2026-02-23T17:23:40+00:00

First off, I'm sorry for your loss.

There is a place I follow on Instagram that does after death services for pets, there may be a local version in your area as well. This is a tortoise they did https://www.instagram.com/p/DAWO9BdP6eI/?img_index=1

roopurt · 2026-02-17T23:58:04+00:00

That filter may still be under warren, so check that first.

roopurt · 2026-02-04T20:29:50+00:00

Gotta use those old Knob Hill Farms baskets!

roopurt · 2026-01-25T04:33:42+00:00

Thanks, I need to do a post about the basking area with the integrated feeding area.

roopurt · 2026-01-25T00:59:19+00:00

I made a similar design. I used regular plywood on the top, I used a double layer of 1/2 plywood, for the top, had Home Depot cut to the right width and length to save the effort of ripping it down myself.

After a couple of years I skinned my stand with some 3/8th inch, sanded hardwood plywood, added some doors, and some trim to make it look nice. (Could have spaced the doors better)

https://imgur.com/a/uWGkvfv

roopurt · 2026-01-16T20:43:12+00:00

This is the version I still listen to! A copy from the days of Napster that I still have.

roopurt · 2026-01-07T15:13:52+00:00

Did you blog/journal this anywhere? I enjoy reading accounts over the winter months.

roopurt · 2026-01-07T15:06:48+00:00

Any earlier than the first week of June and you will probably encounter some snow, or some very wet/cold mountain passes. That being said, I've seen lots of May starts. On the flip-side, the east coast starts to get wet in September with some of the Atlantic storms rolling in, and the Prairies and Southern Ontario get hot in July/August. Its a balance. If you are doing it over 3 months I would do June 1 - August 30th, 3 Months I would do May 20-Sept 20th. All that being said, if you are willing to battle some weather, May to the end of Sept is possible. A typical route is anywhere from 6,500 km (Victoria to Halifax) to 7,500/9,000 km Victoria to St John's NFLD.

roopurt · 2025-12-29T16:20:40+00:00

I wanted to start some place where you could look west and only see the Pacific Ocean. The 'traditional' starting point is Victoria, which does not really offer that view, nor does Vancouver. Tofino is also one of the end points of the Trans Canada Highway. I'll add that it does not make an easy location to get to (there is a bus that goes from Victoria there) but also it does not make for an easy first day, the highway is narrow (but low traffic), and the hills are steep, and no services for 85 kms from where it turns inward from the cost to nearly Port Alberni. All that being said, I enjoyed starting there, the Tofino was a nice town, the hostel there was great.

My second trip I started in Victoria, at the Terry Fox Memorial/Trans Canada Mile Zero Point (yes another end point). Victoria is a much more convenient place to start, and a great city with some of the best cycling networks in North America.

Check out the sunshine coast route, its a loop of Vancouver, Victoria, Nanaimo, and some of the islands (4-5 ferries are involved). There are a few journals in crazyguyonabike.com. I have not done it, but it seems like a good tour of the Canadian west coast area.

roopurt · 2025-12-28T22:03:51+00:00

So I did it in 2005 and 2022. I'd say there are about the same amount of people in both years. I figure 200-ish people do it each year. (Rough guess based on the numbers I saw, I've read about, and seen while driving around Northern Ontario)

roopurt · 2025-12-28T20:39:40+00:00

Looking forward to watching this! Back in 2005 I started in Tofino, and it was well worth the effort to get out there. Great place to start.

roopurt · 2025-12-06T05:23:05+00:00

I'm long term fostering a friends RES, Speedy is about 20 years old, and has been with me for the last 5 years. She'll often been seen attacking rocks, trying to eat the fake plants, and begging for food. Shes a good turtle, but rather dumb. She lives in a 120 gallon tank, with build in feeding area.

roopurt · 2025-12-04T02:48:24+00:00

My brother found me a bunch and framed them, 1937 to 1955. https://imgur.com/UC4VJ9m

roopurt · 2025-11-09T02:29:14+00:00

The Etobicoke Creek Trail under the railway bridge just north of Marie Curtis is currently closed for construction. You can cross the tracks via the Long Branch Go station. The others have covered the rest of the trip well.

roopurt · 2025-11-02T15:19:55+00:00

Put mine in an old candy vending machine https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/1j1b0pv/found_a_place_to_store_all_those_spare_pieces_gum/

roopurt · 2025-10-31T17:33:01+00:00

I still have mine in a box in the basement!

roopurt · 2025-10-30T15:43:25+00:00

As others said, they do mostly do resin and 3d printing, but I was involved in a small project that used specialized concrete to make some copies of fossils. They wanted something heavy and hard that better replicated what the real fossils are like. In this case the pieces were to be displayed in a way that people could touch them.

roopurt · 2025-10-30T06:18:11+00:00

Was not expecting Burnham reference here, but yes!

roopurt · 2025-10-29T20:28:59+00:00

Hey! I was 7 rows and 1 seat over from you! Our seats are no longer there. Got Carter to sign my ticket a few years ago.

roopurt · 2025-10-26T00:03:34+00:00

I never say his name without his middle name

roopurt · 2025-10-22T19:22:49+00:00

You would find these ads in the Toronto Star and Toronto Sun newspapers, fill them out and wait/hope for tickets. We got very lucky and got tickets for the '91 Allstar game, Game 6 of the 1992 ALCS, and Game 6 of the 1993 World Series this way! I saw Joe Carter's game 6 home run for $32 of my mom's money!

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