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One problem with a poorly prepared meal is it ruins the evening if it needs to be corrected so too often one makes do if it isn't toxic. Reordering means someone is out of the dining pattern. We were the guests so it was even more difficult. I'm not naming the place as it was a while back and...

I have a welder and big hammer?

In a humane war they could coat the bullets in the stuff.

The Flying Saucer in NF is a break from the normal. If dining outside you have to protect your bacon from the seagulls.

Gibby's I warned my sister that the prices were like a manual transmission. Every shift was $100 a head and it was a six speed.

My favourite prime rib sandwich was at the Low Gap Cafe just outside of Jasper Arkansas. OSB furniture, cracked concrete floors, people arriving on bikes, canoes and horseback. Good food. I'd rather go to a place with a nice ambiance, character and views while spending half the money to get...

It's a nice rags to riches story but the servings have been worked over by accountants.

What gets me is the families in the USA living in cars and eating at fast food outlets. Here McD combos for four will set you back $50. A cooked chicken at Costco is $8.00, $10.00 at a budget grocery. Add a bag of salad and some starch ie potato salad and pocket the extra $30.00. Drink water...

Family diners rarely get Michelin ratings but some serve good grub. Laki's in Smithville gets a visit when I'm picking up some hardwood at the woodshed. CB is off my radar just because. I've seen a couple of diners go the Cora route, breakfast and lunch only and closed at 3:00. It's an...

I've been to the Keg twice recently, once for lunch and once for dinner. The price difference wasn't that great per person and I preferred the lunch menu.

A lot of trendy recipes are based on using peasant cuts of meat, improved by marinades and wines. Since you're saving a bundle on eating at home you can upgrade the dish by using a better grade meat.

Doom and gloom Canada newscasts say 4000 will close in 2026 on top of the 7000 that closed in 2025. I don't know how many new starts there were last year or the forecast for 2026. Net gain or loss year to year. Cold start up restaurants are brutally expensive and many fail. If a second owner...

Considering how much attention he's been bringing in, I vote for the multiple location theory.

A bundle of shingles weighs about 80 pounds. Getting 50 of those onto my roof isn't fun, the reason they have the ladder lifts. Don't put them all in one spot. A lady I know had contracted to have their roof replaced but everything went south when the contractor stepped onto the roof and his...

Same for MPs and the PM.

It's odd that the home owner had himself obtained a demolition permit and disconnected utilities, before the place got destroyed. He had also had "Forgotten" to renew his insurance.

235 pound shingle = 235 pounds per square, 100 SF. My roof had about two tons of shingles on it. I wasn't worried about putting on the second layer in 1985 but, against my better judgement, helped my step father put a third layer of asphalt over a layer of cedars. I think the nails were 2-1/2".

When King Charles was a prince he grew organic thatch which was expensive but lasted longer. When the owner built that oak-beamed house five hundred years ago he was supposed to plant an oak tree in the back yard. If he had done that he'd have the new beam. There's some online tale about that...

Few people in cities stay that long in one house and the future value is questionable. The ROI of almost every renovation / upgrade is negative. Young buyers move up. Older folks move to the cottage or condo when the nest is empty. The 50 year window doesn't cover a lot.

I don't like the look of metal but that's subjective. Noise could depend on whether or not it has sound deadening. Ice shedding is a problem. I was in the business and solutions are not cheap. Roofing prices are a joke. The first quote on a similar but slightly smaller roof than yours was...