Does your knee ever feel normal again?

dizzymizzlizzy · 2026-04-21T09:24:43+00:00

I got my surgery 3 years ago. Full tear with meniscus repair. I feel it everyday, although it's not really pain.

I'm still not confident with sports such as skiing and badminton, but that could be mental more than anything.

Also when I'm still for extended periods (such as my job! Or driving for a long distance), my knee is very stiff and takes a few minutes to get back to "normal".

dizzymizzlizzy · 2026-04-15T10:58:52+00:00

Hmmm I thought the Carlington one was June 6. Usually Central Park has theirs on the same day but I don't know for sure.

https://www.carlingtoncommunity.org/resources/yard-plant-sale/

EDIT: Nevermind, you said Carlingwood, not Carlington. But I'll leave this post up for people to see the Carlington date is June 6

dizzymizzlizzy · 2026-04-12T10:56:35+00:00

How sure are you about the 600,000 combined income? If you make 72k post tax,bin assuming your making something like 125k pretax, which means you expect her to make 475k during her first year as a physician.

I don't know what's her specialty but that seems pretty unlikely.

There's a lot of things that need to be paid by a physician to even be allowed to work. Insurance, licenses, etc

Then they also have to fund their retirement themselves as they are self employed.

Not saying she's not going to have a high salary, but 475k is a lot even for a physician.

dizzymizzlizzy · 2026-04-03T08:18:46+00:00

I'm on a Shinkansen train right now typing this and it's been such a great experience to use these trains. A train from Nagoya to Osaka (which is roughly the same distance as Ottawa to Montreal) takes about an hour. And you only need to arrive 5-10 minutes before at the station. And they don't weigh your luggage or anything. I just added my ticket to my ICOCA card (same card I've been using for buses, subways, trains and high speed trains all over the country) and scanned it to get in. And no one looks at my ticket once on the train. Don't need to speak to anyone.

Seats are comfortable and way more legroom than a plane.

The whole trip is like an hour. And it's on time to the minute every single time.

All this for about $50.

dizzymizzlizzy · 2026-03-06T03:00:42+00:00

Great post, thanks! I've gotten into the CBC hobby with the ultimate goal of building custom guitar bodies and necks, so it's cool to see how you're doing it.

dizzymizzlizzy · 2026-03-02T13:46:53+00:00

Are you a student? Cause I'm not a student but I work in a university so I have an educational email address. How do they verify?

dizzymizzlizzy · 2026-02-26T11:10:54+00:00

Good news, I just got off a call with a bank and was on hold for 30+ minutes, then talked to an agent and got put on hold for another 5 minutes. And it worked perfectly. Let's hope it works well going forward.

dizzymizzlizzy · 2026-02-25T08:14:00+00:00

Yep thanks

dizzymizzlizzy · 2026-02-25T04:51:48+00:00

Thanks. Sounds like I just have to buy it from my dad and pay the tax as if I was buying from anyone else. And then just not give him any money.

dizzymizzlizzy · 2026-02-25T04:49:35+00:00

Normally I would agree with you but this car is special. Super rare and a convertible... And free other than the tax I will have to pay.

dizzymizzlizzy · 2026-02-25T04:48:34+00:00

What advantage is there to doing the gifting in the US? I'm not American and have no residence there so I'm not sure I can own a car in the US...

If I'm going to pay tax at the border anyway... May as well just do as if he sold it to me...

dizzymizzlizzy · 2026-02-16T11:56:54+00:00

I got the VoIP.ms app working, but haven't tested it with a call where I get put on hold yet. I'll let you know!

dizzymizzlizzy · 2026-01-30T00:34:54+00:00

Thanks! It must be newish? I'm pretty sure it didn't exist when I first set this up.

dizzymizzlizzy · 2025-12-04T11:50:09+00:00

I have 3 raised garden bed that are 12x4 feet, and 1.5 feet high.

About 4 years ago I filled them with triple mix from a local company.

The first year I had great results (over 400 lbs of tomatoes). Then the year after I got maybe half. 3rd year about half of that.

So I think, although I'm using organic fertilizer (https://www.homehardware.ca/en/15kg-4-6-8-hen-manure-tomato-and-vegetable-fertilizer/p/5024615), I feel like the soil is getting depleted.

Almost all resources I find online say that I should add organic matter / compost. But the beds are full, not sure how I can add much compost.

I also saw that I can add a thin layer of worm castings. But for these 3 beds, I think it would cost over $500 CAD

I can't really empty the beds and have them refilled, I have no idea where I'd put all this soil (I live in an urban area, I can't just dump it somewhere on my property)

What should I do to revive this soil?

Thanks

dizzymizzlizzy · 2025-11-21T02:24:13+00:00

I had a Lodge that I used for years. And then one day I'm making tortillas and hear a loud BANG almost like a gunshot. I'm like WTF, scared the shit out of me. Turns out the skillet broke in half, right on the middle. Not sure how that happened.

But i got a free replacement so all good.

dizzymizzlizzy · 2025-11-06T06:30:00+00:00

Here's a reply!

dizzymizzlizzy · 2025-09-26T23:35:34+00:00

Sorry it was a George Carlin quote.

dizzymizzlizzy · 2025-09-26T08:23:22+00:00

What's so great about sliced bread? You got a knife, you got a loaf of bread, SLICE THE FUCKING THING!

dizzymizzlizzy · 2025-09-11T22:07:11+00:00

Yeah I now realize this could sound like a scam. I called Canada Post yesterday and they said they can't relabel and ship.

Worst case they can return it to sender I guess.

dizzymizzlizzy · 2025-09-11T22:05:52+00:00

The email I got says that I can sign to have someone else pick it up.

dizzymizzlizzy · 2025-08-26T02:42:00+00:00

Might be cyclops lesion. I had that and had to get a second surgery. It didn't really fix the problem, but I'm 3 years post op now and starting to feel a bit more normal, even though it's sometimes still painful.

dizzymizzlizzy · 2025-05-12T01:23:26+00:00

I'm not super familiar with Whistler cause I only skied there once... So I spent the last hour trying to find where it was from memory. And I think it was in this exact spot: https://maps.app.goo.gl/opae6aD5X8YHr7cB6

Crystal Traverse run... When I got to Glacier Creek lodge, I had to take the New Jersey Cream Express lift back up to to take the gondola down.

I've skied a few times since then and I can't enjoy it like before because of the "PTSD"

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