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.

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…