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Paris was the dirtiest city I’ve been to, but that was 40+ years ago. We’re doing a river cruise to Germany. Been on lots of ocean ones, but never a river. The last time we tried to go to Egypt, there was an insurrection, so I doubt we’ll get there this lifetime.

I use it but no where near its potential.

The 2026 Outlander PHEV appears to have ditched the Nissan engine in favour of a 4B12. Escape and RAV4 were on the list until those companies removed themselves. Lincoln, Cadillac, Lexus, Volvo, and the Germans were too pricey. The car I most regret getting rid of was a 93 Legacy turbo that...

Leading entry now is a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Toyota is a year long waiting list. Also looking at Toyota Crown Signia, Subaru Forester, Honda CRV hybrids, and secondary list is Sportage & Tucson. It's only the first of August, but many dealers seem to have limited supply of 2026's & no...

Had a transport truck run me into the ditch on the back of the dragon. I have no idea how he got out as he was well in and it was 50 km of twisties.

I’ve known many more people who’ve died as electricians than philosophers.

Mine runs along the baseboards and through walls in the basement, then up the side of a kitchen cupboard, through the ceiling to the linen closet, into the attic and then down through individual closets and along baseboards. There is a switch at each connection point. Everything is accessible...

Here’s our pergola. It appears to be mounted in those concrete cutouts for decks, underneath the deck. Here’s the tin over our woodpecker hole. The wood under the left window corner is rotted in about a six inch by four foot area. I suspect there was a leak in the old window frame...

My experience has been that people go to smaller areas, because they can’t get an appointment. I found Ottawa to be much worse for running stop signs and red lights, having trouble staying in the lines, and unnecessarily driving in the leftmost lanes, than Toronto.

Six months to a year for a plug in hybrid rav 4. Might have to go full hybrid, full electric or back to ice.

Won't help you much, but I have a 2015 Odyssey EX-L with 317,000 km on it. Only had one transmission issue a couple of years in. We got stuck in line at Tim Horton's. It was in gear, but would no longer move. I got help to push it out of the line. Had it towed to a shop, and when they...

Hopefully, I’m northeast of it now. Got tired of the grey skies, while trying to help my 92 year old father buy new shoes that fit. He needs to get a handicapped sticker, so we don’t have to jaywalk across Danforth like Tim Conway. Edit: Blue skies and scattered clouds in Ottawa this fine...

What did we do fifty years ago, that we no longer do to prevent forest fires?

Seems better than the ‘60’s smog days. Toronto got the nickname “the big smoke”.

Looking at vehicles. I think we have two circuits that the jacuzzi tub is on that could be repurposed for charging. Before we were looking only at hybrids, but now we have more leeway. Any current picks?

If it has a reputation as a crappy dealer, then it doesn’t matter if you live next door. I have a shop a few miles down the street that I trust with my bike. I’ll see if there are issues when they need to order parts.

People used to buy dynamite at the hardware for “environmental purposes”, not that long ago. Neighbour of mine used to blow up beaver dams with it.

Someone’s selling tandem rigs on Ottawa Facebook marketplace of all places. “All complete tandem Sigmas and Micro Sigmas - NZA and Icarus mains - Vigil Cuatro All inspected and airworthy. Please contact me to see the inspection reports and prices for each rig. These are tandem rigs Marie-Eve...

Glad I took this earlier, there are thunderstorms and blackouts here in Ottawa now.