dentistshatehim
dentistshatehim t1_j1e26b6 wrote
Reply to comment by northcrunk in Canada moves to mandate electric vehicle sales starting in 2026 by rentalfloss
It’s tough to use Alberta, conservatives has underfunded every bit of infrastructure for decades. See the roads there.
In Ontario and Quebec there is excess power generated that is sold to the US
dentistshatehim t1_j1cwvk4 wrote
Reply to comment by YeahIveDoneThat in Canada moves to mandate electric vehicle sales starting in 2026 by rentalfloss
Read the article.
dentistshatehim t1_j1cwsf2 wrote
Reply to comment by northcrunk in Canada moves to mandate electric vehicle sales starting in 2026 by rentalfloss
Can you source that, it sounds like bullshit
dentistshatehim t1_j21ohnp wrote
Reply to comment by ladyeclectic79 in TIL The "Semolina Pilchard" mentioned in "I Am the Walrus" is a reference to Scotland Yard drug squad detective Norman "Nobby" Pilcher, who led a midnight drug raid on John Lennon's London flat in October 1968. He'd targeted musicians Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Eric Clapton and Donovan prior to that. by 54_actual
Nobby was a common nickname for law enforcement types, it came from British Soldiers who served in India in offices/admin. Nobi is Hindu for clerk.
Those officers would come back and get jobs in law enforcement and so the nickname transferred over. I’m not saying Pratchett didn’t name the character after Piltcher, but there was precedent already for police, particularly those more interested in bureaucracy and formality being called Nobby.