B is being slept on in this thread.
I mean, look at it - you get northern Italy, Germany, Austria, Hungary, the northern Balkans, Sweden, and Finland. If you like pasta, pizza, grilled meats, fries, potatoes, sausages, licorice, a mindbogglingly large number of breads and cheeses, etc. etc. you'd be stupid not to pick that region.
As someone who was unemployed until recently, all I can say to this is: Fuck Trump and those bullshit tariffs he unilaterally imposed. I was laid off the day they first came into effect, and their impact made finding a job in what used to be a very active sector of the economy a nearly six month ordeal.
I don't blame companies for adjusting to economic adversity and changing regulatory landscapes, nor do I personally blame Carney or the Liberals for not rolling out stimulus packages in that constantly changing and shifting landscape. I'm happy they are doing this now of course, but let's not forget that the sole culprit of this nonsense is that bloated orange wannabe dictator in Washington.
Hyper normalisation has left everyone feeling defeated or indifferent. The strategy of "every day is nore insane than the previous" has fucking worked.
Alberta being Alberta I guess. You can always bet on then taking the most infuriating, backwards, and if possible racist decision possible for any situation.
I know not everyone in that province hates being reasonable but man oh man do they have a bunch of backwards assholes propping up the ever radicalising conservative party.
Same. I remember needing converters for these newfangled PS/2 connectors. Then again, I am old enough that I remember why floppies were called floppies, and used tape for more than just backup. And hard drives being as big as a shoe box and with less storage than you now have as CPU caches.
From experience: Yes. Took my mom years to get over that, and I really only think she made peace with it after my sister had her first kid. Because apparently being grandparents is more important than your kid's future happiness.
One thing it did immediately put a stop to was the frequent reminders to me and my wife to get busy making kids, and the many, many baby-themed gifts and super inappropriate sex-related "joke" gifts we both received from them for the better part of a decade.
I was going g to comment how I have the thing pictured, but that it comes with several real drawbacks. Not just mosquitoes either. Imagine having to buy and operate your own snow plow to leave the house in winter. Or buying groceries in bulk because the nearest Walmart is a three hour drive.
And that's why I am in favour of abolishing the Nobel peace prize. It's a clearly politically charged award that rewards an individual's or group's actions during a particular snapshot in time, which they then get to have as their accolades for the rest of their lives.
And yes, you could make that argument for every Nobel prize, but unlike rewarding peace efforts that the nominee could undermine or even undo the next day after receiving the award, you can't un-invent a scientific breakthrough.
Exactly. Plus, get me a foccacia with some great toppings and I will happily trade you a Napolitan pizza.