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[bossy22]

My boys were the same. Snowboard in a hoody. If it got really cold, they'd put on a nylon coaches jacket from their club and wear that over the hoody. They did wear a ninja suit underneath it all though.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

To each their own, everyone has a different tolerance for cold.

I bought a black Columbia puffer jacket from Winners for $100 that I saw once, it's warm as ####.

Cool story, I was in the military with a guy that rarely wore more than a light rain coat on winter exercise, regardless of the temps.

I worked with an old Indigenous guy in the oil patch who would wear a jean jacket and Stanfield sweater - rain or shine or -40. He just did not get cold.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Sliver

That's my whole thing. Comfort is my top priority (after like health, family, friends, etc.). Like, as far as spending my disposable income I prioritize comfort items. A big warm AF parka is awesome. My adjustable bed rules. I had a baseboard heater installed in my bathroom just so I can keep it at 24° so when I get up in the morning I can just wander straight in in my ginch and still feel like I'm under a blanket. Sock suspenders. Reclining camping chairs. Sporks. Heated garage. Air conditioning. Remote-controlled black-out blinds.

If there's a way to make myself slightly more comfortable, I'm doing it every single time.

I had no idea something like that existed. Do you have to, like, wear a garter belt or something? Seems to solve a problem I do not have.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Sliver

That's my whole thing. Comfort is my top priority (after like health, family, friends, etc.). Like, as far as spending my disposable income I prioritize comfort items. A big warm AF parka is awesome. My adjustable bed rules. I had a baseboard heater installed in my bathroom just so I can keep it at 24° so when I get up in the morning I can just wander straight in in my ginch and still feel like I'm under a blanket. Sock suspenders. Reclining camping chairs. Sporks. Heated garage. Air conditioning. Remote-controlled black-out blinds.

If there's a way to make myself slightly more comfortable, I'm doing it every single time.

I’m with you on almost all this stuff, but WTF are sock suspenders?

My brother and I have been on the spork train for years. The best ones used to be sold at MEC and they’re titanium. At least in my professional opinion (as a spork professional!)

[Nufy]

Is cold calling through Linkedin becoming a thing these days ?

In the past month I have been asked to connect to 5 different financial planners / advisors.

I have never met you nor do I need your services.

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by Slava

I’m with you on almost all this stuff, but WTF are sock suspenders?

Oh, we've all seen them before. They were all the rage, back in the day...

[Fuzz]

Oh, that looks uncomfortable. Is this a problem that needs solving since we invented elastics?

[Locke]

If you get sock suspenders dont forget the matching monocle and bowler hat.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Nufy

Is cold calling through Linkedin becoming a thing these days ?

In the past month I have been asked to connect to 5 different financial planners / advisors.

I have never met you nor do I need your services.

I’ve culled my connection list quite a bit. The endorphins from seeing a notification from the same type of vendor was wearing off.

Or people from the same company requesting a connection. Like, no, one is enough. They all post the same stuff and send the same insincere messages. Coordinate yourselves.

[Wormius]

My “express “ bus has too many stops along Centre St. It’s express between downtown and my neighborhood. The people along Centre St have other buses they can take to downtown.

[activeStick]

It grinds my gears that many people won't ever learn about these things from history because much of what we see and hear, if we just rely on what's easiest to consume, is heavily filtered.

The numbers are mind-blowing. Such cruelty by the British.

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2...illion-indians

How British colonialism killed 100 million Indians in 40 years

Between 1880 to 1920, British colonial policies in India claimed more lives than all famines in the Soviet Union, Maoist China and North Korea combined.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by activeStick

It grinds my gears that many people won't ever learn about these things from history because much of what we see and hear, if we just rely on what's easiest to consume, is heavily filtered.

The numbers are mind-blowing. Such cruelty by the British.

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2...illion-indians

How British colonialism killed 100 million Indians in 40 years

Between 1880 to 1920, British colonial policies in India claimed more lives than all famines in the Soviet Union, Maoist China and North Korea combined.

Not to say that colonialism was good, but that article was pretty brutal.

[Superflyer]

Originally Posted by Slava

I’m with you on almost all this stuff, but WTF are sock suspenders?

My brother and I have been on the spork train for years. The best ones used to be sold at MEC and they’re titanium. At least in my professional opinion (as a spork professional!)

I don't get the spork thing. Sure I know what they are but I just have never had a time in my life where I was, Gee I sure wish I had a spork.
The only time I can possibly see this is when I pack my lunch of something like soup with long noodles and I forget to pack either a spoon or fork. The issues is that the tines on a spork are always so small they are borderline useless.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by activeStick

It grinds my gears that many people won't ever learn about these things from history because much of what we see and hear, if we just rely on what's easiest to consume, is heavily filtered.

The numbers are mind-blowing. Such cruelty by the British.

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2...illion-indians

How British colonialism killed 100 million Indians in 40 years

Between 1880 to 1920, British colonial policies in India claimed more lives than all famines in the Soviet Union, Maoist China and North Korea combined.

If I read this right, you read a historical opinion article and got outraged? You lost me on the "much of what we see and hear" part.

[Engine09]

When you're turning right and the person in front of you is either too stupid or too scared and waits for all traffic to pass even though the turning lane was free and clear for miles.

[activeStick]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

If I read this right, you read a historical opinion article and got outraged? You lost me on the "much of what we see and hear" part.

Where did I lose you? In my view, what we see on mainstream media is heavily filtered so we don't become aware of things that our governments feel will reflect poorly on them. Agreed that the link is an opinion piece. Can't say I disagree with the premise of it which is how devastating the British Empire was to Indians. Fair enough if you feel it's just an opinion.

[Wormius]

That the British Empire was horrible to Indian is not news or something that was hidden from the public audience. Who didn’t know this? Did nobody watch “Gandhi”?

[PepsiFree]

Yeah I honestly thought the general badness of colonialism was pretty close to common knowledge. They’ve been making movies about it for at least 50 years lol.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by peter12

I worked with an old Indigenous guy in the oil patch who would wear a jean jacket and Stanfield sweater - rain or shine or -40. He just did not get cold.

This is the type of thing Wim Hof claims you'll be able to do when you do his program.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Yeah I honestly thought the general badness of colonialism was pretty close to common knowledge. They’ve been making movies about it for at least 50 years lol.

Wait until they learn about what those seemingly benign Dutch did.