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Novocastrian Dec 8th 2008 1:44 pm

Re: you'd think after 29 months in Canada
 

Originally Posted by Canada Dreams (Post 7050452)
nope its not heated, well half is where it is finished off, the other isnt, as its got the furnace there.

You're a wind up, aren't you?

fledermaus Dec 9th 2008 12:09 am

Re: you'd think after 29 months in Canada
 

Originally Posted by brianscottie43 (Post 7050319)
I hope you drained your outside hose(s).

:rofl: oh yes, MOH even had to install new stop taps on some of the 4 outside taps.

AmyDavid Dec 9th 2008 1:08 am

Re: you'd think after 29 months in Canada
 

Originally Posted by fledermaus (Post 7049708)
......that we would realise that the water in a dehumdifier would freeze if left in a non winterized sunroom in temperatures of minus 22...... :blink::eek:

When travelling across Canada last January my OH decided that it would be fine to just fill up the windscreen washers with water.....DOH. We couldn't see out of the front window for two days - talk about SCARY!

Novocastrian Dec 9th 2008 4:42 am

Re: you'd think after 29 months in Canada
 

Originally Posted by AmyDavid (Post 7051906)
When travelling across Canada last January my OH decided that it would be fine to just fill up the windscreen washers with water.....DOH. We couldn't see out of the front window for two days - talk about SCARY!

I have to admit to doing something equally stupid a couple of winters ago. The side windows were filthy with road dirt after driving from Ottawa to Kingston in a February snowstorm. I needed to fill up and blithely squeegeed the side windows at the gas station. Instant opaque ice.

tallperson Dec 9th 2008 4:47 am

Re: you'd think after 29 months in Canada
 

Originally Posted by woodmanbg (Post 7050232)
We installed a dehumidifier in our home in the UK a few years ago, should have done it long before. The amount of water we got out every night was amazing and it certainly improved that damp feeling on the walls of the rooms we didnt use very much! Worth every penny. Here, of course, we have to run a humidifier. Anyone have one of those small portable ones in the bedroom? Are they noisey, do they work well. I suffer from lots of nasal problems in the morning and dont know whether to just stick with my snoring plasters (very romantic ;)) or invest in a small humidifier if they work and wont keep me awake all night. :)

Hi
We have a small humidifier in our son's room. It works well and we have had it in our room previously. I am a light sleeper but still slept with this running. You may be aware of it starting and stopping but only with a slight hissing sound rather than a clicking on and off. It's like white noise so kind of soothing to sleep with.
Just watch for the marks the steam may leave behind on your walls!

dbd33 Dec 9th 2008 4:54 am

Re: you'd think after 29 months in Canada
 

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 7049875)
Is that Fahrenheit or Celsius? dbd33 will get confused.

Heh. I so thought of clynnog this morning. I went to one of those fireside chats with the Ministry to which one is invited after driving moderately quickly lots of times. We watched some gruesome films, head hitting dashboard at 5mph, head hitting dashboard at 25mph, etc. It was in Barrie so it's understandable that neither airbags nor seat belts appeared in the films, they likely don't have them yet up there, but I loved that it was all in mph. So much clearer than kinetic kilojoules or whatever force it is with which francophone heads collide.

Souvenir Dec 9th 2008 4:58 am

Re: you'd think after 29 months in Canada
 

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 7052673)
Heh. I so thought of clynnog this morning. I went to one of those fireside chats with the Ministry to which one is invited after driving moderately quickly lots of times. We watched some gruesome films, head hitting dashboard at 5mph, head hitting dashboard at 25mph, etc. It was in Barrie so it's understandable that neither airbags nor seat belts appeared in the films, they likely don't have them yet up there, but I loved that it was all in mph. So much clearer than kinetic kilojoules or whatever force it is with which francophone heads collide.

So, in essence, you've been sentenced to rehab because you think you're Stirling Moss.

dbd33 Dec 9th 2008 5:05 am

Re: you'd think after 29 months in Canada
 

Originally Posted by Souvenir (Post 7052687)
So, in essence, you've been sentenced to rehab because you think you're Stirling Moss.

Something like that, again.

Rich_007 Dec 9th 2008 5:15 am

Re: you'd think after 29 months in Canada
 

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 7052699)
Something like that, again.

Why the rush ? :confused: You city slickers is always rushing around like rats in a cage.

BC drivers' tip #25 - smoke up before hitting the highway.

R.

Dave+Jules Dec 9th 2008 5:18 am

Re: you'd think after 29 months in Canada
 

Originally Posted by Rich_007 (Post 7052723)
Why the rush ? :confused: You city slickers is always rushing around like rats in a cage.

BC drivers' tip #25 - smoke up before hitting the highway.

R.

You would have to pretty quick, to roll up one, light it and smoke while you were in mid air after being hit by dBd Then you hit the highway at 25MPH:rofl: (so crass to laugh at your own joke:D)

dbd33 Dec 9th 2008 5:23 am

Re: you'd think after 29 months in Canada
 

Originally Posted by Rich_007 (Post 7052723)
Why the rush ? :confused: You city slickers is always rushing around like rats in a cage.

BC drivers' tip #25 - smoke up before hitting the highway.

R.

I swear one of the attendees had sparked up before the session. Asked what factors lead to driving infractions he said, very slowly, "personal interactions, says it all, man".

Rich_007 Dec 9th 2008 6:01 am

Re: you'd think after 29 months in Canada
 

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 7052759)
Asked what factors lead to driving infractions he said, very slowly, "personal interactions, says it all, man".

Probably on the organic Quebec gear.

I heard a tale this very week; a young kid was stopped on the highway and the cops ran his number and did a look see in his car. A fresh bud was hanging out of the cigar lighter thingy. The cop looked at it, looked at the kid, the kid squirmed a bit and the cop said yeah whatever and just walked off roaring with laughter. The cops just drove off.

BC, innit.

R.

Dave+Jules Dec 9th 2008 8:06 am

Re: you'd think after 29 months in Canada
 

Originally Posted by Rich_007 (Post 7052882)
Probably on the organic Quebec gear.

I heard a tale this very week; a young kid was stopped on the highway and the cops ran his number and did a look see in his car. A fresh bud was hanging out of the cigar lighter thingy. The cop looked at it, looked at the kid, the kid squirmed a bit and the cop said yeah whatever and just walked off roaring with laughter. The cops just drove off.

BC, innit.

R.

BC = Before Cocaine?

So whats the difference of being under the influence of a 'fresh bud' or under the influence of a few Bud's :D (damn, I am sharp today)

Rich_007 Dec 9th 2008 8:13 am

Re: you'd think after 29 months in Canada
 

Originally Posted by Dave+Jules (Post 7053291)
BC = Before Cocaine?


Devil's drug, not for nice people.


So whats the difference of being under the influence of a 'fresh bud' or under the influence of a few Bud's :D (damn, I am sharp today)
Window-breaking chavvery, misery, and domestic beatings, or apathy and self induced, gooning, stupour.

R.

Tangram Dec 9th 2008 8:37 am

Re: you'd think after 29 months in Canada
 

Originally Posted by Rich_007 (Post 7053319)
Devil's drug, not for nice people.



Window-breaking chavvery, misery, and domestic beatings, or apathy and self induced, gooning, stupour.

R.

Either way, not good behind the wheel.


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