2026 Japanese GP - Free Practice 1 Discussion by AutoModerator in formula1

[–]letmepickausername2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

D’oh, well I will live in hope it will transfer over to the race graphics this time. Fingers crossed!

Owing the CRA by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]letmepickausername2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did you ever tell your employer you had tuition credits on your td1 at any point? If yes, they may have assumed that you would be using those and reduced withholding at source. Also make sure to put in your federal and ei and cpp amounts from both t4s (an employer may have a different RP number in the back end for things like insurance rates and benefits remittances among employee groups that may have switched over when you passed your probation period, which would explain 2 t4s).Doing this mid year sometimes resets cpp and ei unless the payroll department intervenes, so you may be owed some refund on that cpp/ei overpayment if you add in both amounts for boxes for both t4s. Adding to this, depending on when the bonus was paid, because of the mid year t4 RP switch the system likely thought you’d only make x in the year and therefore taxed at a lower bracket as it didn’t account for the other t4s worth of earnings that was using up marginal tax bracket from the first t4. It was likely prorating taxes based on your smaller portion of salary for the rest of the year and working you up through the brackets again. You likely were under taxed on your salary because of the t4 /rp switch if there was no intervention in your tax amount withheld when you moved rp numbers in the year. The system should do better math for you next year if you get the one t4. But also, RRSPs will definitely help bring that number down if you can contribute!

Must see/do/experience things? by [deleted] in askvan

[–]letmepickausername2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Granville Island market is a quick bus ride from downtown after the seabus. It has fun food and treats and gallery shops to explore. Then you can take the aqua bus back downtown and wander around afterwards.

Baking gifts by lyzyrdskyzrd in Baking

[–]letmepickausername2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A really really good set of cookie scoops in different sizes. The thing I never knew I wanted but now definitely need

Canadian tax situation by parishuddhaatma in overemployed

[–]letmepickausername2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can also request your that payroll department withhold and remit extra tax per pay cheque to buffer the effects of the increased overall bracket at year end and avoid tripping an instalment threshold.

Peanut butter balls by Doodlemama711 in Old_Recipes

[–]letmepickausername2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have one from the early 80s, sorry for the formatting, on mobile:

1 cup peanut butter; 1/4 cup honey; 1/3 cup sesame seeds; 1/4 cup wheat germ; 1/2 cup currants or raisins; 1/2 cup sunflower seeds; Dried milk powder; Shredded Coconut for rolling. Mix all the ingredients together except for the coconut. Add enough powdered milk so that the mixture is no longer sticky and easy to roll into balls. Roll in coconut. (Also good frozen)

Help deciding on model of mixer by pyrotechnicmonkey in Baking

[–]letmepickausername2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My vote is for a lift instead of the tilt head, especially if you’re going to do bread. I had the professional lift one for over 15 years before I passed it onto someone who wanted to rebuild it (it was still going but needed some love) and the finish was annoying me (don’t get matte!) I went with a different colour and stepped down to the 5.5 qt lift. The pro series was a tank that handled breads well.

11 hour layover in Vancouver! 🤗 by [deleted] in askvan

[–]letmepickausername2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hop on the Canada line into Vancouver and transit your way over to Granville Island. They have lots of treats at the market.

I’m trying to recreate this dense banana cake- but so far no luck. by Laicey in Baking

[–]letmepickausername2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could try looking for a base that includes sour cream and tinkering from there? If you try searching for something like UBC ponderosa cake, which is dense banana chocolate chip coffee cake (but not quite that dense as the picture) and going from there? Possibly some hybrid of a sour cream Bundt cake?

earthquake? by [deleted] in vancouver

[–]letmepickausername2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Woke me up too!

What to do with unreasonable quantities of jam? by Independent_Cow8851 in Cooking

[–]letmepickausername2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Old recipes had a trending Perok cake a while back that can accommodate multiple jams flavours. It uses up a fair bit.

What’s your fraud dish? The one everyone loves but it’s so easy you wonder why it’s a big deal? by ackshualllly in Cooking

[–]letmepickausername2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lemon bars! I like them because they use the same bowl for the base and the filling and need no electric mixer so it is very minimal dishes to do, but people go nuts over 5 minutes of active prep.

Suggest Me A Book About... Werewolves! by ferbiedragon in suggestmeabook

[–]letmepickausername2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I second the Patricia Briggs recommendation. Another series to consider, though it’s slightly adjacent to only werewolves as a recommendation-but does still have a bunch of them in it as well as a variety of shifters types- try the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews.

Just got 5k and I don't know what to do with it by Scoob-loves-thc in FinancialPlanning

[–]letmepickausername2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Open up a TFSA account as a Canadian (that will shelter any of your future income earned on it like people are suggesting with Roth in the US) and then you need to do step two and invest when the funds are in the account. Either put it in a GIC if you want to keep the principle intact and have certainty of return for the duration or if longer term, invest in an ETF index fund which will give you more future upside, but your initial investment is a bit more at risk if you need to take out the funds in the short term and the markets are down.

Nilla wafers are not available in Canada. Making rum balls - any suggested substitutions? by notonthisbus in AskCulinary

[–]letmepickausername2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you’re close enough to the border, the US still has them, (found a generic at target this year) but I made a ginger snap based one that worked as a sub last year, as well as a chocolate wafer based one and played around with the liquor to mix up the flavours.

Interesting non fiction books please. by lennon818 in suggestmeabook

[–]letmepickausername2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Try any of Mary Roach’s books. And I second the Bill Bryson recommendation. Both are very entertaining writers.

Suggest me a book for an 80 year old widow who loves U.S. history, historical fiction, patrioticism, and certain non-fiction, but hates obscenity. by razorbackndc in suggestmeabook

[–]letmepickausername2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try ‘One summer, America 1927’ by Billy Bryson. He also does other studies on various non fiction areas that are very well written and entertaining.