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I’ve finally acquired a tubular lock to play around with, but no tools for it. From what I can tell, the pins just need to be pushed down, and I can easily make a tool for that. But what shape does a tubular tensioner need to be? Are there any guides online for making your own? TIA!

I live in a tiny rural village in Ontario, and last week when I was in the nearest city I saw a sign in an empty field saying a Costco was “coming soon.” I thought, well it can’t be THAT soon, there’s not even a building here yet! Does anyone know the approximate turnaround time for building a whole Costco from the ground up? I’m expecting it to be a couple years, but I’d love to hear anyone else’s experience of how long it took theirs to be built. I’m legit super excited to finally be getting a Costco!

At least, those of us who don’t live in big cities with access to tons of stores. I order directly from Marie Sharp’s Canada regularly, but only when I’m going to be in Thunder Bay so I can pick up instead of having to pay for shipping. Where else are you shopping online? I really don’t trust Amazon for anything I’m putting on or in my body, too many scams going around. I was looking at Chilly Chiles, but they’ve got a few red flags (heavy use of AI art in promotional materials, extremely inconsistent heat level ratings, etc) and I don’t think I want to buy from them either. What’s left? Lucifer’s House of Heat? Is there anywhere else online y’all are buying sauce? Drop your recs in the comments!

Not sure I picked the right flair, but anyway. I live rurally and so I do a lot of highway driving, and I see a fair number of motorcycles on the road. A majority of these motorcyclists ride very close to the center line, right next to oncoming 100+ km/h traffic, and few seem to move over to the middle of the lane to avoid said traffic. Isn’t it much more dangerous for them there? What advantage is there to doing this?

Edit: many people have mentioned oil on the road as a hazard for motorcycles. I simply can’t see how a small percentage of vehicles all travelling at 100 km/h would drip a significant quantity of oil on any one part of the road. In a parking lot or driveway, sure, the vehicle is sitting there for long periods and the oil can accumulate. But I can’t say I’ve ever seen a significant quantity of oil spilled on the highways near where I live.

I’m talking about LPs like Good Supply, Double Js, BBOB, etc. Do any of them have flower that’s half decent? I know if I’m buying 3.5g for under $20 it’s not going to be stellar, but if I was looking for stellar I’d save up for some Northern Canna or Blk Mkt or whatever. In your experience do any of the low-end brands give you any bang for your buck?

Hey all, I don’t usually bother with the drinks because they’re stupidly expensive, but when I thought about it more, it’s the same as buying an edible and a regular drink, so what the hell. I tried out a couple, no pics because these are mass-produced cans, there’s nothing to see that you can’t see on the OCS website.

Mollo 10 is a beer-style beverage. I don’t drink alcohol and quite enjoy non-alcoholic beer, and this was a pretty averagely decent NA beer. I wish it had a bit more of the cannabis taste, though. (I always see edibles advertising “virtually no cannabis taste or smell!” and I’m like, that’s what I want though, I love that taste!) Effects were what you’d expect from 10mg of edibles, not much dimension to it. Overall I’d definitely buy it again, would be even better if they sold cases at a discount, I could totally pick up a 12-pack of these for a party or whatever.

Bubble Kush Rocket Fizz is exactly what you’d expect from the red-white-blue branding, it tastes and smells exactly like the iconic popsicles from your youth (or maybe you still eat them now, I’m not judging). It actually does taste a bit more like they used live resin for this soda, as you do get that weedy taste. My only complaint is that this shit is WAY too sweet. I don’t drink a lot of pop for that reason, and I don’t think I’d buy this again because it was actually hard to drink because of how sweet it was. The effects were nice though, a bit more mellow, though maybe that’s because I drank this in the evening lol.

Thanks for reading!

I get my “daily driver” stuff from the medical side, but I also love sampling new strains from the rec market as well. Last weekend on a whim, I grabbed a pack of Liquid Imagination pre-rolls from Back Forty; I’d seen the hype when this strain first came out but I never tried it until now. And damn, I wish I’d tried it sooner, this shit is delicious! The smell and taste remind me of Black Forest cake — dark and rich and fruity.

I tend to chase flavour more than potency, and nothing has quite grabbed me like this strain, at least not since I first tried Dancehall a decade ago. I went to look around but it seems like B40 is the only LP putting out this strain. So, friends, can you recommend me something with a similar taste/smell? Or hell, can you recommend me the tastiest or best-smelling strain you’ve tried? Thank you!

I don’t remember how I came to the conclusion that I needed to quit caffeine. Lately I feel like my intake had increased because I’d been more tired, but then why wasn’t I any less tired? I’m pretty sure I saw an article somewhere by someone who said they quit and ended up having more energy. What the hell, I thought, I’ll try anything at this point.

I’ve been consuming caffeine in some form for almost 40 years. When I was around 4, my mom started letting me drink what she called “cocoa coffee” (which was just half a mug of her weak-ass coffee filled up with chocolate milk), and of course I drank Coke and such growing up. But it was in university that I really started making it a daily habit. For more years than I can remember, my days have started with a big 22 oz mug of strong coffee, then maybe another one in the afternoon, maybe a Red Bull or two if I was driving for a long time, the occasional bottle of pop, etc.

For at least the last 6 months (probably closer to a year tbh) I’ve been sleeping really poorly. I’m in bed for 8 hours most nights, but I wake up multiple times during the night, and thus I’m not getting enough deep, restorative sleep. (Incidentally, I very rarely dream anymore, but that’s been a thing for years, ever since I started (and subsequently stopped) antidepressants.) It was starting to impact every area of my life. I thought I was waking up due to pain from the arthritis in my knees, and sometimes it is that, but not always. I live rurally and there are always things I need to do outside, and the lack of energy was really making it hard to get shit done.

So, on Saturday when I went grocery shopping, instead of my usual cheapo instant coffee, I got the cheapo *decaf* instant coffee. On Sunday morning, I did a half/half cup of coffee, and a black tea in the evening. Monday morning I only put a tiny bit of the caffeinated coffee in. Yesterday and today it’s been all decaf. I’ve also avoided soft drinks, but I can’t possibly give up chocolate (and I know even decaf has a bit of caffeine), so while I’m not fully zero caffeine, I’ve cut waaaaaay back.

How am I feeling today? Genuinely, I’m tired. I’m really tired. But this is not much different from how I was before, so this particular symptom is manageable. I haven’t gotten any really gnarly headaches yet, but that could be because I take naproxen twice a day for my arthritis, and maybe that’s getting out ahead of the headaches. I do seem to be sleeping a bit better already; I still wake up during the night, but I feel better in the mornings. I never really had trouble falling asleep, but the last couple days I don’t even remember ny head hitting the pillow, I’m just right out. I think I’m going to be tired until I repay the sleep debt that’s built up (which will take a while since I’m paying in installments).

Overall, I feel worse right now, but also somehow better? I’ve noticed a huge difference in my stress response already. Because I was constantly on stimulants before, when I got acutely stressed I barely noticed it (other than mentally); now when I have acute stress I feel it in my whole body. Is this what I’d been doing to myself this whole time?? Madness. I’ve been making more mistakes at work this week, and everything feels like it takes more mental effort, but it feels temporary, like if I just push through it I’ll come out the other side in a better place. Overall, though, it’s been easier than every article I’ve read has made it out to be.

Thanks for reading! Hopefully this was useful to someone.