Rocketpoweredgorilla
@Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca
Reddit Refugee that moved to lemmy.world
- Comment on Just found this behind a wendys dumpster 4 days ago:
So… you got a couple bucks I can borrow? I only need about tree fitty.
- Comment on Smart Kid 1 week ago:
Ours are pretty dumb that way too, I think our limit is 30g dried pot, or 150g of what they call “fresh” (wet) allowed to be carrying in public. At home limits vary from province to province, but for the most part they’re not much better.
The laws were obviously written by people who have no idea what they’re doing and don’t make much sense. A couple good plants can easily make more than the limit. I’ve had pot plants taller than I am. The only good part about that is the cops don’t really care, so unless they’re looking to screw with you it’s not a big deal.
- Comment on Smart Kid 1 week ago:
That’s interesting to know. Here in Canada we had medical exemptions for weed which was pretty simple to get, but it’s kind of pointless now since it was legalized in 2018 anyway. A medical exemption now really only covers the amount of weed you can grow for personal use. Normally we’re allowed to grow up to 4 plants, but if you have an exemption you can grow more at a time.
- Comment on Smart Kid 1 week ago:
That’s stupid on so many levels. The goal up here was to undercut the illegal market and suffocate it, and it’s worked fairly well. I guess it’s just too lucrative to screw people over for a simple plant.
I used to grow before it was legal here, (Still do on occasion but used to too) and it’s pretty easy. I didn’t this year, but plan to throw some plants in my back yard again in the spring. My youngest daughter has a job at a grow op growing for a living and she’s really good at it. I can’t get a job doing that because I have a criminal record, but at least I can still toss a few in my yard lol
- Comment on Smart Kid 1 week ago:
I firmly believe in the american counting system in that regard… there can’t be more than 4 if you stop counting there. Image
- Comment on Smart Kid 1 week ago:
Ah ok thanks for the info. That is a little pricey. Back before it was legal here the going rates were about $10 for a gram, $180 an ounce, but of course it dropped significantly since it was legalized across the country.
We can also grow our own legally (up to 4 plants at a time), but most people don’t really bother.
- Comment on Smart Kid 1 week ago:
Curious side note, how much is weed down there? Here in Canada a pack of two joints is like $8, an ounce goes for anywhere between $50 and $100 or so.
- Comment on Me after realizing Crown is a Canadian product.... 1 week ago:
Personally I think Gibson’s is far better, but Crown gets the job done.
- Comment on The Billionaires have spent a fortune making sure you hate Socialism. 1 week ago:
Grow your own food. Share what you can’t use
I started a jalapeño pepper plant two years ago that’s been popping out peppers like crazy. I hate peppers, so I give them to anyone who wants them around town.
I do not share tools though, they never seem to come back. If you need a tool or something I have, as long as you don’t mind a furry foul mouthed Canadian I’ll gladly come help though and bring them along.
- Comment on Where did I go wrong? 1 week ago:
She should have clued in when her date kept asking for tree fitty.
- Comment on How hard is it for an American citizen to become a Canadian citizen? Or get dual citizenship? 3 weeks ago:
Is dual citizenship even a thing anymore? I thought they stopped doing that but I could be wrong. Here is a list of programs you may be able to take advantage of to come to Canada. ircc.canada.ca/explore-programs/index.asp Not sure if it’ll help, but it’s worth a try.
There is also bill C-3, which allows people who’ve had ancestors here claim citizenship. immigration.ca/claiming-canadian-citizenship-by-d…
Good luck! I hope you find something that works for your bro.
- Comment on No fucking shit, Sherlock 3 weeks ago:
more than likely, but I like to think it’s out there somewhere, just waiting for the chance to decimate Melon’s Tesla roadster.
- Comment on No fucking shit, Sherlock 3 weeks ago:
I think the only SSTO we had by the 1960’s was a very unhappy manhole cover.
- Comment on Fuel Tank Capacity Upgrade! 5 weeks ago:
Ouch! I pay 9 cents a kilowatt on my electrickery bill. 60 cents sounds like a total rip off.
- Comment on Life is hard 5 weeks ago:
Ah ok that would be an option yours didn’t have then. Up here virtually all cars have them.
- Comment on Life is hard 5 weeks ago:
Sonomas are decent little trucks overall. With a lot of Gm products a lot of shit quits working for no reason (or cheap plastic parts break) and there’s always little gremlins to chase, but they’ll usually get you to where you’re going.
But ya, If everything worked proper, the 96’ Sonoma is supposed to turn the ac compressor on and flip a vent door to redirect the air to your windshield whenever you put the dial to the far right defrost. It’ll still defrost the window anyway if the ac is bust, but with the dry air it works a lot faster. Your defogger button directly under that knob only puts power to the heat lines in your rear window. They’re kinda meh for actual defogging in my opinion, but they’re great for melting ice so you can at least see out the back.
- Comment on Life is hard 5 weeks ago:
Ok maybe I’m misunderstanding something, because from your comment it sounded like you think the ac doesn’t work in the winter when you use defrost with the heat on. And my point is that most cars are set up to do exactly that because it works better regardless of where the temperature dial is.
Defoggers are a separate thing altogether and has nothing to do with your heat, AC, or blower. Maybe it’s different in some newer cars but traditionally all a defogger is is those heat cables that you see in the back window, nothing else.
Not trying to argue, just trying to clarify things.
- Comment on Life is hard 5 weeks ago:
I really don’t know what to tell you there, I’m going by the vehicle manufacturer’s labels. The “defrost” mode on your climate controls (typically all the way to the right) that blows air towards your windshield will often use the ac compressor even if you have the heat set to high, because ac drys the air… it doesn’t have to be cold, it can be any temperature. Blowing wet warm air at the windshield isn’t very effective compared to dry warm air. That is especially true in our Canadian winters.
You can try it with virtually any car made from the 1970’s to today (and some in the 1950’s and 60’s) that was equipped with AC. Turn your defrost on, crank your heat, and you will hear/notice the slip clutch on the end of the AC compressor under the hood will kick in, turning on the ac unit. Some cars do come with a dedicated separate defrost button, (as opposed to the defogger button which only operates the heat lines in your back window) they also will use the AC to dry the air.
Defoggers are typically the heat lines you see in back windows, although some old cars (like my old 69 Newport) had blowers for the back window as well, and even a second heater core to feed it.
Long story short, AC is for drying air, not just cooling it.
- Comment on Life is hard 5 weeks ago:
My 78 Chrysler was designed to use the AC in defrost mode even in a winter blizzard and was much more effective and drying the windshield because of it. Most heating/cooling system in cars were combined much earlier than that to take advantage of dehumidifying the air. It also has the benefit to run the compressor to keep lubrication and stop seals from drying out in the AC system that would otherwise not be used to months at a time.
There are some vehicles with separate heating and AC systems, (mainly cheap or aftermarket units) but the vast majority run together. (At least in North American cars.)
- Comment on The lord has started smiting republicans. 5 weeks ago:
I don’t think so… it seems a fancy way of saying you smacked it really hard.
Smote is the past tense form of the verb smite, which is most frequently used to mean “to strike sharply or heavily especially with the hand or with something held in the hand,” or “to kill or severely injure by striking in such a way.”
- Comment on Fair is fair 1 month ago:
That one usually gets mopped up after trump leaves a room.
- Comment on Is it just the norm now-a-days for grocery stores to have lots of stuff on the shelves that's past the best-by date? 1 month ago:
I’ve never seen anything being sold in my local stores past its date, unless it’s in the discount bin. My daughter works at one of them and regularly gets to bring home stuff that’s past date but still good because it can’t be sold. This is in Canada though, our laws are a bit stiffer than the US.
- Comment on May want to learn how to spell before you have kids 1 month ago:
your
- Comment on May want to learn how to spell before you have kids 1 month ago:
Thank yew!
- Comment on 10 miles to escape a bill 2 months ago:
Ya STARS is one of those things most people don’t pay much attention to until it’s needed, but they are a really nice thing to have especially considering how large our country is.
My trip with them was about 80 miles to Winnipeg, and took about 18 minutes from the time they stuffed me in the back to the time they put me into the ambulance at the airport. I can’t imagine how long that would have taken by ground.
Honestly I don’t think I needed to get there that fast, but they were worried because I had head trauma and had lost a lot of blood so they erred on the side of caution, which was understandable.
www.stars.ca is their website if anyone is wondering what STARS is.)
- Comment on 10 miles to escape a bill 2 months ago:
here in Canada I had an accident once. Was loaded onto a STARS helicopter, flown 80 miles to the nearest city, unloaded into an ambulance for the rest of the trip to the hospital, x-rayed, stitches, and two surgeries.
Only thing I paid for was a dollar for some really bad coffee from the hospital canteen.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I was tempted to, but I was concerned people would think I’m a chemo patient so I left them alone.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I think it was several things, but the reason she gave me was that I looked too young. ( I was in my mid-40’s and only a few years younger than her.)
I suspect that her bi-polar issues played into that though as well. She was a very difficult person to keep happy.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I asked my ex gf once if I should shave, her reply was that it didn’t matter to her.
Several weeks later while I was shaving my beard, I had one of those sporadic moments where I thought to myself…why not? So I kept shaving. Shaved my head, chest etc, everything. By the time I was done I was more aerodynamic than a fighter jet.
My gf refused to talk to me after that for two weeks.
- Comment on How can people with ADHD possibly enjoy movies if they daydream and can't focus on the movie? 2 months ago:
Watch it several times. (Not necessarily in a row) Each time it’s like a whole new movie because of all the stuff you didn’t notice before.
I half joke there, but until I was in my 40’s I never could sit still long enough to watch an entire movie from start to finish. Still enjoyed a lot of them, just in bite size pieces.
