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@ShiroKuro said in What happens to a car when…:
@Bernard said in What happens to a car when…:
automatic headlight hi-lo beam switching.
How does that work?
Hmmm… over the past two years I have noticed far more people leaving their high beams on until they are way closer than they should be, rendering me pretty much blind as the oncoming driver. Now I am wondering if those cars just have this new technology and they take too long (in my opinion) to see the oncoming car and switch?
The V&A was one of my favourite places in London! I would be interested to visit the storehouse!!
@jodi yep - that story is a common one.
There was an amazing IMO Canadian comedy musical group in the 1990s called Corky and the Juice Pigs. In 1993 they released a song called Americans. Near the end the lyrics are
We are Americans
We are Americans
We carry great big guns
We are Americans
We all wear
Canadian flags
When we travel
On our bags
If you want to listen to the song it’s on YouTube
Great work, Cindy!
@wtg said in Who is the biggest threat to world peace?:
@dolmansaxlil - is it as bad from the Canadian perspective as this poll indicates it is?
In a word, yes.
I live in an EXTREMELY right wing socially conservative area. People who were part of the stupid convoys during COVID and who cheered when Trump won. Even folks here have soured on the US. In more urban areas, it is even more pronounced. It’s actually pretty great for many Canadians. Small businesses are doing better than ever and “buy Canadian” matters. When we grocery shop we buy products produced in the USA only as a last resort. Our grocery store doesn’t carry much US produce anymore. Many friends (including us) refuse to cross the border even though, at less than an hour door to door (including border traffic) Detroit is incredibly convenient. His recent nonsense about the new Gordie Howe bridge has gotten everyone in our area riled up again because we payed for the construction of the damn thing - on both sides of the border.
The other thing to keep in mind is that many Canadians never LOVED the US. It has always been a grudging respect because they were the bully next door so we have always been resigned to just being under the shadow. But Canadians biggest point of pride is NOT being American. It’s pretty much our national identity. So I think public opinion is just as terrible as your article shows, but also, I don’t think the US was as loved by Canadians as many Americans think it was prior to this.
I wear an Apple Watch. I appreciate the health functions, as well as the workout functions and how it pairs with Fitness+. The battery is going on it, so I may need to replace it soon. That is definitely a drawback - they don’t have much longevity.
@wtg My parents cottage isn’t too far from Lake Nipissing! Their cottage was at Lost Channel (see arrow on map). Now they are about 5 miles down the road from there.
And this is a picture of the kid, circa 2009, feeing the chipmunks at said Lost Channel cottage.
I wish we had chipmunks in our residential neighbourhoods here. They do live in forested areas here, and a few hours north (where my parents have a very modest cottage) they are everywhere! They are ridiculously cute - way better than squirrels!
We have grey squirrels here (many of which are black in colour, but still grey squirrels). We do apparently have American Red Squirrels here, though they aren’t as common in residential/urban areas and I rarely see them. Our red squirrels don’t look like the UK version though - they just look like smaller, reddish versions of the grey ones.
Your robins are so much cuter than ours! Ours are known as a sign of spring.
@AdagioM said in What are you reading?:
@Steve-Miller I love Samin Nosrat. I gave kiddo2 Salt Fat Acid Heat for Christmas, and I received her Good Things from Mr. AM.
Have you listened to her podcast, Home Cooking, with Hrishikesh Hirway? It started at the beginning of the pandemic, and it’s funny and enlightening.
+1 to all of this!!
@wtg said in Living out of a suitcase at age 80:
Edward Connors, the guy who started Gold's Gym. He's living in Puglia in Italy for now.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/edward-connors-lecce-italy-move-80-years-old
I would totally do that. I feel like you would have to have quite a bit of financial security to make it work, but it sounds heavenly.
I have literally never seen a Hallmark romance, but some of my favourite actors from tv shows basically make a living making them now!
I tend to revisit old series as my comfort watch. So much so that Rob and I now have a running note where we add each show as we rewatch so we can cycle through them without watching them TOO close together. Currently rewatching Big Bang Theory.
I assume these folks and the tradwife Venn diagram is just a circle?
I user to make a vegetation stock (and pressure canned it) just keeping all my veggie scraps (including onion skin) in a bag in the freezer (no cruciferous veg). Once I had a large freezer ziplock full I put it in our large crockpot and filled to the top with water. 6-8 hours later I strained the stock and either froze or pressure canned it. I loved having it around and someday I’ll probably go back to making it.
There is a localish company called Mitchell’s soup that we really love for bean soups. Their split pea soup is heavenly - it doesn’t get thick and gloppy like some do. They tell you to add ham or bacon but honestly next time I won’t bother. I usually fry an onion in the bottom of the pot as well. I’ve never been a huge soup fan but over the last couple years have gotten more into it. I turn 50 this year so perhaps I’m part of the old people phenomenon?
I’ve been out to shovel twice so far. My surrounding neighbours have all done the same. Way better than dealing with it all at once! Especially since then the bottom layer gets more compacted and harder to shovel. We have only gotten about 6” so far.
Congratulations! It was so stressful waiting for Rob’s permanent residency when we went through that whole process years ago. He got his citizenship a couple years ago, and it is such a weight off of our minds to have the whole thing done!
It’s just started here - maybe an inch so far. We are on the northern edge of the storm, so the forecasts are varying wildly - anything from 10 cm to 25 cm. We shall see!
@Steve-Miller said in Ok, I'd humbly like to ask...:
On your recommendation I used convert image for a long time and it worked great!
But it doesn’t work anymore and I can’t figure out why. Any ideas?
I’m glad it was working for you! Mine still works well - maybe delete the shortcut and try adding it again from my link above? Just going to post an image here as a double check that all is well…
