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I’m sorry to see you go. If you change your mind, we’ll be here to welcome you back with open arms. Be safe.

First, I think you should stop living in an AI generated picture.

Do I have to bring my own brown shirt or will they be provided? /s

For AB I’m thinking its more “I can’t afford to live in Banff, but that’s where work is so a place in Canmore is where I call home with a 30 min commute each way.”

Or “Yeah I like living in Red Deer, but it means a 1.5 hour drive one way if I want to see the Flames beat the skates off the Leafs when they’re in town.”

Long ago I ran a Windows Media Center PC in the living room and used the hell out of it. When WMC finally went EOL, I look for alternatives and found Plex. I never got around to setting up a Plex box, and now I see it too is ready for the scrap heap. I think this is what getting old is. You plan on doing something and never get around to it. Time passes much faster up here in age.

Does that mean that Canadians in Alberta, Quebec, and Ontario simply don’t drive long distances inside their provinces? That doesn’t track with what I’ve seen when visiting all three provinces.

If the ending of my story was too abrupt, and you wanted to spend just a bit more time with Touchdown Jesus, here’s the video a passerby caught of Touchdown Jesus burning. You can see the fire fighting vehicle on the left hand side, and the occasional flashes of lighting as the storm that started the fire rages on.

Not far away we had what everyone called “Big Butter Jesus” or “Touchdown Jesus”:

The “Big Butter” part comes from the region’s fascination with making butter sculptures:

The “Touchdown” name, for those that don’t know USA Football (Grid Iron), this is the same gesture the referee makes to signal a valid goal:

However, after being around for years, Touchdown Jesus is no more. I’m not making this up, it was struck by lightning and being made of fiberglass, burned to the ground.

Eye Doctor <> Optometrist

Perfect example of why that is a bad approach. An Optometrist can measure your eyes for basic vision problems and monitor your retina issues, but you’d need an Ophthalmologist if you need surgery on those eyes for something the Optometrist finds.

Have you tried doing a full BIOS update? As in, download from the manufacturer. I wonder if that would overwrite the passwords.

“Look at the silver lining! You were always worried she was cheating on you, now you know for sure she is so you don’t have to worry about that anymore!”

So you like splatter-horror-comedy memes. Nothing wrong with that:

Ohhh, trAma. My mistake. Carry on.

“I’ve exhausted my monthly ration allowance for McEnergy, so I’ll have to pass today.”

Instead of McCafe, it should be “McSoylent”.

Especially those times of year where you’re in the office before the sun rises, and leave after it sets. Oh, and you work in a windowless room.

Surprisingly, sliding a piece of paper with my Geocities URL wouldn’t have the same effect.

I’m enjoying seeing my solar panels still producing electricity for the house at 8:55pm at night.

Not in their top tier which is more expensive

Is it only their top tier (4k+more simultaneous streams) now? Last time I was subscribed it was only the lowest tier had ads. Middle tier was ad free.

Remember popping in a CD?

It could hold up to like 15 songs!

And remember paying $20 in 1996 for that 15 song CD, and remember your heartbreak when you listen through for the first time and find out there was only the one song you knew that you really liked and maybe two others that were just okay?

Dark days indeed.

Me either, but I would have wanted a Fast Load cartridge instead, but we couldn’t afford that either.