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#276 2024-09-30 10:46:30

RobertDyck
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There is a hospital. For major operations that cannot be handled here, they have air transport to Winnipeg. Jet aircraft from airport to airport.

They have a French immersion grade school, one school has 2 locations separated by 4 blocks. Another school. And an special school for aboriginal. Government has organized University College of the North, a remote campus of universities in Winnipeg. Not sure how it"s run, could be recorded lectures, simulcast lectures, local professors, or more likely a combination.

The city is connected to the province-wide power grid. Hydroelectric dams are up here and farther north. Long distance power lines deliver power to the south. Winnipeg Hydro built hydro dams in southeast Manitoba, but that was purchased by Manitoba Hydro. So there are some dams there too. Point is it was easy to connect this city.

They have water and sewage utilities, just don't know their details. They are connected to rail and highways. Thompson isn't remote enough to be the exception you're looking for.

Aboriginal reservations up north have no road, usually an airport with one crushed rock runway. The airport terminal building is the size of a double car garage. Construction materials delivered in winter by ice road. Do you know what an ice road is? They had telephone and satellite internet, but StarLink works much better.

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#277 2024-09-30 12:23:37

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For RobertDyck re #276 and more detail on the city of 22,000 during boom times.

The reason I asked about bright kids was Dr. Johnson's course on Basic Orbital Mechanics....

We don't yet have a teacher who both knows about the free course material, and is interested in using it.

You may run into such a person, so please consider promoting the offer.

GW is working on a book that will attempt to reach younger readers.  The present course material is best suited for late high school, early college.

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So tell me about this new scanner technology.

Lasers may be more precise, and the software to read may be more sophisticated.

Scanners in supermarkets here are amazing. They can decode product labels despite conditions that a human would find difficult.

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#278 2024-10-14 12:32:31

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Happy Thanksgiving. In Canada it's today. Leaves are yellow and falling. Went to the grocery store for a chicken yesterday. My girlfriend found a frozen stuffed turkey crown. I usually stuff the chicken myself, from scratch. Cut off the metal staple and put in microwave on defrost. Will see what a "turkey crown" is when it finishes defrosting and remove from the bag. Got baby potatoes and baby carrots to put in the roasting pan.

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#279 2024-10-14 13:44:20

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RobertDyck,

Happy Thanksgiving!

Enjoy the chicken or "turkey crown" (whatever that is).  "Royal Turkey", maybe?  That sounds like a good name for a bourbon.

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#280 2024-10-14 14:00:45

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Thawed. It's pieces held in string mesh. Looks like turkey parts, mostly a breast.
My girlfriend also got a whole rutabaga.

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#281 2024-10-14 14:11:26

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Not drinking whisky this weekend. But the name has "royal" in it: Canadian rye whisky.
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#282 2024-10-15 06:31:13

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The "turkey crown" proved to be the body cavity including rib cage. No wings, no legs (drum sticks). Breasts look like they were trimmed. Looked like a juvenile turkey that was whittled down so the stuffed turkey was 6 pounds. The two of us ate less than half, but did finish the stuffing. The cat got a chunk of fresh turkey, which he really liked. He gobbled the piece of turkey breast, but threw up on the carpet. Rather than throw it out, I cleaned up the mess and put it in a bowl. I notice the cat ate everything in the bowl. So he ate his own upchuck. Cats do that. It's still better than commercial cat food.

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