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32t

Active Member
Which reminds me it is 06:00 here and time to get my commute started. Lots of construction on my route so I have to plan for things changing over the weekend. The lanes might not be the same as they were on Friday.
 

RezDog

Member
There are benefits to each area. I have not traffic to speak of. However, I also have no scrap yard, no tractor supply type store. Almost everything I need for tinkering needs to be shipped in. Everything here happens at a pace known as island time. It is unavoidable and frustrates me at times. There are very few lineups though, and no traffic lights.
 

verndahl

AKA tintin
I live in a small rural town (about 2500 people). Farm land all around and 15-20 minutes to the next bigger town (about 17,000 people) with a couple big box hardware stores, a Harbor Freight, Wal Mart etc. My commute to work is 5 minutes. Anything i can't find locally i order on line. Seems like the perfect arrangement to me :)
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32t

Active Member
I do a reverse commute which is nice.

I live in the inner city and work in the suburbs. When I work the day shift it is bumper to bumper on the other side of the road and usually someone is trying to run me over on my side if I am doing less than 10 mph over the speed limit.

Going home on the 11 at night to 7 am shift is the worst at 7.
 

RezDog

Member
I’m about a hundred miles from the end of the highway, and it’s water between here and there. It’s about ten hours of travel and waiting to board the ferry to get to the mainland. It does keep the population stable though. That sounds like a pretty reasonable commute Tim. I kind of like the way things are around Charlie’s place, with the actually town being small, the larger center near by and big cities a ways away. It sounds like vernadhl has a similar setup. Every spot has its ups and downs. I think the trick is to enjoy the balance.
 

32t

Active Member
Burkburnett looks to me like a bedroom community to the larger towns or the air base, That would mean that the traffic away would be large in the morning.

I have never paid attention to that aspect when I have been down there though.

How many miles of road are on your island when you finally get your vehicle there?

I think fuel would be expensive so maybe a motorbike or moped?
 

RezDog

Member
The island road is seventy miles long. There are quite a few forestry service roads and the beaches are pretty kickin, and a lot of them can be driven. Fuel here is crazy expensive at my last fueling mod grade gas was $1.76 a litre which converts to $6.66 per US gallon. British Columbia in general has very expensive fuel as it is all imported from the US.
 

RezDog

Member
For reasons I do not understand, Alberta where most of the oil is produced can’t get it out of the country fast enough. They whine constantly about all the good paying jobs they create for Canadians in the oil exploration and extraction sector, and how they feel unsupported by the rest of Canada, meanwhile unless you live in one of the oil producing provinces, your oil products or crude is imported. B.C. buys almost all of its oils from refineries in Washington to Oregon, Ontario and Quebec refine oil for domestic consumption, but it’s all imported crude. I have no idea where in some board room it makes sense to export 95% of the oils produced here and buy from other countries to meet our domestic needs.
 

JoelMercier

New Member
For reasons I do not understand, Alberta where most of the oil is produced can’t get it out of the country fast enough. They whine constantly about all the good paying jobs they create for Canadians in the oil exploration and extraction sector, and how they feel unsupported by the rest of Canada, meanwhile unless you live in one of the oil producing provinces, your oil products or crude is imported. B.C. buys almost all of its oils from refineries in Washington to Oregon, Ontario and Quebec refine oil for domestic consumption, but it’s all imported crude. I have no idea where in some board room it makes sense to export 95% of the oils produced here and buy from other countries to meet our domestic needs.
Some claim it is a well orchestrated propaganda pushing against the inter provinces pipeline projects. A propaganda supposedly paid by I don't remember who in California...

Apparently, some folks don't want Canada to be self sufficient with oil, so they play the ecological card and it works pretty well so far.
 

verndahl

AKA tintin
they say we can produce all our own oil but it seems we don't as the price seems to still be controlled by what goes on the the Middle East.
 

RezDog

Member
True story, OPEC controls the world oils prices. However it doesn’t mean we should buy from them and sell our oil to China and other countries. It’s a giant source of political discussion here in Canada. If you want to get into a fight, walk into an Alberta bar and say “we don’t need pipelines”. I sit on the side with the environmentalists, but not because I don’t want pipelines, but I want well defined laws about who pays what for spills, I want spill response equipment and personnel in place before construction, and I want Canadian oil for Canadians before the rest of the world. I try to follow the logic of what the oil companies and the government try to do and I cannot see the logic. The oil companies are at this point super wrapped up in exporting all the can.
 

Bruno

Administrator
Staff member
I am staying over at my parents' house, which is 5 minutes from where I need to be.
Traffic is not an issue.

In my normal job, I also live 10 minutes from where I work. My wife and I chose for jobs close to home, to be there for our kids. My job is more boring than my previous job. By a wide margin. But it pays well and I don't have a commute to speak of, and much time to be with the kids and time to forge.
 

tcrideshd

Head Bouncer
off topic but no country can be truly oil independent. it takes different types of oil to supply all uses. we here in the US have more oil than most, but not al grades we need to feed all the different uses. and then again, we buy from who we can get the cheapest from, because all of the citizens of most countries dont care who sells it as long as its cheap. but then again what do i know
 

Bruno

Administrator
Staff member
Good to see you around again @tcrideshd !!!
Oil independence is not going to happen soon, I agree. Even if we all drive hydrogen or electric, we still need asphalt, plastics, bitumen, etc.
 

32t

Active Member
Just heads up................... LOL

If you are kneeling and working under an OR table, don't try to stand up fast or move your head back.

A couple of days ago.

I didn't tell OCC Health or they may make me wear a hard hat while working in the OR! LOL
 

Bruno

Administrator
Staff member
:D

Speaking of medical things, the biggest problem concerning measuring bp if you have high bp is that literally everything can cause false high readings.

Not just you actual bp, but also how you sit, how the cuff is placed, how you hold your arm, even anticipation of high or low bp itself can create elevated bp.

Half the problem of dealing with high bp is figuring out how to make consistent measurements.

@Mike Blue how do they do this in hospitals? Do they measure inside the vein with pressure sensors if you are hooked up? Air compression cuffs probably don't work for long duration?
 

Bruno

Administrator
Staff member
Really? But doesn't it need to be pressurized and deflated constantly? Or do they measured it in a different fashion?
 
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