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Barrister

#69105
January 17, 2019, 03:48:57 PM
Someone scheduled a practice for my hockey team at 8:30 tonight.  Outside.  Temperature is supposed to be -19c (with a "feels like -28c windchill).  Half the team is going according to Team Snap, but the other half is not.

I'm conflicted.

:unsure:
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Threviel

#69106
January 17, 2019, 03:54:06 PM
Well, are you Canadian or not?

Admiral Yi

#69107
January 17, 2019, 04:00:16 PM
Man up frostback.  You're the one always squealing about how much you like winter.

Savonarola

#69108
January 17, 2019, 04:02:43 PM
800 Math SAT or you're full of shit, Representative Case  :mad::

Democratic congressman says he's an 'Asian trapped in a white body'

;)

In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

Barrister

#69109
January 17, 2019, 04:04:40 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 17, 2019, 04:00:16 PM
Man up frostback.  You're the one always squealing about how much you like winter.

Yeah, but -28c is -14f.  That's pretty damn cold.
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celedhring

#69110
January 18, 2019, 12:14:14 PM Last Edit: January 18, 2019, 12:16:16 PM by celedhring
You'll remember Barcelona's taxi strike from this past summer, which I posted about. The Catalan government has finally issued today the new regulations they demanded, limiting Uber-like services. However, apparently the new regulations are not limiting enough for their tastes so...



Barcelona's second busiest thoroughfare, right now.

Habbaku

#69111
January 18, 2019, 12:15:15 PM
The yellow-door mafia won't be happy until Uber-like services are banned, presumably?
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celedhring

#69112
January 18, 2019, 12:17:32 PM
Pretty much. The new regulations are pretty crippling and make these services much less convenient to use, but won't kill them outright.

Barrister

#69113
January 18, 2019, 12:18:10 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 17, 2019, 04:04:40 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 17, 2019, 04:00:16 PM
Man up frostback.  You're the one always squealing about how much you like winter.

Yeah, but -28c is -14f.  That's pretty damn cold.

Practice was cancelled anyways.
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Admiral Yi

#69114
January 18, 2019, 12:48:44 PM
Barthelona seems like a pretty ideal city for scooters. 

celedhring

#69115
January 18, 2019, 12:59:51 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 18, 2019, 12:48:44 PM
Barthelona seems like a pretty ideal city for scooters.

It is. Way too ideal, in some senses. Fuckers are everywhere, including the sidewalks.

Admiral Yi

#69116
January 18, 2019, 01:05:22 PM
Quote from: celedhring on January 18, 2019, 12:59:51 PM
It is. Way too ideal, in some senses. Fuckers are everywhere, including the sidewalks.

Don't be a hater.  One of my favorite things about southern Europe is miniskirts on scooters.

Threviel

#69117
January 18, 2019, 01:12:20 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 18, 2019, 12:18:10 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 17, 2019, 04:04:40 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 17, 2019, 04:00:16 PM
Man up frostback.  You're the one always squealing about how much you like winter.

Yeah, but -28c is -14f.  That's pretty damn cold.

Practice was cancelled anyways.

-14 degrees, pffft, that's just slightly och the chilly side.

Malthus

#69118
January 18, 2019, 02:22:11 PM
Going to be -28 (with chill) tomorrow, and Carl has biathlon scheduled. To my mind, that's too cold for biathlon.   
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Grey Fox

#69119
January 18, 2019, 02:24:01 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on January 18, 2019, 12:15:15 PM
The yellow-door mafia won't be happy until Uber-like services are banned, presumably?

The only reasonable stance to take when considering the gig-economy app companies.
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