He’d try to eat the chess pieces and then blame his choking on New Zealand.

I can relate to that. One time my toddler said they didn’t want to try my pudding and I’ve been trying to destroy the world ever since.

I realize it’s a different toddler in my scenario.

Shoppers was pretty inept when we were using them. Frequent errors and constantly having to argue with the manager because my 100% insurance coverage wouldn’t cover some meds because the pharmacy wanted a bigger profit than insurance was willing to pay.

We finally transferred to the pharmacy at Save On Foods and they’ve been pretty solid.

Ultimately it comes down to the pharmacy manager and their standards. I don’t think a particular chain is going to be any better than any other one across the board.

Let’s reunite him with his stupid car.

“Dad, I can’t do this anymore. You do you and I’ll do me and let’s touch base again in 4 years.”

(Engage old fart mode)

It wasn’t that long ago that Tim Hortons restaurants baked their own donuts in house. Fresh all the time. It was their draw.

Fast forward and they truck in everything frozen from a manufacturing plant. Things aren’t made there anymore - they’re thawed and assembled. And it tastes like it.

They used to be legendary for their coffee, but a few years ago they let their agreement with their coffee supplier to lapse. McDonald’s scooped it right up which suddenly put McCafe on the map. Tim’s found a new supplier but the coffee wasn’t nearly as good.

Aren’t a bunch of their franchises also under investigation for Temporary Foreign Worker program abuse?

It’s just been death by a thousand really stupid cuts.

I see no such policy anywhere

It’s there. You just missed it because the rule is abbreviated.

See, in this timeline, the rules about abbreviation can be abbreviated, but not content.

Awesome! I dropped my barely-used account and set up a new one on our instance.

It’s all cat pictures!

If the penalty for the bread price fixing our shitty grocery corps did is any indication, even if it’s already illegal, landlords “breaking the law” will have to pay a fine of a couple dollars and be told they should feel very, very bad because they’ve been very naughty.

They’re waking up to the idea that his actions may impact them personally instead of just everybody else on the planet.

Hawaii has its own complicated issues with tourism on top of the national political mess, too. It’s such a shame.

I used to love to rip on Air Canada and then I flew with WestJet four times last month.

You know what, AC? You’re ok. Not good, but you’re ok.

If Ontario is anything like BC, you won’t have to worry for a while. When my dad needed an ambulance it was over a year before he finally got a $150 bill for the transport.

There are almost certainly social services available to handle cases when you absolutely can’t afford it. Personally I wouldn’t stress about this until/if you receive a demand for money and then make a decision based on where you’re at.

Re: our healthcare spending. Canada spends less on socialized healthcare than the US does, and they still have to pay insane amounts out of pocket on top of that. I think Canada is doing fine for healthcare, despite some obvious issues like crowding.

In Canada, if you’re told you have to wait 9 months for an MRI, you should probably be almost-happy. It means your problem isn’t that bad so doctors are ok letting you wait a bit. It’s when the hospital phones you at home at 11pm and says “umm can you please come in for an MRI RIGHT NOW?” that you should worry. Our triage works really well - I have numerous firsthand and secondhand experiences with it.

Just clarifying, are you offering your blood or kidney, or do you just like have a bunch sitting around?

My favourite pair of jeans are Silver and I’ve worn them for at least 5 years. The crotch is starting to wear in the same place all my jeans eventually do.

The thing I like the most is how soft the denim continues to feel. Some jeans are a lot rougher but these don’t even really feel like denim.

You should be able to play a video that’s at 100% even if the torrent isn’t complete.

It could be a codec issue? If you’re using windows there’s a tool called MediaInfo you can install that’ll analyze a video file and tell you if it’s corrupt and what codecs it uses. You might just need to install a codec pack like K-Lite if your system doesn’t already have the codec you need. Or, like an other commenter said, try opening it in VLC which has killer codec support built in.

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They must have eventually wrote something in my file. A few years ago the nagging stopped and the dentist just says “I’ll take what I can get” after asking how often I floss.

Here I thought Angela Lansbury did a holodeck episode.

Hey now, everyone deserves a chance to get their first real job. Unlike government, car washes provide training.