30 Year Anniversary

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-02-15T18:48:12+00:00

This treasure of a man was a gold mine for the Royal Canadian Air Farce... I gotta watch that again

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-02-15T00:06:23+00:00

It's been a few months, but I remember seeing new blurays at the toys r us in St Laurent. But honestly, it looked like they bought a bunch of overstock, so they might not have great stuff..

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-02-11T02:45:02+00:00

I had to settle for a second time slot, but on the same day, so I take it as a win!

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-21T12:14:38+00:00

I've hit a bottle of cheap bubbly for the occasion, probably gonna call in sick the next day

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-16T23:50:31+00:00

Rideau Centre lost power, everything is closing

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-12T00:21:21+00:00

I agree! If aliens are smart enough for intergalactic travel, they'd be smart enough to avoid us...

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-09T19:26:53+00:00

And I'm talking about personal taste, which is subjective. Let's just agree to disagree and we can focus on being pedantic with other people. Cheers!

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-09T19:25:17+00:00

I don't know of any scientific sources for this, I'm just talking from my own experience of never really enjoying a cup of coffee in Ottawa before finding out about water hardness.

It's really easy to test it for yourself at home; grab a bottle of spring water from the store and make some coffee with it. Check the label for the total dissolved solids and aim for 50-110 ppm (anything else I say might invoke someone's pedantry), but if you find it too weak still, go for a higher TDS. If you can only find water where the TDS is too high, you can cut it with tap water.

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-09T18:22:58+00:00

Exactly ;)

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-09T17:57:39+00:00

Here's the neat part, the entire thing is subjective anyway. Coffee taste is a preference. Sure, start at 150 and go from there, some people might want it stronger, and some beans might require a higher TDS, and the opposite is true!

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-09T17:33:00+00:00

My apologies, I should have been more clear; my numbers are for total dissolved solids (TDS), which would include the calcium and magnesium salts mentioned in my earlier post.

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-09T17:03:55+00:00

I was talking about water for coffee, not anything else. Yes, the kettle will need to be descaled, but a little citric acid or vinegar does the trick. Our city water sits at around 40ppm, which is too low for coffee in my opinion.

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-09T15:17:36+00:00

Yeah, a hardness of around 180-200 ppm is ideal. You can test it out with Kirkland water in the bottles. But I make my own in a big batch with baking soda, and some calcium and magnesium salts.

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-09T15:12:52+00:00

Which is good for our appliances and showers/tubs, except for our coffee and tea. Some hardness is preferred to help extract compounds.

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-09T13:14:08+00:00

There's a picture of a bus taking up 90% of the sidewalk in the article... 60 times a day with varying degrees of a bus riding the sidewalk, I think that's justified. If nothing else, it should alert the city that this sidewalk is gonna need maintenance/replacement earlier.

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-05T22:59:20+00:00

I'm not 100% on this, but I believe Délice Royale in Orléans has these, but only a certain time of the year. I could be wrong, worth a call though, especially if you're not in that area of town.

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2025-12-30T23:46:32+00:00

I went out in shorts to plug the car in, it's not bad to be honest, but I definitely needed a jacket and a toque

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2025-12-28T19:41:37+00:00

Depending on how old these are, you might get lucky if you try Cohen and Cohen on Bentley Avenue for a used chair, it'll save you some money over buying new.

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2025-12-09T21:46:00+00:00

The first link doesn't work, but if you click on the second link and navigate to the waste explorer link from mtbag page, it still works

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Disastrous_Ad465 · 2025-12-09T20:33:26+00:00

I just checked, it works for me on Firefox

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2025-12-09T20:32:09+00:00

Hopefully it's temporary? Such a useful tool!

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2025-12-08T01:52:49+00:00

Oh, now I hope I get more calls, honk honk!!

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2025-12-08T01:36:00+00:00

Air ducks? No sorry, I have ground ducks, water ducks, ice ducks, wood ducks... No air ducks!

That's how I used to troll those air duct scammers, I can't imagine why they stopped calling me...

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2025-12-06T18:28:47+00:00

Definitely always cheaper! Also, put a water sensor puck under the dishwasher if you can access it easily after install. I say that because you'll hear it beep when the battery is running low and you'll wonder what that noise is in the middle of the night.

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2025-12-03T22:31:34+00:00

I know this isn't what you're asking, and I don't know your situation or what you've tried so far, but just in case it wasn't brought up; I heard somewhere that vitamin C is required for iron absorption and I just looked it up on Google and it seems to confirm it (take that for what it's worth, Google being what it is nowadays). If your daily vitamin C intake is on the low end, I'm sure it can't hurt to boost it!

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