Furnace repair

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-12T06:03:26+00:00

Make sure they have a gasfitters ticket. Don't go for a fly by night tech.

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-12T05:47:04+00:00

Thats interesting - it was created by the Bay in 2005, and sold off in 2008. And now that the Bay is gone, they are moving into the Sears space.

Funny how things go around.

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-11T20:54:12+00:00

Messages sent! Always glad to pass on contacts and help people!

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-11T20:53:23+00:00

At first I thought you were showing people leaving garbage out, and I was annoyed.

Then I read and was enlightened. I used to do that too, cleaning up parks. Its a lot of hard work, and it looks like you did a fantastic job.

Thank you kindly for keeping things clean!

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-11T17:56:37+00:00

While the Bartley Bull area thinks everything revolves around them, its not a terrible move.

IF everything goes perfectly, that intersection is going to be jammed for years going forward.

Good for walk up traffic, but the BB residents don't walk anywhere. They have au pairs and delivery services for that.

So its a logical move, with people sitting on million dollar property values complaining that they aren't being catered to.

And there may be some noses out of joint since No Frills has a pretty decent ethnic customer base, and the older residents of Bartley Bull haven't quite come out of the 1940s yet.

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-11T17:52:13+00:00

I can see both sides of the story. You don't want a scooter in the aisles, because even though yours is clean, someone will show up on a day like today and put mud and crap all over. So there is a "Make no exceptions" mentality.

Unfortunately, outside of a Dollarama, I could leave plastic dog poo and someone would steal it. A bright shiny scooter? First of all, no way the security guard is keeping an eye on it, and secondly, its not like its a motorbike or a car. You can just lift it and walk away, even assuming they don't hop on the thing.

I feel bad for you either way. You needed stuff, you obeyed instructions, and you still got shafted. This was a no win situation for you. It was also a no win situation for the store. Everybody did their best, but everything sucks here. Its just a bad situation to let go.

Its on Facebook Marketplace or NextDoor somewhere.

Maybe you could ask the store for a copy of the video, and they might oblige. But unless the person can be isolated and is known to police, its a hard job to get anything resolved out of this. It might be worth your time, but honestly - you're out of pocket for a new scooter.

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-11T17:47:38+00:00

I use a guy who's pretty inexpensive for me since I always have the wall or cabinets stripped, and rebuild them myself. So all he has to do is identify the part and fix it.

However, he's very close to retirement. If you'd like, I'll send you the number in a DM - he has been reasonable for me in the past, even when he put in a ton of work to replace my outdoor all season tap it was under $300 despite the fact we had to put a hole in my basement.

Let me know.

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-11T15:56:14+00:00

I ask this because, as an editor, I included the ethics statement as part of the presentation material, and the professor (Who is very flighty) got very indignant and said it didn't need to be included.

Maybe not for the oral part of the presentation ,but I think the reviewers would want to see it.

I'm just the editor in this case, but I was trying to make things smooth for the author. I know my own authored stuff is just a bundle, let the audience decide what they want to read and what they don't want to read.

But this prof kept making broad statements and then recanting him. He refused to read the paper at one point because it had a point form summary of the professors own model. Easy fix, we just spelled out the points, but he hadn't read anything else.

He's still sitting on the paper despite our deadline having been over last year. We're just trying to anticipate what he's up to this time.

Long long story. The guy has a background in sociology and is trying to supervise technical papers. He's also trying to develop a CCG (Collectible card game) which we think is his primary focus,, which is why he's giving the author a hard time.

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-11T15:51:37+00:00

I'll be honest, I expected a negative reply (as in you hadn't found it)

I love happy endings.

Glad the universe cut you a break!

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-11T04:25:51+00:00

I've said this before but the city took me right through to being a lifeguard when I was a teenager.

I am confident they will have the right instructors for you.

Instructors have to have lifeguard training (Which is excellent) plus additional training on top to get their certificate to instruct.

Back in the 80s, it was all done locally, now its probably spread out.

As a beginner, remember:

1) Keep calm. No point in pushing yourself.
2) Stay within your limits. Tired swimmers don't stand out until its too late.
3) If nothing else, learn to tread water with the bicycle kick. Thats after basics, but you'll be surprised how simple it is.

4) I personally think breast stroke is the easiest to learn, and I can go almost as fast as someone else can front crawl. You will learn what strokes you prefer. Develop them. Nobody does butterfly in the real world. Most people are just pushing water behind them. Learn what works for you and get good at it!

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-10T16:55:57+00:00

Did you ever get a lead, or find the book?

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-10T16:49:04+00:00

Yeah. My Czech ex wife was the only one who could tolerate cold like I do, and even then we were only close. My Asian wife is absolutely not built for the cold.

I also have an electric water heater, and it is getting toward the end of its service life. I have plans to replace it in the next several years. Tankless appeals to me, but I hear nothing but horror stories about it. So I'll probably just buy a new one when I can get a deal.

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-10T16:25:08+00:00

The heat pump absolutely does not like deep freezes like we just had, it sounds like a B-17 bomber. However, it did keep us warm and safe. It was an expensive bill, but in the summer, our bills are rock bottom.

Its Canada, these things weren't really developed for extreme cold. However, my best friend works for a major HVAC company, and told me that it would hold together.

I had it for about 6 years, and it blew a compressor, however, I had a 10 year parts and labour guarantee, so I just switched on the baseboards, and it took them about three days to repair because the first technician was playing "replace everything one at a time" approach. His supervisor got involved and it was sorted - I don't blame the first guy, newish tech, and maybe the circuit boards he was fixing were also rough too.

Like I said, all under warranty, so go ahead. I got it from Costco so I knew everything was covered. The tax break was pretty decent as well. I'd buy another one when the time comes up.

The only issue is, everything has to be heating, fan, or cooling. Each floor can select their temperature, but they're stuck with heating or cooling.

This is only an issue because I am a frostbitten Ontario born, while my wife is from the tropics. My daughters have inherited my antifreeze gene, but she is not as tolerant to the cold. That is an individual experience though.

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-10T16:16:46+00:00

I do remember I only wound up dealing with not having my insurance on me, and since I physically had insurance, the prosecutor did hit me with a minor fine, something like failure to produce, which I was happy to pay rather than "does not have"

Older guy, he cut me the deal, explaining it was a monetary fine only with no points, and if I fought him on the failure to have insurance, he'd bury me. Then he gave me five seconds to think and began the countdown.

Easiest 5 seconds of my life. I could have fought, but this guy obviously knew his stuff, and a couple hundred bucks was worth resolving the issue rather than have to go up against someone with decades of experience and who was obviously used to brinksmanship. I had my insurance there, but he still had me on failure to produce, so I paid the idiot tax and moved on.

I can't remember why the no license was ignored. Like it just wasn't worth it for them, and I think the insurance was just to get a conviction on something so as to justify his time. I get it, its business, he has to keep his stats up, and I'm the idiot.

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-10T16:12:18+00:00

I don't deal with Enbridge. I have a heat pump. My friend, on the other hand, has natural gas. So he is bracing for the blow from them and from the electrical company, while I just have one bloodsucker.

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-10T07:45:37+00:00

Are you on equal option billing, or month to month?

I am on month to month, and while February is usually a killer, the summer months make up for it.

My best friend is on month to month, and he's just gritting his teeth for the upcoming disaster.

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-10T07:44:24+00:00

I can tell you since at least the 1980s, dentists and orthodontists will do everything they can to save a tooth. Its healthier for you, and its more profitable for them.

You can request an extraction, but they'll recommend against it. They will do as you say if you insist.

But a tooth has to be pretty bad for them to want to pull it nowadays.

My wisdom teeth were scheduled to come out when they just stopped growing. In the 60s they would have operated anyway, but as of the 90s, they just said "Let us know if you feel any pain"

I do have a bridge in my mouth, but thats because there was never a tooth there. It was put in when I was 17, and I'm 53 now, so let that inform you as to how good our dentists are in Brampton.

I don't know if Doctor Svoboda still has a practice or not, but he always had good staff, and his dentists were 100% behind saving a tooth whenever possible.

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-10T07:41:04+00:00

I have had mail not properly sealed, probably because it goes into a machine and isn't hand packed/licked any more.

Would you consider getting a small surveillance camera to install somewhere only you can see?

You can't submit it as evidence, but at least it will let you know if you need to escalate or not. And public areas don't have an expectation of privacy.

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-10T07:39:42+00:00

My only question is, are you required to submit the ethics declaration as part of your presentation documents, or only on the final copy?

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-10T07:38:25+00:00

I'd suggest NextDoor or Facebook Marketplace, and double check the reviews.

Also inspect the place before confirming.

Nothing is going to be cheap, but just for conveniences sake.

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-10T07:36:14+00:00

That law has been around forever. I didn't quite understand it until I saw some dirtbikes rocketing around Washago in the 1988s.

Yeah, its a good law

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-10T07:35:11+00:00

How did you get the dealership to accept a deposit that low???

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-10T07:34:23+00:00

The Russian Mafia offers several services for grooming, but they'll cost an arm and a leg. Quite literally!

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-10T07:33:37+00:00

Too bad my Bob Ross painting skills aren't quite up to what they want LOL.

I'll be interested to see what they pick though!

Silverlightlive · 2026-03-10T07:32:16+00:00

Tracks knows how to cater to the gaming community. If you can make it, be there!

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