We put all the candy in the communal ‘Candy Box’ when the kids ask for dessert, they can each pick out something to have. Between Halloween, Christmas, and Easter, the box has never been empty and the kids always know that even getting one candy is a treat.

Hmmm, I wonder if I can create a setup that will let me translate a live cycling race stream from Dutch to English?

I’ve always had great results getting my Passport photos done and London Drugs. They were also half the price of Walmart.

What if it is a large buck, or even a moose? Then hitting it has a very high chance of killing one or more passengers. Swerving saves the animal’s life but puts the passengers at risk still.

Funny, I have two kids, a regular job, and I ride a bike every day. I ride a bike for numerous reasons, it is my exercise for the day, no need to hit the gym after kids are in bed, and it is a lot cheaper than owning a second car. Doesn’t hurt that I enjoy being outside and breathing fresh air.

I just read this a couple months ago! A great read. I had previously read a fair bit about the exploration of the North West Passage, but this book imagines what they must have gone through so well.

For the first time I am actually dealing with Visa on a claim for a vacuum that died one month out of the standard warranty. I have to say, so far the experience has been fantastic. More time was spent on the phone waiting for an agent than actually talking to an agent.

For my wife and I it was about establishing the routine early in life so that it wouldn’t need to change when we were both at work again and needing to be out of the house by 8am.

Our 2 year old is in bed between 6:30 and 7, the 5 year old between 7 and 7:30. They both wake up at 7am, give or take 15 minutes.

Try tried on hummus, ketchup, or yogurt. Rarely does it come completely off, instead the hot water rinses some off and bakes on the rest.

I have decided that the food macerator is the worst feature a dishwasher could have. I never even though about it until I was buying a brand new one a few years ago. It is so much quieter to not have the macerator, there are fewer moving parts to fail, and the filter screen at the bottom of the tub is the easiest…

This year I rebuild all my raised beds and am trying a bunch of different crops from seed.

I’ve used a rubber bungie cord to get off a stuck oil filter. Just wrap it around a use it like a filter wrench. The rubber of the cord grips well but the stretch of it allows you to exert a lot more torque.

I take my kids into the liquor store if I have them with me. There is no excuse for leaving kids in a car unattended, even if it is just for 5 minutes.

I have the fortune of having a dad who is very handy. I have learned an immense amount from him. The problem is that he lives in the same city and I am always concerned that he could have done the job better than I did, so I end up calling him to help and get tips more often than I should.

Window treatments really are a killer. Last year we put a cellular shade in the large living room window $800 installed.

This clearly isn’t meant for the average single router home. My networking gear, that is all mount centrally, consists of. 1 Managed Switch (separate VLAN for the suite internet ), 1 NAS, 1 Power Line Ethernet adapter, 1 Wireless AP. Not in the central closet are the Suite AP, and the ISP firewall/modem.

Unfortunately the way you present yourself is as a selfish, self absorbed, irrational human being. I too have to deal with wedging myself into a seat when I fly, however I am not going to get enraged at the person in front of my if they use a feature that is built into the plane.

If you don’t like it, then you have a couple options:

I’ve been upgraded to Business class a handful of times on Air Canada. I don’t know why, but suspect it was due to an over full plane with space upfront available.