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4 hours ago, Mark H. said:
My understanding is, unless you're doing long haul into the US on a consistent basis, the $$ are not that great.
That, and how many of them are actual truckers begin with?
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1 hour ago, Mark H. said:
But - how long can the average trucker afford to not work - due to some of their co-workers blocking routes?
By what was mentioned in that twitter stream (that was hilarious BTW)- not long if not already hit. Some are already hoping for that gofundme $$ to get home, that they're never gonna see.
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59 minutes ago, bigg jay said:
I don't know if the team will go undefeated on the field but nobody can touch them on Twitter.
Don't know if it was mentioned or noticed in another thread, but I noticed that avatar change. What a great reminder. Very touching.
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On 2022-01-14 at 10:25 PM, FrostyWinnipeg said:
Whoa baby!
So excited for this!
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35 minutes ago, Noeller said:
as big as that Ham FA list is, I don't think ours will be any better....
I'd rather have a list of team's player that are not FA. That's gonna be a lot more useful to figure out with all of the short contracts
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6 minutes ago, JCon said:
I hate watching important games with casuals. I would rather just be alone.
Absolutely. If Bombers are in it I'm at home with 1 or 2 friends. Any chatting is left for commercials. That's the way they like it too.
If Bombers aren't in it I'm much more casual.
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32 minutes ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:
Finished Last Of Us 2.
WOw- what a game. I never knew a video game can get that emotionally taught. Really well done. Actually deals with the cycle of violence and the layer upon layering of the themes is really skillfully done.
HIghly recommend this series to anyone.
It's been out a while so I shouldn't have to warn of spoilers- right?
Fantastic game and story- but I had so much trouble getting beyond getting behind a character that offed a character so close to you. It was probably different for you going right from one to the other, but I had years to attach myself to a character (though flawed) and then try to identify with the character that ended them.
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1 hour ago, White Out said:
I'm going to see how bulky all my battery heated clothes are later. But I think I'll need every piece of heated clothing it seems. Brr!!
Mine are all charged up and ready to go!
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Leopold's is one of my favorites, we try to get out to one even though none close to us every so often. Love that buffalo chicken poutine! The location on Osborne by the park theatre is still our favorite- wasn't a fan of the Corydon.
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33 minutes ago, Stretch said:
I remember on the news just before the border reopened they talked to someone from the Grand Forks Chamber of Commerce. They were itching to welcome back Canadians (and their wallets) but mentioned that they didn't have any public health measures in place so they recommended masking up while there because of their infection rate. Their state tourism slogan should be "Welcome to North Dakota: We'll trade you your money for COVID".
3 Things stuck out for for me;
1. certainly not a lot of Canadians making that trip still. Border crossing were relatively quick and easy, especially considering people haven't ben able to do it for like 18+ months. Not many cars with MB license plates in any of the parking lots
2. Made me appreciate the collective effort we've done. Yeah, south MB is a shitshow, it hasn't been remotely perfect anywhere, but it's light years beyond what they're doing collectively and as a whole. Also gave me a perspective of how they got to where they are at as opposed to us
3. definitely wouldn't recommend to anyone that values taking precautions. I honestly feel like an idiot for even going for a few hours and doing everything I normally do to protect myself and others.
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Well story time;
Went to Grand Forks today (yes we had the app) and it's gonna be a while before we do that again!
Had a couple packages to pick up in Pembina and we figured go a bit further have some lunch, shop, make a day of it.
You'd never know we were still in a pandemic, 95% of people unmasked, most masked elderly. People walking around without any care, dirty looks we got from people, lack of measures in place, zero distancing. I can't recall the last time I felt that uncomfortable and unsettled.
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I'm still thinking there's more to the story- same way AC Leonard's **** didn't come out right away, and we found out there was more to the story. Guy doesn't spend the night in custody over what's currently coming out.
Rider organization handling this stuff much worse than the Bombers would. All the more reason to embarrass them this weekend. **** them and two time snitch Purifoy.
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Canadian Politics
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I just want the enforcement to be there when laws are clearly being violated. That would be a good start. I want the same standards applied to other actions to be applied to this one.
Part of my job is to organize rallies and other public events up to and including strike pucket lines. There's specific laws around legal struke action, but rallies are different.
For rallies, we always have permits when needed and ensure traffic (both vehicle and pedestrian) is never impacted as the law requires . We are also respectful of those affected as it is easy to turn people off, and a fine line between being seen and heard, and turning people off from your message.
Organizers are also responsible for the actions of each and every person participating.
When organizing, we coordinate with police to ensure any issues come to the organizers, and frequently meet when needed for example when a strike happens.
I think these organizers totally messed this one up, and lost control of the participants and the messaging. they should be ultimately responsible the same way I would be ultimately be held responsible should that happen at any other event, or anyone else organizing something similar.