Random Questions Mega Thread v1.1

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by fotze2

I ripped out a filling with one of those doing that. Bet a dentist wouldn't recommend doing that.

Ha ha! I remember stories about stuff like that.

TBH, I was just trying to be a bad influence and showing my kids the dumb stuff I used to do as a kid. Introducing them to Charleston chew was up there as well.

[WideReceiver]

My wife lost a filling doing that. She doesn’t eat toffee or similar anymore, which is a win for me.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

I lost a molar eating McIntosh toffee at a movie theatre when I was about eight years old maybe. I remember trying to take a bite and felt that weird pop in my mouth pulled out the bar toffee and my tooth was stuck in it.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I lost a molar eating McIntosh toffee at a movie theatre when I was about eight years old maybe. I remember trying to take a bite and felt that weird pop in my mouth pulled out the bar toffee and my tooth was stuck in it.

Did you look at it wide eyed, moth agape, and exclaim "holy molar!"?

[calgarygeologist]

Random hockey question: if a player gets a game misconduct, in particular towards the end of the game, in a series ending game would they allow him to come back for the handshakes?

[CaptainYooh]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

Random hockey question: if a player gets a game misconduct, in particular towards the end of the game, in a series ending game would they allow him to come back for the handshakes?

No. That’s the whole point of a game misconduct. You are not allowed to dress up and be on ice.

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by Flacker

Bilingual packaging, BB/MA on food packaging stands for "Best Before / Meilleur Avant",

No reference to May or March.

It is a gear grinder when they only use 2 letters instead of 3 for the month. JU should mean June but why not July? Maybe it's JN and JU? MR and MA...or MA and MY. Or just use three ####ing letters and clear it up.

Same with year... 24 MA 26. Is it good until the 24th of May 2026? Or the 26th of March 2024?

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by CaptainYooh

No. That’s the whole point of a game misconduct. You are not allowed to dress up and be on ice.

Well once the game is over is the misconduct not over?

[Knut]

My property tax bill this year breaks things down into Municipal and provincial sections. I have seen most others do not. Is this normal ?

[Wormius]

My property tax bill… sigh. Municipalities in BC are a lot less.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by Knut

My property tax bill this year breaks things down into Municipal and provincial sections. I have seen most others do not. Is this normal ?

It's new because the province recently jacked up their portion and the City didn't want people to just blame them for the increase

[Shazam]

It's always been itemized.

I guess people don't like funding education.

[Knut]

Originally Posted by Shazam

It's always been itemized.

I guess people don't like funding education.

This is the first year ours is itemized. Neighbour, brother and my parents only lists the amount of taxes

[Fuzz]

I just looked through mine, back to 2006 it is itemized.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Knut

This is the first year ours is itemized. Neighbour, brother and my parents only lists the amount of taxes

Are you confusing the TIPS payment info sheet they give with the property tax assessment?

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

It is a gear grinder when they only use 2 letters instead of 3 for the month. JU should mean June but why not July? Maybe it's JN and JU? MR and MA...or MA and MY. Or just use three ####ing letters and clear it up.

Same with year... 24 MA 26. Is it good until the 24th of May 2026? Or the 26th of March 2024?

Yeah, but over the course of a 3 year period the manufacturer can save one whole $200 ink cartridge by only using 2 letters instead of 3.

[Reggie28]

This is my first year on TIPS and I won’t be checking my mail for a while. How much of an increase should I expect on the second half payments? 10%?

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Reggie28

This is my first year on TIPS and I won’t be checking my mail for a while. How much of an increase should I expect on the second half payments? 10%?

Mine went up 4%.

[Knut]

Just looked at my moms TIPS info sheet and it only lists Muncipal and they only pay Municipal amount. Seems like a typo. The amount paid is what it should be.

Regardless. The overall amount owed makes sense based on the assessment.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

I just looked through mine, back to 2006 it is itemized.

The property tax bill - tax instalment payment plan is supposed to be itemized.

A property tax reminder notice is not itemized. This can sorta look like the property tax bill itself if you glance fast enough.

I don't think the pre-assessment is itemized either.

This might be the confusion for people glancing at these different pages quickly and thinking they are the same because they are formatted sorta similar. But I also wouldn't be surprised if somehow there are more than one format print outs... because government.