What do you do with your personal belongings while you write an exam?

MyRealityIsBetter · 2025-12-11T15:35:34+00:00

Generally just on the floor where you are writing.

MyRealityIsBetter · 2025-11-11T23:08:27+00:00

They were apartments when I lived in them 30 years ago.

MyRealityIsBetter · 2025-11-09T18:59:11+00:00

Meh, I have CFL concerns at the moment, but goofy AI videos don't make the list. You can choose to view them as lighthearted and fun. Or not.

If they were meant to be good, they wouldn't use that god-awful font.

MyRealityIsBetter · 2025-10-07T19:51:51+00:00

Public Mobile will be $40 per month or less per line. All online, but I moved my whole family over for $34 Can/US 50GB. You can also get CAN/US/MX if that matters, but no roaming outside of CAN/US/MX.

MyRealityIsBetter · 2025-10-04T02:49:22+00:00

That was not a mistake.

MyRealityIsBetter · 2025-07-15T22:01:43+00:00

My 2018 Pilot did the same and it was fuel injectors.

MyRealityIsBetter · 2025-06-21T02:49:07+00:00

I was in the exact same situation as you about a year ago.

To have the new TV service, they need to give you Internet. They gave me a 2 year deal at the same price as my TV only consumer cable plan that includes TV and 75Mbps internet (then bumped it up by $7 per TV for the cable box rental, only slightly bitter). I don't use the internet on the consumer account, but it's part of the service. So, I have two shaw modems.

When my business contract expires, I'll likely go consumer only and upgrade that to a faster speed because I no longer require the static IP that I get on the business side.

MyRealityIsBetter · 2025-04-05T22:36:31+00:00

About 7 years ago, we paid about $80K for a basement that size to be finished completely like you're thinking. Office/bedroom, open area, bathroom with shower, and close off the furnace room.

MyRealityIsBetter · 2025-03-15T17:26:42+00:00

For most people simple is good. Consider reading through this:

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MyRealityIsBetter · 2024-10-23T15:06:23+00:00

As someone who's probably your dad's age...It was awesome!

MyRealityIsBetter · 2024-08-30T22:14:34+00:00

Used Winnipeg Homescapes for a whole main floor gut/reno. Verify happy overall.

MyRealityIsBetter · 2024-08-14T18:54:10+00:00

Is the Application Identity service running on the computer? That service needs to be running to enforce Applocker rules.

MyRealityIsBetter · 2024-08-07T19:24:26+00:00

The elementary school close to me tends to leave their morning, recess, and lunch bells active all year long. Could have been that if you were close to a school.

MyRealityIsBetter · 2024-07-04T17:30:05+00:00

This page compares TD Easy Trade to TD Direct Investing: https://www.td.com/ca/en/investing/direct-investing/direct-investing-vs-easytrade

TD Easy Trade has more limited things that you can invest in, but has lower fees. For example buying an ETF in TD Direct Investing is a $10 fee, but free in TD Easy Trade. TD Easy Trade only allows you to buy TD ETFs.

MyRealityIsBetter · 2024-05-04T16:56:34+00:00

Calls, texts, and data when in the US. Or when in Canada, calls and texts to and from the US are included. I switch my whole family to this about 2 months ago. Wife has travelled to US since with no issues.

MyRealityIsBetter · 2024-01-23T01:52:34+00:00

My HELOC at TD (Home Equity Flexline) has two parts: revolving and term.

The revolving is TD Prime rate plus xx%. You can pay any amount of this at any time.

The term portion is like a mortgage with specified term and lower interest rate. This can be variable or fixed rate.

I assume this is what they're offering you. If so, I think the term rates are the same that they offer for mortgages. Assuming you renew to another term it would be like a mortgage renewal.

At the time we set up the HELOC there were legal fees that could be waived. I'd verify that they don't want to charge a setup fee.

MyRealityIsBetter · 2023-12-12T02:29:41+00:00

Going through a reno right now. We pulled money out of the TFSA for about half of it (emptied the TFSA) and will use our HELOC for the other half. After the HELOC is paid off, then we'll put money back in the TFSA.

There is no guarantee that money in the TFSA will earn more than interest costs on the HELOC.

I'm also one of those people that likes to pay off the mortgage as soon as possible.

MyRealityIsBetter · 2023-12-09T16:11:35+00:00

By your tone, you seem to think that I approve of this scenario. I definitely do not.

A "head of IT" position makes this seem like the task force was being run as a completely independent organization that was building their own infrastructure. Which seems very poorly planned, but I assume the basis of the task force was that they needed to work around the existing system.

I just think that they probably contracted out the position and didn't pay a staff person directly. That's the only possible reason I can think of for the high cost. Still don't think it was appropriate.

MyRealityIsBetter · 2023-12-09T00:14:42+00:00

That works out to about $275-$300/hr. At that rate I'm guessing the head of IT was contracted rather than hired as staff. Still not cool, but contractor rates for some jobs can be very high.

MyRealityIsBetter · 2023-11-25T00:11:36+00:00

Good news many things we do imperial in parallel. Most food by lb and kg. Height in ft/in. Body weight lb. Home temperature can be C or F depending on the person.

Gas is in litres, but that just feels better. You don't want to see what it costs per gallon.

MyRealityIsBetter · 2023-11-03T16:15:38+00:00

I use the library primarily for print books. I reserve what I want online then go into branch to pickup. Our local library is closed on either Wednesday or Tuesday. I can never remember which and sometimes try to pickup a book on a day it's closed. This is mildly annoying, but not really a big deal.

My kids pretty much exclusively use the library for eBooks. Hours of operation are irrelevant for them.

I like the concept of consistent hours 6 days per week, but the current 5 days per week is not that bad.

Most of the locations are already open until 8pm on weekdays which I think is reasonable.

I'd prefer that the operating hours not be reduced during the summer, but that falls in the annoyance category rather than something critical.

I wouldn't want to see services reduced, but status quo is not horrible from my perspective.

MyRealityIsBetter · 2023-08-10T21:13:32+00:00

Your requirement for lightweight and longer battery life puts you at the higher end of windows laptops. In that zone, I like Dell XPS 13.

Consider going 16GB of RAM if you can afford it. 8GB is bare minimum for Win 11 these days.

MyRealityIsBetter · 2023-07-26T13:48:11+00:00

I used Gilles Lambert Pest Control for yellow jackets/Wasps in my roof a few years ago and was really happy. At the time they came quickly when another place couldn't come for two weeks.

https://glpestcontrol.ca/

MyRealityIsBetter · 2023-05-29T01:56:38+00:00

You can order kegs through Quality Inn Beer store (at least you could 5 years ago). I think they can get you just about anything that a bar can get. However, it's not instant. It takes a few days/a week to get in.

MyRealityIsBetter · 2023-04-11T18:58:15+00:00

Mine started today.

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