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[Mark H.]

2 hours ago, Goalie said:

Well, considering all the food you buy is wrapped in some form of plastic, it kind of is stupid but probably low down on the list 

But it's still a stupid idea. Either get rid of all plastics or none. It's not some pressing issue tho 

I would guess you have never cleaned up around a landfill.  Our community has been contracted to do that job several times.

Most of what we picked up was plastic bags and other light weight plastics.

[Brandon]

Please bring back plastic straws,  the paper straws are absolutely awful and I can't always bring a metal straw around with me at all times.     

Their is far more waste in packaging and for the overall environment the amount of harmful toxic waste that is created by factories is a million times more impactful then plastic straws.    Also far more waste created because everything these days are made to only last a short period of time so the amount of pollution/plastic/waste created is so much higher then it needs to be since everything is made to break quickly.   Basically I'm saying they should close down dollarama because they produce so much disposable crap.  

 

Source before someone complains  -  I worked at Environment Canada for two years.    

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/woolly-mammoth-de-extinction-project-underway-in-dallas/3272370/

[FrostyWinnipeg]

An enigma who lived frugally left his New Hampshire town millions it never knew he had.

[FrostyWinnipeg]

2 dead after high-speed crash at Rainbow Bridge connecting New York-Ontario

Edited November 22, 2023 by FrostyWinnipeg

[iHeart]

and they are already building god knows what at KP

 

[Brandon]

I'd imagine it is hard for Mastermind to compete with Amazon/Wal-Mart.   I did enjoy the store but nearly everything could be found online for cheaper.   

[iHeart]

2 minutes ago, Brandon said:

I'd imagine it is hard for Mastermind to compete with Amazon/Wal-Mart.   I did enjoy the store but nearly everything could be found online for cheaper.   

I mean even Chapters kind of sells toys these days (oh not to mention Toys R Us is not very far away like across the street)

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://ktla.com/news/pull-over-now-12-year-old-driving-stolen-forklift-leads-police-on-hourlong-chase/

[Colin Unger]

On 2022-11-13 at 10:17 AM, JCon said:

Crypto boys are crying into their crunchy socks. Who could have ever predicted this?! 

Not anymore.

[FrostyWinnipeg]

2 hours ago, Colin Unger said:

Not anymore.

Crypto coinage back up?

 

Edited November 29, 2023 by FrostyWinnipeg

[Colin Unger]

Btc is closing in on 40k already.  Up from 16k earlier this year because the sec keeps losing lawsuits against crypto and they’re being forced to start approving crypto etfs. Plus no more interest rate hikes. 

[Sard]

1 hour ago, Colin Unger said:

Btc is closing in on 40k already.  Up from 16k earlier this year because the sec keeps losing lawsuits against crypto and they’re being forced to start approving crypto etfs. Plus no more interest rate hikes. 

Crypto and NFTs are all just a scam.  Do some people get rich with them, sure, because they are scamming gullible people into buying into them.  

[JCon]

16 minutes ago, Sard said:

Crypto and NFTs are all just a scam.  Do some people get rich with them, sure, because they are scamming gullible people into buying into them.  

And, the ones that get rich, go to jail because it's just a ponzi scheme. 

[Sard]

4 minutes ago, JCon said:

And, the ones that get rich, go to jail because it's just a ponzi scheme. 

Or at least we hope they do.

[FrostyWinnipeg]

3 hours ago, Colin Unger said:

Btc is closing in on 40k already.  Up from 16k earlier this year because the sec keeps losing lawsuits against crypto and they’re being forced to start approving crypto etfs. Plus no more interest rate hikes. 

Good for you!

[iHeart]

SERIOUSLY!?!?!

https://deadline.com/2023/12/taylor-swift-person-of-the-year-1235654458/

[FrostyWinnipeg]

On 2023-12-06 at 7:55 AM, iHeart said:

SERIOUSLY!?!?!

https://deadline.com/2023/12/taylor-swift-person-of-the-year-1235654458/

Also TicketMaster and the hotel industries person of the year

 

 

Edited December 8, 2023 by FrostyWinnipeg

[FrostyWinnipeg]

CIBC fined $1.3M for failing to comply with money laundering and terrorist financing rules

RBC handed $7.4M penalty from financial intelligence agency

[FrostyWinnipeg]

California high school security officer pleads guilty to making explosives with student, selling them on Instagram

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/20-000-tears-in-olympic-stadium-roof-says-quebec-1.6685532

Quebec’s Minister of Tourism Caroline Proulx refused to confirm information from “La Presse”, according to which it will cost taxpayers at least $750 million to replace the roof of the Olympic Stadium.

 

 

[FrostyWinnipeg]

Dead body discovered in passenger seat after driver said damage was from hitting animal

[FrostyWinnipeg]

Is your new car on a storage compound? Inside Kia's scheme to deliberately withhold deliveries

[FrostyWinnipeg]

A 14-year-old Florida teen fatally shot his sister in an argument over Christmas gifts, only to be shot moments later by his own teenage brother, authorities say. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-teen-accused-fatally-shooting-sister-argument-christmas-gifts-rcna131280

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://ktla.com/news/california-police-can-no-longer-ask-you-this-at-a-traffic-stop-starting-in-2024/