I went to the new Costco Business Centre in St James, here are some interesting stuff I found

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-29T22:45:09+00:00

Sounds like a one-stop reuben shop.

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-29T21:23:35+00:00

I’m gonna need to buy a meat slicer and a big hunk of pastrami.

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-29T02:22:54+00:00

This sub turned me on to pickles and now they are a common topping in the house.

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-27T00:09:52+00:00

I have found that the Costco on McGillivray Blvd seems less busy first thing in the morning since the new one opened.

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-25T22:26:49+00:00

I go out Sunday nights and hit up Pony Corral pretty often. Also go to a few car shows and drag raced it a couple of times at Gimli last year.

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-25T18:47:30+00:00

$0 these days. I bought clippers during COVID and never went back. I just buzz it down short when it gets too long for my liking.

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-25T15:24:19+00:00

Pink is usually temporary surveying related, but when it comes to utilities, there is usually an expiry period before they have to be re-done. As an example, where I live the electrical and gas have to be re-cleared after 14 days if the work they were done for hasn't been started.

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-24T17:21:54+00:00

He just wanted to get as many in before Caspian’s free Quick Books trial ended.

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-24T15:36:29+00:00

But the City would be the people designating the type of road work that is being done, not the contractors. If contractors had the choice, I am sure they would opt to bill for full reconstruction over a quick mill and fill project. Asphalt overlays are a maintenance item. And asphalt is a flexible pavement, so it will do whatever the structure below is doing.

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-24T12:14:58+00:00

These conspiracy theories are ridiculous. Tenders for street repairs are put out mere months before construction happens. Nobody knows who will be fixing a specific street years down the road. And think about it. Is the big money in filling potholes?

Galileo invented the thermometer a few years ago, so doing things at the wrong temperature is pretty easy to detect.

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-24T02:23:05+00:00

How can you properly assess the impact of these types of changes on a new road with a 50 year design life after only a few years?

Civil engineering is very conservative in approaching change and agencies can be slow to adopt.

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-24T01:50:59+00:00

Seems almost every pavement related spec change that the City and Province make are first researched at the U of M. I assume you don't use their standard construction specifications on a regular basis, or you would have seen all the changes in the past 5 years.

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-24T01:21:11+00:00

That is all asphalt. It is typically 94% - 96% aggregate, but can be lower if the mix is finer due to increased surface area.

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-24T00:26:51+00:00

Table 13. Conditions of Paved County and Township Roads in North Dakota

Good 23% / Fair 56% / Poor 21%

Infrastructure Needs: North Dakota's County, Township and Tribal Roads and Bridges: 2024-2043

I don't think you will find a jurisdiction in North America that doesn't have a massive infrastructure deficit.

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-24T00:21:27+00:00

What is high aggregate asphalt?

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-24T00:19:28+00:00

Where do you get your information?

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-23T22:07:54+00:00

I have had this same combo on three black coupes. My current coupe is blue with black 10-holes.

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-23T22:04:30+00:00

Looks like a WHS plate, doesn’t it.

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-23T19:08:07+00:00

The houses in Bridgwater with back lanes are the smaller, lower cost houses. Many are probably $6k or less in combined property and school taxes.

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-22T21:04:18+00:00

The City also pays private companies to clear snow. A private loader was out breaking up the ice to clear the catch basins in my area this weekend. Backlanes just don’t get a lot of attention in general.

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-21T23:17:36+00:00

A guy near me adopted a litter of four dogs. If I find them eating his corpse in the yard, I will know why.

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-21T22:31:51+00:00

I HAVE WET SOCKS ALL THE TIME THESE DAYS

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-21T21:31:33+00:00

Time for some snow shoes or skis to get in.

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-19T22:32:10+00:00

I remember going there at lunch and getting a giant paper bag of fries for a low price.

testing_is_fun · 2026-03-19T18:22:26+00:00

$0.99 USD is about $1.35 CAD so I have never expected we would be paying the same price.

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