Pretty sure Chancellor McCormick’s first name is Kathaleen, not Kathleen.

Most jurisdictions have an actual 511 website with imagery as well. I used to run the actual data collection system in Alberta and there are 150+ weather stations on the highways here with images taken every 20 minutes. About half of them even have IR cameras and illuminators.

Well Tbilisi is pretty nice. Ambrolauri was... less fun from my point of view.

I was at an airport in France that didn’t allow check-in until about 45 minutes before the flight. Then again, Montpellier isn’t exactly a busy place.

I got away with a 50 lb bike bag last year. They didn’t even weigh it.

Umm... that’s not why it’s a problem environmentally. Your linked article says roughly 20% of online orders are returned and that doing so increases the carbon footprint. Ordering multiples that you know you’re going to return guarantees that percentage goes up and absolutely increases the footprint.

Do you guys really feel that publishing something like this is ethically consistent with your stated position on climate change?

On the personally upsetting side, I was in a German airport to upgrade their AWOS. I was in the control tower watching as an aircraft took off and went home shortly after. Went back a month later and the same controller was on duty. He told me that particular plane had crashed shortly before landing and killed all 3…

Travelling from rural Georgia back to Amsterdam was fun. Took a marshrutka from where I was in Ambrolauri to Kutaisi and then to the train station in Tbilisi. Wasn’t paying enough attention, so I then ended up in the sketchiest unlicensed cab you’ve ever seen and the bastard still charged me the equivalent of 15 EUR.…

Yeah, the joke’s funnier when you don’t explain it.

Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a joke!

Doesn’t have to be mutually exclusive.

Based on the picture and the fact that the word “Canadian” doesn’t appear on it, I strongly dispute your (or your dad’s) characterization of it as “real”.

I would still give it a try while running. At least based on my own experience, lots of people are happy to moderate their pace to have a conversation.

Or sometimes isn’t, but at least you’re not required to top up somebody’s wage because their employer doesn’t have to.

Tipping is customary for some things in Canada, particularly restaurant wait staff and food delivery. Tipping is not required to bring somebody’s wage up to the minimum, so it’s generally more optional here than in many parts of the US.

Where the hell are you getting all of that from in my reply?

I’ve been living in Europe for the last three years. This just isn’t an issue there. If somebody really went out of their way, I’ll add in a tip, but otherwise it’s just not necessary.

After a quiz like that, it’s hard to see tipping culture as anything other than a scheme to advertise prices that are lower than the true cost (to the consumer) of the services rendered. I’m supposed to tip anyone who touches my bags? Yeah, no.

You draw the line at suspect classes. This just isn’t that hard.