jrgaston

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by jrgaston 7y ago
Dual citizen here. Most of my life I've lived in the US (Massachusetts and California) with excellent medical care though I often got lots of charges, out of network fees, co-pays, etc. Then the last decade I'm in British Columbia
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by jrgaston 7y ago
We immigrated from the bay area to British Columbia a few years ago. We pay taxes in the US and Canada . Taxes aren't much higher in Canada. And we've used the health care a lot and honestly it's excellent and you don't
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by jrgaston 7y ago
I read a lot and I use both ebooks and physical books. I'm pretty happy with my Kobo e-reader. The screen is perfect for text even in the sun, the back lighting means I can read in the dark, and I can move between reading on the Kobo,
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by jrgaston 7y ago
This. The legal cannabis-buying experience in my small BC town is actually quite nice. My only complaint is the required product packaging. The stores are almost as nice as those in Seattle. No problem using a credit card, either.
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by jrgaston 7y ago
Arghh, those floating Safari windows. How do you get rid of them?
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by jrgaston 7y ago
For me audio books don't replace regular books, they supplement them, by expanding my reading time and by getting me to read books I'd otherwise not. I often end up with both the physical or e-book plus the audio book. Sometimes I
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by jrgaston 8y ago
Kind of wasteful, no? I prefer to buy stuff that lasts, even if it costs more.
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by jrgaston 8y ago
My spouse has a Blackberry and when it wears out he plans on replacing it with another Blackberry. Why? I dunno, something about it being Canadian and not from Apple.
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by jrgaston 8y ago
I'm of the opposite opinion. While I enjoy the look and feel of a book, I'm tired of carrying them around when I travel and moving them when I, well, move. Best of all I can sit on my couch, wine glass in hand, and seconds after r
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by jrgaston 8y ago
Because it's well written and a good source of news that I've long been happy to support.
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by jrgaston 8y ago
Pretty rich given that violating privacy is Fb's business model.
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by jrgaston 8y ago
My problem with airplanes is claustrophobia. After years of fairly-regular flying the claustrophobia suddenly grew intense --- and it has stayed at that level --- after being jammed into a non-reclining back-row middle seat on a flight from
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by jrgaston 8y ago
Remind me, why do people favor Uber over a taxi?
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by jrgaston 9y ago
While I agree with the Economist, the idea that the US look outside its borders for advice is laughable. American exceptionalism and all that.
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by jrgaston 9y ago
I believe it. I'm an old white guy, the cops never pay any attention to me, but my black friends have long talked of driving while black, which, they explained to me, is the frequent stops they get from cops. Yes, it's anecdotal,
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by jrgaston 9y ago
I've heard too many giardia testimonials to risk drinking unfiltered/unpurified water while hiking in the US west.
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by jrgaston 9y ago
Agreed. I read most New Yorker issues cover to cover. Their writers cover a wonderfully-broad range of topics in useful depth. It's the only print publication that I still subscribe to.
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by jrgaston 9y ago
The New Yorker is my only print subscription. Literature, art, science, and current events, every issue has articles I find worth while.
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by jrgaston 9y ago
Amazon is my store of last resort. I prefer to support local businesses even when they charge more.