Gary McKenzie

Retired engineer, science and technology nut, learning amateur photography, fan of Sledge Hammer! and Big Bang Theory

[Gary McKenzie @gwmckenzie]

@DonBraid I think the reference to this study (roughly page 104 of COVID report) goes well beyond "fringe"

[Gary McKenzie @gwmckenzie]

@DonBraid Sorry Don, but it doesn't seem at all confusing (and I'm certainly no Supreme Court judge). Google "Alberta Recall Petition Requirements" and you'll be directed to "Recall Process - Elections Alberta" website which provides plain language...

[Gary McKenzie @gwmckenzie]

@christinemartin I'm wondering why the sign said "Do NOT Press" if they didn't want me to press it? Oops .. someone's coming ...

[Gary McKenzie @gwmckenzie]

@Sandeep__3D @engineers_feed And you have the centre house drinking coffee, when the clues say milk.

[Gary McKenzie @gwmckenzie]

@Sandeep__3D @engineers_feed Seems you have two solutions, and this looks wrong (according to the table). You have the Dane in the Red house, not the Brit, as stated in the clues.

[Gary McKenzie @gwmckenzie]

@TheRealOsato @Sandeep__3D @engineers_feed If the green house is immediately left of white, you need two houses together. #2 is blue. That eliminates #1. #3 drinks milk, not coffee. Only 4 and 5 left and 4 is left of 5, therefore green.

[Gary McKenzie @gwmckenzie]

@il_menoz @TheRealOsato @Sandeep__3D @engineers_feed Norwegian is first and next to blue. Green drinks coffee, not blue. And green is immediately left of white, so 1 cannot be green (and drink coffee) either. And the centre drinks milk. Therefore ..

[Gary McKenzie @gwmckenzie]

@FPL_Lucho @TheRealOsato @Sandeep__3D @engineers_feed The green house must be immediately left of white. Only houses 4 and 5 allow the two to be next door to each other, and 4 is left of 5, establishing order.

[Gary McKenzie @gwmckenzie]

@Sandeep__3D @engineers_feed This looks correct. The next one is different, and wrong on the details (according to the table), although somehow the German still gets the fish.

[Gary McKenzie @gwmckenzie]

Let me get this straight: what was once "Twitter" aka "The Tweeter", is henceforth "The Unknown Quantity"?
How long before the "Tweet" button becomes "Solve"?

[Gary McKenzie @gwmckenzie]

@PeggyMaca @1_2_question @GlobalEdmonton In fact: MAXIMUM CPP contributions in Alberta are $291.65/m. You claim $200 of that is "subsidy"; in other words only $91.65 would buy a maximum CPP payment at age 65? Hogwash. And why then do Quebecois pay MORE (not less) monthly since they pay only for themselves?

[Gary McKenzie @gwmckenzie]

@PeggyMaca @1_2_question @GlobalEdmonton Full marks for a vivid imagination, but not much else. You pay according to your income. Your retirement income ties directly to your payments. Ultimately, you "subsidize" no one. In order to receive exactly what CPP pays Quebecois pay more (than AB or anywhere else)

[Gary McKenzie @gwmckenzie]

@dudeofleisure @calgaryherald Apparently, neither is knowledge of geography. I guess "city" is so easy to mistake for "province" ..

[Gary McKenzie @gwmckenzie]

@1_2_question @GlobalEdmonton Great comparison. They pay more, for the same benefits
https://t.co/Aqkvxa5fcr

[Gary McKenzie @gwmckenzie]

@dudeofleisure @calgaryherald I didn't mention NYC. The Olympic games are at least as high profile as the Empire State Building (and they've actually been around longer). Not knowing a city from a state is exactly comparable to city vs province..

[Gary McKenzie @gwmckenzie]

@ianmiles That was my first observation. If her mom made anywhere near $36k as a teller in 1980, it was through working overtime and weekends, not on base salary.

[Gary McKenzie @gwmckenzie]

@GlobalCalgary ..and she said she was leaving her "talk show" days behind. Leopards can't change their spots...

[Gary McKenzie @gwmckenzie]

@HowdyHiko @davidkarim @engineers_feed My exact thought was "What cell phone?"

[Gary McKenzie @gwmckenzie]

@IDmanUG @HusbandOfAyn @engineers_feed I think I'd go one further: mathematics is a numerical way of describing "reality". If you can't restate your math in "real world" terms, you don't really know what you're doing.