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Sort it out a bit and one might well be able to effect a good cornish pasty.

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Today is national Have Fun at Work Day, fill your boots!

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I can't eat those! It's really weird.. I can eat everything that goes INTO one - stewed beef, carrots, peas, potato, gravy as long as they are separate.. but put them all together in a pasty and I am violently ill. It first happened when we were on holiday in Beesands, Devon, my first Cornish Pasty - violently ill... I didn't have another one until I was an adult in my 20's - and the exact same thing happened.
Strange! :confused:
OH flashback to then.. walking along the beach at Hallsands collecting pieces of sandblasted/tumbled glass, which my Dad told me had come from a church's stained glass windows after the village was 'swallowed' by the sea or that had fallen from the clifftop above.. walking among the buried houses.. :D (In reality they were probably broken bottles etc.) - blue glass, green glass, white glass, brown glass - we kept them in a jar with water so they would go translucent. Happy times :)

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;)Therein lies the problem. You were eating a Cornish pasty in Devon.;)

Cornish pasties or a variant on them are popular in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan which can throw you the first time you go there.

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Scouse ate a dodgy sausage roll a couple of days after he migrated to Australia, nearly 30 years ago. Sick as a dog and hasn't eaten one since - not even my mum's home made ones, much to her disappointment.

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Gasp, have fun at work, what kind of employer do you have that will tolerate such things....:)

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Don't let them know. ;)

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It's a secret. ;)

My last job let people have fun, just as long as the work got done and planes left on time.

I have since retired, so I can have fun everyday lol (joking about the fun part)

$1 and $2 bills stolen in Moncton.

https://nationalpost.com/news/east-c...l-in-1-2-bills

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Hey, I read that in the local paper this morning.
See, that's all you need here, just a couple of dollars. $100? Pfft! :rofl:

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Burnt my dinner, $10 wasted lol

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I miss airplanes.

I think I am going to go to California for a bit, I think going home and being near family will be beneficial,

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That sounds like a great idea. Plus the weather will be much warmer. I like San Diego, been there many times for conferences. I always like to skip the afternoon sessions and go a sit over looking the marina and have a nice cup of tea. Although one time I actually went into the kitchen to teach them how to make a cup that wasn't insipid and lukewarm.

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Yeah the sunshine would do some good, as would some good food, mainly Mexican impossible to get good Mexican in Vancouver, plus there is so much more to do there, I was never bored there that's for sure, Balboa Park alone has 20 museums, 1,200 acres plus the Zoo there is a good workout, I used to go 2 or 3 times a week just to walk around, the zoo has valleys so you walk down, then up, then down, and at 100 acres its a good work out.

Ocean, mountains, and desert all within 90 mins of downtown.

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Should the man whose wallet was stolen get the lottery win? It was his money that bought the ticket....
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...cket-1.5001728

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Well there's a can or worms.

Does he normally buy them? If so, had he already bought one? If not, was he unable to buy one because his wallet had been stolen? Does he stick with certain numbers if he does buy one and would he not have won with his numbers?

And those are just the immediately obvious questions that come to mind.

:rofl:

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Except it wasn't a lottery win.. it was a scratch ticket :D

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In Canada, the provincial lottery foundations run the various draws as well as the scratch tickets. They have a monopoly on it.

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If someone nicked my wallet and then bought a lottery product and won $50k I would not expect a damn thing. I mean obviously I would hope to get the prize, but as long as all the fraudulent charges were reversed, I'd be OK. Giving it to charity is the best compromise.

It would be different if she nicked a briefcase stuffed with $50k in $100 bills.

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A briefcase? Blimey, how many do you have? :lol:

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Giving half of it to charity would be a compromise. :lol:

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Apartment living sucks.

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I loved apartment living. Lived in one for 40 years without moving apartments and our own home now for 3 years. I like having my own home but man, owning your own home is expensive if you are not handy.

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The trick is to just ignore a problem and it goes away. :lol:

I was lucky back in England. A brother was (more than) a plumber and then he was in business buying houses and converting them to flats to sell on. Anything house related he could do. He did me a new bathroom, fixed the roof, new kitchen, other plumbing stuff, external painting.

He kept asking me if I wanted a new cooker (free) as a customer of his moved and didn't need him to do some work, letting him keep it. I kept saying no as my cooker was still good. Then I discovered it wasn't just a cooker, but a whole fitted kitchen with double oven cooker, whereas I just had a couple of second hand cupboards.

So I had a nice new kitchen. Free.

Over here I used to own a rental property and I had a good handyman. I use him when I need something at home. A bit more expensive than others but totally reliable. Peace of mind knowing I can call on him.

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Going to California in 2 weeks. Not sure how long. A week maybe 2.

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Wow Rete - 40 years in the same apartment - that's amazing!


I disliked living in an apartment intensely - I hadn't lived in one since I was about 20, until I came to Canada. I couldn't wait to get back to owning my own place.

It's amazing how you learn to do things for yourself over the years - needs must, and all that! After I moved back to the UK, I had to quickly learn how to remove lathe and plaster and install new plasterboard / drywall and how to repair it; how to plaster walls; artex ceilings; use wood filler, repair window frames; replace window glass; support floor joists; paint, wallpaper, decorate, install shelving, gut the old and then put together and install new units in a kitchen, tile kitchen and bathroom walls and floors, fix squeaky floorboards, lay carpet and lino. The only thing I didn't do was rewiring (although I can rewire a plug / lamp / install a ceiling light or fan. a wall socket or a light switch); change/install a new lock... I drew the line at anything more than changing washers or replacing a sink /taps or ballcocks. I learned to clear blockages with a snake (or a wire coathanger) and bicarbonate of soda and vinegar! I didn't have the money to pay anyone, so it was learn or it didn't get done! The Readers Digest complete book of home / household maintenance was my go-to book (I still have it, lol).

I enjoy DIY, get a great feeling of satisfaction when I achieve something - like repairing a curved ceiling after a water leak, using paper mache then plastering and painting it! I still have my own tool kit, lol... one of the first things I did on moving to Canada was to buy a basic kit and add to it!

I must be a little strange, lol..:D

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Excluding the house I grew up in, I have never lived in any place longer then 2 years. Our current place is almost 2 so it will exceed 2 years soon.

​​​​​Renting tends to be unstable these days. One rent increase can mean needing to find a new place or the unit is sold.

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I'd move. Just like changing cars when the ashtray is full. :lol:
What's your hourly rate? ;)

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Moving wasn't an option at that time - it was when the housing market went through an upsurge - you would see a place at 2pm and by 5pm it had been sold (subject to contract but there'd be 3 other offers waiting) - or you would get gazumped (happened a couple of times).. and prices were going through the roof.. so it was buy what I could afford, even if it meant doing lots of work. :)

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I was fortunate to have moved into an apartment which was only one bedroom but 1,000 sq. ft. in 1976. It was a ground level apartment in a six story building. Prime location for traveling to NYC by train. Good schools for the girls. The girls got the bedroom and the extra large foyer which was 9' by 12' became my bedroom with a day bed and was set up like a small sitting room before opening up to a living room which was 9' by 18' with a dining room off of that.

It was a rent stabilized apartment so the rent could not be increased above the mandated NYS rent control percentage. Moved in at $263 per month in 1976 and when I moved out it was just under $700 a month and that included my parking space and my gas for the stove.

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Have a wonderful trip home, JS. Hope you have a perfect visit with your family.

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An apartment that size might be.more doable. Ours is around 548sq feet. Even the 2 bedrooms are only 710sq feet. The one before this was 410sq feet.

Its the small cramped space that annoys me.

We have some rent control but unless you started renting 20 or 25 years ago and never moved, its not of much benefit as once a tenant moves the rent goes to market rate for the new tenent.

This year the rent can go up I think 2% or 2.5% for existing rentals.

New tenancies for our size unit are almost 2k a month now.





QUOTE=Rete;12631217]I was fortunate to have moved into an apartment which was only one bedroom but 1,000 sq. ft. in 1976. It was a ground level apartment in a six story building. Prime location for traveling to NYC by train. Good schools for the girls. The girls got the bedroom and the extra large foyer which was 9' by 12' became my bedroom with a day bed and was set up like a small sitting room before opening up to a living room which was 9' by 18' with a dining room off of that.

It was a rent stabilized apartment so the rent could not be increased above the mandated NYS rent control percentage. Moved in at $263 per month in 1976 and when I moved out it was just under $700 a month and that included my parking space and my gas for the stove.[/QUOTE]

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Thanks. I usually do. Its nice going back home. I think I need to find ways to go more often.

Today has been a total waste. Still waiting for the fire alarm people to show up. They were supposed to be here between 9 and 1 and now its 2p and still not even on our floor yet.

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Gustavo Fring on Sesame Street

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American Airlines has a cool routing Palm Springs to Vancouver.

Palm Springs to Dallas Texas to Los Angeles to Vancouver.

Granted most would hate that but id the fare had been lower (it was 333) I would have done it.

Once when I was working at the airline still a couple of us spent a few days just flying so we could fly certain aircraft types. This was early 00s when airlines had variety still.

Went San Diego to LA to Atlanta to Charlotte to Las Vegas to Indianapolis to Memphis to Minneapolis to San Diego.

Once I was bored so went down to the airport took a red eye to NY, ate breakfast went to times square, statute of liberty, empire state building, world trade center had an early dinner took a 6p flight back home.

When I lived in Milwaukee and I once went Chicago to Vegas to Columbus to Chicago.

Oh the good days they were.

I wish I could fly like that still.

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Store clerk drives off robber by brandishing a banana -
Peel Regional Police are investigating:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada...nana-1.4280710

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:lol:

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:rofl:
The staff got so angry at the bunch of crimes they almost reached for the grapes of wrath.

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Shaw tech was supposed to come today 8 to 10. Never showed. The tech apparently didnt go to work today and also didnt call Shaw to let them know so they did not know to call customers to inform them.

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totally get it , we booked our PR flight over on a 777 because they were new to the AC fleet

when i went home in the summer i purposely booked at the 787 because i hadn't been on one before.

now I've done all the 700 series from 737 - 787

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I've done all bar 757. Not likely to either living where I do.

On the Airbus side I've flown A319/20/21/330/340. No A350 or 380

Embraer 170/190
MD80/82
BAC111 (back in the day).
BAE146
Fokker F50/100
Dash 8-300 / Q400
Beech 1900 ... thats probably the smallest thing I've ever flown in.

#Avgeek.
Doubtless Aviator will be along in a minute to trump us all!