Fun fact: the computer code that made the THX sound generated a random version each time it was run. The version we know was lost for a while and almost replaced:  https://www.fastcompany.com/3027361/the-story-behind-the-thx-deep-note

Gen 1, 100k miles, 96 MPG lifetime

Walmart.ca and Amazon.ca both have the Lego Saturn V for $118.86 CAD (equal to $89.78 USD)

Walmart.ca and Amazon.ca both have the Lego Saturn V for $118.86 CAD (equal to $89.78 USD)

Hell, I’m an hour outside Vancouver and any 3 bedroom house with any semblance of a yard is at least 14 Model 3s.

Car batteries are worth 35 cents /lb here. The addicts will swipe them out of parked trucks.

So they drink in the Queen’s toilet?

TIL that Dr Pepper is owned by Keurig. (Snapple and 7up too)

Seattle has one too, but maybe not at the same level. I’ve been a couple times. $10 to get in and then all the machines are free to play.

Irregardless, here’s some more acronyms that aren’t pronounced according to their donor words: AIDS, ASAP, NASA, OSHA, POTUS, SEAL, SIM

Probably have it typed up - printers can be hacked you know...

“Jif” with a soft G is correct because the guy who invented it says so.

No, it's more like a self-resetting circuit breaker, just entirely solid state.

Didn’t that just turn into the CSI channel about 10 years back?

If you have a 3 day wait in a Canadian ER there’s a good chance you’re just an idiot with a non-urgent medical concern and the triage nurses are fucking with you to brighten their day.

You’re telling me they couldn’t take one of these and upsize it to a 4-6 inch pipe:

A single Chevy Volt caught fire 3 weeks after it was totalled in a crash test; there were Congressional hearings...

Not sure why Jez is quoting Coast Mountain News for something that happened in Montreal. That’s like quoting the Oakland Tribune for something that happened in Boston.

I thought that’s how Taco Bell won the franchise wars?