Victorinox Swiss Army knives have a lifetime warranty. I found an old one years ago that was in rough shape, including rust. Sent it in and they sent me back a brand new knife.

My options are to bus to work, takes 45 minutes from my front door to sitting at my desk, or I can bike which takes 30-40 (13 km - 15 km) minutes (depending on the route) + change time. The economics of biking are in my favor, and I have a much more enjoyable day and better sleep at night when biking. In fact I have…

This is what I do as well. My dad has done it this way as long as I can remember, and once I finally had my own house I quickly discovered it was the best method I had seen

I use the same method for my 100 ft garden hose. It is wonderful to be able to pull the hose to the back of the yard without getting a single kink in it!

I agree with this SO much.

My wife makes kale pesto regularly. Kale Pesto on bug shaped noodles is a guaranteed meal for the 4 year old and the 1 year old!

I have been considering using a rain barrel for collection, however my concern is that the rain patterns where I live have a lot of rain in the fall/winter/spring, but when I really need to be watering the veggies and other plants, there is no measureable rainfall for months.

Yeah, I knew it was out of stock. Though I am chocked they were selling it for $179 and I missed out.

I am saving money for one this very moment. After spending way too many hours researching the best small form factor pc for a media PC, the HP Stream Mini finally became available in Canada!

No passcode on my phone. A lot of it is laziness, but there is one explicit reason as well.

We have a group of friends that arranges to drop off dinner every other night for the first 2 - 3 weeks after baby is born. For us it was very helpful as you don’t have to worry about what to cook for those days. Another great option is to make a bunch of freezer meals that they can stash for the days cooking just…

Rather than getting a stroller get them gift cards for a stroller. My wife and I took months upon months of researching, going to the store and looking, browsing used ads, and so on before we decided on the stroller for us. Now is has survived two kids and innumerable walks and rain storms.

Actually, I'm Canadian. And it is very much a problem due to the legislation requiring car seats and booster seats. The car seats are supposed to be used until they are over 3 and most kids are in boosters of one kind or another until 8.

A very important point to consider, that ties into finances, is that once you have three children the affordability of vehicles that the family will be comfortable in goes way down. With two kids you can easily fit in a mid sized sedan or larger vehicle. With three, you need to switch to a 8 person station wagon, mini…

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Sure hope those studies are right. Just this weekend my 1 yr old kept dropping his cheese string in the garden then picking it up and eating it. It was hard, but I figure that I ate a lot more disgusting things as a child and I survived just fine and rarely ever get sick.

I had my four year old daughter help me stack fire wood this week. Yet getting her to do any indoor chores is a constant fight.

Just an FYI that I only discovered two days ago:

Oh, I have been trying the beer and chips diet and still haven't put on weight. I ride bike to work, about 27 km round trip, every work day of the year. That seems to be a good way to offset the beer and chips.

I'm 6'1" and currently weight 155lbs, that is the most I have ever weighed and it is due to the fact that in the last year I cycled almost 6000 km and had to increase the diet to account for it. Honestly, weighing more than 150lbs is a huge psychological barrier for me because it made me feel like I was putting on…