“Death by a thousand cold cuts” was much funnier.
The CanaDoper Café (2012 edition of The great, ongoing Canadian current events and politics thread.)
+1. Nokian, Best winter tires, ever.
I’m not sure about feeding possibly tainted beef to the homeless, but surely they could have done something with it other than throw it in the landfill. Dog food? Something?
Those Finns make good tires. Put my Hakk R’s on today. After sliding all over the place on the way to work, I decided I’d exchange the possibility of a bit of tread wear if it warms up in a couple weeks for not killing myself tomorrow morning.
I wonder if Nokian is the only tyre available in Canada. Seems to be the only tyre available at Kal Tire.
It’s a wonder they didn’t call them snowe tyres.
I started a thread on the question here in General Questions. I remember from growing up on a Agriculture Canada Research Station that over a certain concentration of bacteria, the toxins produced by the bacteria rendered the meat unfit, regardless of cooking time and temperature. I’m curious to find out if that is indeed the case…
Dog owners today are very discriminating when it comes to feeding their pets . If I was taking back all that meat, I’d have been calling up the zoo feed suppliers of Canada and ther US.
Lets make a deal.
In fairness to Spoons, all those programs appear to be of relatively recent creation, so I can understand the error.
Nitpick: “Queen’s” is the university in Kingston. “Queens” is a part of New York City. Cha Gheill!
Hey, cut them a bit of slack, they are a Finnish company. English is a notoriously fickle whore of a language. Case in point,
American- Tire Center
British- Tyre Centre
Canadian- Tire Centre
I think it’s forgivable, and they do make great tyres and tires, whichever you prefer.
Thanks, Rick. Yes, when I went to law school–which wasn’t all that long ago–you went for your Masters of Laws (LL.M.) after your Bachelors of Laws (LL.B.), and if you wanted a third law degree, you went for your Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.).
Things have been changing in the Canadian law school context. For example, as I understand things, the J.D. degree has now replaced the LL.B. degree at the majority of law schools (including mine, and while I have the option to “trade in” my LL.B. for a J.D., I don’t think I will). Based on this, I wouldn’t be surprised if Canadian schools now offer a third law degree that is better-recognized: a Ph.D.
That being said, and as regards my remarks about our local MP, he doesn’t seem to have done any studies leading to a Bachelor of Laws, without which he would be allowed to study for a Masters of Laws, without which he would be allowed to study for a Ph.D. in law at a Canadian university. Wikipedia has this to say about his education:
Emphasis added by me.
A nonaccredited institution (unaccredited by the Canadian legal system, at any rate), in another country where constitutional law is different. Very likely any degree that Mr. Hillyer may have earned from this unaccredited school–which is not stated in the above link–is not recognized in Canada. I doubt very much that it would allow him to practice, article, or study for the bar in any Canadian province or territory.
It’s not accredited in the USA either: http://www.ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx
From looking at its website, it seems like more of a place for indoctrination rather than education.
On the subject of accredited law schools, the deadline for admission application to the first class of the new law school at Lakekead in Thunder Bay closes 1 November 2012, so for anyone who hasn’t applied (Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?), you’ve still got a few days.
Heh, I was given that option as well - to trade in my LL.B for a J.D.
Other than to annoy people by insisting on being called “Doctor Malthus”, I can’t think of any particular reason why I would want to. 
I was enjoying the Huffington Post article about Winnipeggers being nice to one another.
Almost makes up for the mosquitoes the size of dalmatians. 
They’re only out when it’s warm enough to walk without a coat. What’s that, six weeks?
I think I may be the only Doper here besides **dhkendall **who “hearts” Winnipeg unabashedly. I only lived there about 16 months in my life, but visit as often as I could when I lived in Thunder Bay. I lived there from May 1999 to September 2000. When I moved away from Winnipeg in to Vancouver I had an overwhelming culture shock, despite having lived in Vancouver previously and having a boyfriend and being part of his circle. It was hard to make friends of my own, and I felt I had made a bad trade.
I ended up moving back to Thunder Bay before my son was born, (just before my marriage fell apart) and staying there for 8.5 years before moving back to Vancouver. I have a great partner and thus, living in Vancouver is possible (not cheap, but we live in the city and have fun, rather than living in the suburbs and having big commutes) Mostly we are here for weather and proximity to family, and better job opportunities for me (more people, more hospitals more nursing jobs) but if I had to l would live in Winnipeg again in a heartbeat. (My husband, who doesn’t drive… not so much. If we move east again he wants Montreal, and the metro.)
But I agree the most friendly place I ever lived was Winnipeg.
I grew up two hundred km west of there. I love all of Manitoba, even Winnipeg. 
I’m rare, in that I’m a Manitoban who has never lived in Winnipeg. Many friends of my youth live there, and I still have a great time whenever I visit. One of the most consistently under-rated cities in North America.
It’s nice to hear good things about Winnipeg. Of course I’m not saying good things about it, buy it’s nice to hear them. 
Just stopping by to say “hi” on this warm sunny day! I’ve been rather busy and never give myself much time to read the boards, but once in a while I feel I need to catch up! The opportunity to mock all you westerners for your snow is also kind of fun (though we are in for a lot of rain in the next few days, with possibly some of the drama of that storm about to wallop the east coast). I’ll have to buy winter tires as I didn’t want the ones the dealership offered when we negotiated the car.
I’m enjoying my job, I really like my new car, I’m barely paying any attention to politics and the news and plans for house buying are mostly delayed until the new year or so due to a big business trip for my husband and a request from our landlord to not break the lease between November and March (though he’s flexible the rest of the year).
My sister is moving to Ottawa for work, which brings her a bit closer to me and close to my best friend, making it easier for me to see them both! I’m very happy for her.
And it’s Friday! YAY!