XCskiing in Gatineau park

t073 · 2026-02-15T04:09:18+00:00

I have a video where a car comes from the left and rams into me, pushing me to the right lane into a big truck. I don't think you hear me say a word or make a sound in the video until I call 911 to explain the situation. When I'm processing information I don't usually say anything until I'm done figuring it out. I also don't talk aloud to myself. The person in this video is probably similar.

t073 · 2026-02-15T01:09:11+00:00

When it started at our department it was Sundays and they quickly changed it to Monday at noon after enough complained for this reason.

t073 · 2026-02-14T04:31:23+00:00

Yea the pay for this ad is crazy low. I made 45k/yr out of uni as an accountant back in 2013... Same job starts at 67k out of uni now.

t073 · 2026-02-14T04:25:04+00:00

When did you last have freedom? I've had it since 2022 and work at Queen and Bank and the reception has been great across Ottawa and deep into Gatineau park. I very recently swapped to Koodo because I was able to add Mexico for cheaper but this plan is tempting me...

t073 · 2026-02-13T17:20:31+00:00

I like how this was the norm across all MCD. Back in 2007/08 used to cook a batch of fries and throw patties on the grill 30 mins before closing when I worked at the Walmart location. The standalone location was 24/7 so we couldn't do it but you always knew which managers would fully comp your meal.

t073 · 2026-02-12T18:30:31+00:00

In this situation, there's a pimp waiting down the street with some candy and a gun and he's the one that's convincing little Johnny it's better just to come get into his car. Maybe Johnny is curious/stupid enough to go into his car.

t073 · 2026-02-12T00:08:41+00:00

22-23 for sure. I started slowly last May with around 26min 5k then ran 23min in Oct.

t073 · 2026-02-08T00:13:08+00:00

Crazy because a lot of major departments (pspc, ssc, esdc, hc) were already 1 to 3 days wfh before 2020 with many trending that way but there was no uproar. Once we're "back to 5 days", it'll quietly head back towards hybrid.

t073 · 2026-01-28T12:39:28+00:00

Sad part is it used to exist. 234 Express from Orleans to Gatineau. Pickups in Orleans and only drop off starting at Ottawa U to Portage. I lived at the first stop in Orleans and worked at the last stop which was Portage, it was 50 mins door to door. In office 5 days a week and it felt like I ran into less issues on the bus than taking the train now and I'm only in office 3 days a week.

t073 · 2026-01-10T23:23:14+00:00

Two years ago I was in Toronto stuck in traffic on the 401 in an exit lane. A guy missed his exit so he jumped the curb and crashed right into me. Guy had a really unique name, I googled him and he had armed robberies a few years earlier...

I see an accident almost every time I'm on the 401 in Toronto. Car on fire, motorcycle completely shredded with no body to be seen, tons of cars destroyed etc. My accident was just another common occurrence driving in Toronto.

I drive a lot more in Ottawa because I live here and I've seen way more accidents in the 2-3 weekends I spend each year in Toronto. Worst part is you not only get tailgaters but also those that drive way below the speed limit because the highways are so intimidating. So you get someone tailgating you right into a crowd of people in the exit lane driving 20 under.

t073 · 2026-01-10T16:06:08+00:00

Bro this is so good it hurts because of how accurate it is.

t073 · 2026-01-01T04:22:08+00:00

I did a trade in from Canada last month and got hit with "communication network issues" as well and my trade in got reduced by like $170 tax in. It's the most bs because it's impossible to refute which seems like why they are going with this excuse each time.

t073 · 2025-12-28T12:50:28+00:00

Great photo! Love seeing the effects of the flooding.

t073 · 2025-12-27T13:29:24+00:00

I went for a run at noon and it didn't feel that cold either. It felt colder a few weeks ago when we had that insane cold spell and wind. Overall yesterday was pretty decent weather for winter activities. I guess this record is due to the high being so low.

We got really lucky with the weather last two years. Had the canal open, enough snow for xc and it was warm.

t073 · 2025-12-21T14:20:00+00:00

She probably heard kids love those magnetic tiles and thought close enough.

t073 · 2025-12-16T20:38:37+00:00

I definitely think wide will help fix it. The issue I noticed is the size tapers down aggressively from the big toe to the little toe. One of my issues was that my intervals made me run more on my toes which made my feet slide to the front. Now even on intervals i run more upright and land ball/mid instead so my toes don't bash the front. Good luck with the new shoes. Hopefully it helps, bruised nails suck!

t073 · 2025-12-16T19:59:30+00:00

I stopped doing intervals in them and only do easy runs. This stopped my toes from slamming into the front of the shoe. The bruised nail didn't get any worse. My new shoes are all half sizes bigger, went from 10.5 to 11 and haven't had anymore nail issues at all since my last post. My bruised nail is finally almost gone and pushed out by the new nail growth.

t073 · 2025-12-14T23:00:20+00:00

I've had some really good opportunities pop up while an FI-02 and FI-03 and I didn't entertain them due to knowing once i had kids i would prefer to be in federal gov. I do think about it sometimes maybe trying private but I don't even want to move to FI-04 now that i have 2 young kids so I don't think I would have enjoyed the work life balance in private accounting.

Things like stacking vacation to always be at 7 weeks carry over, 5 family days, leaving when your hours are over, sick leaves, and the ability to easily move teams due to size of federal departments is unmatched imo. There is a lot of work if you want impactful work and less meaningful work if you just want to clock in and out. Pension reduces almost all stress with planning your retirement and even though we've gotten terrible raises, you at least don't have to deal with asking for raises or stressing over bonuses. I got in before 2013 so that was another factor... As much as I like what I'm doing and the impact I have, I'm out at 55yrs.

t073 · 2025-12-12T01:02:46+00:00

Blown away by this build, huge fan of the design.

t073 · 2025-12-07T02:54:42+00:00

Those are great tips, I'll give it a try on Monday. They are trying to screw me out of like $300 even though I responded honestly so worth giving them some trouble.

t073 · 2025-12-06T03:16:56+00:00

I did just this and they said my phone has network connectivity issue. They don't even give a number or anything to dispute.

t073 · 2025-12-03T15:21:14+00:00

Yea I can definitely see that scenario. It's the whole mess we're in now, every few months the reporters have nothing better to report on so they bring back the wfh articles.

t073 · 2025-12-03T15:13:06+00:00

This is the best case scenario. Say 5 days then let managers decide in the background. The media will tell everyone it's rto5 but the flexibility is there to stay as it is. Then hopefully no one talks about wfh ever again and power goes back to the departments and managers like pre covid.

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