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I wouldn't know a sconce if it was served to me on a plate but I would say that typical Canadian decor dates from well before 1980. Even a cursory review of mls throws up irridescent shag carpets, clashing floral wallpaper, beige skirting boards, faux wood panelling and avocado bathroom fixtures. If you don't want your house to look as if Hyancinth Bucket's Mother lived there then you need to avoid shopping where the cradles do or just paint everything.

I think two hours is a reasonable drive to a shop in a big country. We get insulation and lumber in Rexdale, that's two hours one way and everything else in Buffalo, two hours another way. Even the cheese shop is an hour and half away, just past Costco. It wasn't much different when I lived in the city as these types of places almost always have suburban/industrial estate locations.

Again, the sensible thing is to buy a minivan, get lots of stuff at once.

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It's all very driving to go and get stuff, no problems with that, it's when you go for xyz, you find x, forget about y and they only have one of z left, so you have to go again the following week. This weekend while I'm working OH is going to Calgary, he is going to Ikea, (we will check stock levels 1st;)) the model shop, Pick a Part, hopefully looking at a tipi and picking up some spare car doors that he has already bought on the way home. He only needs to do the Ikea thing because we saw some blinds there in Edmonton last week that will work (as the plantation blinds I wanted are all to big even custom) but the size we need were sold out. Ho Hum, at least we have a truck, there was a reason it didn't sell when he put it on Kijiji:rofl:

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Buy yourself a mitre saw and some 1x4's - job done :)

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I bought a compound/sliding mitre saw at the weekend. Got to love this rural living:thumbup:

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From dbd33
I wouldn't know a sconce if it was served to me on a plate but I would say that typical Canadian decor dates from well before 1980. Even a cursory review of mls throws up irridescent shag carpets, clashing floral wallpaper, beige skirting boards, faux wood panelling and avocado bathroom fixtures. If you don't want your house to look as if Hyancinth Bucket's Mother lived there then you need to avoid shopping where the cradles do or just paint everything.


You are an intelligent man but sometimes you write such rubbish, for shock effect, I assume.

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Yeah I want the job done this millennium and I want fingers - they come in handy when I want to type crap on this thing:rofl: Seriously, I wouldn't have a clue.

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I can't imagine life without a compound mitre saw.

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Word! <what does it do?>

Bone silicone is available everywhere I've ever bought it.

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Stops you getting a sore arm

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It cuts wood. At an angle if so desired.

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Why is it called compound? And do you have to tell it (no doubt in confidence) which angle you favour?

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All angles, polyangled, omniangled, polyomniangled.
Mangled

Polygonal, omnigonal?

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A simple mitre saw allows you to change the cutting angle by rotating the bed that holds the cutting blade. A compund saw also can rotate the blade itself so you can change the angle it cuts in two different planes.

Some things are best kept between man and machine.

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Ta but I looked at all those and the modern stuff is pricey. Ikea had ok styles but the cable just hangs down the wall

Modern, yes. Tricky
Sconce, wall light fitting. We are heading to Watertown next week and will look there but I don't expect upper NY state to be any more advanced, but hopefully the pricey stuff will be cheaper.

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I'll get back to you on this when my mind gets unblown.