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After the power outage last night, I got to thinking that maybe it is time to get a backup power generator set. The choices are diesel, gas, or natural gas. Does anyone have any recommendations as to which fuel type to use? Also, the diesel gen sets from places like Princess Auto (for around a...

A former work colleague of mine took a hazard notices course at the University of Wisconsin, Madison when we both worked for a factory automation company in the GTA. He met the trial lawyer who handled the case for the woman who was burned. According to the lawyer, the woman was intelligent. The...

Good point - I think that right off the top that women's washrooms should be twice the size of the men's because the respective times needed by each gender are different. Any women's washroom should be able to accommodate more people (ideally women too but that is another topic) As to why there...

You may well be right. There used to be this consideration that whoever's need was greater would dictate the probable outcome. For example, going through the doorway to a washroom. Generally, incoming has the right of way because their need is greater - when you gotta go, you gotta go. Likewise...

I find that the best way to get through crowds in Toronto is to not look at the people and instead look for the spaces between them. If I do look at them, then target fixation starts to kick in. As well, it is useful I find to start to anticipate where the gaps will form which means I need to...

Sounds like a plan. Just another thing to consider is that if you develop expertise in the assessment of failures (I assume you are referring to Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and the like), you may want to consider doing work for Transport Canada. Aircraft crash investigation...

Would this business work as a mix of service/repair, custom fabrication, and manufacturing? If you started perhaps in servicing and repairing existing trailer installations and building up your custom fabrication business, it might give you a better understanding of what would sell in the way of...

A fellow I used to work with has a Tacoma, the extended cab version with a V6 engine. He uses it for family camping, towing a small camping trailer, and it seems to work well for him and his family (of four). He has said that the fuel consumption is a bit higher than he would like but that it is...

VW diesels are great when they work but as noted by Brian P. and others, compliance with the specified maintenance intervals and the use of the specified consumables are both critical. I believe too that it is a mistake to buy a used VW unless you can be 100 percent certain that the car was...

I will leave it to others to say if I am a smart guy but one theory about the vikings is that the adventurous, seafaring raiders were all killed off through their exploits and the ones that remained were calmer and less aggressive. Some would call this natural selection: calm, passive parents...

Dexter - yes, I think there are a lot of people who harbour that desire. But Dexter is a character in a TV series and the show runners are selling a dream I suppose. Are you interested in the entertainment industry? Perhaps you could look at being a supplier of equipment or perhaps get...

I think that what you say makes a lot of sense. I believe that we are in a really different world than even 20 years ago. There is so much competition and so many opportunities out there that it doesn't make a whole of sense to stay in place. If I were a young person today, I would take...

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I would be supportive, listen to them, and offer to serve as a reference if you are comfortable doing that. I would also recommend you warm up your network of contacts and head hunters. I don't know why your management chose to do this now but I think that we are going into another round of...

Like all great villains, he would not have believed he was a villain. He saw himself as committed and dedicated and he believed his cause was just. And he was a student of history. He reminded me a bit of Patton as played by George C.Scott, albeit not as bombastic but no less likely to identify...

I use a set of snow tires mounted on steel rims. My present set is on its sixth winter (a set of Pirellis). Oddly enough, my fuel economy is generally better with the snow tires than with the summer tires. This probably has to do with the colder air (denser) and no air conditioning. I also find...

My favourite villain is the Operative from Serenity. http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20060626004345/firefly/images/0/07/Operative2.jpg

Your best bet is to repay what you owe. Simply put, a good credit score is essential if you want to have any sort of long-term relationship. Why would a partner want to take on your debt or your bad financial habits? And if they did, believe me, you will end up on one of those credit counselling...

The situation with youth unemployment is a precursor of a larger problem and that is a growing amount of unemployment in all age groups. Simply put, we in Canada, and in many other countries are not investing in companies that can provide products and services that people want to buy. Unlike...

It may well be that these able-bodied people are unemployed or underemployed and they do not have the skills or education to get a job that pays them a decent wage. On the other hand, suggesting that we add almost 800,000 million dollars to what is now paid out of our pockets seems to be a...