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I wish Ottawa Sports and Entertainment would talk to Bettman about his listed price for the Senators and then punt Melnyk off to his tropical paradise where he can get malaria.
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Apr 14, 2019 18:55
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Arcsquad12 posted:I wish Ottawa Sports and Entertainment would talk to Bettman about his listed price for the Senators and then punt Melnyk off to his tropical paradise where he can get malaria. Isn't the OSE is known for making savvy financial decisions?
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Apr 14, 2019 19:10
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If they have contempt for Ottawa they at least keep it private. If Kenney wins the only thing he will do for Albertans is make them happy by hurting another province. He can do nothing to stop their oil industry from dying so he's going to blame everyone else and attack the Feds and BC and anyone else he doesn't like for as long as he can to distract the rig pigs from all the austerity measures he'll implement on the pretense of hurting the Browns and the injuns. Arc Hammer fucked around with this message at 19:40 on Apr 14, 2019 |
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Apr 14, 2019 19:12
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What could go wrong? https://twitter.com/CTVNews/status/1117496994287837185 quote:Residents of Innisfil, Ont. can now pay their tax using cryptocurrency, in a move that’s made the town the first municipality in the country that accepts Bitcoin.
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Apr 14, 2019 19:46
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Leofish posted:What could go wrong? YOU loving MORONS!
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Apr 14, 2019 20:18
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shades of eternity posted:I've had serious writers block in the last few days. Sure. We'll help out too. By the way... Better Know A Riding: Edmonton-Decore "The Fightin' Decores!" The riding is located in north central Edmonton. It was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution out of a small part of Edmonton-Manning and most of Edmonton-Glengarry. The riding is named after Laurence Decore, former Leader of the Opposition and Mayor of Edmonton. Neighborhoods in this riding include: Kildare, Killarney, Northmount, Evansdale, Belle Rive, Mayliewan, Delwood, Glengarry & Balwin. The riding has been held by representatives of the Progressive Conservative, Liberal, and New Democratic parties since it was created. The current representative is New Democratic Party MLA Chris Nielsen, who was first elected in the 2015 general election. The western boundary with on 97 Street between the Edmonton city limits and 167 Avenue Edmonton-Castle Downs was moved east to cede land to that constituency. The south boundary with Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood was changed to move along 127 Street instead of the Canadian National Railway tracks. The east boundary saw significant changes as it was pushed eastward to 66 Street into Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and Edmonton-Manning as far north as 144 Avenue from the railway tracks at 127 Street. The east boundary with Edmonton-Manning was also realigned to run on 66 Street north of 153 Avenue to give some land to Manning. The first election held in the district was fought among Liberal candidate Bill Bonko Sr., a school trustee; incumbent Alberta Alliance MLA Gary Masyk whose old district had been abolished; and former Edmonton-Belmont Progressive Conservative MLA Walter Szwender. Bonko defeated the two incumbents and two other candidates. In the 2008 general election Bonko was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Janice Sarich, who held the riding until 2015. In the 2015 general election NDP Candidate Chris Nielsen was elected with 68% of the vote, in an election which saw every Edmonton riding return an NDP member. Thing about this riding is that it's considered a "safe" riding for the NDP, much like Edmonton-Gold Bar which I posted about previously. Full disclosure though: I'm a friend of Chris, and have known him for years prior to running in the 2015 election. He's been working hard for the nomination, the election, and during his term in the Legislature. The previous MLA, Janice Sarich, was a PC backbencher who didn't really do much of anything. This became evident during doorknocking in 2015 as not many residents could remember seeing her anywhere. Not at community events, office hours, televised Legislature hours, or anything like that. The UPC candidate is Karen Principe, who seems to be the main opposition of course. There are also candidates for the Alberta and Alberta Independence Parties. Here's a blurb from the Journal of each candidate: https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/alberta-election-2019-riding-profile-edmonton-decore And, as always, ask if you want to know more.
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Apr 14, 2019 20:28
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Arcsquad12 posted:I wish Ottawa Sports and Entertainment would talk to Bettman about his listed price for the Senators and then punt Melnyk off to his tropical paradise where he can get malaria. Jeff Hunt has said in no uncertain terms that he is not interested in owning the Senators and I cannot blame him.
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Apr 14, 2019 20:38
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Tsyni posted:Are the Ottawa Redblacks the ultimate racist team? What do you think a Redblack is? Its not a person... Or do you just mean because its close to Ottawa
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Apr 14, 2019 20:41
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Lars Blitzer posted:The first election held in the district was fought among Liberal candidate Bill Bonko Sr., a school trustee; incumbent Alberta Alliance MLA Gary Masyk whose old district had been abolished; and former Edmonton-Belmont Progressive Conservative MLA Walter Szwender. Bonko defeated the two incumbents and two other candidates. I wonder how common that last name is, cause this popped up in my feed a little while ago https://twitter.com/iraheckincook/status/1115390326829535232
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Apr 14, 2019 21:30
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It's time again for Better know a Riding 6 This time, we do Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin - THE FIGHTING MASKS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeNgtMsg6Lc (and now it's stuck in your head) first the boring stuff Wiki? "The district is located south of Edmonton, named for the City of Wetaskiwin and the Hamlet of Maskwacis (which serves as a central community for the "four nations": the Cree Ermineskin, Samson, Montana and Louis Bull bands). It also includes the Pigeon Lake Reserve, which is shared by the four nations. Other towns and villages include Millet, Bittern Lake, Hay Lakes, and the summer villages that line the shores of Pigeon Lake." Maskwacis is Bear hills in Cree so I'm not saying it's space bears, but it might be space bears (I warned you!). :p and since wiki already introduced them, I'm going to include some handy-dandy links Ermineskin Cree Nation https://ermineskin.ca/ Louis Bull https://www.louisbulltribe.com/ Montana 1st Nation http://www.montanafirstnation.com/about/ Samson 1st Nation http://samsoncree.com/tag/maskwacis (unlike Wikipedia, I understand the importance of Alphabetical Order) It is home to Wetaskiwin, that is known for very strong earworm created by a car salesman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMp1HiuTqsk (I think I preferred the other earworm) It is also home for the Reynolds museum, which is no way affiliated with either M.A.S.K. or V.E.N.O.M. (As far as we know). https://reynoldsmuseum.ca/ so who represents this district and whose running against who? https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/riding-profile-maskwacis-wetaskiwin Bruce Hinkley, NDP https://brucehinkley.albertandp.ca/ vs If I'm reading this right, no ucp candidate running. Way to ruin a great narrative.  So NDP vs other parties. M.A.S.K. Vs V.E.N.O.M. Whom will survive! edit: I just found out that the UCP runner is Richard Wilson http://www.voteforrickwilson.com/ and thus the narrative was saved :p shades of eternity fucked around with this message at 10:30 on Apr 15, 2019 |
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Apr 14, 2019 22:53
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https://twitter.com/TheChairMaster/status/1117530080715116544?s=20 ChairMaster
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Apr 14, 2019 23:02
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shades of eternity posted:It's time again for Better know a Riding 6 That whole area is having huge problems right now. The first nations have been seriously underfunded and neglected for a long time. They're in the middle of a serious suicide epidemic, and have a major gang/violence problem. https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/we-are-dying-maskwacis-community-members-overwhelmed-by-suicides-1.4486933 Wetaskawin jumped to number 2 on Maclean's crime rankings, the south half of the city is all pawn shops. Wetaskawin, a city of ~11,000 has more pawn shops than Calgary, a city of ~1,100,000. Everything on the south end of Wetaskawin and the north end of Ponoka have bars on the windows. The UCP does have a candidate there, Richard Wilson. he's a local councilor and helped create the problem. He's running on reducing the debt by lowering the corporate tax rate and returning to a flat tax rate for personal taxes. quote:“Don’t punish people for doing well; let them keep going because they’ll put other people to work,” he said. “Keep a business-friendly environment and you’ll attract investment. Bringing investment into Alberta is tough right now, they don’t like this socialist environment.” So yeah, they're completely hosed. COMPLETELY hosed.
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Apr 14, 2019 23:14
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Honestly, thanks for pointing this out.  I think I have to keep the Better know a Riding lighthearted, but there are a few sections that are going to be tough to do it (looking particularly hard at standoff). But it's also why I keep doing these ones. I'm hoping that humor will get people in the front door so they can see the serious problems and bring it to the public attention. It's probably why I had the writer's block. shades of eternity fucked around with this message at 23:30 on Apr 14, 2019 |
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Apr 14, 2019 23:28
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There's so much bad poo poo happening there though  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/maskwacis-first-nations-ucp-solar-energy-climate-1.5085262 Don't read the comments
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Apr 14, 2019 23:34
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shades of eternity posted:I'm hoping that humor will get people in the front door so they can see the serious problems and bring it to the public attention. Honestly it can't hurt or anything, but you're preaching to the choir on a dead forum. Don't break your back over it.
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Apr 14, 2019 23:45
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Hey, you gently caress someone’s poo poo up, you’re going to catch a beating. If the dude is hosed in the head, I’m not going to say he needs to go to jail or prison, but if you break into somebody’s house and they (not the police or a witness) gently caress you up as a result, not in cold blood, well, poo poo happens. Did he deserve to get beaten to a pulp? Absolutely not, but being well pissed off that someone just tried to break into your house is no less a valid reason to do unacceptable things than mental illness in the first place. Everyone involved should be treated with compassion and understanding, now that it’s no longer in the heat of the moment.
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Apr 15, 2019 06:50
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If someone is tripping balls and the break something they don't have the criminal mind, it's an accident most likely. Property damage doesn't justify violence. We have laws to punish people because we are not allowed to beat up people for wronging us. The fact that the man who assaulted the defenseless dude stumbling around his front lawn was in his right mind makes it wrong. The fact that there seems to be a race element at play here (would that guy have been beaten up if he was white? or a drunk white teenager?) seems to indicate prejudice. Namaste.
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Apr 15, 2019 07:03
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PT6A posted:Hey, you gently caress someone’s poo poo up, you’re going to catch a beating. If the dude is hosed in the head, I’m not going to say he needs to go to jail or prison, but if you break into somebody’s house and they (not the police or a witness) gently caress you up as a result, not in cold blood, well, poo poo happens. Throwing a rock at a window does not count as trying to break in
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Apr 15, 2019 10:31
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PT6A posted:Hey, you gently caress someone’s poo poo up, you’re going to catch a beating. If the dude is hosed in the head, I’m not going to say he needs to go to jail or prison, but if you break into somebody’s house and they (not the police or a witness) gently caress you up as a result, not in cold blood, well, poo poo happens. Yeah, this is loving ridiculous and exactly why Canada's self defense laws are all supposed to be about reasonable force. In no way is someone breaking some of your property , reason enough to start assaulting them for sport.
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Apr 15, 2019 13:35
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PT6A posted:Hey, you gently caress someone’s poo poo up, you’re going to catch a beating. If the dude is hosed in the head, I’m not going to say he needs to go to jail or prison, but if you break into somebody’s house and they (not the police or a witness) gently caress you up as a result, not in cold blood, well, poo poo happens.  Two thoughts going on here.
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Apr 15, 2019 14:05
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Those would be "what the law probably says, I dunno Canadian self-defense law is really complicated and nobody understands it" and " e: ok i actually read the story and what hte gently caress is A's problem, kicking a guy while he's having a seizure on the ground cause he smashed a window flakeloaf fucked around with this message at 15:32 on Apr 15, 2019 |
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Apr 15, 2019 14:13
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flakeloaf posted:Those would be "what the law probably says, I dunno Canadian self-defense law is really complicated and nobody understands it" and "what a fair number of people would actually do if startled into that situation, and regret it moments later" It used to be too complicated for lawyers and judges to figure out. They overhauled the laws recently and it's supposed to be better. What this witness describes wouldn't be self defence in Canada on any law ever on the books. It's not remotely okay. It is okay to question the account of a single witness, although the stuff about a police officer refusing to record their statements because they only saw part of an incident is troubling. There is no requirement for a witness to have seen everything to be a witness. Assembling a full story from a bunch of slices from different witnesses is totally normal. Refusing to take a witness statement would only be done if the officer has a statement he likes, and the new statement calls part of it into question. Demanding sympathy for the homeowner on this is messed up. It sucks his window was broken. That has nothing to do with deciding to kick the crap out of a guy while he's lying on the ground.
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Apr 15, 2019 14:30
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The guy basically saw someone he could take advantage of and took out his racist rage. A broken window is not a big deal - home insurance will pay for the drat thing.
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Apr 15, 2019 14:35
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Probably pretty close to the deductible
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Apr 15, 2019 14:38
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The violation of one’s home goes beyond property damage, whether you own or rent. The assault is probably still a criminal act but I think to claim it’s just some racist looking to beat on someone is stupid. It was a person pissed off about what they perceived as a break-in attempt — a violation of their home — and things went too far. Let the guy who got beaten go, they’ve already suffered, and give the beater consideration for the fact that they probably weren’t entirely in their right mind when it happened either.
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Apr 15, 2019 14:54
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PT6A posted:Hey, you gently caress someone’s poo poo up, you’re going to catch a beating. If the dude is hosed in the head, I’m not going to say he needs to go to jail or prison, but if you break into somebody’s house and they (not the police or a witness) gently caress you up as a result, not in cold blood, well, poo poo happens. He broke a window and the home owner's reaction was to beat him to the ground and then to spent several minutes kicking him while he was lying there foaming at the mouth. Then he and his wife screamed at the paramedics for trying to deliver medical services. PT6A posted:The violation of one’s home goes beyond property damage, whether you own or rent. The assault is probably still a criminal act but I think to claim it’s just some racist looking to beat on someone is stupid. It was a person pissed off about what they perceived as a break-in attempt — a violation of their home — and things went too far. Let the guy who got beaten go, they’ve already suffered, and give the beater consideration for the fact that they probably weren’t entirely in their right mind when it happened either. This is more or less the exact opposite of your take on the Colten Boushie murder so I'm glad to see you remain consistent in your inconsistency.
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PT6A posted:The violation of one’s home goes beyond property damage, whether you own or rent. The assault is probably still a criminal act but I think to claim it’s just some racist looking to beat on someone is stupid. It was a person pissed off about what they perceived as a break-in attempt — a violation of their home — and things went too far. Let the guy who got beaten go, they’ve already suffered, and give the beater consideration for the fact that they probably weren’t entirely in their right mind when it happened either. homeowners have more rights than the renting serf class
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Apr 15, 2019 15:31
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So are people seriously allowed to canvas for politicians in private apartments and the such? I had some guy come knocking on my door a few days ago canvasing for some conservative running in my district, I was polite but basically told him I'd pretty much never vote con. I was joking with the pizza guy that came a little later (saying how I was disappointed the early dude was not my pizza) and he said he was kinda was surprised they were allowed to do it. I didn't actually think about, but my building requires people to be buzzed in (I did not buzz canvas dude in,) meaning canvas dude maybe lived there, but far more likely had someone buzz him in or followed someone in. I talked to someone who works at my rental company and lives on site and he said he was just as surprised; the canvaser had came to his door, rental company dude more or less told him to piss off but the canvaser apparently said he had a legal right to be doing it and "threatened" legal action or something to that effect.
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Oxyclean posted:So are people seriously allowed to canvas for politicians in private apartments and the such? Yes. It's in the Elections Act. quote:81. (1) No person who is in control of an apartment building, condominium building or other multiple-residence building or a gated community may prevent a candidate or his or her representative from
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That's kind of dumb and now I sort of regret not telling the dude to gently caress off less politely. e: and second clause seems awfully open to interpretation? I assume it's aimed/for stuff like retirement homes or special care homes? Oxyclean fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Apr 15, 2019 |
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Apr 15, 2019 15:39
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Arivia posted:homeowners have more rights than the renting serf class It shouldn’t be so, that’s my point. If this guy was just renting his house I’d feel the same, because to me the important aspect is the violation of the home, not the damage to the house. Helsing posted:This is more or less the exact opposite of your take on the Colten Boushie murder so I'm glad to see you remain consistent in your inconsistency. There are several differences. For one, taking the time to obtain a gun and ammunition means you’ve had time to consider your action to a greater degree. For another, attempted theft is completely different from an attack on the home itself.
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Apr 15, 2019 15:40
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Oxyclean posted:That's kind of dumb and now I sort of regret not telling the dude to gently caress off less politely. Why is that dumb? The alternative is landlords having the power to dictate which parties can canvas their renters.
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Apr 15, 2019 15:43
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he just had a heated homeowner's moment, cut him some slack
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Apr 15, 2019 15:54
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Pinterest Mom posted:Why is that dumb? The alternative is landlords having the power to dictate which parties can canvas their renters. Fair point. Just seemed odd at the time; the rental company dude being blindsided as well gave me the vibe that he wasn't given a heads up that this was supposed to be a thing. Like are canvasers supposed to go through proper channels and request permission from landlords? (and can't be denied?) I still can't shake the vibe that the dude just got some random resident to let him in or snuck in after someone, and if that's fair game because they have legal right to be there, it seems a bit...weird?
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Apr 15, 2019 15:59
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Oxyclean posted:That's kind of dumb and now I sort of regret not telling the dude to gently caress off less politely. Yup! The old folks' home I worked in allowed canvassers, but the nuns & nurses made it quite plain that permission to visit was a function of their patience, and they would endure no guff on the topic of who was, or was not, worth visiting. Oxyclean posted:Fair point. Yeah, that's my understanding too. Just because the super can't legally say no doesn't mean the candidate shouldn't still "ask". They say "I'm coming over to canvass on whatever and such a date, please have someone let me in to do that" flakeloaf fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Apr 15, 2019 |
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When you canvass you're typically given a little printout of the relevant laws that you can present to the building's property manager if requested and maybe if they have an office right by the door you give them a heads up but I don't think there's any actual requirement for you to notify them.
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Apr 15, 2019 16:03
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Yeah the more I roll that one around the more advantages I can see to just showing up.
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Apr 15, 2019 16:05
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Being a filthy city slicker I've never really experienced any problems entering a building since there's always a steady flow of people going in and out. It never occurred to me that in some places you might actually need somebody to come and let you in.
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Helsing posted:Being a filthy city slicker I've never really experienced any problems entering a building since there's always a steady flow of people going in and out. It never occurred to me that in some places you might actually need somebody to come and let you in. In all the buildings I've lived in, they've been quite adamant that you must watch for people tailgating you in and not allow them to do so. It obviously still happens from time to time, but it's rather strongly discouraged.
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