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Game 7 Meltdown said:
Hey kids! Hé les enfants! (as it used to say on the back of the Shreddies box). Where should I go in Ottawa to buy mid-quality skates that won't bankrupt me? Last time, I spent a fortune at some hockey experts-type shop (forget the actual name) because I figured superskates would make me skate like prime Erik Karlsson. They didn't.

Doubt I'll play beer league hockey again. When you're 30 or 40 every hacker, every scrub and every ankle skater plays. When you reach my age (er, closer to 70 than to 60) every guy who's still playing is a damn hockey player. That shit's way too intense for me. I was always more interested in the beer part of beer league than the hockey part, anyway.

So now I just want something for cruising the canal, being as it looks like we are actually getting a winter this year. Any recco's on where to get advice rather than than just a sales pitch before I buy? Thanks!
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I had brand new x-country ski boots stolen out of my car recently, ended up replacing them with a new (used) pair at Sport Echange Outaouais. The pair I got look like they have never been used and were less than 50% of retail price.

They have a big hockey section, too... I didn't look too closely at it, but yeah, I can't recommend pre-owned gear enough. Good for the wallet, good for the planet. Sport Echange is great but I am sure there are plenty of other awesome stores that carry high-quality used gear all over the region.
 
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My partner finally convinced me to check out Prison Break, and that first season is a masterpiece. I'm aware the quality declines along the way, so setting expectations accordingly... but man is this fun so far.
 
YouGotAStuGoing said:
My partner finally convinced me to check out Prison Break, and that first season is a masterpiece. I'm aware the quality declines along the way, so setting expectations accordingly... but man is this fun so far.
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I enjoyed that one. Definitely loses its momentum numerous times, and went through some tough circumstances like the writers strike and being ended and brought back twice, but it's still a good watch overall.

Landman I like too, but those Sheridan shows can drag on a little slow I find. Billy Bob is great as usual. Needs a little more purpose and a little less melodrama imo, but I guess that's not what they're going for and the idea behind all of them is to hopefully have them popular to justify more seasons instead of a clear cut purpose of a story to tell. I find Ali Larter's character sort of unbelievable and a bit out of place.
 
Cosmix said:
In American Primeval, I think he decided to go back to the woman and child to either guide them the rest of the way and possibly to California because he had nothing to go back to. I don't recall if he saw anything else to make him go back.

I also liked The Siege of Jadotville about Irish Soldiers on a UN mission to the Congo.
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I was curious after our exchange so I tried to find an answer. I re-watched it and he finds a doll in the snow with ominous music taking over. Seemed like it could have applied to either him just finding something that changed his mind, or was something that the last follower had dropped.

Not overly specific, but this interview with the Director seems to indicate he went back to save them from the last attempted killer. Still ambiguous to me.


Sadly, he does. “Isaac is an irreparably broken man from the beginning,” says Berg. “It’s rare that you meet people whose problems and situations in life are so tragic that you actually think that a noble death is maybe the best possible outcome. Isaac is in that strike zone.”

Over the six episodes, Isaac forms a found family bond with Sara, Devin, and runaway Two Moons and tries to learn to love again, something he desperately needs after the deaths of his own son and wife. “Isaac is a man in mourning,” said Kitsch. “Sara shows Isaac that there is still light in the dark. She represents hope to him, as much as he fights it.” So when he comes back to save her from the last trapper trying to claim the bounty on her head, Sara is overjoyed to see that her love has returned. But only too late do they realize he’s been fatally shot, and he is ready to, finally, die the “right” way through a noble death.
 
BonHoonLayneCornell said:
I was curious after our exchange so I tried to find an answer. I re-watched it and he finds a doll in the snow with ominous music taking over. Seemed like it could have applied to either him just finding something that changed his mind, or was something that the last follower had dropped.

Not overly specific, but this interview with the Director seems to indicate he went back to save them from the last attempted killer. Still ambiguous to me.


Sadly, he does. “Isaac is an irreparably broken man from the beginning,” says Berg. “It’s rare that you meet people whose problems and situations in life are so tragic that you actually think that a noble death is maybe the best possible outcome. Isaac is in that strike zone.”

Over the six episodes, Isaac forms a found family bond with Sara, Devin, and runaway Two Moons and tries to learn to love again, something he desperately needs after the deaths of his own son and wife. “Isaac is a man in mourning,” said Kitsch. “Sara shows Isaac that there is still light in the dark. She represents hope to him, as much as he fights it.” So when he comes back to save her from the last trapper trying to claim the bounty on her head, Sara is overjoyed to see that her love has returned. But only too late do they realize he’s been fatally shot, and he is ready to, finally, die the “right” way through a noble death.
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I remembered the "finding the doll" scene and wasn't sure why he turned back because of it. I did not link it to the killer tracking them because there was no prior indication that a killer was tracking them.

AchtzehnBaby said:
Just finished The Gentlemen (2024) on Netflix

Awesome.
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I will add that to my list. :)
 
Cosmix said:
I remembered the "finding the doll" scene and wasn't sure why he turned back because of it. I did not link it to the killer tracking them because there was no prior indication that a killer was tracking them.
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I continued reading various articles and quotes after my post and the doll he found is referred to as the "evidence" that Lucas Cutter (Virgil Cutter's brother who was killed earlier) was following them, so it seems like he did go back because he knew someone had followed them more than a change of heart narrative. Doesn't really matter, I just wanted an answer on it.
 
YouGotAStuGoing said:
My partner finally convinced me to check out Prison Break, and that first season is a masterpiece. I'm aware the quality declines along the way, so setting expectations accordingly... but man is this fun so far.
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It's like Heroes, another show from that era. You can comfortably watch the first season, enjoy it - and move on. I watched it shortly after it originally came on, and I think I tapped out either before the end of the second season or shortly after. Then I remember rewatching it a while back, and the same thing.

24 sort of falls into that category. I think you can watch the first season and get what you need from it, but there are other seasons that are as good, or hold up as well. It's also very much a show of it's time. I don't know how novel it would be today. When it first came out, it was massive. It coincided with everybody getting DVD players because they were built into the PS2 and TV seasons on DVDs becoming a big thing. So as an addictive show, it fit well in that format. It's very much a show made for the early 2000s landscape, so I don't know if it would translate well now.

I never made it through Lost either....
 
frightenedinmatenum2 said:
I never made it through Lost either....
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The worst part there was the creators would specifically and explicitly deny certain theories, then at the end of it all they just went ahead and did one of them, so in essence admitting that they were just winging it the whole time. That show really hardened my soul against ever getting roped in by narrative dick-tugging again, so perhaps there is a bright side
 
Two vortices are causing todays crazy weather.

One in Newfoundland, the other on lake Winnipeg in Manitoba.

The pressure in the vortex in Newfoundland is 96.85 kpa... Normal is 101.3 kpa... That is a whopping 5.5 kpa.

about 1/4 the rating for a blast door.
 
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Senscore said:
Landman is an insane fever dream of a show written by a man whose ego is more inflated than the real estate bubble.


But it's oddly watchable and yes Billy Bob is good. He's a skilled actor.
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I've always liked Billy Bob, the show comes off more than a bit propaganda'ie but he's entertaining doing it! If I think of it as a satire, like Starship Troopers, then maybe it's ok?
 
Todays' phenomena: a single massive vortex off of Greenland, due north-east of Newfoundland.

Pressure 27.2 in HG (Mercury) ~ 94.48 kilopascals.
normal sea level pressure (and 20 c temp.) is 101.3 kpa...
The difference is 6.82 kpa. If this pressure was seen as a shock on a 2000 kilogram vehicle (and as differential..ie pressure on one side above the other). It would launch it at 10,000 km/hr or 3 time faster than a bullet (at 0.1 seconds of acting time)

we in Ottawa 29.3 in HG, or 98.88 Kpa
difference is 4.4 kpa.. If that was as close as say Montreal and Ottawa, We would be blown to bits. We are talking a few, multi megaton nuclear bombs.

Unreal the forces of nature!!! a 2,000 kg car being launched at 10,000 km/hr. WAHHH.

Just so you understand nature. We on earth rotate around the sun at 107,000 km/hr. It is a miracle that we don't go flying into outer space. We rotate on the earths axis (at the equator) at ~ 1,700 km/hr.. Again, its a miracle we are not spewed off this planet like missiles.

luckily for us, the earth is so heavy and the resulting gravitational force keeps us tightly locked down.

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Beech said:
Two vortices are causing todays crazy weather.

One in Newfoundland, the other on lake Winnipeg in Manitoba.

The pressure in the vortex in Newfoundland is 96.85 kpa... Normal is 101.3 kpa... That is a whopping 5.5 kpa.

about 1/4 the rating for a blast door.
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Pressure effects the weather?
 
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