https://support.google.com/legal/troubleshooter/1114905?hl=en

I think you’d probably be better off talking to a local financial advisor and/or real estate agent than just asking lemmy over and over.

Evidence suggests you were mistaken for a bot.

I’m a big rereader in general, but occasionally a book will grab me so hard that I finish it & begin again right away. I’ve had two of those in the past year:

• Moonbound by Robin Sloan
• Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford

I don’t think it means that silence will necessarily benefit you materially – rather that silence is something precious or valuable. Maybe consider the proverb’s relation to these similar ones:

Still waters run deep.

Better to close one’s mouth and be thought a fool, than open one’s mouth and prove it.

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves, but a fool’s heart blurts out folly.

A wise old owl sat in an oak:
The more he heard, the less he spoke.
The less he spoke, the more he heard;
Why aren’t we all like that wise old bird?

Some books I buy to read now. Some books I buy to read at an undefined “later.” Browsing my shelves is exciting when I know there are books there that I’ve yet to really encounter.

To become a Canadian citizen you’d have to start by emigrating here, then get your Permanent Resident status, and then apply for citizenship.

Here’s some general information in immigrating to Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada.html

Oh! I had one just like that when I was a kid!

I’m not sure about online sources, but this is a solid reference book: https://editors.ca/publications/editing-canadian-english/

I use a mix of the two depending on the word.

Hello, may I introduce you to Canadian English?

Who exactly is examining your purchase orders for childfree ideological purity? You’re a grownup. If you want the comfy pillow, you can buy the comfy pillow.

Someone recast Elf as a thriller: https://youtube.com/watch?v=EkwdYSn3Uws

Not quite what you’re asking, but similar energy I think!

Even if the length is the same, men’s shoes tend to be wider than women’s (sometimes much wider). So swapping is great if you’re a woman with wide feet, but if you’re a man with wide or even average feet, it would be much harder to swap to a woman’s shoe.

The US has a huge number of cities named after cities/regions in other parts of the world, e.g.:

• Moscow, Idaho
• Ottawa, Illinois
• Brussels, Wisconsin
• Ontario, California
• Paris, Texas
• etc!

Adding the country or state designation after one of these names is helpful for clarity.

In May my spouse and I are going away together for a few days without the kids for the first time in a decade.

The tulip and daffodil leaves are emerging in our gardens and soon we will have flowers.

Our church is starting up again this week & I love choir.