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My guess would be they'll be similar to our existing green bins? They use a fairly heavy duty plastic except for that latch part that I've had break on me a few times.

I'm trying to picture 120L. They say in the article that our green bins are currently 80L. I'm kind of hoping the new ones won't be too tall and skinny like those though? Garbage bags tend to swell out sideways and it could be hard to push them down in there. The article shows one that looks wider and squatter and another that looks taller, but I think those are just stock photos so who knows?

Kingstonist.com, a digital news outlet, is working hard to fill the gaps, Sypnowich says. But it is a relatively small operation, with just three full-time journalists, a manager who occasionally helps out with news coverage, and a budget for freelancers. Forster and Fardella recently stepped up to support the publication, but their willingness to pay for digital news makes them a rarity. While almost three quarters of Canadians (72 percent) access news online, a majority still believe journalism is best served up free, with 57 percent indicating they won’t pay anything at all for it.

I love the Kingstonist! I have a subscription I pay for monthly. They have indeed been working very hard. They have traditional articles along with local news show on YouTube, an interview-oriented podcast, a community calendar, and a whole section they set up about the provincial election with candidate profiles and what not. They may be small, but they punch above their weight.

Well the gist of the interview was that American intelligence services are in chaos right now after their top-level management got expelled and their "eye is no longer on the ball" in terms of threats from Russia, China, etc. with new personnel being brought in who have no clue what's going on.

Correct me if I'm wrong but as an outside observer, it seems to me you have your big oil Republicans and your fuck the government solar off grid types. When they clash, I just sit back with some popcorn.

Ouch. Well if you wanna take your chances in Canada, definitely advertise your senior COBOL dev skills! ;)

Lol yeah she's in insurance! I bet you could probably also infer from the fortran that I work for a science-y outfit.

My wife was telling me at her work they're desperate for cobol programmers, as they're all retiring boomers leaving behind a giant code base. At my work, it's legacy fortran that's all over the place, but we're a much smaller company.

I just tried their lentil & veg. Good stuff, and the pull tab on the can is a great idea! I often have to go hunting for the one can opener at the office after someone takes it.

There's a lot of that going around. My understanding is that the flu season got off to a slow start but it's full on now.

Well I play violin in a Celtic bar band that mostly does covers, but back around the time of the pandemic when I was feeling super bored, I worked on a song I'm kind of proud of? It's called Anticipation.

I just casually mentioned to our lead singer that I had some licks that almost seem to be coming together like a song? He was similarly goofing around in his basement and said show me what you got? Next thing you know, I was trying to write parts for accordion and other instruments we had at the time using GarageBand on my iPad while he came up with some lyrics. I was a total amateur at this kind of thing and couldn't believe it actually happened! But we eventually got it recorded with each band member coming in at different times for social distancing. We still play it once in a while at gigs when one of the regulars requests it.

I don't think it was originally but they got bought out 😔

Came across this soup mix from Mitchell's Soup Company out of Aylmer, Ontario. A bit more prep obviously than with a canned soup, but it would probably taste a lot better in the end?