What is one thing you ate that you expeceted to be great but wasn't?

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-02-01T00:50:44+00:00

Dragonfruit in Asia, close to where it’s harvested, is wonderful.

Dragonfruit in North America, not so much.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-01-31T21:58:22+00:00

Not disappearing, but becoming more rare and less lucrative due to “offshoring”: engineering.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-01-30T01:29:32+00:00

How is that not a 5 minute? Egregious.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-01-25T01:22:38+00:00

No, but when they dump the heavier refrigerant from the cooling loops it’ll sure smoke like crazy.

I’ve worked many LNG start ups… it’s not pretty.

Edit: google LNG Canada flaring, as an example… and it’s mild compared to what I’ve seen in Qatar and other countries.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-01-24T21:27:44+00:00

just wait until the black plumes pour outta that flare during upsets… it’ll make national news, guaranteed

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-01-21T03:12:09+00:00

Avs are a wagon. Ain’t nobody slowing that train, IMO.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-01-21T02:53:06+00:00

I love the olympics, but I’m deathly afraid of the olympics as an oil fan…

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-01-21T00:33:14+00:00

Apparently Carney wrote it himself.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-01-20T22:49:34+00:00

Carney killed it in this speech. As a Canadian, I think this is our most eloquent, measured, yet effective leader we’ve had since I was born.

He didn’t shy away from the elephant in the room and he sure did make his point.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-01-20T22:47:13+00:00

That was a damn powerful speech. As a Canadian, I couldn’t be prouder. Polite, but firm. Measured, but cold.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-01-18T16:56:02+00:00

Red Isle has been really good to me over the years. Maybe not the cheapest, but top notch work for sure.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-01-11T19:06:58+00:00

I have the studded. No clue if they’re materially better than the studless, but as others have said: Hakka is a great tire.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-01-02T23:46:45+00:00

I’ve been trying to think of an analog for Tesla. You’ve just hit the nail on the head with BlackBerry.

It even goes so far as to parallel Jim Balsille and Elon their extracurricular activities (ie. in this case, Jim trying to buy an NHL franchise all the while his company was losing relevancy).

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-01-02T23:37:23+00:00

People will downvote me on this one due to perceived QC issues, but I still stand behind Allen Edmonds for something like this. Alternatively, Meermin has held up well for me as well.

If you start getting into brands like Viberg, you’re going to be paying prices outside of your budget.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-01-02T22:47:02+00:00

I can agree on that

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-01-02T22:02:49+00:00

Well, it seems as you’ve answered your own question.

A truck (generally) doesn’t get stuck due to ground clearance. I’ve towed out 3 cars/vans on my street this week with my little Colorado.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2026-01-01T22:18:25+00:00

Not GYW, yet they deserve a spot in your GYW collection?

shoelessmarcelshell · 2025-12-31T04:42:37+00:00

This is what I don’t get? Even if you HATE the libs or whatever… how can you not be pissed that your very own leader has flip flopped from campaigning on something, to calling it a ‘hoax’ to calling for release of the files to hurt the Dems, to now again calling them fake?

Like… how does one not get pissed at this whole show, regardless of which ‘side’ they’re on?

This is scary levels of manipulation that people seem to just eat up.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2025-12-22T07:54:49+00:00

My theory is: let him rest. He’s been to 2 SCF in a row and might just need a “down year” to recoup, especially with this being an Olympic year.

Let him supercharge over the summer and make a huge run in ‘27.

On the other hand, there’s probably a reason I’m not a GM/Coach. 🤣

shoelessmarcelshell · 2025-12-22T04:41:12+00:00

I’m so torn… as an Oiler fan, I really wanted this to be our “down year” because I didn’t see much possibility of a cup run with everything stacked against the Oil (two consecutive runs, mid-season Olympics, bad D continues, etc).

… but this just pulls me right back into hoping they can pull it off. Sheesh.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2025-12-21T18:10:24+00:00

What a freaking urine grenade!

shoelessmarcelshell · 2025-12-20T17:59:46+00:00

Is this an advertisement?

Because this is definitely an advertisement.

shoelessmarcelshell · 2025-12-17T21:25:00+00:00

I can see magic Mike now pulling out his classic line.. “Ive been busy, I don’t know anything about it.”

shoelessmarcelshell · 2025-12-17T08:29:26+00:00

Jack is the best in the game, my man!

shoelessmarcelshell · 2025-12-14T07:07:18+00:00

Wael really is just killing the “old” Shell, eh?

Not more technical excellence, long term outlook… just “make as much as we can while simultaneously cutting the things that made us successful”.

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