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... not to mention combining with strawberries! Something I discovered when I came to Canada all those years ago.

The sub-brands of course were those independents which were originally set up, amid much government fanfare, to be allowed run independently using Bell/Rogers/Telus infrastructure ... until they were "squeezed" so much that they were subsumed into the giants.

Even Sir Richard succumbed (Virgin has been part of Bell for years).

Incidentally, if you want to see the original CBC story from which I got the above link, its at:

CBC Story

It makes interesting reading. It cites Australia as being a sensible equivalent to Canada in terms of geography and population - yet with much (much) lower rates.

Now, Bell & Rogers are squeezing Telus ..... so it goes on. Won't get any better in my lifetime.

Edited By Peter Greene 🇨🇦 on 14/01/2023 00:58:57

That is good; thanks Michael.

**LINK**

(... "but I'll do it anyway"  ).

Whenever I see a statement like this I get a mental picture of someone parking in a no-parking zone - then turning on his emergency flashers to advertise the fact.

Sorry, Clive - back to you.

Edited By Peter Greene 🇨🇦 on 13/01/2023 18:38:07

Not to mention mis-use of "alternate" instead of "alternative".

I do not "reach out to" people.

I "contact" them.

Thank you.

... at least that will reduce the population.

https://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=184337&p=1

I've got stacks of Altoid tins that I can't bear to throw out. FWIW Thingiverse has a number of listing for 3D-printed inserts for these tins for various uses.

Back in the days when I used to walk 2 - 4 miles every day, I played fiction book-tapes on a Walkman for company. The quality was generally pretty good - mostly read by actors with good speaking voices. I got most of them from the library.

I guess these days they would be audio files played from a phone which would probably overcome the disadvantage of the Walkman: it was difficult to skip back a bit to overlap after a break.

gee ... thanks Michael!

Isn't C-mount a standard movie/video camera fitting and therefore somewhat universal?

..... after more thought .....: you're talking about the other side of the interace right?

Edited By Peter Greene 🇨🇦 on 31/12/2022 20:20:18

Didn't last long in the North either ... right now it's 13C in Toronto area.

Trouble is, there's no real definition of "Expert". It's usually an appellation used by the media for anyone from a local lab or college who will talk to them.

I remember the epidemiology expert in Toronto who told us at the start of CV19 that we had learned a lot from SARS and this new one wouldn't be too serious a problem. Didn't hear much from her after that.

How would that be implemented then .... would they drink it or would it be injected in a suitable orifice or what?

... not to mention we us Canadians

Edited By Peter Greene 🇨🇦 on 25/12/2022 01:59:04

I don't think you understand how this operates. One in a million believe them so they make a million calls to find that one.

What's being discussed is the nuisance value of the other 999,999 calls. As far as I can see, everyone here is just as informed as you profess to be. They're just commiserating on the nuisance.

Edited By Peter Greene 🇨🇦 on 25/12/2022 01:55:25

... but presumably the packages are addressed to the names not numbers so how would that help?

That looks right interesting. I shall try that as soon as I find out where the iPad went.

Thanks, Michael!

I haven't found that works at all these days. If they haven't got me talking on their terms within about 5 sec, they give up and move on.

What I'd like to do is let my wife answer the phone. She has dementia and would run rings around them before they realise. Unfortunately she might also press buttons (what "nasty" does happen when you do that?).

Anyone know of a buttonless phone?