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Holy shit! And here's my wife and I trying to figure out our combined $36k annual income.

To be fair, it's completely our choice. We decided that retiring was more important than anything else we could do.

Also, to be fair, I did have a job in 1975 in which I paid more income tax than the combined gross incomes of my parents, and they actually had decent jobs. But it sucked, and I never again put earnings ahead of working conditions or work-life balance.

As for tech specifically, I entered shifted my hobby to a career as programmer and instructor in 1993 at about $28k, went freelance in 1996, earning $50-60k, and went back to employment in 2004 earning quite a bit less, but with far less stress. I was at $65k when I left the field entirely in 2011 due to burn out, situational depression (my therapist's term), and excessive stress. It turns out that the employment was just a different kind of "sneaks up on you" stress than the stress of always chasing work.

After that, I can tell you what I was doing and what I was earning (much less!), but it doesn't really matter, because we were living the life we wanted and still managed to figure out how to retire.

I hope the same for you and everyone else.

That seems like the right decision. Not that blocking should never happen, but that a formal process is followed to ensure that blocks are not used simply to silence dissent.

That phrasing, though, makes it sound like it's the minister's personal account. If that's the case, then that's a big problem. There should be a ministerial account to ensure continuity and to keep work separate from life. That is the account that should be kept open. I'm just a flunky and I know better than to use my personal accounts for work and vice versa.

Not from BC, but I've long thought that existing hydroelectric dam sites are perfect locations for nuclear plants.

• Lots of cooling water, if that's still required for the newest designs.
• Not just a ready connection to the grid, but one designed as a power source.
• Geologically stable (at least I hope nobody is building dams in earthquake zones!).
• Normally pretty nice places to live with plenty of outdoorsy stuff to do that also typically have room for at least small communities to develop.

I'm retired now, but I'd have jumped at the chance to work in a nuclear plant or supporting industry at Gardiner or E.B. Campbell Dam and live on the shores of the associated lakes or in a nearby community. Saskatchewan is already a major source of uranium and could stand to add refinement, use, and storage (put the waste right back into the geologically stable mines it came from).

On that last note, done right, the waste storage could be right on-site. That's what's happening in many cases anyway, and most hydroelectric dams are located away from major population centres and are geologically stable.

You can always tip after. Tips are between you and the server anyway. The business is not part of that transaction.

Not true in many places. Lots of restaurants pool all the tips, then distribute them to all staff, sometimes even owners and managers.

That sounds like an outlandish claim. Have you got certified designs and budget documents that show us how to do that? Wait, better hang onto that stuff as a trade secret so you can be the next billionaire and hero to those who struggle to afford shelter.

Ok, fair enough.

Sorry, I should have been more clear. My "torn" was with regard to whether I agreed that it was a "sensationalist bullshit headline" when it was almost perfectly accurate in what was being banned: the aerosol. It missed the bit about "current formulation", though, hence my being torn.

It's current formulation is still legal with other delivery mechanisms, so there is a bit of nuance. As much as I dislike clickbait, I also don't except a headline to provide nuance.

I'm torn as to whether to agree with you or not. On the one hand, people who aren't taking the time to parse the headline are certainly getting worked up. On the other hand, the headline accurately represents the ban in that the current formulation of WD-40 will be banned in aerosol form. If they want to sell that formulation in plain cans or Non-aerosol spray bottles, they are free to do so.

Looking at the breakdown, the variation in cost per unit makes me think that there is more than just the cost of the shelter itself. Remote areas, new service connections, etc must play a role in overall costs.

What about my parental right to have compulsory schooling actually teach about the real world as it exists and help me prepare my child for life in that world?

You have no such right as a parent. As a child, you do in fact have an actual Charter right to an education, and your parents cannot interfere with that right.

Even better! That means, I think, that it is the duty of the government and the schools they run to provide the best education possible, not just the education they or activist groups desire.

What about my parental right to have compulsory schooling actually teach about the real world as it exists and help me prepare my child for life in that world?

What about my parental right to expect that the institutions and employees charged with providing that compulsory schooling ensure that my child is treated with respect for who they are and protected from those who would do otherwise?

If we're going to talk about parental rights as though children have none, then let's put it all on the table.

Thanks. Other than the two new families, these are all people I've been driving for for 6 years. They've never been anything but grateful and supportive, so working with them on this was a pretty easy call.