OT: One More Off Topic Off Season Thread

[bellagiobob]

 

[joestevens29]

First thing he bought after the divorce?

 

[Cogliano13Gagner89]

Started a sports podcast with a friend about a month ago just for fun and had a debate about Crosby vs McDavid today. I'm genuinely curious about your thoughts and also criticisms... I feel our delivery could be way better!

 

[bellagiobob]

Sounds amazing.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

My dad would have loved that room.

 

[Drivesaitl]

The whole world this week blaring in my ear:

Its Black Friday sales event. Black Friday, Black Friday, Black, Black. Unsolicited phone messages, emails, flyers, on every radio add on every internet add, tv add.

Me: I don't need anything.

I'm just not a consumer lol

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[bellagiobob]

Happy turkey day to our Oiler fans down south.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Henday 500 speed oval (ring)

Its kind of funny because I see worse offenders on the Whitemud, Yellowhead, and Calgary trail entering city from south. For some drivers the speed at 23ave is no speed limit. Whatever hell speeds you were driving in from on the highway.

In anycase the rule on speeding seems to be that if you're going faster than the speed of sound you don't get caught and radar tickets do nothing to your license or insurance fees. If on the other hand you speed by a modest 10K you risk getting pulled over, and if compliant, you're the one getting dinged and in insurance and respectively harsh ticket.

The system as is does literally nothing to stop the road terrorists flying by at 200k/hr. Only physics ever seems to impact them, pun intended.

 

[bellagiobob]

Henday 500 speed oval (ring)

Its kind of funny because I see worse offenders on the Whitemud, Yellowhead, and Calgary trail entering city from south. For some drivers the speed at 23ave is no speed limit. Whatever hell speeds you were driving in from on the highway.

In anycase the rule on speeding seems to be that if you're going faster than the speed of sound you don't get caught and radar tickets do nothing to your license or insurance fees. If on the other hand you speed by a modest 10K you risk getting pulled over, and if compliant, you're the one getting dinged and in insurance and respectively harsh ticket.

The system as is does literally nothing to stop the road terrorists flying by at 200k/hr. Only physics ever seems to impact them, pun intended.

Mobile photo radar is the answer.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Edmonton with 22 of these f***ing things! City council clowns would rather everyone bike or take their failed transit system.

Henday 500 speed oval (ring)

Its kind of funny because I see worse offenders on the Whitemud, Yellowhead, and Calgary trail entering city from south. For some drivers the speed at 23ave is no speed limit. Whatever hell speeds you were driving in from on the highway.

In anycase the rule on speeding seems to be that if you're going faster than the speed of sound you don't get caught and radar tickets do nothing to your license or insurance fees. If on the other hand you speed by a modest 10K you risk getting pulled over, and if compliant, you're the one getting dinged and in insurance and respectively harsh ticket.

The system as is does literally nothing to stop the road terrorists flying by at 200k/hr. Only physics ever seems to impact them, pun intended.

When they finally finished the Henday I wanted to see how fast I could do a lap so I drove a lap at the speed limit and then punched it. Think I shaved 14-15 minutes off!

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

Finally a kick in the nuts to the nonsense of city councils across alberta.

 

[bellagiobob]

Edmonton with 22 of these f***ing things! City council clowns would rather everyone bike or take their failed transit system.



When they finally finished the Henday I wanted to see how fast I could do a lap so I drove a lap at the speed limit and then punched it. Think I shaved 14-15 minutes off!

I would have gone one step further and made the city put the 22 machines in the bike lanes and set them to give tickets at anything over 1km/hr.

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[DavidHasselhoffsFist]

If you plan on Christmas baking or baked goods go get your mom/grandma/wife/possibly husband (but not likely) some sugar because you won’t find any soon with the Rogers strike at their BC plant.

 

[MoneyGuy]

We have lots of sugar and might be willing to part with a bag or two. It won’t be cheap.

 

[bellagiobob]

If you plan on Christmas baking or baked goods go get your mom/grandma/wife/possibly husband (but not likely) some sugar because you won’t find any soon with the Rogers strike at their BC plant.

Actually went to pick some up today, but all sugar was sold out. Brown, icing, white all empty rows. The great toilet paper hoarding crisis of 2020 version 2.0.

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[DavidHasselhoffsFist]

Actually went to pick some up today, but all sugar was sold out. Brown, icing, white all empty rows. The great toilet paper hoarding crisis of 2020 version 2.0.

It’s insane. Next people are going to be sifting candy just to collect the sugar. I didn’t even realize there was sugar hoarding taking place until it was too late.

 

[Drivesaitl]

If you plan on Christmas baking or baked goods go get your mom/grandma/wife/possibly husband (but not likely) some sugar because you won’t find any soon with the Rogers strike at their BC plant.

This is one supply chain issue that I could give a crap about. Its not like toilet paper. Shortage of sugar, thats going to lead to a healthy epidemic. Its actually a POSITIVE development. Its like Beer strike. Shortages are actually a benefit to population.

I wonder if the strikers have thought through that people don't need their product at all, for anything. Probably not.

What ever happened to Beet sugar. used to be a plant in Southern Alberta and its superior tasting.

makes zero sense to ship sugar canes to BC, make the sugar there, and then have to ship it out through Canada. Beet Sugar could thrive right here, beets grow like wild in Alberta, and easy to make sugar out of. Still a plant in Taber from what I see. Most of our sugar used to come from Beets Alberta grown, Alberta processed, local sourced.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

This is one supply chain issue that I could give a crap about. Its not like toilet paper. Shortage of sugar, thats going to lead to a healthy epidemic. Its actually a POSITIVE development. Its like Beer strike. Shortages are actually a benefit to population.

I wonder if the strikers have thought through that people don't need their product at all, for anything. Probably not.

What ever happened to Beet sugar. used to be a plant in Southern Alberta and its superior tasting.

makes zero sense to ship sugar canes to BC, make the sugar there, and then have to ship it out through Canada. Beet Sugar could thrive right here, beets grow like wild in Alberta, and easy to make sugar out of. Still a plant in Taber from what I see. Most of our sugar used to come from Beets Alberta grown, Alberta processed, local sourced.

My grandfather worked in a huge sugar beet plant in Manitoba and they grew sugar beets on their farm.

 

[bellagiobob]

Of course they leave Pam till the end.

 

[DavidHasselhoffsFist]

This is one supply chain issue that I could give a crap about. Its not like toilet paper. Shortage of sugar, thats going to lead to a healthy epidemic. Its actually a POSITIVE development. Its like Beer strike. Shortages are actually a benefit to population.

I wonder if the strikers have thought through that people don't need their product at all, for anything. Probably not.

What ever happened to Beet sugar. used to be a plant in Southern Alberta and its superior tasting.

makes zero sense to ship sugar canes to BC, make the sugar there, and then have to ship it out through Canada. Beet Sugar could thrive right here, beets grow like wild in Alberta, and easy to make sugar out of. Still a plant in Taber from what I see. Most of our sugar used to come from Beets Alberta grown, Alberta processed, local sourced.

I completely agree but convincing my elderly mother is next to impossible. Believe me I felt silly going to multiple stores yesterday looking for sugar.Lord knows what happens if she can’t make baked Christmas goods. For context I received a phone call from a frightened old woman in Arizona panicking because she didn’t think she would be able to buy any upon her return to Edmonton in a couple of weeks. To my shock every store was sold out besides one out of the way Safeway.

 

[Frank the Tank]

Didn't think packing sugar back home would be on my list of things to bring from Chicago for the holidays. I wonder if there exists a restriction or limit by Customs Canada?

 

[DavidHasselhoffsFist]

Didn't think packing sugar back home would be on my list of things to bring from Chicago for the holidays. I wonder if there exists a restriction or limit by Customs Canada?

We certainly live in a weird world Frank.