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[Nunymare]

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Northlands turns nasty in sacking those people---but I guess ticket tackers showing up in new BMWs was a sign

If no one was coming forward and they can prove it was widespread, I think it's fair.

lol. 86ing an entire division of your company is never fair. Northlands have always been a shady penny pinching *******s.

And!!! Just for you Replacement, a hilarious ventriloquist - who ended up winning AGT.

He is pretty good. I like his sarcastic humour, my husband likes his magic...so it's a good combo.

I honestly doubt it, I'm sure they didn't just "decided to fire everyone", I'm sure they've looked into this, because no one is "fessing up" or "outing people" it probably just means everyone is guilty by association.

Well the investigation might cost $400K, they lost $1M over a year (according to reports), so probably simpler to just **** can everyone.

Seems like wrongful dismissal written all over this

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[Jumptheshark]

Northlands is making the system automated so all jobs are gone. Northlands needs to look at the accountants.... this sounds like he had been going on for awhile

 

[Jamie]

Is this the right place to complain about that annoying Ford truck ad? Is there a way to turn that thing off?

 

[Nunymare]

Is this the right place to complain about that annoying Ford truck ad? Is there a way to turn that thing off?

This is the response from the site administration (below). FYI they don't have any control over the ads... it's Crave that controls those.

If you are using a mobile device and complaining about an ad on the desktop site, you're out of luck. Ads on the desktop site are not designed for mobile devices and we won't get any support.

You have a couple choices: use the mobile site or become a sponsor.

Reports of ad problems should be directed to the Support Forum. The following info should be provided:

1. Location/Country
2. Device
3. Browser
4. Style of site being used (mobile vs desktop)
5. Company/product of advertisement in question
6. A screen shot
7. Brief description of how the ad is disruptive (can't you close the ad or if you do do is frequently reappear... be as specific as you can).

 

[Gord]

if you become a board sponsor, do the ads go away?

 

[Nunymare]

if you become a board sponsor, do the ads go away?

Yup. You also get a larger PM quota as well as a larger avatar as well as some other minor things.

 

[joestevens29]

I see Oilersnation has a store now. They have a few shirts that say the hope will never die.

Didn't Hope include Omark and Pajarvvi?

 

[doulos]

if you become a board sponsor, do the ads go away?

That sounds like racketeering...haha.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

The TD add seems like it's just a coding error by someone, I've seen something similar in other places.

Meh, I'll take the pop over the stupid auto-play ads.

Also, great win from the Jays today, can't wait for the ALCS

 

[Gord]

I try not to complain about the ads. I figure I get what I pay for.

 

[Supermassive]

I try not to complain about the ads. I figure I get what I pay for.

The tiny x's often don't close the ad, and if they do, often none of the links on the page function. Probably an iPad-specific problem, but it ruins the site's functionality completely. I'm not complaining per se, because I don't really surf on the iPad much, but it has to be embarrassing for the site administrators to have such a shoddy interface.

 

[Cam98]

i pretty much gave up using this site when im not home just because the ads

 

[MoneyGuy]

That ad makes me hate Fords. That's probably not what they were going for.

 

[Nunymare]

The tiny x's often don't close the ad, and if they do, often none of the links on the page function. Probably an iPad-specific problem, but it ruins the site's functionality completely. I'm not complaining per se, because I don't really surf on the iPad much, but it has to be embarrassing for the site administrators to have such a shoddy interface.

Please post in the support forum regarding that.

Again, the site admins have no control over the ads. It's all up to Crave.

 

[EchoesoftheEighties]

I don't like the mobile site but my goodness those ads make me want to use it on my phone

 

[duul]

Can't use my phone to browse the site. One big truck ad takes up the entire screen and can't be closed. What a joke.

 

[Soundwave]

Site is virtually unusable on an Android (Galaxy S4 here) phone too. Not just an Apple problem.

 

[sOiled]

Yeah I've given up using the site on my Android now. Just awful with the ad

 

[oStealthKiller*]

Turn cookies off and you won't have ad problems

 

[belair]

My viewing experience with the Windows Phone has been excellent up to this point since it doesn't run Flash. But that Ford truck ad somehow weaseled its way around that and completely f***ed up the experience. Kudos to the assholes that managed to make it work. I'll remember it the next time I don't buy a Ford.

 

[McShiva]

This site is pretty much unusable with Android, I gave up ages ago as I found it annoying and overly excessive. Turning off my cookies is not doable as some sites I have to have cookies turned on because of special access, so I just don't view this site on my tablet.
What does annoy me more than anything is the stupid popup that comes on everytime I log in through Windows detailing the cookie policy. I can not in this day and age why anyone would think a popup like that wouldn't be annoying after making someone view it more than 5 times, especially if all it is to to promote some newsletter, prompt people to use a poll, or tell people to click a link to a policy that no one ever bothers to read.
As a Full VBulletin License holder for 15 years, and a former god admin of a site that was just as big as this one, I can tell you that things like that are pretty easy to fix with just one click in the admin cp. Please ask your god admin to consider removing that prompt.

 

[Senor Catface]

 

[joestevens29]

Was in the waiver thread and I noticed that Mac has retired and became a firefighter.

Good to see him get into something as quick as he did.

 

[Gord]

excuse me while I use the voice of a 6 year old on her birthday.
"squeeeeeeeeee!"

I can't wait for this!

 

[ozhenson]

So this question is coming from a point of complete ignorance. We bought a used vehicle about 5 months ago, recently my girlfriend has complained that the car is rattling/shaking a little bit while driving. After getting an oil change, the technician told us that we have 3 bent rims, and recommended that we replace all of our tires and rims at this point. Needless to say, I feel a little bit chuffed about this, but I don't really know anything about cars and really want to avoid unnecessary expenses when possible.

So basically what I am asking is, are winter tires necessary in a city like Edmonton? The two of us do very very little driving, aside from picking up groceries and things like that. Would we be ok with all-seasons? I'm assuming we would want steel rims so they wouldn't get bent out of shape as quickly as our current set has.

Sorry if this post is sort of rambly, if there is any clarification needed, I will try to provide it, haha.