Just to point out, the province of Alberta has more measles case than the entire us, with a population of under 5 million people.

Coincidentally, the area where is this spreading most is the least vaccinated part of the province.

Tommy Douglas, who was voted the greatest Canadian in history, was responsible for introducing universal healthcare.

You skipped over the part where you attempt to plug it in, flip the USB connector attempt again, flip it again, and finally it goes in.

Presumably it was carefully calculated so that this bill would still pass as long as Vance cast the deciding vote.

Coincidentally, I speak English, French and Japanese, and am learning Spanish (and I learned German and Sesotho in the distant past). I cheated, however all except Spanish were learned at least partially by immersion in places where they speak it.

That was the thing that bothered me most as well. It’s supposed to be the most advanced society on Earth, and they use a kind of trial by combat to decide their leader.

Not to mention how clichéd it was in The Avengers for them to be running around with spears (or weapons that looked like spears), as if they had a particular fondness for a stone age motif.

And both the men’s and women’s fragrances have a statuette of a man (presumably an idealized Trump from about 50 years ago). So I guess they think that women want to be Trump too. That’s just as delusional as thinking that men want to be Trump.

I have had nicks in my windshield due to gravel thrown up by vehicles traveling in the opposite direction.

And then she has no way to call him…

Without the manufacturer’s drivers, I couldn’t even print a page of text.

It’s a Brother B&W laser with integrated scanner. About 6 years old, so it should be fully supported. We can’t view toner levels or scan from the printer (press a button on the printer to start a scan and have it automatically accepted by the computer. I have installed the separate driver for this functionality, but it isn’t working).

We haven’t yet tried some features like double-sided printing.

I installed Mint on my wife’s computer last week, and we have had problems getting the printer to print, and then to scan. I’ve installed the manufacturer’s driver a couple of times and it seems to do those functions okay, but some features still don’t work.

They’re trying very hard to be Texas north. The Premier of the province is ignoring science and, in many cases, logic. Anti-vax. That’s one reason they have more measles than the entire USA. There is even a fringe group that wants Alberta to secede from Canada and join the US.

The economy is largely based on oil, so many of them deny climate change.

Ironically, they have some of the most beautiful scenery in the country, if not the world.

Following on what you said, it’s also true that for a long time it was difficult for women to get published in the science fiction genre. Many of them relied on male pseudonyms (i.e. Andre Norton, James Tiptree Jr.).

But OP was speaking specifically about fantasy books, and not specifying only bestsellers.

My guess, with no data to back it up, is that both men and women enjoy writing fantasy and science fiction, and many of them are good at it.

But writing science fiction often requires a science background, and historically there are many more men than women who have that. It is certainly becoming more balanced, but the difference is still there.

So women, who generally don’t have as scientific a background, turn to fantasy where they can create their own worlds.

Thanks for the notice. I’ve been lazy about sending out games recently, but I will take care of what remains.

I recently learned that leaded gas is still used for aviation. Some small planes like Cessnas can be 80 years old and still flying, but do not have engines that are certified to run on leaded gas. So they have leaded.

It may seem silly, but aside from commuting time the biggest advantage for me was being able to use my own bathroom. No bidets in the office washroom!

I have barely watched non-streaming TV for probably a decade or more, but I believe that in Canada it is much more difficult to advertise pharmaceuticals or law services. I think they can do it, but there are a lot of restrictions.

Certainly when I’m subjected exposed to American TV, the number of pharmaceutical commercials is staggering.