Canada Post Woes (merged)

[daftandbarmy]

I constantly see people crossing the road or driving glued to the phone.

And I have found that it is great sport to honk at those people

 

[Brad Sallows]

The BCGEU in BC could give them some pointers... looks like a dance party out there every day

It's easy to strike from May through mid-Oct, and while the strike pay fund hasn't run dry, and while the gap between regular pay and strike pay hasn't exhausted accounts.

See how they feel when they hit week 12+ in mid-Nov, especially in the lower mainland rain.

Most of the bitching on the news is restaurants and other businesses affected by liquor distribution closures. A strong argument for government to get out of the business entirely in order to remove a pressure point for the future.

 

[Furniture]

Considering that cellphones and the internet were invented in the early 1970s, unless someone is 104 or older, cellphones and the internet have been around for more of their life than they weren't.

Just because something was invented then does not mean it was widely available or used.

I'm not even 45 yet and I've spent about half of my life without smart phones, or widespread use of internet based service portals. That people nearly twice my age struggle with it isn't surprising.

Just because you have grown-up in an entirely digital world does not mean all others have.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

I recall that in the 1970s, my uncle worked in the oil field and had a mobile phone in his car.

I thought was pretty “buck rogers” stuff, at the time.

 

[Furniture]

I recall that in the 1970s, my uncle worked in the oil field and had a mobile phone in his car.

I thought was pretty “buck rogers” stuff, at the time.

I had a cell phone in 2001, but I barely used it, and it sat dead in my car's glove box for months at a time.

I think a lot of people forget that until the iPhone in 2007, cell phones were portable phones more than they were portable pocket computers. My current phone has more in common with desktop PC from the mid-2010s than it does with a Motorola Razr from 2006.