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A bit of a highjack but sales ads on the GTA forum show up with a Goggle search. Could a supporting member post a sales ad in the Romper Room thus denying access to anyone but registered members? For a lot of things, the reduced coverage wouldn't work but the tradeoff is dealing with known...

The Trent was built as a commercial canal while the Rideau was military. While the Trent has been modernized with hydraulics the Rideau is gears and winches and the lockmaster's quarters are mini forts not little houses. Try not to get stuck overnight at the lock near Kingston as it's near the...

My wife worked for an insurance company and from what she saw, a lot of the so-called workers were there for the free coffee and internet. It they worked from home their work-related screen time would be easier to monitor and they wouldn't be making social circuits around the office for pet...

I found the Severn the most boring, the Trent the friendliest and the Rideau the most beautiful and interesting, except for the D boats.

If the mail sacks are too heavy the letter carriers could be given donkeys to carry the loads. CP and union managers could be reassigned to the positions.

Future needs: If our car was to suddenly dissolve in the rain, I would like to generally know what's out there so I occasionally window shop. Keeping up with sticker shock is also a factor. They used to leave the build list and MSRP on the cars so I could get a feel for the market without...

I put on about two hours today mostly on trails going up to the airport. I also made a wooden stand that lets me invert the bike without mauling the brake and shifter levers. I found the rear wheel slightly misaligned and with that corrected and on top of the derailleur adjustment the bike is...

I miss a friend's handwritten Christmas cards, written with a fountain pen. I also miss real donuts from the defunct Primrose Bakery and fresh from the garden beefsteak tomatoes.

I would have fewer issues if some common sense was used with E-stuff. Licensing of vehicles and drivers. As a minimum the equivalent of an M-1 license and a permanent plate as used on trailers. Add insurance. Apparently there is a $50 a year option. Of course, Aunty Kathy gave us the...

CP is somewhat unique in that technology has made its self-sustainability impossible in today's economy. It also happens in the private sector as in Block Buster Video. Every mall had a Singer Sewing Centre before it became cheaper to buy a piece of clothing than make it. I'm a Luddite at heart...

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A friend is dyslexic and occasionally gets screwed by similar tactics.

All I know is that my sticky tape temporary repairs stopped the leak. I've tried sticky tape repairs on air lines and they don't work well.

Princess Auto had a bike repair stand on sale dropped from $69.99 to $49.99 so I bought one. I took it home and tried it but took it back. It was a get what you paid for deal. Clamping was weak and major components plastic. It was a good idea done poorly.

The problem is that stupid people will elect stupid judges. As George Carlin said "You think about how dumb the average person is and then realize half of them are dumber than that"

The problem is that Chow is the mayor of Downtown Toronto and doesn't care about the suburbs. The suburbs had better representation in the past but amalgamation screwed that. And who cut back the number of city Counsellers?

A few years back I smelled gas outside the house and called Enbridge responded quickly and found the original steel pipe had corroded just above grade. He fixed it by wrapping some tape around it and said a crew would come in a few weeks to replace the line. It was more like a few months. NG is...

It's always a pain to mount different wheels, the reason I have about six of the things in spite of me disliking the concept.

I have used water in a CTC undercoating spray gun at 90 PSI and if works, sort of.

According to the guy trying to sell me one, the boosters can't be used without a battery. However he said there was a trick to fool the unit into thinking there was a battery. The month dead battery would be like boosting a brick.