To be fair, you are supposed to drive to the end of the lane that is merging in before merging. This way all cars are merging at a single point. If you chose to merge 1/2 a mile back because you knew the lane would end, that is very courteous of you, however it is not the way merging out of a lane that will cease to…

I’m flying into DC for work on Sunday, hopefully. Thus far there are no talks of postponing the trip ... sigh ...

Just a few months ago I just about go run over in this type of situation, fortunately the car saw me and stopped ... with less than a meter to spare.

For the last two years I have been making my own apple sauce from the apples that grow in our yard. Homemade is so much thicker, if feel hearty and never needs extra sugar.

Both my family and my wife’s family have started doing name draws for all the adults involved. This means you buy one gift for one person, and you get one gift. This allows the giver to spend a bit more and get something that the receiver really wants.

A few years ago I had an ambulance ride, luckily it was covered by insurance (It was only $60 thanks to the subsidized health care here in Canada, but it was $60 I did not have to pay!)

I drink my coffee as black as it can be made, the milk/cream and sugar ruin the flavor.

I got lucky and when to a trade school for 2 years, to get a Technology diploma. After that the school had a 6 month program, which if you passed, guaranteed you admission into the local University 3rd year Engineering. Best way to get an Engineering degree ever! Saved a lot on tuition, and learned all the practical…

When I bought a car 5 years ago they dealer had the mud flaps, floor mats, and step bars on everything. I really didn’t want the step bars and got them to take them off but in hindsight realize that I should have negotiated to get the roof rack or hitch put on in place. As it is I left some money on the table when…

I use my mower more in the winter than the summer. in the summer the grass dies and the weeds only need mowing once every 6 weeks or so.

I opt for the crescent wrench quite often, however there are situations where a ratcheting socket set makes it a lot easier. Specifically when the nut is recessed, or you only have a few inches of rotation before hitting an obstacle.

My problem is I need both a metric and an imperial socket set as there doesn’t seem to be consistent usage.

I feel your pain, the first year of my son’s life was sleep hell. We got lucky and he has settled into a good 6:30 or 7pm bed time and 6-6:30 am wake up.

The bike commute home is definitely key to decompressing. Then once home I start prepping dinner for when the wife and kids roll up about 30 minutes later.

We added cardboard to the window this summer for both our 4 yr old and 1yr old. That made the rooms dark enough bedtime became a winnable battle .... most of the time

Wow, that is a bit of a pain with a kid that age. With my two kids we found that as they got older the length of the afternoon nap had to be monitored very closely, too long of a nap and no sleep until two hours past regular bed time, not enough sleep and they are crabby until bed time.

I am very surprised to see a Mana song referenced here. Used to listen to them all the time in high school when I lived in South America. Up here in Canada hardly anyone has heard of them.

Actually it has been around since Windows 8. I know because I set up an account for my 3 year old, at the time, and was impressed that I could get emails about the computer usage.

I switched to a mechanical keyboard because my finger joints were getting sore from typing on membrane keyboards where the keys need to be bottomed out to register a press.

I still love my budget 42” Panasonic Plasma that I bought way back in 2009. It is still going strong and has absolutely lovely picture quality.