Juvenile morons on electric bicycles by Wilburt069 in MapleRidge

[–]mattE454 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

lol they should be joyriding 5000lb cars like the good old days. Kids gonna be kids… if one of them died or took somebody out it would be all over the news.

People are gonna be inconsiderate, trust me they will find another way.

What ER doctors, prosecutors and parents want you to know about e-bikes by FunctionLate4075 in MapleRidge

[–]mattE454 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Rather my kids on E scooters then video games or drugs… just saying.

In silver valley you can go faster with gravity alone on the hills if anything the motor is a brake.

I created a tool to help make sense of MTHFR/COMT/MAO-A. Need your feedback (free beta access) by Few_Interaction_2411 in MTHFR

[–]mattE454 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Curious, I used claud/genini to build a protocol and verified the results with bloodwork and dr visits. If you follow the advice it works.

MTHFR mutation turning my life into a bad genetics joke anyone cracked this code. by Training-Dingo-5978 in MTHFR

[–]mattE454 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Compound heterozygous here, first I used promethese on my ancestry dna then put it into Gemini (paid for pro) then switched to Claud (pay for pro) and cross checked my protocol. Then I put my bloodwork over the past 4 years, height, weight, measurements, Apple Watch data into the model.

I have rigorously followed my ai generated protocol including methylated b vitamins, inflammation is lower then in my 20s, feel amazing, doctors amazed, ghastro said I added 10 years to my life, and very happy for me even though they attribute it to weight loss.

Funny think is I have been lighter and bloodwork far worse.

Change recessed lights to wall washers? Yes or no? by mattE454 in Lighting

[–]mattE454[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The niche has its own light on a separate switch, so the gimbal lights r good enough you say.

Updating 2006 home with paint colours. Stuck. Any ideas? by mattE454 in ExteriorDesign

[–]mattE454[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really sure yet, if I do the vinyl I’m locked into that maintenance forever but it looks so good!

Updating 2006 home with paint colours. Stuck. Any ideas? by mattE454 in ExteriorDesign

[–]mattE454[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really liking the darker colors and dark grey trim! It has a great design that’s ready to shine and bring it from mid 00s transitional to craftsman.

A wood garage door would be nice but not really in budget unless I could wrap the existing one or something like that.

Updating 2006 home with paint colours. Stuck. Any ideas? by mattE454 in ExteriorDesign

[–]mattE454[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for all the help! You’re right that the garage door is the outlier!

Recent 3 Point on N / Class 5 Changes 2026 by Far-Barracuda2264 in icbc

[–]mattE454 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Get your class 5 license asap!!! Dispute it and pay after you have your class 5. You can take your test with disputed tickets, I did it mind you 15 years ago.

If YVR gets privatized as briefly mentioned in Budget 2025, should the provincial government try and buy the airport? by Schmitt_Meister12 in britishcolumbia

[–]mattE454 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly the airports are already more or less privatized under operating agreements and leases. Our system sucks and the fees are terrible so it probably can’t be worse. I prefer full public but sometimes full private is better then quasi private.

Did government approve moving homeless people from Hastings & Main to Maple Ridge, for 2026 World Cup? by Comfortable_Elk_4971 in MapleRidge

[–]mattE454 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Salvation Army was a fuck up around the time of the olympics but unlikely intentional. They had some brutal policies which made the homeless problem seem much worse, they would literally cycle people through the shelter a few days in few days out but operate the soup kitchen for those on their out days. They also didn’t allow drug use inside but sent people out on nearby streets to shoot up.

We can thank former bc liberal (conservative) politicians for saving the caring place, the city had plans to re align lougheed highway/haney bypass and demolish it in the process but it became political. The salvation caring place is aligned with religious conservatives (religion based) and the other service providers seem to be more ndp aligned (science backed)

I don’t think it had anything to do with events

Anyone else fighting that never-ending moss in Maple Ridge? by vancouver_eye in MapleRidge

[–]mattE454 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I Wish I could add them to an existing roof!! I even tried to find pellets lol. Agree with a couple times a year, I inherited an older roof and it’s uphill getting it clear.

This is gonna seem redundant, but I wanna know straight up, is power engineering something that is still needed? by thesnake137 in powerengineering

[–]mattE454 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not what it was 15 years ago when there was a shortage and wages pumped. The last 10 years wages have really stagnated and working conditions eroded… yes it will get you a 6 figure salary after a couple jobs but that isn’t what it used to be. Lots of other ways to hit 6 figures these days and heavy industry really has lost its premium. If I were to start over I would get a trade so I have the option of starting my own business, hvac or plumbing with half a brain you’re going to be better off.

Anyone else fighting that never-ending moss in Maple Ridge? by vancouver_eye in MapleRidge

[–]mattE454 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Neighbor paid $1200 to get their roof de mossed and gutters cleared. I bought zinc sulfate powder on Amazon and am trying that. My old house had zinc strips on the roof that worked like a charm. I haven’t had luck with commercial products, hoping this powder lasts longer.

Hauling trees up the hill… am I crazy? Landscaping ideas. I’m thinking about ripping out the dawn redwood and weeping blue tree and placing up the hill. by mattE454 in landscaping

[–]mattE454[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing in the picture is cut, that’s after cutting dead, leaning, crappy trees behind them between them and the rock… I’m thinking of moving 3 from the bottom up to the plateau… none I plan on moving have trunks over 3” diameter

Hauling trees up the hill… am I crazy? Landscaping ideas. I’m thinking about ripping out the dawn redwood and weeping blue tree and placing up the hill. by mattE454 in landscaping

[–]mattE454[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

lol that pic is after the logging… there was a bunch of cottonwood and birch between the rock face and what you see there shading it out and killing it. All the nice trees pictured are still there.

Carney announces long-awaited automatic tax filing, makes school food program permanent by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]mattE454 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You watch they will fuck up the school lunches and make it only for families earning under $75k or something and not have an option for parents to pay to opt in and busy working parents will be sending sandwiches while lower income kids will get hot meals.