Rocketpoweredgorilla
@Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca
Reddit Refugee that moved to lemmy.world
- Comment on 10 miles to escape a bill 1 day 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 1 day 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 she’s really honest indeed💖 5 days ago:
I was tempted to, but I was concerned people would think I’m a chemo patient so I left them alone.
- Comment on she’s really honest indeed💖 5 days 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 she’s really honest indeed💖 5 days 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? 6 days 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.
- Comment on Hey hey hey looks like I am in now 🥳 6 days ago:
Good luck with that.
I found a bit more info that may help on what it’s blocking (or attempting to) in this post. old.lemmy.ca/post/68374360
- Comment on Hey hey hey looks like I am in now 🥳 6 days ago:
I read somewhere it was blocking people who used the word “perchance” among other things.
- Comment on Vaguely remember them 6 days ago:
Not sure, cost probably.
- Comment on Vaguely remember them 6 days ago:
We still use them here in Canada for stuff like canned ham and Klik luncheon meat.
- Comment on My 98 Oldsmobile 1 week ago:
That would have been a 440 engine. General Motors made the 454.
I used to have a 69 Newport. Loved that car.
- Comment on bluesky is officially locked out for age 4 weeks ago:
I just vpn’ed through Texas and yup, got that too. As soon as I changed back to my normal location and reloaded it was fine. If that ends up happening to me I’m just gonna delete my account, fuck that shit. Nothing there worth fascists keeping an eye on me.
- Comment on She skipped groceries for a week to pay for that Little Caesars. 4 weeks ago:
… because we learned from them?
- Comment on RAM Trucks ad 5 weeks ago:
Lol “Nothing stops a ram” except when it eats a thermostat, blows a gasket, worn out lifter roller bearings, the transmission shits the bed (again), you have the fob too close to the truck overnight and it kills the battery, or the countless other weird electrical issues.
But at least you get to watch ads on the laggy infotainment screen while you wait for the tow truck, so there’s that.
- Comment on Keep off the sofa 5 weeks ago:
They shouldn’t have to wait until he gets off it.
- Comment on Keep off the sofa 5 weeks ago:
If I were them I would have broken out the plastic lawn furniture so it could be hosed down afterwards.
- Comment on Accepting Cookies 2 months ago:
under settings,privacy and security, under cookies and site data (just above the “Clear cookies and site data every time you close Firefox” box) there’s “manage exceptions” that will exclude your favorites from getting erased every time.
- Comment on How do first time movie writers ensure someone along the way won't get ripped off? Like say Jay in the mail room sees your scripts and develops it himself, what recourse is there against mail clerk? 3 months ago:
I was just trying to find my coffee cup, honest! I was not looking for scripts to steal at all. I thought my cup may have been misplaced in that stack of letters.
- Comment on How do first time movie writers ensure someone along the way won't get ripped off? Like say Jay in the mail room sees your scripts and develops it himself, what recourse is there against mail clerk? 3 months ago:
I’m curious too. I have done nothing.
- Comment on It hurts. 3 months ago:
My city has a street that changes name 4 times as you go down it.
- Comment on If you're fond of restoring 30-year-old PCs, but then you see some old PC parts being obliterated by scrappers just to get small pitiful pinches of gold. 4 months ago:
I still have a small box of old ram and a bunch of cpus from that era.( 20 to 30 yrs ago) Had them for years in case someone I knew needed them. I need to take them to a recycling center some day but there isn’t one close by.
- Comment on It is time to dispel all of the disinformation surrounding the life & death of Charlie Kirk. 4 months ago:
At least you’re safe. It could have been a real pain in the neck.
- Comment on It is time to dispel all of the disinformation surrounding the life & death of Charlie Kirk. 4 months ago:
When you leave a zit go too long without popping it, it’ll eventually pop itself.
- Comment on how do you only sleep 3 hours a day? (inspiration) 4 months ago:
When I used to work on the road, I’d sleep for maybe 3 or 4 hours a day during the week, but that kind of thing catches up to you fast. I usually made up for it on the weekends, but it was not a healthy way to go.
- Comment on Why is AI so bad at coming up with dialogue? 4 months ago:
You’re trying to apply logic to a system that has no logic, only data, to go off of. Of course it’s going to be shitty at it.
- Comment on Boss repeatedly shouted 'potato' at Irish employee 4 months ago:
Mr tough guy should go to a pub in northern Ireland and try that crap instead of harassing some poor woman just trying to do her job.
- Comment on One for the ignition and one for the trunk 5 months ago:
I don’t have a car but ya.
- Comment on One for the ignition and one for the trunk 5 months ago:
Still is up here in winter when it’s -30 outside.
- Comment on One for the ignition and one for the trunk 5 months ago:
I’ve always used them so you can leave the car running or in accessory mode and still unlock the doors/trunk/glovebox.
- Comment on school bathroom 6 months ago:
Shit so hard all the water vaporized.