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george__ said:
It's Doug Ford and Trudeau who are at fault.
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Lots of blame to go around, but those two only own a portion.

We own the rest. Those who chose to be cavalier... I'm young and so what if I get it, my daughter's wedding experience isn't getting sidelined, masks are for sissies,...

Doug and JT didn't walk around the country spewing COVID. We all know it's dangerous, we all know the safeguards yet we are the ones getting infected and passing around the virus. I place a lot of blame on a very stupid population.

Malthus and Darwin are probably slurping scotch and together looking down as their theories get promoted to laws of science.
 
PrivatePilot said:
What the hell does that have to do with anything?
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union members are mostly lazy , entitled moochers who almost can’t be fired , have Pensions they don’t deserve ( that many times tax payers contribute to)
They don’t create jobs or do any good for society as its all about making the reps rich and the members doing as little work for the most pay .
Therefore they love the lockdowns and stay at home orders because they can just pressure companies to do whatever they want especially during a crisis.
unions are a useless throwback that should be eliminated as they aren’t needed.
 
Brian P said:
No one "wants" lockdowns.

Their target is not as far off as it might seem. First, it was 75% / 20% of eligible people (i.e. adults, over 18 years old), not the total population - that works out to about 60% / 16% of the total population. For a population of 14 million people in the province ... that works out to 8.4 million with a first dose and 2.24 million second doses, total 10.68 million doses. We're at 4.4 million so far. Means 6.28 million to go. We've been administering around 130,000 per day, this is expected to drop a little next week (running out of Moderna and AstraZeneca in advance of Pfizer doubling their supply rate) then exceed this afterward (Pfizer doubling their shipments in May). For now, let's assume it continues at 130,000 per day. 6.28 million divided by 130,000 and you get ... 48 days from now. First week of June.

Also, those numbers were "numbers" used for the purposes of evaluating a modeling scenario ... not a hard criterion.

Vaccine hesitancy? There is going to be some, for sure. I know people like that. I know many more who have already been vaccinated.

Prediction: The Americans are going to have a much bigger problem with vaccine hesitancy than we will.

Takes some fiddling ... Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccinations - Statistics and Research

Add Canada, leave USA and UK in there, uncheck some of the other countries to unclutter the graph.

Israel has flattened out at about 62% of people with at least one dose. Look here to see how they're doing: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

The UK had around 45% of its population with at least one dose at the end of March, at which time, number of cases had dropped to a very low level (granted, they were also on lockdown). Their number of people with at least one dose levelled off at the end of March but that's not because they've stopped vaccinating ... it's because that coincided with them going back to people with a second dose in substantial numbers. If you go back and change the graph to "total doses", they haven't slowed down.

Our number of people with at least one dose is about where the UK was at the end of February.

It will be okay. It's just not okay YET.
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Tam meant 75 / 20 Canada not just ontario . She didn’t say it was a theory or model she said that’s what is needed to maybe start loosening some restrictions by midsummer ....maybe
 
Superveloce said:
union members are mostly lazy , entitled moochers who almost can’t be fired , have Pensions they don’t deserve ( that many times tax payers contribute to)
They don’t create jobs or do any good for society as its all about making the reps rich and the members doing as little work for the most pay .
Therefore they love the lockdowns and stay at home orders because they can just pressure companies to do whatever they want especially during a crisis.
unions are a useless throwback that should be eliminated as they aren’t needed.
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Keep trying, I'm sure you can fit another 3 or 4 stereotypes in there. :rolleyes:


That aside, elaborate specifically WTF it has to do with your argument?
 
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PrivatePilot said:
Keep trying, I'm sure you can fit another 3 or 4 stereotypes in there. :rolleyes:


That aside, elaborate specifically WTF it has to do with your argument?
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i answered ...you don’t like the answer .....take it up with your union rep. .file a grievance.

I think I need to add in that some union members aren’t too smart and can’t take an answer for an answer while the union member refuses to answer what union they are in. And that union member also loves to stalk me while not realizing it
 
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You really should come up to speed on some modern day unions. They're not what you seem to perceive them as. I've seen people (actually, multiple people) get fired. Many don't have pensions at all. Most are not "taxpayer funded". Many unionized people have been laid off through the pandemic and don't magically just get to make jobs to keep them busy. We have one guy STILL on layoff a year later.

Funny how so many people who are against them are quick to enjoy many of the benefits unions helped create. And if given the opportunity are quick to slink in the door and enjoy the perks we get. Sorry they might take a few bucks extra out of some CEO's sallary to the betterment of the employees. Lets all race to the bottom.....$14 McJobs for everyone.

Anyhow, chow, onto my ignore list you go. Done with your nonsense.
 
PrivatePilot said:
You really should come up to speed on some modern day unions. They're not what you seem to perceive them as. I've seen people (actually, multiple people) get fired. Many don't have pensions at all. Most are not "taxpayer funded". Many unionized people have been laid off through the pandemic and don't magically just get to make jobs to keep them busy. We have one guy STILL on layoff a year later.

Funny how so many people who are against them are quick to enjoy many of the benefits unions helped create. And if given the opportunity are quick to slink in the door and enjoy the perks we get. Sorry they might take a few bucks extra out of some CEO's sallary to the betterment of the employees. Lets all race to the bottom.....$14 McJobs for everyone.

Anyhow, chow, onto my ignore list you go. Done with your nonsense.
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ill miss you watching me
 
Superveloce said:
Tam meant 75 / 20 Canada not just ontario . She didn’t say it was a theory or model she said that’s what is needed to maybe start loosening some restrictions by midsummer ....maybe
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Those being percentages, it's all proportional no matter whether you consider individual provinces or the country as a whole.
 
Superveloce said:
union members are mostly lazy , entitled moochers who almost can’t be fired , have Pensions they don’t deserve ( that many times tax payers contribute to)
They don’t create jobs or do any good for society as its all about making the reps rich and the members doing as little work for the most pay .
Therefore they love the lockdowns and stay at home orders because they can just pressure companies to do whatever they want especially during a crisis.
unions are a useless throwback that should be eliminated as they aren’t needed.
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The most ignorant, ill informed post I've read on the intertoob this week...
 
Hack said:
The most ignorant, ill informed post I've read on the intertoob this week...
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What part ? Please feel free to provide a rebuttal of my points

union going on strike twice in less than a year during a pandemic , interrupting a key port and supply chain. Not selfish or entitled at all.

ca.finance.yahoo.com

General strike at Port of Montreal set to begin on Monday, says dockworkers union

MONTREAL — A general strike at the Port of Montreal is set to begin on Monday after the union representing dockworkers issued the required 72-hour notice to the Maritime Employers Association. Barring a last-minute reprieve, the 1,150 port workers affiliated with the Canadian Union of Public...
ca.finance.yahoo.com ca.finance.yahoo.com
 
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Well I must say it felt good to finally go for a ride. Went to get familiar with the bike. I like it.

Not super fast, or loud, but comfortable on the road, highway and just tried to get a feel for it.

Maybe with more time I’ll upgrade the exhaust for a slightly more loud touch, and more aggressive brake pads for better bite. Outside of that I need to find my damn AirHawk.
 
mimico_polak said:
Well I must say it felt good to finally go for a ride. Went to get familiar with the bike. I like it.

Not super fast, or loud, but comfortable on the road, highway and just tried to get a feel for it.

Maybe with more time I’ll upgrade the exhaust for a slightly more loud touch, and more aggressive brake pads for better bite. Outside of that I need to find my damn AirHawk.
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Exhaust makes a huge diff on the bike, at-least for me, it made me want to ride it a lot more. The Scorpion pipe just brought out all the grunt, without being load, was also significantly lighter and smaller.

 
ScorpionT16 said:
Exhaust makes a huge diff on the bike, at-least for me, it made me want to ride it a lot more. The Scorpion pipe just brought out all the grunt, without being load, was also significantly lighter and smaller.

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Just need to free up some funds.
 
Superveloce said:
What part ? Please feel free to provide a rebuttal of my points
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I'm by no means a rabid union supporter, but..
'Having worked within both a unionized workplace and a non unionized workplace I'll take unionized most days.
To think employers have their workers best interests at heart is grossly naive. The larger the org. the worst it can be.
Presently I work within an org. where workers are represented by a large public sector union... For better or worse the union is the ONLY reason the employer (the Ont. gov't) pays any attention to health and safety regulations and many of its own policies.
Unique perhaps to my org., although unionized we do not have the right to strike... We did in the past and I lived through two so called "strikes" both of which were more half assed job actions than actual strikes...

It's been my experience that yes, there is surely some corruption and hanky panky that goes on with unions, but... Where isn't there any..?
 
Hack said:
I'm by no means a rabid union supporter, but..
'Having worked within both a unionized workplace and a non unionized workplace I'll take unionized most days.
To think employers have their workers best interests at heart is grossly naive. The larger the org. the worst it can be.
Presently I work within an org. where workers are represented by a large public sector union... For better or worse the union is the ONLY reason the employer (the Ont. gov't) pays any attention to health and safety regulations and many of its own policies.
Unique perhaps to my org., although unionized we do not have the right to strike... We did in the past and I lived through two so called "strikes" both of which were more half assed job actions than actual strikes...

It's been my experience that yes, there is surely some corruption and hanky panky that goes on with unions, but... Where isn't there any..?
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good employers do care. Between the labour board and the health and safety board, unions are not needed.
 
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