the network that allows bank transfers to happen nigh instantaneously.

Ah, so I guess Canada doesn’t use them! Haha

I wasn’t alive back then, so I guess you mean

in the me*

I thought it was more about coming back from the war combined with advances in healthcare. The economic aspect makes sense, but families were bigger throughout history even in poorer economic times.

There were plenty of local jobs that paid better than jobs today do (adjusted for CoL) and needed less education etc.

Yeah, it was “none” for me because DVDs didn’t exist in my childhood. Well, at least not in my home.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Tail

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte's_Web_(1973_film)

Up in Canada, I’ve only ever heard weed whacker

I do this.

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Webpages bouncing stuff around as various elements load in.

Back in the day, the space would be reserved, so if something hadn’t loaded yet, that space would be blank.

Nowadays, you’ll be reading something (or worse – trying to click on something), and it’ll get bounced around because some other element of the webpage got loaded in.

The picture is a bit misleading to the rest of your post, because given the picture and the title, I was inclined to answer “Right there”! Lol

I was wondering why you’d need to check receipts, but then I realized you probably meant old ones, haha

run by a guy that was so afraid of paying child support that he literally killed himself

Where can I read more about that?

Not sure why you got downvoted, but buy and download is key to GOG games

Of course, you’d then be paying monthly enough to cover a water heater’s entire replacement in one year! Haha

They’re in the business of providing (expensive) peace of mind. Not the business of providing good value for money.

Ontario, Canada. They’re elsewhere in Canada, but seem most prevalent here

Thank you for sharing. I don’t have direct personal experience with a rental water heater – I was thrilled to find out the place I bought was built before it became the norm, and none of the prior owners got duped into getting a subscription.

Subscriptions suck. The only exceptions are if you literally have too much money to care. But most people don’t have the money to throw around like that.

Where I live, there are water heater rentals. It’s essentially a hardware subscription.

They’re garbage.

For something that needs minimal maintenance and will last at least 10 years, you can rent for the price that you’d break even if you had a new one installed every 5 years.

People will pay thousands of dollars to have the privilege of throwing out the water heater and getting out of the contract. And then pay to buy a new one they actually own.

But some people like it because, yes, if there’s a problem, they come and fix it for you. Or give you a brand new water heater. That you’ve already paid for two or three times over!

There are probably some you take for granted. It would be exhausting to be in constant awe at the wonders of the modern world! Haha

What is boy pre salting?

Thank you. That’s a shame. I was hoping it was one of the newer members of the band, but nope, he joined in the 80s.

Him and fans try to play it off as a joke, but it definitely means something when you keep making the same kinds of jokes and not changing after the first time people tell you it’s terrible

What’s the problem with Pantera? I know almost nothing about them aside from an album plus a few singles