Just got back from our camp where I’m doing renovations. It’s only accessible by boat so all supplies have to be loaded in the trailer, brought to the boat, loaded in the boat, brought to the camp, then unloaded onto the dock. Makes for slow going, but the peace and beauty out there make up for it. Today, I’m going to church, picking up groceries for the week, then heading back to camp.
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Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto
Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•Study shows that people who are blind from birth don't develop schizophrenia.
2·10 days agoIt’s the internet. What do you think?
We play speed Uno. If you have the identical card as the card that’s played, you can lay it down if you get it to the pile before the person whose turn it is lays down theirs. Play then continues from you.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How do you pronounce zebra in your country: zeebra or rhymes with Debra?
1·14 days agoIn the U.S., the letter Z is pronounced zee. The rest of the English-speaking world pronounces it zed. Thus the difference.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto
News@lemmy.world•Amsterdam bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels
76·14 days agoMany companies like websites, tv, radio, etc. depend on the revenues from advertisers to pay their workers and expenses. If they didn’t have that, everything would likely turn to susbscription or a regular pleading for money so they could continue.
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Those in countries with universal healthcare, what's it like?
5·16 days agoCanada. You don’t pay for a broken arm or a checkup. You only pay for things like physiotherapy or massage. Dentisit is covered if you’re old, young, or not making much money. Pharmacy is covered (with a small fee) if you’re old. The emergency room works on a triage system so, if you’re not seriously sick, you’ll probably wait a long time. There are long wait times for specialists in some areas. I can’t speak for everyone, but the care my extended family and I have received has been excellent.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How do you pronounce zebra in your country: zeebra or rhymes with Debra?
4·16 days agoAren’t they pronounced the same?
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's your favorite childhood cartoon that everyone else seems to have forgotten about?
12·16 days agoBullwinkle and Rocky
It’s too bad we can’t get animals (including ourselves) to hold it all day then dispense it into a fuel tank for home use.
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato
Canada@lemmy.ca•Russia is targeting Canada with disinformation, Senate report warns
17·17 days agoWhere would you rate them in comparison to the disinformation coming out of the U.S. government?
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How not to go crazy from what is happening and most likely will be happening in the world?
2·17 days agoGet perspective. We are living in one of the best times in the history of the human race. Tell me a time before 1950 going back 300 000 years that you’d rather live in.
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato
Canada@lemmy.ca•You can force parliament to pass one piece of legislation right now. What do you make them pass?
11·18 days agoBan online gambling.
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's something cozy you like to watch, listen to, or do to relax?
8·18 days agoCharles Schultz once said, “There are three things that people like to just sit and watch: softly falling snow, an open fire, and a Zamboni driving around a rink.”
This feels like an ad.
Hilarious. And perhaps a little too accurate for comfort.
My problem is with the word soup. Scientists don’t call today’s ocean a soup and it has many times more compounds, materials, and living matter.
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Anyone else tired of guessing at how to make life better for a majority of people like its your personal life mission or something?
32·19 days agoNo need to guess. For the average world citizen, most quality of life metrics have been on a constant upward trend since WW2.
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is the most confusing misnomer you've seen?
153·19 days agoPrimodial soup. It was perfectly sterile. No organic matter in it. (didn’t exist yet.) Today’s oceans are wet cement in comparison.

















Terry Fox. One of humanity’s gems.