Anybody up for a random meme dump?

I saw on the news a while back about the National Park Service expanding internet service to the great outdoors, and I wondered why anyone would want that. I guess this is the reason why.

I prefer when I'm in the mountains to NOT have cell service... Now granted I do have Starlink but that was more so I could have streaming service if wanted...
While I'm no where near as fanatical as Zorba (could be the dress) I do agree that cell phones are too much at times..
 
I didn't sign up for this thread for stuff that ain't funny!!!!

Is this better?

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So did the Canucks have healthcare workers quitting in droves over the vaxx like we did?

Disclaimer: I usually keep my mouth shut when lacking sufficient facts and/or knowledge. I'm usually lacking sufficient facts and/or knowledge. 😁

That said, I noted at least some nurses exiting during the vax either on principle or firing. In droves? Dunno.

In years prior there was a notable exodus with claims of insufficient renumeration.

Tim
 
Disclaimer: I usually keep my mouth shut when lacking sufficient facts and/or knowledge. I'm usually lacking sufficient facts and/or knowledge. 😁

That said, I noted at least some nurses exiting during the vax either on principle or firing. In droves? Dunno.

In years prior there was a notable exodus with claims of insufficient renumeration.

Tim

I work for a large consulting firm that is the second largest designer of Hospitals worldwide. I've been working with a lot of hospitals we design on "start up" both in the US and Canada. The lack of staff is real and verifiable. It's not in the media narratives much however.

We have higher pay and better conditions in the US and we still are seeing fewer and fewer highly skilled RN's and/or physicians/surgeons. In Canada it's much worse. Especially so in eastern Canada. I'm not positive on the reasons but it's not great and getting worse from what I'm being told.

We will not be fully equipping many areas of a couple large facilities in Canada. The projects were both started Pre-COVID with P3 deliveries. Eventually they tax burden will move to the Provincial governments and the people will get to pay for buildings that won't be fully utilized.

In the US we're seeing retirements accelerate for many providers and nurses. It's very difficult for a new facility to staff many areas with qualified personnel. What went down during COVID is very much a part of it too.
 
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We have a massive hospital project in Ontario that will be finished in 3 years. It will be nearly 3M SF... they are telling us it will probably not open fully for a decade after it's finished because they have no one to staff it.. during COVID they all went to the US to actually make some money. But hey... let's still build a hospital that won't be used.

We did that in Alberta and are building them all over the place in BC too. None will be fully staffed upon completion.

Well that's easy to fix. Just lay out the welcome mat for immigrants to do the work that Canadians won't do.