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The Observer

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  1. Thought I was the only one experiencing slow responses. My province is still going through the post-interview stages.

     

    Meanwhile, I've worked in municipal government for over 3 years now. Cannot comprehend how a furlough can happen because in Canada if we don't pass a budget, we have an election. In my limited knowledge of parliamentary systems that is. Municipally we have to pass a budget, by law, according to my province's Municipal Act. If we don't, then the province will do it for us.

  2. It's not unheard of. Pretty much coughing enough to the point where you wake yourself up. I've had patients wake up with a lot of congestion due to bad pneumonia, etc because they have something called nocturnal paroxysmal dyspnea (pretty much being unable to breathe). But that's something far different.

  3. Laptop chargers definitely have issues. Even just letting it sit here and unplugging it from the wall end, the connection tends to become loose. Luckily, there's often a $20 solution of just buying one off the bay of e so it's not too much of a big deal if they start to break.

    Sucks more so after the third one. Hopefully this one works for longer.

  4. The original one my laptop came with and two subsequent replacement ones have all broken. The original one had issues with the cord fraying internally while the replacement ones just kept on having broken heads (the piece that plugs into the laptop). Drives me mad. 

  5. Anyone else find that laptop chargers break easily? Hoping my next one has a USB-C plugin so I don't have to find the specific one that I want everytime.

  6. Mine went better than expected. More so seeing family I haven't seen in a while. That's what does it for me. We had a dinner at my aunt's house. She rents a house where the basement is rented out to students. Since everyone left in the basement except for one, we invited him up to have Christmas dinner with us. It was his first Christmas in Canada.

     

    I can understand why not receiving anything would make you feel like you're unappreciated. That's for sure. I've usually spent my Christmases giving, but that's because I grew up not really getting anything. I usually volunteered with my local soup kitchen or as volunteer EMT.

  7. go for it. experience like that is crucial. the connections you'll make cpoild be life changing. companies dont give a rats ass about grades or what unrelated job you worked in school, its all about who you know and paid relevant experience. tightening the belt for a few months will pay off 100x in the lng run

    Agreed.

     

    I'm doing this very shortly myself. Potential opportunity with the OPS even though it's a bit rocky considering the new government, but great experience nonetheless.

  8. My last exam of the semester is tomorrow evening. [bleep]. Then one more day of work and I can drive home in two days. A good ~100km drive, so not too bad. Hopefully doesn't snow too hard... even though I have my winters on.

  9. There's heaps of snow and I gotta drive home 250 km's tomorrow. Gonna be fun. I've lost most of the studs in tires aswell, so yay.

    In other news, 3 meals in 3 days with different, and hot girls.

    And here I am getting dates but that’s about it. This one girl I’m talking to asked to go out for drinks but this week because of work and exams I don’t have the physical time. Ugh.

  10. Had my court case yesterday. I was told that if i did 12 hours of Anger Management classes my case would get dismissed. Could be worse, i guess. 

    Sounds like the equivalent of diversion here. If you have no criminal record or any history of offence that can bite you in the ass, then that sounds good.

     

    I assume hiring a lawyer helped make that happen?

  11. Raising the price of things always increases product use, right?

    Difference is people buying things domestic vs internationally. My issue is that there's so many things you can get overseas that don't even compare to what we have here in North America.

  12. Should be able to order from overseas without having the price jacked up by 3-4x. Some tax, I get, but that's just ridiculous. I bet they'd make more money off of it if they lowered it because people would actually be willing to pay it. [bleep]ing Ontario.

  13. CA beers is spectacular, how dare you criticize it. 

     

    But I feel you Observer, I had this crazy good vodka that was made in Washington State and importing it across the country is just not worth it

    More so some I tried in Europe I want here. Next time I go I'll take my max limit I guess.

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