by "competent enough" do you mean the person is a licensed electrician and has a permit to do that work? There are a lot of places where anything more than changing out a fixture requires a permit and inspection... doing anything to a breaker panel in my area other than turning breakers on and off wades well into…

I was brought up by an avid organic gardening father, who composted everything that this list shows to. Years later when i visited my (now) in-laws in the city of Hamilton Ontario, I was happy to see that they had an active green bin program for composting, but was surprised that they were allowed to throw almost any…

agreed. I'd image it would make sense to dig a bit of a cavity underneath the tube that would fill with the concrete so there is a large mass acting like a footing underneath a basement foundation wall. It should help stop any frost heaving if this is an issue in your area, since it is heavier and would act like an…

Yeah, but she's totally lined up to get 20% of that $50 million dollars now though... no one has helped that Nigerian Prince yet....

telemarketing laws in Canada state that if you say that to them they have to stop calling, and if they don't they can get serious fines. They are trained to terminate the calls once you start saying that so if you don't say it fast enough, they can argue you didn't say it as the line as cut before you finished the…

There big telemarketer calls up here in Canada that are automated and start up once you say "Hello" —"thank you for choosing WestJet...blah blah blah"... I can spot them immediately because they are the same NPA and NNX of my cell phone, which is rare in my area. I usually swipe to ignore, and sometimes swipe to send…

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I wasn't the one that installed it, and it was painted. and if i had the extra money to change it out i would have. Previous home owners thought regular OSB and a coat of paint made it outdoor grade... and it doesn't. Read the WHOLE comment before getting snarky.

from personal experience, plywood will hold up longer on outside projects. We bought our house 11 years ago, and the shed looked like it was freshly clad with OSB and painted. Within 4-5 years mice had made their way through at ground level. I could actually see where they were getting in by year 5 - and they kept…

It's March 14, 2015, the last day the U.S. date will align with the first five digits of pi until 2115. If that's not cause for celebration, then I'd probably just find some other reason to review six of the best pies the U.S. has to offer. I'm dedicated like that.

or use a roll of cling wrap....

that's a regular sized pothole in my city now that the ice and snow has started to melt away...

or hot glue once you have a good layout... more of a pain to rearrange later though, but those suckers wont move.

we do the same - they both are allowed their toys until they open them up. They will play with a floating kong - not because it floats, but because it has a rope attached and they can tug with each other, or we can swing and throw them.

that would be better than the auto flusher that sprays you whenever you move more than a millimetre once you've sat down... I purposefully grab a fresh piece of tp and drape it over the optical sensor before I even bother undoing my belt when I see I'm in a stall with one of those.

you get a prize if you can flush with your foot while still hovering and holding a piece of paper towel in your hand.

whenever someone says they use sanitizer on everything or gets their kids to use it, i chcukle quietly and if pressed i just tel them sanitizer only kills some of the germs. whatever you were trying to clean off of your hands is still there, albeit a little more sterile. they usually cock an eyebrow or say "huh???"…

I wish there was something indestructible for my dogs to play with. We have a great dane/german sheppard mix who was once given an "indestructible" toy shaped like a plush cat but made with heavy duty canvas and reinforced stitching (http://www.fatcatinc.com/products/detai…). It was supposed to promote shake play -…

Deodorant: The basic function of deodorant is to combat the funk that your body starts to emit when too much bacteria builds up on your skin. As we've covered before, which brand you buy doesn't matter much and they mostly only differ by scent. Though you may want to consider unscented deodorant, as your personal…

Agreed. I still have all my Red Alert install discs. I remember playing that game in my high school years.... waiting quietly in my room for my parents to go to bed.... quietly booting up my pc with pillows packed around it to muffle the boot beeps (I later learned they could be disabled) and then playing it until…