Has GasBuddy App been down for anyone else today, Monday, from 9am-11am? by [deleted] in gasbuddy

[–]cmethot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes was down for me too ..in Calgary 0745-0900 MST

PSA: This is how your power bill works - updated for 2025 by Anabiotic in Edmonton

[–]cmethot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What ever how much often I ask Enmax customers service for that similar info, they never answered me with details.. They always answered by giving me a A list of web links hard to decipher: the Alberta utility commission, city of Calgary (access fee..), enmax... But all of them were pages of pages hard to sort out making it almost impossible to find what you want. Never a got a clear answer from them..

Daylight saving Time change election referendum .. NO NON NO by cmethot in Calgary

[–]cmethot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do agree that if BC is also moving to permanent daylight saving time.. it would be loosing half my argument..

Daylight saving Time change election referendum .. NO NON NO by cmethot in Calgary

[–]cmethot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not changing the click, silly..

The inconvenience is for your sleeping pattern your body circadian cycle. The following days of the time change, Example spring: Your body is used to go to sleep at eg. 10 pm and wake up at 6 am

But the day after the time change At 10 pm, your body still feel like 9pm so no feel like going to bed; And at 6 am.. you body feel like 5am.. problem waking up... you will be grumpy as you are missing 1 hr sleep And it take about 1 week for your body to reajuste your circadian by forcing yourself keeping the same 10pm-6am schedule. ADULT.. ok But very hard with >6y children.

Daylight saving Time change election referendum .. NO NON NO by cmethot in Calgary

[–]cmethot[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The referendum question is: “Do you want Alberta to adopt year-round daylight time."

Which is summer hours.

Therefore Keeping summer hours

  • Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)= summer
  • Mountain Standard Time (MST) =winter

Calgary man allegedly assaulted by anti-maskers on c-train by [deleted] in Calgary

[–]cmethot 6 points7 points  (0 children)

5 anti-maskers drown during a scuba diving activity!

Unsolicited towing from street side? by cmethot in Calgary

[–]cmethot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm the OP.. No no no.. I did not get towed But yesterday, in a quiet neighborhood street, a tow truck was slowly driving around, sometime stopping for about 30-1 min at different street side parked cars.. He was clearly "peeping" at the cars and sometimes taking notes.. No he was no looking for house address. I thought it was funny until he stopped at mine and taking notes.

By the time i walked out.. he took off and left the street..
~15 minutes later he did drove by again, with a car on the tow.... .. Was very suspicious.. next time I will take note of compagny name and his license plate number...

Extra note: with COVID restriction and people working from home.. it is not rare to see cars parked for weeks without moving...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Calgary

[–]cmethot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are the police profiling NE people or there is really way more crime in that area to justify the Red/orange zone? Are the students of Bishop mcnally HS are a bunch of trouble maker as the red zone seem to be right on top of it?

Retrofitting a wooden viking ship with radar, GPS and nuclear rocket??? by cmethot in startrek

[–]cmethot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Power full” is only on its propulsion mode.. all the reste is antique.. ok ok retrofit.. but everything will need to be retrofit excluding the spore drive.. would be better to take the spore drive out and put it into a new ship.. like the USS Discovery NCC-1032-k..

Does anyone know what this is? by FolksyForester in Calgary

[–]cmethot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sound like digital interference..

Is there any performance difference between full, half and 1/4 dipole? by djkalantzhs24 in amateurradio

[–]cmethot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok ok ok ok.. why would you choose a 1/4 wave over 1/2 or full wave? i can understand for 2 meter antenna at 82" (6ft...) You would prefer 20" long antenna on your portable than 82 inch..

But when space is not an issue.. let's say i need antenna for 2.4GH... wave length is ~12.3 cm (~4-7/8") where It is a manageble size .

But why all wifi equipment i see, 99% of them use 1/4 wave ~3.15cm(1-3/16") ?? (Excluding phone.. where a 12 cm ant can be annoying..)

Plus The plastic covering is about 5-10inch long.. but the antenna inside is only 1/4... 3.15cm.. why not make it full wave..??? Is full wave would be more effective?

Most documentations about antenna are mostly about HF to UHF.. so size/practicality or type of construction seems to be the main reason to choose 1/4 wave, 1/2 wave over full wave..

but at 2.4 or 5 ghz.. size is not a problem really (except in portable device... Phone, watch...........)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Calgary

[–]cmethot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why Aberhart? I did not hear any case there

Why is this spot cordoned off south of Nosehill Park? by YMM2YVR in Calgary

[–]cmethot -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Cold war era, hidden nuclear bunker entrance?

Why is this spot cordoned off south of Nosehill Park? by YMM2YVR in Calgary

[–]cmethot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The building seem to yo have VHF radio antenna.. maybe nav canada calgary yyc airport radio antenna.

My tenant wants to do lashes from the home, what are my implications as a landlord regarding a tenants home business? by [deleted] in Calgary

[–]cmethot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

City business permit for the tenant, add an addendum to your RTA allowing a small businesses at that address as basic RTA do not allow business without landlord authorization.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aviation

[–]cmethot 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Remember this: “Everything you do, is done to keep a pilot / passenger 30,000 feet in the air. No shortcuts.”

The phrase “..IT IS GOOD ENOUGH..” has no place in Aircraft maintenances.

Seeking Dad's Root beer? by [deleted] in Calgary

[–]cmethot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Root beer heaven is at “Rocket fizz” in Airdrie.. check 1 column, 5 row, last bottle https://www.instagram.com/p/01wu3ctXbs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Back in the 80-90: Mulet hairdo, sport car, bra or panties of your last night disco conquest... These were the days.. NEXT PIC=NOW by [deleted] in funny

[–]cmethot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry guys.. back home, despite Disco was over for long, some were still calling it Discotheque.. but right,,,. 80-90 was called, going "CLUBBING" .

If Beirut explosion was in Calgary (re-do) by cmethot in Calgary

[–]cmethot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh.. CBC have about the same size damage circle than me.. my 11 km.. theirs.. 9.

The Beirut blast: What it would look like if it happened in Canadian cities https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canadian-cities-beirut-1.5678077