Cameronoise (T.C. Folkpunk)

An old Sears riding mower with a cigarette lighter

We had a world where lawnmowers had cigarette lighters and we threw it away

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I take it you mean Pete Traynor? That's cool! I never met him, but I've benefitted from his genius and hard work at thousands of gigs.

Attention east Toronto types:
Somebody has left a vintage Traynor cabinet on the curb near Guildwood GO station (on Westlake Road, just east of the station). It appears to be in great shape, just a couple of cobwebs and some dust. Built like a tank of course.

We've had a bit, but not enough. We're supposed to get drenched mid-week according to Environment Canada.

Maybe the trees aren't turning because of fall, they're probably just dried out.

I think social media's time is up. It was fun for a while, but now it's like standing in the middle of a shopping mall on Boxing Day whistling one of my tunes and hoping somebody passing by hears it.
Also, as far as "creating content" is concerned, we already create content.
They're called songs.

Yikes!! Hopefully that's all behind you now.

Teen climate activist (my son) needs Canadians to respond to a 2-minute survey to help him build data to bring to local Cdn politicians to urge them to make it easier for Canadians to donate used electronics for reuse (after wiped clean) and recycling. Pls share: marketing4health.formaloo.me/b8j3vp

Good. The ripping off of artists by shitify is also an excellent reason to leave.

Posting this again for my fellow Canucks so they'll be prepared the first time they use their new dental care plan.
Feel free to share, I bet a lot of people aren't fully prepared for the little loopholes.

I'm in.
When do we rehearse?

Single frame. Left to right: Skip containing statue, paintings, books visible on left. Man in white coat at top of ladder feeding book into open mouth of a huge robotic dog with studded collar and dog-tag “AI”. Red bucket on floor below dog’s lowered rear. Second white-coated man says to onlooking woman: “It’s marvellous really. You just feed in all the intellectual property you can get your hands on without paying for it, then sell whatever comes out this end…”

Too easy!
My @smh @theage cartoon.

I figured as much. I just think it's funny that nobody would think to type "by the way, point the guitar in the opposite direction" into the prompt or whatever it's called.

And why is he always right handed in them?

Thread:
1/ Yesterday I got my first taste of what our new dental coverage is like here in Canada. When I received the paperwork and registration confirmation a couple of months ago, I was surprised that some of it came from Sun Life, a private insurance corporation.

Documents obtained by CBC News found Ford's government had studied tunneling under Highway 401, but quietly shelved the unreleased work in 2021. As Global News reported earlier on Wednesday, the work came to a stop after the province's internal analysis found a "potential for roadway collapse" and "risks to public safety." Ford said he "can't even remember what happened in 2021" and that the project now is a "fresh" start to mitigate traffic issues.

Sure, a government study found building the 401 tunnel might cause roadway collapse and put the public in danger, but don’t worry: the premier has already forgotten all about it. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Yeah, we're aware of the shortcomings of health and dental care down there. Most of us are hoping to avoid the same thing here, but there are a few greedy individuals who would stand to gain by screwing over the majority.
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was...

True dat!

True, although I thought the NDP were pushing the Liberals for a dental plan that covered everything (as they have in Sweden, Denmark, Japan...) the same way OHIP does.
Or at the very least cover the full cost of a standard check up.

13/ So either the Liberals fumbled this one big time, or they’re a lot further to right than they like to let on.

Again, my money’s on the latter.

12/ The other worrisome aspect to all of this is whether this whole “nation-dental-care-plan-through-a-private-corporation” is a dry run for privatizing other things that are currently covered under medicare.

11/ Will Sun Life cover the cost of a filling or two? Or will they do what any corporation would do, weasel out anything that might affect their profit margin so their shareholders will be happy? My money’s on the latter.

10/ The drawback of that of course is that the longer time between checkups gives a cavity or two more time to take hold, so when that patient returns after a year, they’re now looking at needing a filling.

9/ The receptionist said that some patients are switching their visits to annually instead of every six months as a result of this policy.

8/ I was there for 45 minutes, so if I return for a checkup in six months (as is recommended by pretty much every dentist on the planet), Sun Life will only cover the first 15 minutes and then the meter starts running for me to cover the remaining chair time.

7/ Furthermore, since a visit to the dentist is charged according to a combination of what work was done, AND how long the patient was sitting in the chair having that work done, Sun Life only covers a total of one hour of “chair time” per year.

6/ But Sun Life doesn’t agree, and believes those prices should be lower, and it therefore only cover what it feels the charges should be, even though the Ontario Dental Association has been setting and updating the accepted guidelines for decades.

5/ The receptionist explained the discrepancy like so: the Ontario Dental Association has certain guidelines for the prices that should be charged for certain procedures, and all dentists in the province follow those guidelines.

4/ Upon presenting my shiny new dental care plan card to the receptionist I was still charged for part of the procedure.