n2burns

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[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 139 points 11 months ago (31 children)

Because why not 🙂

Because security.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

For anyone who doesn't get this comment https://youtu.be/Q-25c8Rsobw

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You realize an ATM doesn't have a teller...

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 months ago (5 children)

You mean buck-a-beer. Wait, what are beer prices?

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I really don't like the idea of associating someone as toxic as Elon with someone as pure as Elmo.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Great comparison, a dialect used by millions of people to a dead language. It really shows how much you care about the people who speak that dialect...

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 57 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Having a Québécois convenience store company try to take over a Japenese convenience store company, who recently took over an American convenience store company just feels like the crazy future capitalism presented us but never fulfilled. Instead, we're usually just dealing with late-stage capitalism.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

That's definitely a good place to start. You also might want to check out any local Universities/Colleges. My University had a bike shop that was basically a co-op, but it's officially owned by the Student Union. I took a repair class and regret not continuing to learn by volunteering to work on their donated/salvaged bikes.

The other option might be looking for less formal repair networks. For example I know some groups have repair clinics every-so-often in local parks. Or even local cycling groups, or word of mouth. A lot of people are more than happy to share their passion for bicycles and maybe you can find a mentor.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You've gotten a lot of good advice here, however, I don't think anyone's mentioned Bike Co-ops. If you have one nearby, it sounds like that would be an ideal spot for you to work on your bike while getting advice from more experienced mechanics.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I'm not saying that's good, but I feel like I've seen far worse. Like the ones that are just a pad of cement and a pole with a bus sign. There might be nearby businesses to indicate where people could go when they use the bus, maybe a desire path, but no actual pedestrian infrastructure.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The original post was about GTA, so I talked about the GTA. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I didn't know they were extending the Confederation Line. As I said, it's a completely different region of the province, and I'm not as familiar with the national capital region. However, I know this statement

5 years ago, there was no rail system

is BS. The Trillium line is over 2 decades old.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That's not a project in progress, so I didn't include it. It's also in a completely different region than the GTA, while all those projects are in the GTHA (except maybe Waterloo).

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