Random Questions Mega Thread v1.1

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

I remember when bread showed up in IMPs I was so excited........then let down.

The peanut butter in the tube was brilliant.

Why aren't more foods in tubes?

This needs to be an invention. Like, a portable picnic PB&J tube that is nice and small and doesn't need a knife to use.

I mean... extra waste aside... awesome.


Kinda like how I discovered they do tomato paste in a tube in Europe. I haven't found it here. It'd be nice to add the occasional dollop of savory concentrated taste into recipes. I've seen pesto in tubes, but I'm meh about pesto.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

Kinda like how I discovered they do tomato paste in a tube in Europe. I haven't found it here. It'd be nice to add the occasional dollop of savory concentrated taste into recipes. I've seen pesto in tubes, but I'm meh about pesto.

I just bought a tube of that at Zehrs the other day.

[Fuzz]

You can buy both peanut butter and jam in tubes. It's been invented.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Pronouncing gif with a soft g should be punishable by death.



Was Groundskeeper Willie pronouncing it?

Tell that to Steve Wilhite who invented the file image format. Then again, he died in 2022 so I guess he received the punishment.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

I just bought a tube of that at Zehrs the other day.

I've looked, but I've never seen it at the places I frequent. Hopefully it shows up and is more ubiquitous going forward.

Originally Posted by Fuzz

You can buy both peanut butter and jam in tubes. It's been invented.

Sorry, brain fart. I meant a convenient portable version. It was mentioned earlier as being a thing in the MREs, so I am aware it's invented.

Something a little more, "I might actually use this" than some ####ty baker's pipette. Like... those icing sugar things for gingerbread houses are complete garbo. As a kid though, I remember saving some of them and then adding it to sandwiches and cookies at school. Basically like doing dunkaroos but without the extra packaging that actually makes you want to eat it that way.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

Kinda like how I discovered they do tomato paste in a tube in Europe. I haven't found it here. It'd be nice to add the occasional dollop of savory concentrated taste into recipes. I've seen pesto in tubes, but I'm meh about pesto.

This is great. The Italian super market on Edmonton Trail/20th Ave sells it in tubes.

I also use anchovy paste in a tube, which you can get at Safeway.

[DownInFlames]

I've seen tomato paste tubes at Co-op, but I only noticed them recently. It's possibly less wasteful because you don't always need a full can.

[D as in David]

How do leftovers get put back in the tube?

[fotze2]

I'm just thankful you can actually get bigger containers of couscous vs those little sh$tty boxes like everywhere else on earth. I want a big ass bag like rice, not a half serving in a box for $5.

[Harry Lime]

I can't find the thread where someone called Crackmacs racist. From what I remember it's one guy posting that page, and he's native and involved in a lot of street level initiatives. What am I missing with this racist thing?

[Red Potato Standing By]

Going to guess that he is racist towards others not of his race? Just a guess( and probably talking out of my @ss

[puffnstuff]

London Drugs are all closed until further notice, from earlier today.
So what happened? Hacked or something else?

[Hemi-Cuda]

Where's a good place to buy graphic t-shirts these days? threadless.com used to be my go-to for a very long time, but in recent years their quality has taken a nose dive. I have a shirt from them from 5 years ago that still looks new today, but 2 I bought 6 months ago are already completely faded and falling apart

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

London Drugs are all closed until further notice, from earlier today.
So what happened? Hacked or something else?

Not clear. All their stores Manitoba west are closed indefinitely. Could be hacked. Could be something else. Definitely a “system” issue though.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

I remember when bread showed up in IMPs I was so excited........then let down.

The peanut butter in the tube was brilliant.

Some of my favourite memes

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[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Not clear. All their stores Manitoba west are closed indefinitely. Could be hacked. Could be something else. Definitely a “system” issue though.

CBC reported it was a cyberattack.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...nada-1.7187615

“Retail and pharmacy chain London Drugs says it was the "victim of a cybersecurity incident" Sunday and has shuttered its stores across Western Canada until further notice.”

[Locke]

Who is cyber-attacking London Drugs?

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Locke

Who is cyber-attacking London Drugs?

Paris Drugs?

[getbak]

I saw a conspiracy theory that Loblaws is behind it.

There has been a movement to boycott all Loblaws-owned stores for the month of May. Since Loblaws owns Shoppers Drug Mart, London Drugs is a major competitor of theirs across western Canada. If London Drugs closes their stores because of a cyberattack, people may be worried about shopping there, so they'll have to go to Shoppers.

The same conspiracy theory suggests that Save-on-Foods was also hit with an attempted attack last week, but I don't know if that's true.

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Paris Drugs?

More like Dresden Drugs