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Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 8th 2021, 4:42 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

I was kindly prompted to come back & have a wander around :).
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 8th 2021, 4:29 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Thought I’d stick my head around the door and wave “hello” :).

Nice to see some familiar names, nice to see that not a lot has changed ;).
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Apr 23rd 2018, 5:50 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

I found this interesting and am still digging...

The history of voting in Canada | Canadian Immigrant (http://canadianimmigrant.ca/living/community/the-history-of-voting-in-canada)
...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 15th 2017, 11:50 am
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

^^^ this. The story makes no sense to me as even the sometimes odd & antiquated Cdn banking system does allow electronic transfers of large sums of money.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 2nd 2017, 5:12 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

:nod:

I was alerted to this nonsense by Son who made a rather pithy (bilingual to boot) comment on social media about it, which has stirred up a hornets’ nest.

We’re all a bit abasourdi on the...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 17th 2017, 6:51 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

As a small child, I always thought t’South started after Huddersfield, then Sheffield, possibly, if one stretches a point ;)

Then I heard the alternative view which was that the North starts at...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 24th 2017, 3:20 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

BTDT with coffee machines, back when the sprogs were still living at home & one developed an appalling habit of making/drinking flavoured Coffee.

I can’t remember the last time I had a posh...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 24th 2017, 2:40 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Teapot saga: I have to laugh at myself.

Having done some classic Brit moaning and groaning, not to say whining, I now have 3, plus the one on order :rofl:

2 of my offspring popped around the...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 23rd 2017, 8:54 am
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Perfect examples :). Ordered, thank you!



:).
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 22nd 2017, 2:04 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Broke my last surviving teapot Friday :(. Spent yesterday hauling all over town looking for a replacement. No joy (even in secondhand stores). Lots of glass thingies with “infuser” attachment...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 18th 2017, 4:02 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Bit of a rant coming up:

I’ve learned my lesson about trying to *give* stuff away (items of furniture in good condition) via local internet/fb groups...

Multiple messages from people who...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 13th 2017, 1:48 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Thanks for the reminder!

I had to put socks & shoes on (instead of sandals) for my morning walk today.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 12th 2017, 3:16 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Crikey! Did I?? :lol::rofl:
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 12th 2017, 3:05 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

I haven’t seen BCBC2, but I recall enjoying 1 and having a bilingual brain discussion with sprogs/friends at the time :).
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 12th 2017, 3:01 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

IIRC, the only thing I ever bought in Sears was part of DD’s First Communion outfit (no, it wasn’t the traditional froufrou mini-bridal affair!). I’ve never really known how or why I got on their...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 11th 2017, 1:26 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

I don’t think that’s just a Canadian thing, nor just English language. I’ve seen & experienced it in many countries. The French & Quebecois do it too, for example.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 11th 2017, 1:16 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

I was wondering why I’ve been bombarded by Sears ads & sale notifications recently...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 7th 2017, 4:49 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Received a threatening and random call from a very incompetent scammer this morning.

It was a CRA scam: “you MUST provide all your bank and credit card details RIGHT THIS MINUTE because the...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 14th 2017, 2:41 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

The naffing twits (AKA new neighbours) who can't be arsed to put cardboard, plastic, glass in the recycling bins which are RIGHT NEXT TO the trash bins, and VERY CLEARLY LABELLED, haven't yet...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 13th 2017, 11:22 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Ha!!!

I got The "Look", you know, *that* Look :sneaky:! & was told to use my nous. I did.:sneaky:

(Wasted lots of paper handouts with pretty clip art, which didn't entirely match my spoken...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 13th 2017, 10:52 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Count yourself lucky ;). I used to have to run those kind of 'training' sessions :sneaky: And follow-up/monitor the effect/results.

I recall once asking my boss for help with a Politically...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Apr 11th 2017, 8:13 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Do you have to pay the whole lot in one go/in advance? Or can you pay weekly/is it deducted at source?

While I realise you're on a very tight budget, that amount honestly doesn't sound *too*...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 31st 2017, 9:10 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

See:
Criminal Code (http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/section-365.html)
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 22nd 2017, 11:53 am
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Not Siouxsie, but I do recall a pair of purple flowered cords, which at the time were much admired...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 3rd 2017, 9:58 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 648,393
Posted By Shirtback

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

I think becki is talking about the scanners when (re-)entering Canada, not check-in machines (on departure), although they are somewhat similar.

For whatever reason, neither version has ever liked...
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