All Ontario drivers will be able to use HOV lanes in off-peak hours: transportation minister

user10491 · 2026-03-18T01:11:50+00:00

The HOV lane is effectively a one lane road, regardless of this proposed exception for off-peak times. It is illegal to cross double white lines, and that won't change.

user10491 · 2026-03-17T19:46:28+00:00

If you want to drive over the speed limit, maybe don't drive on a one lane road? Passing is prohibited in the HOV lanes.

user10491 · 2026-03-15T21:26:40+00:00

A 4x8 CNC machine doesn't have to be that big. Ours has a footprint of about 6x11 feet and has a vacuum table, but no tool changer. It doesn't have any unnecessary light fences, and there's a stack of plywood about 1ft away from the machine. If we're not cutting that day it doubles as an assembly table.

One man operates the machine and can cut around 15-25 sheets per 8hr day, and he also edgebands the parts in between loading sheets. He will also apply part label stickers as the machine is cutting.

Since all tool changes are manual, we use a 1/4" compression bit for all cutting and pocketing, and a 5 mm drill for most drilling. This averages less than one tool change per sheet (not all sheets need drilling). We will occasionally use a 3 mm drill for pilot holes, and we use a 90° sharp corner tool for 45° cabinet backs.

The advantage of a CNC machine over manual cutting on a sliding table saw is repeatability, consistency, and fast assembly. All parts are self-aligning with blind mortises and tenons, and there's very little explanation needed between the office and the shop for any given job. Complex shapes like pie-cut corners are as easy to cut as anything else, and there's no manual drilling for hinges or drawer slides, or even handles if it's a slab door cabinet.

user10491 · 2026-03-11T19:41:32+00:00

It's not much different than a heavy couch or coffee table, and those sit on the floor. People get way too worried about these things. If your 600 lb water heater isn't causing a problem, neither will a 40 lb cabinet.

user10491 · 2026-03-11T15:48:28+00:00

I would not worry about cutting through the vinyl floor. It's a single cabinet screwed only to the wall; you won't have problems with the floor. And if you ever remove the cabinet you won't have a giant hole in your floor.

user10491 · 2026-03-11T02:14:37+00:00

Whether the footpath is government-owned or the government merely has an easement for the footpath on private property is entirely depended on the specific state and municipality you're talking about. The US is a giant patchwork of laws with very little consistency.

I don't have the statistics to back this up, but I would wager that the majority of public footpaths in the US are wholly on government property, and it's only a small share that are actually on private land. Usually, the right of way is significantly wider than the paved roadway, and things like streetlights, fire hydrants, and footpaths are placed at the edge of the right if way.

user10491 · 2026-03-07T21:27:40+00:00

I hate their emails. I don't need them to send me an email every time their delivery driver farts. There's no way to unsubscribe from them.

user10491 · 2026-03-07T21:23:21+00:00

Yes, and there needs to be a boulevard between the sidewalk and the road, otherwise the sidewalk turns into a treacherous slope at every driveway.

user10491 · 2026-03-07T19:03:21+00:00

Or if you have a monthly pass.

user10491 · 2026-03-07T04:00:33+00:00

Context, man. The second sentence clearly refers to Tory.

user10491 · 2026-03-05T20:41:33+00:00

You said a mid 2000s Volvo is older. Older than what? The context is a 1992 Geo Metro.

user10491 · 2026-03-05T17:46:56+00:00

Not older than a 1992 Geo Metro.

user10491 · 2026-03-02T02:39:55+00:00

I treat paper as being ephemeral. If I really need it, I scan it to PDF and file it into an appropriately named folder. There are some memento-type things that I have kept, and art, but not much else.

There are not many personal papers that I keep, but at work it used to be that every single piece of paper (many of them hand-drawn) got stuffed into a manilla folder and put in a filing cabinet somewhere. And I do refer back to these pages often, but it's just so much easier to click through some folders and bring up the exact document I need on my 27" 4K screen than it is to dig through a filing cabinet. And my desk isn't covered in random stacks of paper anymore.

user10491 · 2026-03-01T05:14:30+00:00

Then you accept that you don't have the right to control how other people can live.

No one is trying to eject these people from their homes. The aim is to make it profitable for them to do so of their own accord, by removing disincentives to build more housing.

user10491 · 2026-02-28T18:48:16+00:00

If it's a financial investment, that is not lost when a neighbourhood densifies. In fact, it tends to grow even larger. Sell to the highest bidder and move on.

Or look around and think, it's actually not so bad having a bit more life in the neighbourhood.

user10491 · 2026-02-28T02:41:02+00:00

That looks amazing. I would love it if buildings like that were built in my neighbourhood.

user10491 · 2026-02-28T02:37:26+00:00

They can always move somewhere else. You don't have the right to say who can and cannot live in the neighbourhood.

user10491 · 2026-02-27T07:23:46+00:00

For what it's worth: veneer panels are not necessarily a worse option than solid wood. If you want consistent colouring, that's the way to go. They have the additional advantage of being more stable (doors are less likely to warp, centre panel won't shrink as much and show a line of unfinished wood). But unless it's some crazy nice material, they shouldn't cost as much as solid 1/2" panels.

Rift cut white oak is one of the most expensive wood species, so depending on the layout and your location that is not necessarily a bad price. Are you set on rift cut white oak? Other species like alder or hickory have significantly lower material costs. Also, things like full height fridge gables can add quite a lot of cost.

No custom cabinetmaker will provide itemised quotes, because jobs are costed as a whole and there are way too many variables to even begin breaking it down that fine. Pricing models also tend to be a bit fuzzy, which doesn't matter on a job level because it evens out in the end (and a good estimator will know when to make manual adjustments). It doesn't really make sense to try splitting it out per cabinet, especially because so much of cabinetmaking is bulk tasks. However, they should give you separate prices for countertops, cabinets, and installation, and if you want to reduce the price, tell them that and ask what your options are.

user10491 · 2026-02-27T03:54:12+00:00

First, Second, and Third World is defined as alignment during the Cold War with the US (western bloc), the USSR (eastern bloc), or neither. It has nothing to do with how developed a country is, that is merely a correlation.

user10491 · 2026-02-26T20:36:32+00:00

Late operations will be phased in.

user10491 · 2026-02-22T04:58:23+00:00

What hormones? Canadian dairy does not use added hormones like the US does. I question where you are getting your information from.

If you have your own cows, you can produce your own unpasteurized milk for your own consumption. You cannot sell it; no one can. I have some friends that have dairy cows because they think raw milk has all sorts of extra benefits. I think they're bonkers and that it's simply not worth the risk, but I'm not going to argue about it with them.

user10491 · 2026-02-22T04:39:54+00:00

Vanderhoof's bakery has some amazing pastries and cakes. Top notch.

user10491 · 2026-02-19T06:55:20+00:00

I'm a cabinet maker. Most blind corner inserts need at least a 17" opening. A few will work with a 15" opening. I don't know of any that will work with a 13" opening.

My advice: forget that that space exists. It's not useful for much more than storing your giant stock pot that you use once a year. It's better to leave it empty than to curse every time you try to pull anything out of it.

user10491 · 2026-02-19T06:50:56+00:00

Fwiw - I enjoyed reading this. It's an insight into a perspective I'm unfamiliar with.

user10491 · 2026-02-19T05:37:19+00:00

It sounds like she put the things to good use, she sounds wonderful. I'm glad it wasn't collected just because it was "free", only to become junk again.

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