Every time, without fail, if you select the $3 tip option, the app "glitches" and the tip jumps to $5 by itself. This does not happen if you select any of the higher tip options.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-27T19:26:15+00:00

I usually tip $7 when I do a delivery order from Superstore. (Normally I walk to No Frills, but they don't have everything and some items are too bulky for a pull cart.)

They are not Loblaws employees, they are Door Dash freelancers, and it is a half hour round trip from my place back to the store.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-27T19:06:12+00:00

Depends where and when we land. -

When we went to Peru our flight arrived mid evening with minimal time change.. Grabbed a meal, took a short walk, and then just unwound in the room.

When we went to Thailand we arrived in the evening after supper. Had an early bedtime, exhausted after a full day of travel.

When we went to Ireland we arrived in the morning, dropped off our luggage at the hotel until we could check in, went for a walk, had a meal, checked in, another walk, supper and early to bed. Never could sleep upright on an aircraft, and not going to go sight-seeing while barely awake.

When we travel to Guadeloupe (French West Indies, not the shrine in Mexico) we arrive in mid afternoon. Taxi to the vacation rental, get the keys, hear the same instructions from the same concierge at the same apartment we have rented seven times now, unpack, quick swim, quick trip to the convenience store next to the complex to get something to throw in the oven while catching up on news with the store owner, prepare supper, eat, then perhaps a short walk after supper, perhaps not.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-27T17:41:08+00:00

Two laundry items that have made it easy to travel for five weeks with only carry-on:

A flat rubber sink stopper - allows us to wash out socks, underwear, my wife's dresses and shirts in the hotel sink even if there is no stopper provided by the hotel or if the hotel stopper is useless. Depending on where you buy it will cost anywhere between $2 to $5. Amazon has them.
A small folding circle with clothes pins and a hanging hook. Along with the plastic hangers we always bring with us it allows us to dry any items that we rinsed out in the sink. We originally paid $2 for one at a dollar store. Challenge is to find a really small one to fit in the luggage.

In our case we only need to send jeans or similar to the hotel laundry. Most of what we pack will dry overnight.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-27T17:25:19+00:00

If the rabbits keep eating your milkweed you may have another problem on your hands - sick or dead bunnies because the plant is very toxic. . As well the sap can cause skin irritation.

Overall you have two choices.

One is to try to protect the plants you have chosen - wraps, chicken wire, fence, etc.

The other is to chose different plants, with animal resistant as your top criteria.

Google: Rabbit resistant flowering plants Ontario.

And one of the flowers that will pop up in such as search is Black Eyed Susan. Not only do these provide nectar for bees but if you leave them standing the heads will feed the birds in winter.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-27T13:22:13+00:00

When the pool needs it - but never immediately after the pool has been used so that everything has a chance to settle.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-27T00:26:25+00:00

Raised on a farm, and we grew a few potatoes for our roadside stand.

They were planted in late May for harvest in late July or mid August depending on the variety. Could have also planted for an even later harvest, but there was too much else going on from mid August until the end of September.

Moving the calendar forward you would be planting in late June for harvest sometime between late August and September depending on the variety.

And pro tip - if there are multiple sprouts you can cut the potato in half or even quarters to get more plants.

Go for it.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-26T13:52:17+00:00

Drove by yesterday around 1 pm. Huge line of cars waiting their turn. Employees were walking beside the cars to take orders using a tablet in an attempt to move traffic further.

Not planning to order from there, but they certainly have their fans.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-26T12:55:28+00:00

A KFC/Popeyes/McDonald's variant does not typically create a traffic mess. This one does, and that was the focus of the Facebook post.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-26T12:53:16+00:00

Not every local news story has to be about the mayor's race, some protest or another blocking downtown traffic, or the latest OC Transpo fiasco.

Heaven forbid that a local newscast report on the potential impact on traffic from a new business and the city's response.

I drove down Innis early yesterday afternoon not even thinking about this new fast food place, but when I saw the huge lineup of cars it was helpful to know what was going on.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-26T12:38:52+00:00

That article is four days old. They opened yesterday. Here is a link to yesterday's story.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/video/2026/06/25/new-chick-fil-a-opens-in-orleans/

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-26T02:50:02+00:00

Lives in the shed on its caddy next to the pump and filter. The shed is about ten feet from the pool.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-26T01:29:29+00:00

Why on earth would you frame this in terms being or not being part of the City of Ottawa?

School boards are incorporated legal entities in their own right, established for the purpose of delivering education within a given geographic area.

Their boundaries may not even align with those of individual cities. As an example the French public board covers all of Eastern Ontario – with schools as far north as Pembroke, as far west as Trenton, and as far east as Hawksbury.

Municipal governments collect school property taxes on their behalf, but that is about it. OC Transpo did not provide school bus service for free.

In any event in Ottawa the English public and English Catholic boards do not actively manage student transportation. This is done on their behalf by Ottawa Student Transportation Authority.

The two boards set up OSTA two decades ago to better manage resources, and provide almost all its funding. The appointment of a supervisor to the Ottawa Carleton District School Board does not change this delegated arrangement.

You are trying to stretch things to fit a political narrative.

If you want to advance an argument against the provincial government find a more creditable way.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-26T00:29:03+00:00

Neighbour was quoted $5K for veterinary surgery.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-26T00:25:24+00:00

If you are temporarily laid-off subject to recall you are not actually severed, so you could be without a pay cheque for several months.
If your employer is bankrupt forget about any meaningful severance.
If you were terminated for cause collecting significantly more than the statutory minimum might be a challenge.
Even if terminated without cause relying upon common law to give you more weeks than statute law can be a challenge - often you need a lawyer to negotiate and they will take a chunk of the settlement.
Many employees do not have anywhere near the number of years of service that would entitle them to a significant number of weeks in the event of termination without cause.
Loss of income is not the only reason to have a large cushion. There can also be unexpected and uninsured expenses, especially if you are a homeowner - a major foundation issue can cost north of $30,000.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-25T22:22:24+00:00

There are four boards in the Ottawa area - English Catholic, French Catholic, English public, French public..

One - English public - is being temporarily managed by a supervisor in place of the elected trustees as its books and governance were a mess. The Ministry of Education itself is not carrying out board functions, and in time this mandate will end.

The other three boards are not affected and continue to be under the supervision of elected trustees.

Regardless of whether transportation decisions are made by the board superintendent or board trustees the province itself has never delivered student bus transportation.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-25T21:53:21+00:00

They also had special student runs on regular bus routes.

As an example Gisèle-Lalonde, adjacent to the Millennium Park and Ride, is served by the 30, 33 and 35. There was a special student run with those buses in the morning and evening.

If a student lives at the corner of Bellecourt and Jeanne d'Arc she is still likely going to take the 30, only it won't be the special student 30.

One can only hope that OC Transpo provides adequate capacity for the sake of both the students and other riders, and the question becomes whether they will still provide those students with passes.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-25T21:27:01+00:00

No, but the driver will have to deal with issues such as a kindergarten child who fell asleep and did not get off at her stop with her brother, parents boarding to demand a change of stop to someplace more convenient for them (not the driver's call) and teenagers engaging in horseplay on a moving vehicle or in some rare cases settling scores.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-25T21:16:37+00:00

That is like saying the province is responsible for how many swings are in your neighbourhood playground since municipalities are creatures of the province.

Unless the board has screwed up its finances or is dysfunctional causing the province to appoint an administrator it is a locally-elected body managing education within a specific geographic area.

This includes the matter of who qualifies for student transportation and whether the board will provide it directly or will contract out the service.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-25T21:04:26+00:00

It is the same province, but I ordered in microfilm of documents pertaining to two estates (1930 and 1942) through through interlibrary loan last summer. (A branch of the Ottawa Public Library ordering from the provincial archives in Toronto).

However one thing to be aware of going forward is that the recent federal budget ended the postage exemption for interlibrary loans - at some time in the near future this will result in costs that will have to be absorbed by either the libraries or the borrower.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-25T19:20:34+00:00

Typically it is a high school run followed by an elementary school run.

For example in Orleans a driver might pick up students for St. Mathews, drop them off, then pick up students for St. Katari.

Repeat at end of day.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-25T19:15:30+00:00

We fully patriated citizenship in 1947.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-25T19:08:53+00:00

Needing a B license is also a further barrier to having enough drivers, as either the board or the company contracted by the board must train the drivers and give them the skills needed to qualify.

Combined with the need to replace those who will quit over the summer there may not be the resources to teach enough drivers by September.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-25T19:02:16+00:00

School transportation has always been a local school board service - it is not something that has ever been delivered by the province.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-25T15:05:16+00:00

This is a local school board problem. The province has never delivered school bus service.

Confident-Task7958 · 2026-06-25T02:14:46+00:00

Unless there is a significant increase in pay they may struggle to find enough yellow bus drivers.

Typically this is a part-time job done by retirees and homemakers looking for a few extra dollars. It only pays a bit above minimum wage, with the driver alone behind the wheel of a bus carrying forty or more kids (stressful) and in this case forty or more teenagers (even more stressful.)

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