Recent content by nobbie48

Whatever you do, do not rake up the blossoms and leave them in a garbage pail that will get water in it. They will rot and smell like pig chit. We put them out for collection and they smelled so bad the garbage men wouldn't take them. I had to bury them in the garden.

BTW If you guys think car shops are bad, try the hosing you get a cottage country marina.

A friend hired a chick as an electrical apprentice and productivity slumped. She was fine but the guys spent too much time watching her butt.

While a M/C isn't covered by the constitution the comment "when I see a hidden plate they usually run" is of concern. If the italicized part was a race or gender, it would show prejudice. What collected statistics show the percentage of plate hiders to be runners?

I've found that there's typically four reasons for a stuck bolt. 1) Corrosion- Heat, impacts, penetrating oils work to various degrees and in combination. The shock of an impact gun sometimes does more than leverage. Also you can use all your strength holding the socket onto the bolt, letting...

My brother was a M/C cop and got into chasing another M/C. After the rider stopped my brother got off his bike to do the usuals and the rider took off. He eventually caught the runner and it was all about him not having all his paperwork. After that, when the offending bike stopped, the rider...

I knew a guy that raced pigeons and tracked their performance, giving the slower ones to a friend of his wife. I asked what she did with them and was told "She cooks them." Now there's an incentive plan.

My good guy has retired. When he did an oil change he looked around under the car as the oil was draining and checked things that the dealer would charge for. He knew granny type customer only drove 50 KM a week and didn't need NASCAR spec brakes. Sometimes he'd give me a heads up that the...

So how do the suburbanites get to work or go shopping without a car? Public transit sucks even if it exists. Corner stores are no longer being built. Instead, miles away, they build a mall or bunch of big box stores.

It doesn't always work

Old joke A pole goes for an eye test and the optician tells him to read the chart. The guy says: "Read it? I know the guy."

Toronto's housing plan includes Toronto has been implementing zoning changes to increase housing density and create more diverse housing options, particularly along major streets and in low-rise neighborhoods. These changes include permitting multiplexes (2-5 unit buildings) in all residential...

"The Dow Jones Industrial Average, a key indicator of stock market performance, did not return to its pre-crash levels of 1929 until November 23, 1954. This recovery took over two decades, as the stock market experienced a sharp decline during the Great Depression." A 65 YO person retiring in...

My main holdings scarily bounce around but comparing them to the day before Trump's election and today the difference, when RRIF withdrawals are factored in, is negligible. The interest from a GIC could put a thumb on the scale a little but timing a recovery could hurt. I wonder what would...

An in-law tended to show up when it was convenient for her. We had invited her to join us for a family outing and gave her a departure time. She hadn't arrived on time and after a short wait I called "All aboard" and we piled in and started backing down the driveway, just as she showed up. She...